Redmondmag.com takes an in-depth look at how DPM, with support for Hyper-V in Service Pack 1, can be the ideal application for backing up virtual machines.
From the July 2008 issue of Windows IT Pro, read how Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 gives administrators a rich set of recovery tools that offer advanced snapshot-based recovery of item-level SharePoint content as well as the entire SharePoint infrastructure.
"This award recognizes Microsoft for providing much-needed and eagerly awaited functionality."
"With Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007, SQL Server data protection takes a great leap forward.”
Read how DPM fared in InfoWeek’s test.
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 was awarded Silver in the Storage Management Category. Selection criteria included product familiarity, profit potential, opportunity for aftermarket sales, and impact of the product on the technology market as a whole.
"Data Protection Manager 2007 is definitely worth evaluating for a true enterprise solution, especially when combined with OEM storage server products like NAS and even SAN products.” Read the whole article here.
Dell and Microsoft have worked together to create unified disk-to-disk-to-tape systems—Dell™ PowerVault™ Data Protection Solutions—that help avoid the drawbacks of traditional tape- and disk-based data protection. Optimized for Microsoft software-based workloads, these systems can provide versatile, comprehensive protection for environments built with Dell PowerVault servers and Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007.
This article looks into the key functionality of DPM 2007, how it is designed to combine the advantages of traditional tape backup and disk-based continuous data protection processes in a unified platform. The article also explores how DPM 2007 can help streamline and enhance data protection processes.
"Our judges selected Data Protection Manager 2007 for the Gold award in this category because it offers a vertical, end-to-end, managed solution for virtualization deployments and because it's the easiest to manage and integrate with existing data center software." SearchServerVirtualization.com, January 2008
When you want to simplify managing your backup data, simplify recovery, or create a working copy of application data for another use, DPM is an easy choice. Read the entire article here.
Hopkinton, Mass.(Monday, November 12, 2007): EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced that EMC’s flagship backup and recovery solution—EMC® NetWorker®—will integrate with System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 to provide customers with a feature-packed and easy-to-use data protection solution capable of supporting both Windows and non-Windows environments. In addition, EMC further adds enterprise data protection capabilities by offering tested and documented best practices for using EMC CLARiiON® networked storage systems with DPM 2007. These new integrations advance EMC’s solution-centric approach of hardware, software, and services, offering customers of all sizes information management and storage solutions optimized for their Microsoft environments.
Barcelona—Microsoft Tech·Ed IT Forum 2007—November 12, 2007—Quest Software, Inc. : (Nasdaq: QSFT) has added value to the Microsoft platform for more than a decade. Continuing the tradition, Quest today announced that it has assembled one of the most comprehensive solution sets for the Microsoft System Center Family of IT Management Solutions available in the market. Additionally, Quest recently acquired eXc Software to provide extensive management capabilities for System Center Operations Manager 2007 and System Center Configuration Manager 2007 in complex heterogeneous environments. For details on these announcements and other Quest news, visit Quest at IT Forum 2007, booth A10.
Bellevue, WA, November 12, 2007: Today Bocada Inc, the pioneer and a leading provider of data protection management solutions, announces an industry first with its Bocada Unified Management Platform for Microsoft Corp.’s newly released Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, enabling customers to manage many Data Protection Manager 2007 servers from a single common platform.
Windows IT Pro (November 2007): This article focuses on Microsoft’s shift from database to data platform, calling out specific examples in SQL Server, System Center, and DPM 2007. During a meeting at PASS with Ted Kummert, Karen highlights the customer feedback including, “What [customers] want is to get some job done, and if they have to learn less to get that job done, that’s a good thing for them. We think that’s a part of the value proposition of the complete data platform. You deploy it in various workloads: You have it underneath a packaged application; you have it under a custom application; you have it in BI. You have a set of skills and knowledge you can leverage across your organization, and you don’t have to have people learn new things just to get the job done.”
Windows IT Pro (November 2007): A brief article explaining the pricing and licensing process for Data Protection Manager 2007.
TechTarget (October 17, 2007): After a public beta and trial period with more than 70,000 participants over the past year, Microsoft is releasing version 2 of its Data Protection Manager (DPM) product to manufacturing this week. The new version of Data Protection Manager has improved snapshots and scalability, but it's still lacking key capabilities. Beta users said they like the simplicity of DPM version 2 as well as its tighter integration with other Microsoft products. Ingram Leedy, managing partner of Elephant Outlook, a Microsoft Exchange hosting provider, said he has struggled in the past with backup products, including Symantec Corp.'s Backup Exec and EMC Corp.'s Replication Manager, especially when it came to troubleshooting.
InternetNews (October 17, 2007): Microsoft is adding new features to its Data Protection Manager offering, including improved snapshot and recovery capabilities and better support for Microsoft applications and platforms.
Computerworld (October 17, 2007): Microsoft Corp. today announced at the Storage Networking World conference here that it has started shipping its System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 software. The DPM backup software is a component of Microsoft's System Center family of management products, providing recovery from disk and archive to tape in Microsoft environments.
eWeek (October 17, 2007): Microsoft wants to its leverage data platforms to become a storage powerhouse.
InfoStor (October 17, 2007): Building on its recently announced Universal Distributed Storage (UDS) strategy, Microsoft has added an updated version of its System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 to its storage software portfolio.
SQL Server Magazine (April 2007): Have you checked out the beta of System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007? You should. DPM 2007 Beta 1 has substantially improved features across the board, but some of the SQL Server features are sure to be particularly attractive to many users.
