Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) is part of the System Center family. It delivers unified data protection for Windows servers such as SQL Server, Exchange, SharePoint, Virtualization (Hyper-V) and file servers -- as well as Windows desktops and laptops. DPM 2012 provides the best protection and most supportable restore scenarios from disk, tape and cloud — in a scalable, reliable, manageable and cost-effective way. Learn the basics of how to install and use DPM through the Administrator Console or the Management Shell. System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) provides near-continuous data protection and data recovery in a Microsoft Windows environment. It uses Shadow Copy technology for continuous backups.
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Backup and Recovery of File Server using | This Lab will cover DPM (Data Protection Manager) 2012 from a technical point of view. You will explore the changes, enhancements and additions from DPM 2010. The main focus of the Lab will be the backup and recovery of File Server which include the Installation of DPM agents, Navigating DPM 2012 using the new user experience UI, Creation of Storage Pool and Protection Group by using DPM Administrator Console as well as DPM Management Shell. |
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Useful Resources
- Learn more about security with Windows Azure in this video
- TechNet Library: Getting Started with System Center 2012 DPM
- Disaster recovery in System Center 2012 – Operations Manager
- Server and Management Blog: DPM 2012 SP1 and Azure Backup and Recovery—Steps from Start to finish
- TechNet Library: DPM management tools, including PowerShell integration information