Data Protection Manager and SBS 2003

Has any one used DPM to backup a remote SBS box? Either way wat were some of
the issues that you ran into? I know DPM it self cannot be ran on a Domain
controller so the application would need to be on a member server.
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Thank You,

Keith Templin

I looked into DPM quite extensively. It's lacking 3 features I want (native
Exchange, native SQL, bare metal restore), so I didn't end up pulling the
trigger. However, I've seen it run and it's pretty awesome - I met a guy
from the DPM team at MS who was running it successfully on a laptop. For
data backup, it's very simple and seems to work great - user restore is a
big plus (it's like shadow copy on steroids). The basic license includes
the ability to back up 3 servers, but as you say, DPM is intended to be run
on its own box.

You can do NT backups of Exchange and SQL to flat files on the SBS, then use
DPM to backup those files. I'm not crazy about that idea personally, but
it's a workaround.

I'm not sure if you can run DPM on Windows Storage Server, but that would be
another plus - you could get a network-attached, dedicated server for DPM.
That might be worth looking into if you're interested.


"Keith Templin" wrote in message

> Has any one used DPM to backup a remote SBS box? Either way wat were some
> of
> the issues that you ran into? I know DPM it self cannot be ran on a
> Domain
> controller so the application would need to be on a member server.
> --
> Thank You,
>
> Keith Templin
>