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Managing Windows Azure Online Backup for DPM
Updated: January 15, 2013
In System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Data Protection Manager (DPM) enables customers to store their backup data on a local disk, a tape, or to another DPM server. With System Center 2012 SP1, DPM can backup data from the DPM server to an offsite storage that is managed by the Windows Azure Online Backup Service.
System Center customers can benefit from this functionality by signing up for the Windows Azure Online Backup service. Customers will need to download and install the Windows Azure Online Backup agent on the DPM server, which will be used to transfer the data between the DPM server(s) and Windows Azure Online Backup service.
With the new online backup capabilities in DPM customers will see the following benefits:
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Reduced TCO: The Windows Azure Online Backup service can help to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) for customers by providing scalability, elasticity, and simplified storage management.
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Peace of mind: The Windows Azure Online Backup service provides a reliable, secure, and a robust offsite backup and restore solution that is highly available.
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Simplicity: The Windows Azure Online Backup workflows are seamlessly integrated into the existing DPM backup, recovery and monitoring workflows.
Use the links to see what scenarios are supported for protection of data using Windows Azure Online Backup.
Supported scenarios
The following scenarios are supported when protecting data using Windows Azure Online Backup.
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DPM server must be on Windows Server 2012.
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Protection for file system
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Protection for virtual machines
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Protection for SQL Server databases
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Supported file types
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Encrypted (Full backups only)
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Compressed (Incremental backups supported)
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Sparse (Incremental backups supported.
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Compressed and sparse (Treated as Sparse)
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Encrypted (Full backups only)
Unsupported scenarios
The following scenarios are not supported when protecting data using Windows Azure Online Backup.
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DPM servers on case-sensitive file systems are not supported.
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Unsupported file types:
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Hard links (Skipped)
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Reparse points (Skipped)
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Encrypted and compressed (Skipped)
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Encrypted and sparse (Skipped)
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Compressed stream
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Sparse stream
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Hard links (Skipped)
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For additional resources, see Information and Support for System Center 2012.
Tip: Use this query to find online documentation in the TechNet Library for System Center 2012. For instructions and examples, see Search the System Center 2012 Documentation Library.
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