Step By Step Protecting Windows Client using DPM
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 allows you to protect client computers - desktops and laptops. Backup administrators can centrally configure data protection for the desktops and laptops in their environment. Additionally, administrators can give their end users the ability to define and manage their own backups. DPM 2010 enables end users to perform their own recoveries by leveraging the Previous Versions feature in Windows.
In this article I will show how to protect client using DPM2010
in the protection group tab , click on the left site on Create protection Group, that will open a window has two choices , backup servers or Backup Clients , in our case we are going to select Clients , then click Next
Note
If you want to add multiple computers, you can create a .txt file containing the computers you want to add. To add the computers, click Add Multiple Computers. You must enter each computer in the file on a new line. We recommend that you provide the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the target computers. For example, enter multiple computers in a .txt file as follows:
Comp1.abc.domaian.com
Comp2.abc.domain.com
Comp3.abc.domain.com
If DPM cannot find any of the computers that you specified in the .txt file or that you entered in the Text file location box, the failed set of computers is placed in a log file. Click the Failed to add machines link at the bottom of the page to open the log file.
in the Select Group Member window select the client that you wish in my case I would like to backup W7D.gomaalab.local
On the Specify Inclusions and Exclusions page, specify the folders to include or exclude for protection on the selected computers.
a. Type the folder names in the Folder column using variables such as %programfiles%, or you can use the exact folder name. Select Include or Exclude for each entry in the Rule column.
b. Select Allow users to specify protection members to give your end users the choice to add more folders on the computer that they want to back up. However, the files and folders you have explicitly excluded as an administrator cannot be selected by the end user.
c. Under File type exclusions specify the file types to exclude using their file extensions, and then click Next to continue.
in the select Data protection method, select the protection method that suite your need either short-term or long-term , then click Next
click next , and specify your short-term recovery goal
notice there is new option to specify after how long DPM will raise an alert if the Client will not be available for backup, in my case I configured for 18 days
On the Allocate Storage page, specify the size of data to be protected on the computer. I recommend that you co-locate multiple data sources to one DPM replica volume. Click Next to continue.
Note
I recommend that you co-locate your data if you have a large number of client computers. You will not be able to protect 750 or more client computers with one DPM server without co-locating your data. I recommend that you do not co-locate if you have less than ten client computers in a protection group.
in the summary window click create Group then close
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