Data Protection Manager Operations: Overview

Published : September 27, 2005

After you install, configure, and deploy Microsoft System Center Data Protection ManagerĀ 2006 (DPM), what do you do next? How do you keep everything running smoothly and efficiently? What do you do if you have a problem adding a member to a protection group, or restoring a file? This chapter provides an overview of DPM operations by describing some of the key scenarios that you may experience in your environment after DPM is deployed and provides you with references to DPM documentation that can help you keep DPM running smoothly.

For the purposes of this chapter, assume that you are a system administrator at Northwind Traders, a fictional company created for use in the examples here, and that you have responsibility for managing and supporting DPM after it is deployed.

In This Chapter

DPM Deployment at Northwind Traders

Monitoring DPM Operations

Using DPM to Recover Data

Monitoring DPM Performance

Maintaining DPM and File Servers

Archiving DPM for Disaster Recovery

Resolving Errors in DPM Operations