DPM for Windows environment
July 29, 2022

DPM for Windows environment

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)

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

  • Clustered Hyper-V VM backup and restore.
  • Easy to have multiple restore points.
  • Can back up different workloads with the same solution.

Cons

  • Allow long-term backups to disks.
  • GUI could have improved performance.
  • Short-term backup and restore.
  • Possible to have several restore points in the same day.
  • All backups managed in a single place.
  • Same-day service restore when some SQL databases were corrupted.
  • Veeam Backup & Replication

Do you think Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)'s feature set?

No

Did Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) go as expected?

No

Would you buy Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) again?

Yes

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.

Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) Feature Ratings

Data Center Backup
8.0
Universal recovery
9
Instant recovery
9
Recovery verification
7
Business application protection
8
Multiple backup destinations
8
Incremental backup identification
9
Backup to the cloud
8
Deduplication and file compression
10
Snapshots
9
Flexible deployment
7
Management dashboard
7
Platform support
8
Retention options
6
Encryption
7

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