System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (1)

Overview of DPM features

1. Disk-based data protection and recovery.
2. Use powershell to write command line scripts.
3. Enterprise-level deployment method for distributing DPM agents.
4. Combined with OM enterprise-level monitoring.
5. Tape-based backup and archiving solutions.
6. The disaster recovery solution provides bare metal recovery for servers running Windows.

You can back up a DPM database to a tape, or use a physically isolated sub-DPM server to protect the primary DPM server.

If you use a secondary DPM server, you can recover data directly from the secondary DPM server to a protected computer. The secondary DPM server can also provide computer protection until the primary DPM server goes online again.

DPM provides the following protected objects:

1. File data from volumes, shares, and folders.
2. Application data, such as SQL Server dB.
3. Files running XP Professional SP2 and all Vista workstation versions except home edition.
4. Cluster file and application data.
5. The system status of the protected file and application server.