Scheduling Consistency Checks
Applies To: System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
Because consistency checks affect the performance of both the DPM server and the protected computer, you should schedule consistency checks for hours when reduced responsiveness of the protected computer has the least impact on your business operations and there is the least amount of network traffic.
After a protection group is created manually or if a replica becomes inconsistent because of a network outage or another reason, you must perform a manual consistency check. For step-by-step instructions, in DPM 2010 Help, see How to Synchronize a Replica (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=196901).
You can also schedule a daily consistency check to ensure that inconsistent replicas are automatically repaired.
As part of the scheduling options, you can configure a duration or time window when consistency checks jobs can run. For example, you can configure the consistency check to begin at 8:00 P.M. when most of your company’s employees are gone, with a maximum duration of 10 hours.