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Product Code: MSCD03759WI
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MODEL- MS-CD03759WI VENDOR- MICROSOFT CORPORATION
FEATURES- Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2006
Includes 3 Data Protection Management Licenses.
As the latest member of the Windows Server System family, Data
Protection Manager (DPM) is a server software application that
optimizes disk-based backup and recovery. Backing up data to disk
provides the fastest way to recover data lost because of user error
or software and hardware corruption. With DPM, recovering
information is as simple as browsing a share and copying directly
from to the production server.
DPM lets IT administrators easily and affordably use existing
Windows Server investments such as Active Directory, Microsoft
Windows Server 2003, and Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003. DPM
provides these unique capabilities:
- Rapid and reliable data recovery. DPM provides rapid and
reliable recovery of data lost because of user error or server
hardware failure.
- Efficient and near-continuous data protection. DPM uses
efficient byte-level replication to deliver faster backup and
less potential data loss.
- Operational Simplicity. DPM lowers the total cost of your data
protection environment by improving the efficiency of your
operations.
* Predictable data recovery from disk
Because DPM is disk-based, it can take advantage of the additional
reliability benefits of a redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID)
for protection. This is an advantage over tape because tape has the
potential to be a single point of failure.
* Validation and fix-up process
This is a process conducted by DPM to ensure that the replication job
worked correctly. The process has two components:
- Replication validation. DPM automatically validates the replica
against the production server to ensure that the replication is
consistent and has occurred as planned.
- Replication fix-up. If, during validation, inconsistencies between a
data source and its replica are found, the fix-up activity resends
the object(s) from the data source to the replica.
* Recovery options
The most common scenario for recovering lost or corrupted files is a
request by the end user to the IT help desk to find an archived version.
Assuming that the business has an archiving system in place, this
request usually means a costly and time-intensive search of archived
media that, in many instances, is a tape backup. DPM provides practical
recovery alternatives:
- Delegation of recovery activities. IT administrators can delegate
simplified administration and recovery to less-specialized file
server administrators, help desk personnel, or even end users. If the
end user is unable to locate a file or folder, administrators can
still provide assistance because they have the full recovery user
interface available.
- File and full server recovery. DPM is designed not only to recover
files and folders, but also to recover shares if they are deemed
inconsistent or corrupt, or full server recovery if there has been a
hardware failure with replica disks or the server running DPM.
* End-user recovery
In addition to being integrated across all Windows Server System
products, DPM is also integrated with the most commonly used business
productivity tools: the Microsoft Windows XP operating system and
Microsoft Office 2003.
* Efficient data protection
Because DPM logs and replicates only byte-level changes to files on
production servers, it affects production server performance much less
than a full tape backup would.
* Flexible replication scheduling
IT administrators set the replication frequency using declarative data-
management specifications tailored to match the business value of the
data. IT administrators can also customize protection schedules for
specific data sources, and they can review and update their protection
plans as data replication and volumes change.
The most common data replication modes are hourly and daily. DPM also
provides the flexibility to specify a customized replication schedule
that meets the recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point
objective (RPO) goals of the business. Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
is used as a second-tier option to enable the rapid recovery of files
from a past point in time.
- Daily. Analogous to an incremental backup, this mode occurs only once
a day. Backup mode replication matches replication and shadow copy
jobs to ensure data integrity between copy versions.
- Hourly. This mode causes replication to run on an hourly basis.
* Frequent shadow copies
Shadow copies are block-level copies of any changes that have occurred
to protected objects on a production server since the last shadow copy.
Only the changes are copied, not the entire file.
* Scheduling of shadow copies
Shadow copies can be scheduled independently of the replication
schedule. DPM builds on the VSS infrastructure to create nearly
instantaneous shadow copies that can be stored on the server running
DPM. This allows you to browse through and recover deleted or corrupted
files from multiple points in time. These objects are cached on the
server running DPM before being copied to the tape backup during the
regularly scheduled backup process.
* Protection from network outages and hardware failures
The DPM Agent logs and replicates the data from each of the production
servers to the server running DPM. If the production server goes down or
is destroyed, a copy of the data is still available on the server
running DPM. If the network goes down, the agent that is local on the
production server continues to cache all the changes in the production
server until the network is working again.
* Network throttling
You can minimize the impact that data protection replication has on your
network because DPM has the capability to throttle network traffic. You
can set minimum network performance metrics to control scheduled data
replication processes so that, if the network is busy, the replication
process will not negatively affect network performance.
* Tape integration
IT administrators can, at any time, perform a backup to tape of data
from the server running DPM, and do so without compromising product
server performance. This feature increases the overall efficiency of the
data-protection infrastructure and lowers total protection costs. This
enables businesses to change their scheduled nightly tape backups to
daytime, further reducing the need to have specialized administrators
available on nights and weekends.
* Lower cost of acquisition
Because DPM uses industry-standard hardware and software, its
acquisition cost is much lower than that of any other proprietary,
expensive data protection technology.
* Lower training costs
Because DPM is part of Windows Server System, it contains tools that are
already in your server software, such as Microsoft Management Console
(MMC) and Windows Explorer, and that are familiar to IT administrators.
* Automation of discovery and common tasks
When initially installed, DPM automatically discovers all the production
servers in the domain that need to be protected. As new servers are
added to the network, DPM discovers and alerts the administrator that
unprotected servers exist in the environment, creating a seamless
protection, recovery, and maintenance solution.
* Simplified administration
Simplified administration allows the delegation of recovery and
simplified administrative tasks, report creation, and process
automation. Some examples include:
- Automated protection schedule
- Rich reporting and monitoring
- Integration into the Windows Server environment
- Cost-effective recovery
- Delegation
* Fewer tape backups
With DPM, IT administrators can maintain 30 days' worth of shadow copies
on disk and create tape backups for disaster recovery scenarios on a
less-frequent basis. This policy results in fewer tape backups and less
money spent on tape media.
REQUIREMENTS- Data Protection Manager (DPM) is designed to run on a
dedicated, single-purpose server. The server must not be a
domain controller or application server, and must not
double as the host for the DPM Management Pack.
The DPM server must have at least two disks installed: one
that is dedicated to the system and DPM installation files,
and one that is dedicated to the storage pool. The DPM
server must be running Windows Server 2003 (Standard or
Enterprise Edition) with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later
installed.
Recommended: 1 GHZ or faster Processor
1 GB RAM
100MB disk space for DPM installation on System Drive
160MB disk space for DPM installation on Program files drive
900MB disk space for DPM installation on Database files drive
File Server Requirements:
DPM can protect stand-alone file servers only; clustered file
servers cannot be protected. Protected file servers can
have only one of the following two operating systems
installed:
- Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later
- Windows Storage Server 2003 with SP1 or later
- Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 (SP4) and either update
894608 or Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4 installed
DPM can protect file servers running Services for UNIX or
Services for Network File System, providing that case
insensitivity for file names has not been disabled on the
server. For information about case insensitivity, see
Windows Help and Support.
DPM requires enough free space on each protected volume on
the file server to store the DPM synchronization log. By
default, the synchronization log is 10 percent of the total
capacity of the protected volume, or at least 500 MB. The
file server must also have free space for installation of
the DPM file agent, approximately 1 MB.
DPM supports using any of the following sources for file
server storage capacity:
- Direct attached storage (DAS).
- Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN).
- Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage device or SAN; the iSCSI
target must have received Windows Hardware
Certification.
Network Requirements:
The DPM server and the file servers it protects must be
members of the same Active Directory domain.
The domain controllers must be running either Windows Server
2003 or Windows 2000 Server.
If you plan to enable end-user recovery in a Windows 2000
domain, the domain controller must be running Service Pack
3 or later with schema modifications enabled.
End-User Recovery Requirements:
To enable the end-user recovery feature, a member of the
Schema Admins group on the domain must configure Active
Directory.
DPM Beta supports end-user recovery on computers running
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2). For more
information about the shadow copy client software for
Windows XP with SP2, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article
895536.
The shadow copy client software is available for download
from the Microsoft Beta Place Web site.
MANUFACTURER WARRANTY: 1 YEAR
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