Below is a summary of target use cases, solution architecture, solution components, and support information.
Target use cases:
Automated Discovery using native APIs of your VCF environment (workload and management domains)
Automatic configuration of File-Based Backups of NSX Manager, SDDC Manager, and vCenter, including schedules, retention, and on-demand backups (where supported).
Automatic configuration of image-based backups as needed by the respective VCF components
Solution Architecture
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Below table shows the list of components that Dell EMC PowerProtect Manager protects and the corresponding backup methodology used.
VCF DOMAIN | COMPONENT | BACKUP METHOD |
Management | SDDC Manager | File-based |
Management | vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) | Image-based |
Management | Workspace ONE Access | Image-based |
Management/Workload | vCenter server | File-based |
Management/Workload | NSX-T Data Center | File-based |
Management/Workload | VxRail Manager | Image-based |
Management/Workload | vRealize Log Insight | Image-based |
Management/Workload | vRealize Operations Manager | Image-based |
Management/Workload | vRealize Automation | Image-based |
Management/Workload | vRealize Network Insight | Image-based |
Management/Workload | vRealize Business | Image-based |
The script to perform the VCF configuration can be found in the following location in PowerProtect Data Manager server. Please follow the below steps to run the script.
- Login to the PowerProtect Data Manager CLI console using admin or equivalent user account
- Go to the following location “/usr/local/brs/lib/sysmgr/bin”
- Run the script ppdm-vcf-component-protection.sh to start configuring the VCF components protection.
Solution Components
Dell EMC PowerProtect solution for VCF uses the following components:
- VMware VCF 4.0 or higher
- VMware vCenter 7.0 or higher
- VMware vSAN 7.0 or higher
Support Information
Troubleshooting:
For VMware Protection using PowerProtect Data Manager, please refer to section “Best Practices and Troubleshooting” chapter in the Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager Administration and User Guide.
Log collection:
Please refer to section “Add a log bundle” in chapter “Modifying the System Settings” in Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager Administration and User Guide See Also,
Documentation available at Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager , provides additional and detailed information on setup as well as configuration for all of the solution components.