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DD Cloud Tier is a native feature of DDOS 6.0 (or higher) for moving data from the active tier to low-cost, high-capacity object storage in the public, private, or hybrid cloud for long-term retention. No separate cloud gateway or virtual appliance is required. Data is sent directly from the PowerProtect DD to the cloud with seamless management using the data movement policy configured on the PowerProtect DD.
NetBackup allows users to move their backup datasets to PowerProtect DD active tier to cloud tier using PowerProtect DD “data-movement” commands.