PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.16 features these VM-related improvements:
- Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) Support for VM Restore – this capability enables the selection of an ESX cluster with DRS enabled as the target to run the recovered VM. This is available for all restore types and the ESX cluster selection is available through the PPDM Appliance UI as well as the PPDM vSphere plugin.
Note: upon restore, individual ESXi hosts must be selected to run the recovered VM, only for clusters with DRS disabled as in previous releases.
- Copy Management UI – a brand new UI screen under Infrastructure which allows users to view and manage all copies through a single screen. This new capability not only allows to view copy details, but also allows to edit the copy retention, delete, or remove the copy from PPDM appliance and finally, enables searching for copies including advanced search.
Figure 10. Copy Management UI
- Restore of Deleted VMs – VM restore to original has been enhanced to support cases such as vCenter, datacenter, ESX cluster, datastore, and more. The PPDM UI tries to pre-select previous existing locations if available. The user can change the locations and ultimately restore the VM even if the original location is not available. That is done by preserving the VM instance UUID which is advantageous as the backup history is kept for the production and restored VM.