Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 - Softcover

Buchannan, Steve; Hedblom, Robert; Gomaa, Islam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849686300 ISBN 13: 9781849686303

Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Written by a team of Microsoft System Center Most Valued Professionals (MVPs), this is the ultimate guide to using Data Protection Management (DPM) to safeguard your organization's valuable information. Packed with tips and real-life solutions.

Overview

• Practical guidance that will help you get the most out of Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2012.
• Gain insight into deploying, monitoring, and administering System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 from a team of Microsoft MVPs.
• Learn the various methods and best practices for administrating and using Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2012.

In Detail

Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager is a centralized data protection solution. DPM is used for data protection and recovery for Microsoft workloads.

Data Protection Manager allows backup and recovery of Microsoft Workloads, including SQL Server, Exchange, Sharepoint, Client Computers, and Hyper-V. Enabling disk and tape-based backup methods, DPM also allows central management of the system state and “Bare-Metal Recovery”.

Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 SP1 is a guide for administrators of System Center Data Protection Manager. By the end of this book, users will be able to carry out automated installs, migrate DPM to new hardware, set up custom reporting, use the DPM central console, and implement offsite DPM strategies such as chaining, monitoring, and cyclic protection.

In this book you will gain insight from Microsoft Most Valued Professionals into the new features in DPM 2012 along with an understanding of the core tasks that administrators will face, including installing and configuring DPM 2012, workload protection, and managing the system. It will also show administrators how to effectively create backups of the protected workloads and use these backups to recover from a disaster

It will also contain information on backup networks, client protection, and how to automate tasks in DPM to make your job as an administrator easier.

After reading this book you should be confident enough to master protecting your organizations data with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager.

What you will learn from this book

• Implementation of effective Backup Strategies.
• How to use DPM Central Console and SCOM to monitor DPM.
• Carrying out disaster recovery for DPM.
• Automation with DPM using System Canter Orchestrator along with PowerShell .
• Using DPM with workgroups and untrusted domains.
• How to perform common management tasks for DPM.
• Better tape management with DPM.
• Using client protection with DPM.

Approach

This book is a Packt tutorial, walking the administrator through the steps needed to create real solutions to the problems and tasks faced when ensuring that their data is protected.

Who this book is written for

This book is for network administrators, system administrators, backup administrators, or IT consultants who are looking to expand their knowledge on how to utilize DPM to protect their organization's data.

About this title

About the Author

Steve Buchanan

Steve Buchanan is an infrastructure consultant at RBA with a focus on System Center. He has 13 years of experience in information technology around systems management and systems administration. Steve authored System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) 2010 SP1 and was a technical reviewer for the System Center Service Manager 2012 Cookbook and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Cookbook, Packt Publishing. Steve is a Microsoft System Center MVP and holds the following certifications: Linux +, MCP, MCTS, MCSA, MCITP: Server Administrator, and MCSE: Private Cloud.

Steve can be found blogging at www.buchatech.com.

Robert Hedblom

Robert Hedblom is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for System Center Cloud and Datacenter Management and works as a Solution Architect for System Center for hosters, EPG, and SMB customers globally. He was previously an MVP for DPM. Robert's knowledge is often used by Microsoft as a reviewing partner and consultant via Microsoft Consultant Services (MCS) or Premier Field Engineers (PFE) on a global scale.

He also runs one of the largest DPM blogs (http://robertanddpm.blogspot.com) where he blogs frequently about DPM and also other System Center products for the System Center community.

Robert has written several DPM trainings for versions 2010, 2012, and 2012 SP1 that a large number of training centers are using. Robert is often seen as a speaker on MMS, TechEd, and several other seminars that Microsoft runs. He was involved in the previous book for System Center Data Protection Manager as a technical reviewer.

Islam Gomaa

Islam Gomaa is a System Architect at Kivuto Solutions Inc, the global leader in complex digital distribution solutions. Islam has over 15 years of expertise in helping organizations align their business goals using Microsoft technology and deploying Microsoft-based solutions, which helped Kivuto become ISO 27001 certified and achieve the Microsoft Gold competency as an ISV.

Islam is an SCDM MVP and member of the Windows Springboard Technical Expert Panel (STEP) for Windows 8 and Server 2012, having delivered STEP presentations as an evangelist across Canada and the USA. He has also authored select advanced webcasts on Microsoft private cloud. Islam presented at both TechEd 2013 North America and Europe, and is welcomed each year to present for TechEd and MMS as a guest speaker.

Islam has a Bachelor's in computer science from Montreal University, holds several Microsoft technical designations, and is an active member of the IT community.

Islam enjoys sharing his adventures and ideas about system administration through his blog at http://blog.islamgomaa.com and http://www.IslamGomaa.com.

Flemming Riis

Flemming Riis is an infrastructure consultant at Kompetera with a focus on System Center. He has been working there since 1997 in various roles, starting with repairing PCs and then presales support. He is now a consultant who started with management software, then became Operations Manager, and hasn't looked back since.

Flemming is a Microsoft System Center MVP and holds the following certifications: MCP, MCTS, MCSA, and MCITP.

Flemming can be found blogging at www.flemmingriis.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1849686300
• ISBN 13: 9781849686303
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 328