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Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)

Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)

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What is Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)?

System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) is an enterprise backup and recovery system that contributes to BCDR strategy by facilitating the backup and recovery of enterprise data.

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Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)

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What is Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)?

System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) is an enterprise backup and recovery system that contributes to BCDR strategy by facilitating the backup and recovery of enterprise data.

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July 29, 2022

DPM for Windows environment

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Translation & Localization Company, 51-200 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
DPM is used by our company as a primary backup solution for virtual machines, bare metal backups, file shares and some SQL databases. We have used it for more than 4 years for short-term backups. We got it as a part of Microsoft System Center Suite.
Pros and Cons
  • Clustered Hyper-V VM backup and restore.
  • Easy to have multiple restore points.
  • Can back up different workloads with the same solution.
  • Allow long-term backups to disks.
  • GUI could have improved performance.
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager is well suited for Windows domain environments where you need to make backups of Hyper-V virtual machines or bare metal servers. It is possible to backup SQL databases, works pretty well, but sometimes needs consistency checks on backups to properly continue to backup databases. Easy to restore anything to production or to another location.
Most Important Features
  • Short-term backup and restore.
  • Possible to have several restore points in the same day.
  • All backups managed in a single place.
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) Feature Ratings
Data Center Backup (14)
80%
8.0
Universal recovery
90%
9.0
Instant recovery
90%
9.0
Recovery verification
70%
7.0
Business application protection
80%
8.0
Multiple backup destinations
80%
8.0
Incremental backup identification
90%
9.0
Backup to the cloud
80%
8.0
Deduplication and file compression
100%
10.0
Snapshots
90%
9.0
Flexible deployment
70%
7.0
Management dashboard
70%
7.0
Platform support
80%
8.0
Retention options
60%
6.0
Encryption
70%
7.0
Return on Investment
  • Same-day service restore when some SQL databases were corrupted.
Alternatives Considered
  • Veeam Backup & Replication
August 31, 2021

DPM in a nutshell.

AS
Alan Sidles
President
WebDesk Inc (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use DPM to backup our entire network, for both physical and virtual servers. We have over 50 servers. This provides for quick in-house Disaster Recovery. We also utilize a dedicated backup network to enable fast and efficient backup/restore without ever affecting the production network. It is wonderful to be able to manage your entire network backups with a single pane of glass.
Pros and Cons
  • Hyper-V backup /restore
  • Bare-Metal backup/restore
  • Good management console
  • Remote and non-domain backups could be simplified.
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited for domain disaster recovery. I would avoid considering it for remote or non-domain disaster recovery. While it claims to have the ability, and we have used it this way for years, it often loses it's connection to the DPM server for no apparent reason, and has to be reconfigured. It doesn't always seem to work.
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) Feature Ratings
Data Center Backup (14)
81.42857142857142%
8.1
Universal recovery
90%
9.0
Instant recovery
90%
9.0
Recovery verification
90%
9.0
Business application protection
80%
8.0
Multiple backup destinations
80%
8.0
Incremental backup identification
100%
10.0
Backup to the cloud
90%
9.0
Deduplication and file compression
50%
5.0
Snapshots
80%
8.0
Flexible deployment
80%
8.0
Management dashboard
100%
10.0
Platform support
90%
9.0
Retention options
70%
7.0
Encryption
50%
5.0
Return on Investment
  • It has saved us on licensing costs and through centralized management.
Alternatives Considered
We selected it simply because it is less expensive than the competition, but yet just as good. We saw no reason to go outside the walls of Microsoft for this task. We are satisfied with the product.
Other Software Used
StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA)
January 21, 2019

Microsoft Data Protection Manager: Microsoft Only?

Verified User
Technician in Information Technology
Banking Company, 51-200 employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It was used by our IT to protect Virtual Machine and File Server data. Also, to speed up the recovery process of the entire company. It helped us with fast recovery of lots of data every time we needed it. Other areas of the company don't use it but gain the benefit of the tool in our IT, and recognize it, as we reduced the time it takes to get back online after a failure.
Pros and Cons
  • Virtual machine backup
  • Point in time recovery
  • Shadow copy backup
  • Integration with some devices
  • Web client
  • Slow interface
Likelihood to Recommend
For people that already use Microsoft products, and need to add a protection option to their environment, this is a great tool. It'll help, maybe even with a lower price, compared to other tools. Usually, the price is higher, but if you already have a contract with Microsoft, the price is usually is lower in that scenario.
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) Feature Ratings
Data Center Backup (14)
77.14285714285714%
7.7
Universal recovery
60%
6.0
Instant recovery
90%
9.0
Recovery verification
70%
7.0
Business application protection
80%
8.0
Multiple backup destinations
60%
6.0
Incremental backup identification
70%
7.0
Backup to the cloud
80%
8.0
Deduplication and file compression
90%
9.0
Snapshots
90%
9.0
Flexible deployment
80%
8.0
Management dashboard
80%
8.0
Platform support
70%
7.0
Retention options
90%
9.0
Encryption
70%
7.0
Return on Investment
  • Reduced recovery time
  • Fast backup
  • Complete interface
Alternatives Considered
  • Data Protector (formerly HP Data Protector)
I think they're very good tools, but Data Protector has lots of client options, while with Microsoft Data Protection Manager the focus is windows. But, Microsoft Data Protection Manager is much better in a virtual machine (Hyper-V world) and windows servers. If this is your scenario, maybe Microsoft Data Protection Manager is your choice. But, if you need to mix between Windows and Linux servers, maybe Data Protector could be your choice also.
Other Software Used
pfSense, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series, Palo Alto Panorama, Ubiquiti Networks UNIFI, Microsoft BI, Citrix NetScaler Access Gateway, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Cognito, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Relational Database Service, Amazon Route 53, Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service), Amazon Simple Email Service, Amazon Web Services, MS SharePoint
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