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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.

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