System Self-Protection - Dell EMC IDPA DP4400 Getting Started Manual

Introduction

System self-protection

Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance 2.4 Getting Started Guide
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Note
Installing CDRA, Search, and Reporting and Analytics (based on Data Protection
Advisor) is optional. Also, if these components are already configured in your
environment, then the appliance can be configured to use the central implementation
of IDPA. You do not need to configure the optional components that are bundled in
IDPA again.
However, the IDPA dashboard does not display any data that is associated with
external CDRA, Search, and Data Protection Advisor. Moreover, you must manage and
configure any such external instances. Also, IDPA does not support local Search and
Analytics (not part of IDPA but are centrally implemented at the customer
environment) when these functions are performed by external implementations.
Scalability
The DP4400 is designed to be scalable so it can scale up with ever-changing needs.
See the Expanding storage capacity section in the Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection
Appliance Product Guide for more information on how to add additional storage
capacity.
For the DP4400 model with a capacity from 8 TB to 24 TB, you can expand the
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storage capacity in 4 TB increments, but you cannot expand the capacity beyond
24 TB.
For the DP4400 model with a capacity from 24 TB to 96 TB, you can expand the
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storage capacity in 12 TB increments, but you cannot expand the capacity beyond
96 TB.
The following table details the base configuration for the DP4400 models.
Table 1 Base Configuration for IDPA DP4400 Models
Model
DP4400
Unified support
The same Customer Support team supports both the hardware and the software that
is used in the appliance.
The IDPA is configured to protect itself from data loss with the backup and storage
applications included in the system. It is protected with a pre-defined backup job
policy that is scheduled daily and has a 30-day retention period. The metadata is
protected through a backup to the Protection Storage (Data Domain) using
checkpoints.
Table 2 Component VM backup jobs
Virtual machine
ACM
vCenter
DP Advisor
Base Configuration
From 8 TB up to 24 TB
From 24 TB up to 96 TB
Backup job
Management_VM_Backup
vCenter_Backup
DataProtectionAdvisor_Backup