Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager
Database administrators, e-mail managers, and other IT implementers and developers are looking for a better way to protect and recover data from key business applications like SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange, Windows SharePoint Services or file shares on Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. Microsoft has heard from our customers and partners and delivered a complete solution with System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007.
DPM 2007 continuously protects the core Microsoft server workloads to a DPM server or appliance, which then provides disk-based recovery and tape-based, long-term archival storage for a complete data protection and recovery solution.
DPM 2007 is designed for the application stakeholder, a SQL or Exchange Administrator, or an IT generalist, and uses wizards and workflows to help ensure that you can protect your data—without requiring an advanced degree, training, or certification in storage and backup technologies.
Protect SharePoint
If your company relies on Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to manage and deliver information, who will you trust to maximize its protection and recovery?
SharePoint administrators are looking for a better way to protect and recover their collaboration infrastructures. Microsoft has listened to its customers and has delivered a complete solution with System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007.
How does DPM 2007 protect SharePoint data? After the initial baseline copy of data, DPM routinely performs “express full” backups which utilize the SharePoint VSS writer, and underlying component VSS writers, to identify which blocks have changed in the entire production farm and content databases—and only sends the updated blocks or fragments.
With only a few mouse clicks and DPM 2007, you can: Restore the SharePoint Farm, Restore a Content Database, Copy to a network folder or tape for archival purposes.
In addition, perhaps the most exciting features of DPM2007 for SharePoint are a supported way to recover site collections, individual sites, or documents.
Protect SQL Server
How does DPM 2007 protect SQL Server? DPM 2007 uses a combination of transaction log replication and block-level synchronization in conjunction with the SQL Server VSS Writer to help ensure your ability to recover SQL Server databases. After the initial baseline copy of data, two parallel processes enable continuous data protection with integrity:
- Transaction logs are continuously synchronized to the DPM 2007 server, as often as every 15 minutes.
- An “express full” uses the SQL Server VSS Writer to identify which blocks have changed in the entire production database, and sends just the updated blocks or fragments. This provides a complete and consistent image of the data files on the DPM server or appliance.
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/dataprotectionmanager/en/us/default.aspx.
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