Discover workloads in BlueXP ransomware protection
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To use BlueXP ransomware protection, the service needs to first discover data. During discovery, BlueXP ransomware protection analyzes all volumes and files in working environments across all BlueXP Connectors and projects within an organization.
Required BlueXP role
Organization admin, Folder or project admin, or Ransomware protection admin role. Learn about BlueXP access roles for all services.
What does the service discover?
BlueXP ransomware protection assesses MySQL applications, Oracle applications, VMware datastores, file shares, and block storage.
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The service does not discover workloads with volumes that use FlexGroup. |
BlueXP ransomware protection discovers and displays both supported and unsupported working environment configurations in the Dashboard.
The service checks your current backup protection, snapshot copies, and NetApp Autonomous Ransomware Protection options. It then recommends ways to improve your ransomware protection.
How can you discover workloads?
You can do the following:
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Within each Connector, select the working environments where you want to discover workloads. You might benefit from this feature if you want to protect specific workloads in your environment and not others.
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Discover newly created workloads for previously selected working environments.
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Discover new working environments.
Select workloads to discover and protect
Within each Connector, select the working environments where you want to discover workloads.
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From the BlueXP left navigation, select Protection > Ransomware protection.
If this is your first login, the landing page appears.
If you started the free trial, the Start 30-day free trial button label changes to Start by discovering workloads. -
From the initial landing page, select Start by discovering workloads.
The service finds both supported and unsupported working environments. This process might take a few minutes.
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To discover workloads for a specific Connector, select Select working environments next to the Connector where you want to discover workloads.
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Select the working environments where you want to discover workloads.
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Select Discover.
The service discovers workload data only for those Connectors with selected working environments. This process might take a few minutes.
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To download the list of discovered workloads, select Download results.
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To display the BlueXP ransomware protection Dashboard, select Go to Dashboard.
The Dashboard shows data protection health. The number of at-risk or protected workloads updates as new workloads are discovered.
Discover newly created workloads for previously selected working environments
If you have already selected working environments for discovery, you can discover newly created workloads for those environments from the Dashboard.
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From the BlueXP left navigation, select Protection > Ransomware protection.
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To identify the date of the last discovery, from the Dashboard, look at the date and time stamp next to Refresh icon at the top right.
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From the Dashboard, select the Refresh icon to find new workloads.
Discover new working environments
If you have already discovered working environments, you can find new or previously unselected ones.
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From the BlueXP left navigation, select Protection > Ransomware protection.
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From the BlueXP ransomware protection menu, select the vertical
… option at the top right. From the drop-down menu, select Settings. -
In the Workload discovery card, select Discover workloads.
This process might take a few minutes, and a loading icon shows the progress. -
The service discovers both supported and unsupported working environments. The service does not support a working environment if its ONTAP version is below the required version. When you hover over an unsupported working environment, a tooltip displays the reason. Select the working environments where you want to discover workloads.
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Select Discover.