Multi-cloud Protection with PowerProtect Data Manager
Thu, 14 Apr 2022 20:12:59 -0000
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What I like most about PowerProtect Data Manager is that it supports the rising demand for data protection for all kind of organizations. It’s powerful, efficient, scalable and most importantly: a simple-to-use solution. And what could be simpler than using the same product with the same user interface on any environment, including any supported cloud platform?
PowerProtect Data Manager is usually used for deploying and protecting on-prem virtual machines running on VMware vSphere environments.
While PowerProtect Data Manager excels in protecting any on-prem machines and different types of technologies, such as Kubernetes, some organizations also have a cloud strategy where some or all their workloads and services are running on the cloud.
There are also organizations that use multiple cloud platforms to host and manage their workloads, and these resources need to be protected as well, especially in the cloud where there could be additional risk management and security considerations.
The good news is that PowerProtect Data Manager provides cloud and backup admins the same abilities and interface across all the supported cloud platforms: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
AWS users can use the AWS Marketplace to deploy “Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager and PowerProtect DD Virtual Edition” which will trigger an automated deployment using the AWS CloudFormation service.
In this deployment method you’re asked to provide all the networking and security details ahead, and then it does everything else for you, including deploying a DDVE instance that will manage the backup copies for you (with deduplication!).
Once the CloudFormation stack is deployed, you can access the PowerProtect Data Manager through any web browser, and then add and protect your cloud resources, just as if it were an on-prem deployment – super intuitive and super easy!!
I think the trickiest part in the deployment is probably to make sure that all of the networking and firewall or other security and policy restrictions allow you to connect to the PowerProtect Data Manager VM and to the DDVE.
Check out this great whitepaper that describes the entire process of deploying PowerProtect Data Manager on AWS.
For Microsoft Azure users, the process here is similar. You can deploy PowerProtect Data Manager using the Azure Marketplace service:
This whitepaper will take you through the exact steps required to successfully deploy PowerProtect Data Manager and PowerProtect DDVE on your Azure subscription.
Didn’t I say it’s really easy and works the same way in all the cloud platforms?
GCP users can use the GCP Marketplace to deploy their PowerProtect Data Manager:
This whitepaper describes the entire deployment process with detailed screenshots on GCP.
Now you can easily protect your multi-cloud resources with the same powerful protection solution!
Author: Eli Persin