About this ExamThis is a Technical Specialist exam designed to assess candidates’ hands-on skills configuring System Center Data Protection Manager 2007.

Audience Profile Candidates for this exam should have the following: Operating experience with System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 At least one year of experience with data and system recoverability and data protection At least one year of experience with Windows Server administration and network infrastructure Production experience with at least one protected workload, plus working knowledge of the other protected workloads

Credit Toward CertificationWhen you pass Exam 70-658: TS: System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, Configuring, you complete the requirements for the following certification(s):Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: System Center Data Protection Manager, Configuration

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Skills Being MeasuredThis exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below.The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam.

Installing Data Protection Manager (DPM) (16%) Install the DPM server This objective may include but is not limited to: verify software and hardware prerequisites; choose and configure SQL Server location; run DPM installation wizard Enable End User Recovery (EUR) This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring Active Directory, DPM server, and Shadow Copy Client Configure networking for DPM This objective may include but is not limited to: agent to server communication; bandwidth requirements; enabling a dedicated backup protection network Managing Media and Agents (21%) Deploy a DPM agent This objective may include but is not limited to: domain/forest membership; pushing an agent from the console; deploying an agent by using software distribution or manually; connecting an agent to a DPM server by using the DPM Management Shell Control DPM bandwidth This objective may include but is not limited to: agent bandwidth throttling; server bandwidth throttling; on-the-wire compression Manage disks This objective may include but is not limited to: disk; cloud; moving a replica to another disk Manage tapes This objective may include but is not limited to: tape, tape devices, copy to tape, inventory, encryption Protecting Workloads (23%) Define protection for standalone configurations This objective may include but is not limited to: setting up protection groups for core workloads, criteria for separate protection groups, ramifications for restore, selecting data sources Define protection for highly available configurations This objective may include but is not limited to: application availability options, failover clustering, DFS interactions Configure protection policies This objective may include but is not limited to: implementing a protection policy through a protection group, short-term vs. long-term protection schedules, retention time Manage recovery points This objective may include but is not limited to: creating a recovery point; different types of recovery points; defining recovery point schedules; optimizing schedules for recovery time; time offset Stage a replica This objective may include but is not limited to: prestaging; running an initial consistency check; postponing initial replication Recovering Workloads (23%) Recover files This objective may include but is not limited to: workstations, file servers, overwrite, permissions, recovering to a network folder Recover Exchange Server data This objective may include but is not limited to: Recovery Storage Group (RSG), Exchange Server 2003 vs. Exchange Server 2007, recovering to an alternative Exchange server, scope of recovery Recover SharePoint data This objective may include but is not limited to: recovery farms, data granularity, protection schedules Recover SQL Server data This objective may include but is not limited to: SQL Server 2005 vs. SQL Server 2008, recovery to an alternate server, advanced recovery options, protection schedules and SQL Server recovery mode Recover system state data This objective may include but is not limited to: choosing when to enable system state recovery; applying recovered system state Recover virtualized environments This objective may include but is not limited to: virtual guests, host configuration, recovering to another host Managing, Protecting, and Recovering the DPM Server (18%) Monitor DPM This objective may include but is not limited to: setting up alerts, scheduling and running reports, System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), PerfMon, Event Viewer, DPM Administrator Console Perform maintenance This objective may include but is not limited to: ensuring replica integrity, ad hoc and scheduled consistency checks, data integrity checks Integrate with other backup solutions This objective may include but is not limited to: identifying the production data within the DPM server; protecting the DPM configuration database Configure DPM for disaster recovery This objective may include but is not limited to: activating the agent on the primary DPM server; configuring workloads to be protected; switch primary/secondary roles; enable secondary protection with DPM; protecting the DPM configuration database Recover a DPM server This objective may include but is not limited to: restoring the DPM configuration database, creating static copies of replicas, repairing DPM

Preparation Tools and ResourcesTo help you prepare for this exam, Microsoft Learning recommends that you have hands-on experience with the product and that you use the following training resources. These training resources do not necessarily cover all of the topics listed in the "Skills Measured" tab.

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Microsoft Online Resources Learning Plan: Get started with a step-by-step study guide that is based on recommended resources for this exam. Product information: Visit the System Center Data Protection Manager Web site for detailed product information. TechNet: Designed for IT professionals, this site includes how-to instructions, best practices, downloads, technical resources, newsgroups, and chats. MSDN: Designed for developers, the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) features code samples, technical articles, downloads, newsgroups, and chats. Microsoft Learning Community: Join newsgroups and visit community forums to connect with your peers for suggestions on training resources and advice on your certification path and studies.