Setting Up System State Protection
Applies To: System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
In DPM, System State protection covers protection for operating system files.
You can set up System State protection for a computer by using the Create New Protection Group Wizard. You can select System State from under the System Protection node on the Select Group Members page of the wizard.
Tip
We recommend that you protect BMR for complete protection of your computer.
Space Requirements
For System State protection, WSB first creates a local dump of the System State information and then transfers it to the DPM server. The local dump will typically require 15 GB of space on the computer. If there is insufficient space on the computer, WSB will fail the backup.
Warning
DPM will show the progress of this job in the Jobs view only when data transfer begins.
Setting Up System State Protection
Install the DPM protection agent on the computer you want to protect. You need to do this only if the protection agent is not already installed on the computer.
Using the Create New Protection Group Wizard, add the computer you want to protect to a protection group. System State will appear as a data source under the System Protection node.
Things to Remember
You cannot protect System State and BMR for the same computer on different protection groups.