System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (DPM) SP1 - Part 2: Backup and Recover data

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1/17/2024

In my LAB I use two computers:

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- DC2012: Domain Controller (domain mcthub.local) running Windows Server 2012.

***- DPMSERVER: ***Domain Member running Windows Server 2012, this computer has been installed DPM 2012 SP1
You can see part 1

On DC2012, create a folder with the name that you want (C:\Data) and several files. I'll perform backup data in this folder

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Now, you need to configure the storage pool. DPM 2012 requires a disk that is dedicated to the storage pool. I have a disk connected to this computer (Disk 0) as a good disk to configure as DPM storage.

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Open DPM Administrator Console, in the Management task area, on the Disks tab, in the Actions pane, click Add button. A warning pops-up asking that the disk will be converted to dynamic, click Yes.

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The disk will show up as belonging to the DPM storage pool. Choose the disk and click ***Add ***button

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Click OK button

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Make sure status of the disk is Healthy

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Installing Agent

To install a Protection Agent, in the Management task, on the Agents tab, click Install . http://mcthub.com/images/ContentLab/DPM2-En_files/image007.jpg

The Protection Agent Installation wizard appears and guides you through the process of creating the protection agent. Select Install agents - click Next

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Select one or more computers from the Computer name list (I select DC2012) and click Add

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Make sure that DC2012 has appeared in the "Selected computers" box, click Next

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Type the user name and password for a domain user account that is a member of the local administrators group on all selected servers and click Next.

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DPM will try to detect clusters

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Select the method you will use to restart the computers after the protection agent is installed. Click Next. http://mcthub.com/images/ContentLab/DPM2-En_files/image013.jpg

Click Install to start installation

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After the installation was successful - Click Close

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Verify the success of the installation process

Swith to DC2012, if the agent is installed, it will now appear on the Programs and Features http://mcthub.com/images/ContentLab/DPM2-En_files/image016.jpg

- Open Services Console. You will see that DPMRA service is Running

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And you need to set*** Startup type*** to Automatic - Click OK

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Verify status of the is OK

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Creating Protection Group

To create a Protection Group, in the Protection task, click New button

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- Select *** Server*** - Click Next

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- Select Data folder on DC2012 server - Click Next

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- Type an arbitrary name for Protection Group. Select I want short-term protection using check box for short-term protection and then select the media you want to use from the drop-down list. Because my server do not have a tape attached to the DPM server, only Disk is available. Click Next. http://mcthub.com/images/ContentLab/DPM2-En_files/image024.jpg

Select the retention duration for data recovery in the Retention range box. In the Synchronization frequency section, enter the frequency of the incremental backups. click Next

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DPM will display its recommended disk allocations, accept default values - click Next

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Select when you want DPM to execute the initial replication of your data, I select Now and click Next

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Choose either the Run a consistency check if a replica becomes inconsistent or the Run a daily consistency check according to the following schedule. Click Next.

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Review the tasks that DPM is set to perform to create the protection group and click Create Group

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Click Close when completed

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Verity status of Protection Group. If you see status is Replica creation in progress, please patient and wait until status is OK

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Based on the options you have configured, DPM server will automatically sync with DC2012 every 15 minutes. Alternatively, if you want you can Create recovery point

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Click OK

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Click Close

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Next, to simulate the complete loss of the data on DC2012, I deleted all file in C:\Data folder

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Now I will recover C:\Data folder on DC2012 from Recovery Points that I made earlier. Open DPM Administrator Console. Click Recovery and browse to C:\ Click any bold date in the calendar, select a recovery point from the Recovery time drop-down box and click Recover to launch the Recovery Wizard

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Click Next

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Select Recover to the original location - Click Next

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Accept default values and click Next

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Click Recover

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Click Close when finished

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