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The PowerProtect Data Manager system protection service enables you to protect the persistent data of a PowerProtect Data Manager system from catastrophic loss by creating a series of system backups.
Each backup is considered a “full” backup although it is created in an incremental manner. The persistent data that is saved in a backup includes the Lockbox and Elasticsearch databases.
The backup operation creates a Point-in-Time snapshot of the database while the system is in a quiesced state. While the system is quiesced, user functionality is limited. After the snapshot is completed, and while PowerProtect Data Manager copies the snapshots to the DD storage unit, full user functionality is restored. If the system fails to quiesce, PowerProtect Data Manager still takes a backup, which is marked as crash consistent instead of application consistent.
To store system backups, you must configure and assign a private DD storage unit for the PowerProtect Data Manager system. This storage unit is automatically created while integrating Data Domain with the newly deployed PowerProtect Data Manager and gets enabled in the recent versions. It happens when the first DD is added to the PPDM server. The system protection service enables you to manage the frequency and start time of an automated system backup, perform manual backups, and define the length of time that the system backups are available for recovery.
File Search indexes are backed up for DR recovery along with other component DR backups.
Make the following selections, and then click Save.(These steps are automated in the recent PPDM versions.)
At PowerProtect DD System, select the system from the drop-down menu if it has already been added; otherwise, add a PowerProtect DD appliance.
The initial backup runs, and then backups are automatically triggered every hour.