Online Backup and Recovery Options
With Service Pack 1, Data Protection Manager 2007 (DPM) now provides an integrated approach for customers to back up their DPM data online. This new option is delivered in conjunction with a solution provider that provides a backup and recovery service in the cloud specifically designed to support DPM. With the interoperability of DPM and the solution provider’s service, it is possible to select individual replicas on the DPM Server and back these up consistently to the cloud using the solution provider’s technology. Data can then be restored directly back to a location specified by the user.
Below is a list of back-up and recovery solution providers that have worked with Microsoft to provide interoperability between their solution and DPM for backing up DPM online. The descriptions below are provided by the solution provider*.
Managing the explosive growth of data storage is a problem that most customers face. Many customers using Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) for backup and recovery use disk for short term protection. After the retention period, customers typically move the long-term data to tape or a local disk system, incurring costs and labor-intensive processes required to manage these systems. Adding to the complexity is the requirement to store data offsite for Disaster Recovery purposes.
The Online Backup and Recovery solution provided by Iron Mountain CloudRecoveryTM can provide customers with an automated, long-term, highly secure offsite storage solution.
The solution offers an offsite archive of customers’ DPM data to Iron Mountain’s Data Centers – automatically, reliably and more securely. This solution can assist customers with reducing the costs and risks associated with downtime and data recovery, while achieving compliance with regulations by automating the capture and long-term retention of data. This solution automates long-term data storage, reducing staff investments and enabling resources to be used to support key business initiatives. Benefits include:
Interoperability with DPM through its UI, providing automation, lossless backup features for Exchange Server and SQL Server, and archiving of DPM-protected data to the cloud –conveniently extending the capacity of the on-site DPM server.
Capturing data automatically and storing more securely offsite – eliminating the risk of losing data – down to the individual file. The solution enables compliance with policies and regulations by automating capture and long-term retention, and can help to reduce the costs and risks associated with downtime and data recovery.
Enabling removal of the manual, labor-intensive procedures of managing secondary storage – allowing operations staff to focus on delivery of their core projects.
* Microsoft does not have any responsibility for the services offered by any third party solution providers or the accuracy or timeliness of any information provided by them.
