DPM 2010: How to Recover an Item (Item Level Recovery)
With DPM 2010 you can backup VMs at the VHD level and do a file level restore of that VM when needed. This is called Item Level Recovery. NOTE: to use ILR, you must enable the Hyper-V role on the server running DPM 2010, because DPM takes advantage of Hyper-V's WMI Provider to mount snapshots and provide the ILR functionality. The Hyper-V MI Provider is only available by enabling the Hyper-V role.
Here's how to recover an item using ILR:
1. Launch DPM 2010.
2. Select Recovery.
3. Under the Recoverable Data, select the VM from which you wish to recover data.
4. Choose the date and time for a point in time recovery under Recoverable Item.
a. *Right-click on this item to see *the Recovery dialog that will step you through restoring the entire backup, not the Item Level Recovery.
b. To reach the Item Level Recovery, DOUBLE-CLICK on the Recoverable Item and wait a few seconds. You will then be presented with a list of available files for recovery. Alternatively, you can search to find a specific file for recovery.
