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PowerProtect Data Manager 19.16 Virtual Machine User Guide

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Add an SPBM policy and associate with a PowerProtect Data Manager virtual machine policy

Use the vSphere Client to create a virtual machine storage policy and associate this policy with an existing PowerProtect Data Manager virtual machine protection policy.

Steps

  1. In the vSphere Client, select the vCenter server in the left pane.
  2. Go to Menu > Policies and Profiles.
  3. In the left pane, select VM Storage Policies, and then click Create in the right pane.
    The Create VM Storage Policy wizard appears.
  4. Provide a name and description that helps identify this policy as a storage policy that you want to associate with a PowerProtect Data Manager protection policy, and then click Next.
  5. On the Policy Structure page, select Enable host based rules, and then click Next.
  6. On the Host based services page, select the Data Protection tab, and then perform the following:
    1. Select Custom.
    2. From the Provider list, select Dell Technologies PowerProtect as the registered provider.
    3. From the PPDM Protection Policy list, select an existing PowerProtect Data Manager virtual machine protection policy that you want to associate with this storage policy.
      NOTE:It is recommended that you use a descriptive name for the PowerProtect Data Manager virtual machine protection policy so that the purpose is easy to identify, since the vSphere Client does not provide policy details within the PowerProtect portlet. If you decide to rename the PowerProtect Data Manager policy at any point, the association is retained since the UUID of the policy is used to create the connection.
    4. Click Next.
  7. Complete the storage policy details, and click Finish.

Results

The VM Storage Policies window displays the new storage policy in the table. An association is created between the PowerProtect Data Manager policy and the virtual machine storage policy, and the PowerProtect portlet in the vSphere Client updates to display the PowerProtect Data Manager protection policy. You can now perform manual backups and scheduled restores of the virtual assets in this policy.

When you assign the new storage policy to a virtual machine, that virtual machine should automatically be assigned to the associated PowerProtect Data Manager protection policy as well. Also, if you are creating a new virtual machine, you can assign a storage policy to the new virtual machine during this process.

NOTE:You can create separate storage policies for each virtual machine disk, but only the policy that is associated with the virtual machine is used for data protection.
NOTE:If you want to remove a virtual machine from protection, assign the virtual machine to a different policy, or to the Datastore Default policy.

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