Protection for Multiple Data Types

  • Article

Applies To: System Center Data Protection Manager 2010

The following table lists the types of data that DPM can protect and the level of data that you can recover by using DPM.

Note

For information about the specific software requirements for protected computers, see DPM System Requirements (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=108683).

Protectable and Recoverable Data

Product Protectable Data Recoverable Data

Exchange Server 2003

Exchange Server 2007
  • Storage group
  • Storage group

  • Database

  • Mailbox

Exchange Server 2010
  • Stand-alone Exchange Server 2010 servers

  • Databases under a database availability group (DAG)
  • Mailbox

  • Mailbox databases under a DAG

SQL Server 2000

SQL Server 2005

SQL Server 2008
  • Database
  • Database

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
  • Farm

  • SharePoint Search

  • Front-end Web server content
  • Farm

  • Database

  • Web Application

  • File or list item

  • SharePoint search

  • SharePoint Front-End Web Server

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008

Windows Storage Server 2003

Windows Storage Server 2008
  • Volume

  • Share

  • Folder
  • Volume

  • Share

  • Folder

  • File

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1
  • Virtual server host configuration

  • Virtual machines

  • Data for applications running on virtual machines1
  • Virtual server host configuration

  • Virtual machines

  • Data for applications running on virtual machines1

Hyper-V
  • Hyper-V computers

  • Cluster shared volumes

Item-level recovery of:

  • Files and folders

  • Volumes

  • Virtual Hard Drive (VHD)

All computers that can be protected by DPM 2010 except computers running Windows Vista
  • System state
  • System state

Client computers
  • Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and later.

  • Windows Vista or Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1).

  • Windows 7 Client

  • File data


    Note

    Recovery from previous versions of files and folders is not enabled on Windows XP computers.

1 Data for applications running in virtual machines must be protected and recovered as an application data source, not as a component of a protected virtual machine. For example, to protect and recover data for an instance of SQL Server running on a virtual machine, you install the DPM protection agent on the virtual machine and select the data source as a SQL Server database. When you install the protection agent on the virtual host and protect a virtual machine on the host, application data is also protected but can be recovered only by recovering the virtual machine itself.

See Also

Other Resources

Managing Protected File Servers and Workstations
Managing Protected Servers Running Exchange
Managing Protected Servers Running SQL Server
Managing Protected Servers Running Windows SharePoint Services
Managing Protected Virtual Servers