dell/powerprotect-data-manager ? reverse-engineered prompt

Build me a small automation toolkit for Dell PowerProtect Data Manager that lets me do common backup and recovery tasks from the command line.

I want Python and PowerShell scripts that can talk to the PPDM REST API, so I can create and update protection policies, run ad hoc backups, restore VMs, do file level recovery, and manage Kubernetes namespace backups and restores. It should also include a simple way to handle login securely, preferably with an environment variable option and an encrypted credential helper instead of putting passwords in plain text.

Please make the scripts easy to run with clear help text, and have them print useful status while jobs are running so I can see when backups or restores finish. If you need to check the latest API details or current docs online, feel free to do that. Also add a few practical examples in the README so someone can get started quickly.