- Create an AWS account. To set up an account, navigate to https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/
- As per AWS recommendation, create an identity and access management (IAM) user or role for authenticating with AWS and The IAM user must be allowed to perform AWS CloudFormation actions.
- As a Security and operational best practices, Enable AWS CloudTrail logs to enable governance, compliance, and operational and risk auditing of AWS account.
- IAM role that enables DDVE access to S3.
- Empty S3 bucket name for automatic configuration.
- Data Manager NTP server for Data Manager automatic configuration.
- VPC DNS requirements - DNS resolution is critical for the deployment and configuration of the Data Manager external proxy and the Data Manager and DDVE appliances. Every infrastructure component should be resolvable through a fully qualified domain name (FQDN). Both forward (A) and reverse (PTR) lookups are required. When configuring VPC DNS, enable the following:
- DNS resolution
- DNS hostnames
Note: DNS hostnames are disabled by default when a VPC is created.
For more details about prerequisites for deploying Data Manager and DDVE on AWS, see Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Amazon Web Services Deployment Guide and Dell PowerProtect DDVE on Amazon Web Services Installation and Administration Guide.