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PowerProtect Data Manager 19.14 File System User Guide

Discover a file system host

Perform the following steps to discover a file system host as an asset source in the PowerProtect Data Manager UI.

Steps

  1. Select Infrastructure > Asset Sources.
    The Asset Sources window appears.
  2. Select the agent host tab.
  3. Select the file system host and click Discover.
    The Initiate Discovery dialog appears with an option to immediately start a full discovery of the assets on the host.
    NOTE:
    • From the agent host tab, you can click Discover at any time if any additions or other changes to your asset sources have taken place outside of the PowerProtect Data Manager environment. Asset discovery is also initiated by default after registration of the host to PowerProtect Data Manager and at hourly intervals. Discovery time is based on networking bandwidth. Each time you initiate a discovery process, the resources that are discovered and those that are handling the discovery impact system performance.
    • Use a unique combination of a hostname (FQDN) and asset name while discovering assets. Asset discovery fails when the same hostname (FQDN) is used for more than one agent.
  4. Click Yes.

Results

NOTE:From PowerProtect Data Manager 19.13, all the Linux mount points such as ext3, ext4, XFS, and BTRFS can be discovered and protected even if they are not listed in the /etc/fstab entry.
When the File System asset source is configured correctly, you can add the file system assets to a PowerProtect Data Manager protection policy. Go to Infrastructure > Assets, and then select the File Systems tab. UseView to switch between a list view of all file system assets for all of the discovered File System hosts and a hierarchical view of assets within each File System host that has been discovered in PowerProtect Data Manager.

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