Best Practice for Data Protection Manager 2007

I've been searching the Micrsoft Technet site for recovery processes' for
two days and while they offer high level documents I haven't been able to
find the information I need and was hoping I could get it here.

My configuration is this:
Server 1 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise X64 servers with Hyper-V
Server 2 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise X64 servers with Hyper-V
Server 3 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise X64 servers with Hyper-V
Server 4 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise X64 servers with Hyper-V & directly
connected to SAN & Host to DPM Server
Each Server has at least 2 VM's running off it.
1 Server will host will the DPM 2007 server and be directly connected to a
SAN

Part of the issue is I've never done disaster recovery only read Microsoft
techniques on it, but I'm trying to find out how DPM would work with this.

Scenario 1)The host on server 1 curropts and can't be repaired or hard disk
fails. Either way need to restore complete host
Q)What do I need to get the server running again?
Do I need to do a complete clean re-install?
Does the agent need to be re-installed?
If so is there additional configurations server side
I need to do?

Scenario 2) The host with the DPM server on it curropts fails etc, and will
not boot
Q)How do I repair this? Is it same concept fresh
install?
Do I manually have to re-install & re-configure the
DPM server?
If so what happens to the replica's that have
already been saved?
I read that you should have a secondary DPM server
in case the primary crashes. Does this mean I
would need a second SAN to recover the replica's?

Scenario 3) The documentation I've found says there is an synchronization
and then it checks for changes.
Q)Can this be scheduled so I don't have excess network
traffic during work hours?
From the standpoint of recovery is the process a
single recovery or does this work like incremental
where I have to restore multiple copies?

Scenario 4)NTLDR or something curropts and I just need to an repair not
complete re-install. Conflicting driver, etc.
Q)Can DPM restore when Windows is not running or is the
agent only live when Windows is?

Hello Cameron,

I think this is the better place for your DPM question:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...xp=&sloc=en-us

Also see:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/dpm/bb737891.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcente...ums-blogs.aspx



Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> I've been searching the Micrsoft Technet site for recovery processes'
> for two days and while they offer high level documents I haven't been
> able to find the information I need and was hoping I could get it
> here.
>
> My configuration is this:
> Server 1 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise X64 servers with Hyper-V
> Server 2 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise X64 servers with Hyper-V
> Server 3 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise X64 servers with Hyper-V
> Server 4 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise X64 servers with Hyper-V &
> directly
> connected to SAN & Host to DPM Server
> Each Server has at least 2 VM's running off it.
> 1 Server will host will the DPM 2007 server and be directly connected
> to a
> SAN
> Part of the issue is I've never done disaster recovery only read
> Microsoft techniques on it, but I'm trying to find out how DPM would
> work with this.
>
> Scenario 1)The host on server 1 curropts and can't be repaired or hard
> disk
> fails. Either way need to restore complete host
> Q)What do I need to get the server running again?
> Do I need to do a complete clean re-install?
> Does the agent need to be re-installed?
> If so is there additional configurations
> server side
> I need to do?
> Scenario 2) The host with the DPM server on it curropts fails etc, and
> will
> not boot
> Q)How do I repair this? Is it same concept fresh
> install?
> Do I manually have to re-install &
> re-configure the
> DPM server?
> If so what happens to the replica's that have
> already been saved?
> I read that you should have a secondary DPM
> server
> in case the primary crashes. Does this mean I
> would need a second SAN to recover the replica's?
>
> Scenario 3) The documentation I've found says there is an
> synchronization
> and then it checks for changes.
> Q)Can this be scheduled so I don't have excess
> network
> traffic during work hours?
> From the standpoint of recovery is the process
> a
> single recovery or does this work like incremental
> where I have to restore multiple copies?
>
> Scenario 4)NTLDR or something curropts and I just need to an repair
> not
> complete re-install. Conflicting driver, etc.
> Q)Can DPM restore when Windows is not running or
> is the
> agent only live when Windows is

I ended up using support hours and talk with support directly. They did
answer my questions, but thank you for responding.
"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
news: .com...
> Hello Cameron,
>
> I think this is the better place for your DPM question:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...xp=&sloc=en-us
>
> Also see:
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/dpm/bb737891.aspx
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/systemcente...ums-blogs.aspx
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>> I've been searching the Micrsoft Technet site for recovery processes'
>> for two days and while they offer high level documents I haven't been
>> able to find the information I need and was hoping I could get it
>> here.
>>
>> My configuration is this:
>> Server 1 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise X64 servers with Hyper-V
>> Server 2 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise X64 servers with Hyper-V
>> Server 3 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise X64 servers with Hyper-V
>> Server 4 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise X64 servers with Hyper-V &
>> directly
>> connected to SAN & Host to DPM Server
>> Each Server has at least 2 VM's running off it.
>> 1 Server will host will the DPM 2007 server and be directly connected
>> to a
>> SAN
>> Part of the issue is I've never done disaster recovery only read
>> Microsoft techniques on it, but I'm trying to find out how DPM would
>> work with this.
>>
>> Scenario 1)The host on server 1 curropts and can't be repaired or hard
>> disk
>> fails. Either way need to restore complete host
>> Q)What do I need to get the server running again?
>> Do I need to do a complete clean re-install?
>> Does the agent need to be re-installed?
>> If so is there additional configurations
>> server side
>> I need to do?
>> Scenario 2) The host with the DPM server on it curropts fails etc, and
>> will
>> not boot
>> Q)How do I repair this? Is it same concept fresh
>> install?
>> Do I manually have to re-install &
>> re-configure the
>> DPM server?
>> If so what happens to the replica's that have
>> already been saved?
>> I read that you should have a secondary DPM
>> server
>> in case the primary crashes. Does this mean I
>> would need a second SAN to recover the replica's?
>>
>> Scenario 3) The documentation I've found says there is an
>> synchronization
>> and then it checks for changes.
>> Q)Can this be scheduled so I don't have excess
>> network
>> traffic during work hours?
>> From the standpoint of recovery is the process
>> a
>> single recovery or does this work like incremental
>> where I have to restore multiple copies?
>>
>> Scenario 4)NTLDR or something curropts and I just need to an repair
>> not
>> complete re-install. Conflicting driver, etc.
>> Q)Can DPM restore when Windows is not running or
>> is the
>> agent only live when Windows is?
>
>