About the DPM 2006 Operations Guide

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Published : September 27, 2005

The DPM 2006 Operations Guide is available on the Data Protection Manager TechNet site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=46363).

Audience

The primary audience for the DPM 2006 Operations Guide is the IT administrator who will administer, maintain, and troubleshoot Data Protection Manager. This guide is intended for use by both novice and experienced IT administrators who will be maintaining DPM in their organizations. It is assumed that the administrator who uses this guide is already familiar with DPM Administrator Console and the configuration tasks that are covered in the Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2006 Planning and Deployment Guide.

Scope

By using this guide, administrators will learn how to monitor DPM; manage the impact of data protection operations on network performance; handle alerts, reports, and resource warnings; recover data; archive and restore DPM and file servers; and troubleshoot the most common issues. The DPM 2006 Operations Guide will provide administrators with the information that they need to manage ongoing data protection operations and to resolve protection, performance, and recovery issues.

For a description of topics covered in other DPM documentation, see “Other DPM Documentation,” later in this section.

Contents

The DPM 2006 Operations Guide includes the following six chapters and two appendices:

  • Chapter 1: “Data Protection Manager Operations: Overview.” Provides an overview of DPM operations and documentation by describing the experiences of a system administrator who is responsible for managing and supporting DPM.

  • Chapter 2: “Monitoring Data Protection Manager.” Provides recommendations for a monitoring schedule, and explains methods for monitoring and gathering information on DPM operations.

  • Chapter 3: “Managing Performance.” Explains how DPM processes affect server and network performance, and includes recommendations for improving performance.

  • Chapter 4: “Managing Servers.” Provides guidelines for server maintenance, tips for managing DPM and file servers, a description of how DPM manages time zone differences, and instructions for firewall configurations.

  • Chapter 5: “Archiving and Restoring Data.” Explains how to archive DPM replicas and databases and how to restore data to DPM and file servers in case of disaster.

  • Chapter 6: “Troubleshooting.” Includes general troubleshooting procedures and resolutions for specific issues.

  • Appendix A: “Data Protection Manager 2006 Error Codes.” Briefly describes the purpose of DPM error messages, and refers to the “Troubleshooting” chapter for information on resolving errors.

  • Appendix B: “Data Protection Manager 2006 Schema Extensions.” Defines the extensions made to the Active Directory schema when enabling end-user recovery.

  • Glossary. Provides definitions of terms and concepts that are central to use of DPM.