Can we replace DPM with MARS??

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Can we replace DPM with MARS??

Nikhlesh Mohanta 1

I have more than 100 servers (VM,onprem,hyperV).
Customer wants DPM should be replace with MARS.
As i checked microsoft documents there is no information related to this.
Can anyone guide me on this?

Nikhlesh Mohanta 1 Reputation point

2022-12-09T07:07:09.353+00:00

Thanks for the valuable information. Even i feel the same.
But as per client DPM causes them extra cost for DPM server.
Hence they want to move evrything to MARS.

Can you suggest solution for Hyper-V using MARS???
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-12-09T14:50:28.183+00:00

The ideal solution for your current set up is to use MABS or DPM. MABS is again cloud-based solution, and the underlying technology/mechanism is same as DPM.

As far your question about using MARS agent in-place of DPM, is not yet officially supported by Microsoft as documented here - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-support-matrix-mars-agent#the-mars-agent

However, I came across this blog - https://charbelnemnom.com/protect-hyper-v-vm-to-azure-backup-mars-agent/ see if this helps.

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Nikhlesh Mohanta 1 Reputation point

2022-12-09T07:07:09.353+00:00

Thanks for the valuable information. Even i feel the same.
But as per client DPM causes them extra cost for DPM server.
Hence they want to move evrything to MARS.

Can you suggest solution for Hyper-V using MARS???
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-12-09T14:50:28.183+00:00

The ideal solution for your current set up is to use MABS or DPM. MABS is again cloud-based solution, and the underlying technology/mechanism is same as DPM.

As far your question about using MARS agent in-place of DPM, is not yet officially supported by Microsoft as documented here - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-support-matrix-mars-agent#the-mars-agent

However, I came across this blog - https://charbelnemnom.com/protect-hyper-v-vm-to-azure-backup-mars-agent/ see if this helps.

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Hi @Nikhlesh Mohanta - Thank you for reaching out to us on Microsoft Q&A platform!

I understand your requirement to replace DPM with MARS. Short answer, there is no procedure replacement.

MARS is complete different from DPM where MARS was design to backup files and folders on small – medium on premise environment while by other hand DPM was design as robust backup application which can backup many different type of workloads in high scale. Reference to - Azure Backup architecture

If the intention is to backup machines *.vhdx files from virtual machines which are running on Hyper-V then I do not recommend. Instead I would recommend DPM which have the capability to backup those virtual machines entirely including capability to perform file level restore - item level restore from within the backed up virtual machines disk recovery points.

Procedure for replacement would be to remove DPM Agents from Protected Servers and install MARS on the required server which needs to be backed up. Although before remove operation you should decide if requires to stop and delete data or retain for restoration purposes on DPM side.

Important: (Keep in mind that, in case of restore DPM Agent needs to be installed).

Hope this clarifies. Feel free write back if you need further assistance.

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