Cloud MediaAgent Power Management

You can configure the power management feature for a Backup Gateway that is hosted on the cloud. Power management automatically turns on the Backup Gateway for various operations, and then turns off the Backup Gateway after an operation is complete. For manual operations, such as library configuration and operations that are performed based on requirement, you must manually turn on and turn off the Backup Gateway.

Note: The power management feature is enabled on the CommServe by default. To enable or disable the feature, configure the Enable Cloud VM Management feature parameter available in the Service Configuration tab of the Media Management Configuration dialog box. For more information, see Media Management Configuration: Service Configuration.

Process for Setting Up Power Management

To set up power management, complete the following steps:

1. Create a cloud account.

2. Enable power management for the MediaAgent from the Command Center.

Support for Versions, Operations, Providers, and Operating Systems

Support for Backup Gateway Version

You can perform power management for the Backup Gateways upgraded to the latest feature release of the software.

Support for Operations

Operations for Which the System Automatically Turns On Cloud Backup Gateways

Power management turns on cloud Backup Gateways for the following operations:

• Auxiliary copy operations

• Backup operations

• Deduplication store based data verification operations

• Restore operations

• Pruning operations

Operations for Which You Must Manually Turn On Cloud Backup Gateways

Power management does not turn on cloud Backup Gateways for several operations. For these operations, you must manually turn on and turn off the Backup Gateways. Few of the operations are listed below:

• Creation of deduplication-enabled storage policies

• Library configuration

• Disaster recovery (DR) orchestration of virtual machines

• Live Sync virtual machine replication

Support for Cloud Service Providers

You can use power management for the Backup Gateways deployed on the following cloud service providers:

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Google Cloud when the Backup Gateway is on Feature Release 20 or higher

• Microsoft Azure

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

• VMware Cloud on AWS

• VMware vCenter (on-premises)

Support for Operating Systems

• You can use power management for the Backup Gateways hosted on both the Windows and UNIX operating systems.