Creating a Protection Group for File and Application Servers

Applies To: System Center Data Protection Manager 2010

This section contains detailed instructions about how to create a protection group to back up data on your file and application servers. The topics in this section provide guidelines for making the decisions involved in creating a protection group. For more information about protection groups, in the DPM 2010 Deployment Guide, see Planning Protection Groups (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=179370).

In This Section

Starting the New Protection Group Wizard

Selecting the Protection Group Type

Selecting Members for the Protection Group

Specifying Exchange Protection Options

Selecting a Name and Protection Method

Specifying Your Short-Term Protection Goals

Specifying Short-Term Tape-Based Recovery Goals

Allocating Space for the Protection Group

Specifying Your Long-Term Protection Goals

Selecting Library and Tape Details

Choosing a Replica Creation Method

Optimizing Performance

Creating the Protection Group