Protecting Data in DFS Namespaces

Published : April 8, 2005 | Updated : August 17, 2005

You can protect data that is part of a Distributed File System (DFS) Namespaces hierarchy. However, you cannot select shares for protection through the DFS Namespaces hierarchy. Instead, you can select shares for protection only by their local paths. For instructions for selecting shares for protection, see “Selecting Members for the Protection Group” in the “Configuring DPM” chapter of this guide.

If your namespace includes roots or links that have multiple targets, we recommend that you protect only one of the targets. Protecting multiple targets is redundant, and can adversely affect DPM synchronization processes.

When end-user recovery is enabled on a protected target, users can access previous versions of files through the DFS Namespaces hierarchy. When end users attempt to access previous versions of files on a share that has multiple targets, DPM transparently directs them to the protected target.