Sites and providersEdit online The topics in the following section cover adding, editing, and deleting sites and providers. Sites and providers overviewA site is a user-defined grouping of providers that is generally based on location to help quickly identify and interact with data that is created through Copy Data Management jobs. Sites are assigned when registering providers. When creating Backup and restore jobs, sites clearly identify where your data is replicated by location. Providers are physical servers that host objects and attributes. Once a provider is registered in IBM® Storage Defender Copy Data Management, cataloging, searching, and reporting can be performed.Adding a siteAdd sites to define a grouping of providers based on their location in your IBM® Storage Defender Copy Data Management environment. Once sites are created in IBM® Storage Defender Copy Data Management, they can be applied to your providers.Editing a siteRevise site names and descriptions to reflect location changes in your IBM® Storage Defender Copy Data Management environment.Deleting a siteDelete a site when it becomes obsolete. A site cannot be deleted if it is assigned to a provider. On the Sites pane, click View Relationship to view the providers that are assigned to the site. Re-assign your providers to different sites before deleting.Registering a storage providerProviders are physical servers that host objects and attributes. Once a provider is registered in IBM® Storage Defender Copy Data Management, cataloging, searching, and reporting can be performed.Viewing a providerNavigate through the Provider Browser to view a list of providers and resources that reside on those providers. The Provider Browser scans the actual provider and returns native properties.Unregistering a providerUnregister a registered provider if you do not want to run reports against it, search for objects on it, or create a job.Adding credentials to a virtual machineSome features in IBM® Storage Defender Copy Data Management require credentials to access virtual machines in your VMware environment, such as truncating application logs when running a VMware backup job. Credentials can be added to individual virtual machines or to multiple virtual machines if the credential information is universal.