
PowerProtect Data Manager 19.15 Kubernetes User Guide
Add a remote system for quick recovery
Configure PowerProtect Data Manager to send metadata to another system to which you have replicated backups. Only the Administrator role can add remote systems.
About this task
Metadata is automatically synchronized between local and remote systems every 30 minutes, so metadata might not appear on the remote system immediately. If replication of the backups still needs to be performed, the entire process can take longer.
Steps
- Click
, select
Disaster Recovery, and then click
Remote Systems.
The Remote Systems tab opens and displays a table of configured remote PowerProtect Data Manager systems.
- Click
Add.
The Add Remote PowerProtect System window opens.
- Complete the
Name and
FQDN/IP fields.
The Name field is a descriptive name to identify the remote system. To determine if you should enter the FQDN or IP address of the remote system, see Identifying a remote system.
- In the
Port field, type the port number for the REST API on the remote system.
The default port number for the REST API is 8443.
- From the
Credentials field, select an existing set of credentials with the
Administrator role from the list.
Alternatively, you can click Add Credentials from this list to add new credentials with the Administrator role. Provide a descriptive name for the credentials, a username, and a password. Then, click Save to store the credentials.
- Click
Verify.
PowerProtect Data Manager contacts the remote system and obtains a security certificate for identity verification.
The Verify Certificate window opens to present the certificate details.
- Review the certificate details and confirm each field against the expected value for the remote system. Then, click
Accept to store the certificate.
The Certificate field changes to VERIFIED and lists the server's identify.
- Click
Save.
PowerProtect Data Manager returns to the Remote Systems tab of the Disaster Recovery window. The configuration change may take a moment to complete.
- Click
Cancel.
The Disaster Recovery window closes.
- Click
, select
Disaster Recovery, and then click
Remote Systems.
The Remote Systems tab opens.
- Verify that the table of remote systems contains the new PowerProtect Data Manager system.
- Click
Cancel.
The Disaster Recovery window closes.
Next steps
On the remote system:
- Wait for synchronization to complete by looking for the availability of the virtual machine.
- Enable the same asset sources that are enabled on the local system. For more information, see Enable an asset source. Enabling an asset source on the remote system makes replicated backups of that type visible and accessible.
- Open the recovery view and verify that backups are visible and accessible. It is recommended that you perform a test restore.