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The following table describes the name and terminology changes applicable to PowerProtect DP Series Appliance starting with version 2.7.
Table 1. Product naming conventions and terminology changes
Existing product/component name |
New name/terminology |
Virtual Machines |
Services |
ESXi |
Hypervisor |
vSphere |
Hypervisor Platform |
vCenter/vCSA (VM) |
Hypervisor Manager |
vCenter service daemon |
Hypervisor Manager Service Daemon |
vSAN |
Storage Pool |
ACM (VM) |
Appliance Configuration Manager (Service) |
dpatools |
Infrastructure Management Service |
PT-Agent |
Node Event Service |
Avamar (VM) |
Protection Software (Service) |
Avamar Proxy / vProxy (VM) |
VM Proxy (Service) |
DD / DDVE |
Protection Storage |
DPC (VM) |
Data Protection Central (Service) |
DPA |
Reporting & Analytics |
(DP) Search |
Search |
CDRA (VM) |
Cloud DR (Service) |
CDRS |
Cloud DR Server |
Cyber Recovery (VM) |
Cyber Recovery (Service) |
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) |
iDRAC |
iDRAC Service Module (iSM) / iSM Service |
iDRAC Service Module |