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DPM2010 Datasheet SQL
DPM2010 Datasheet SQL
System Center Data Protection Attention SQL Administrators… DPM presents the data to be protected
Manager 2010 delivers unified There Is a Better Way to Back in the same context as you administer
data protection for Windows it, as SQL instances and databases.
servers and clients as a best-of- Up!
breed backup & recovery New in DPM 2010 for SQL
solution from Microsoft, for If your company relies on Microsoft®
Windows environments. SQL Server™ to manage and deliver DPM 2010 has been enhanced for
information, who will you trust to SQL Server environments:
DPM 2010 provides the best maximize its protection and recovery?
protection and most Protect an entire instance of
supportable restore scenarios SQL Server administrators are looking SQL Server, so that all newly
from disk, tape and cloud -- in a for a better way to protect and recover created databases get
scalable, manageable and cost- SQL Server databases. Microsoft has protected automatically.
effective way. heard from our customers and
partners and delivered a complete A single DPM server is able to
solution with System Center Data protect up to 2,000 databases.
Protection Manager (DPM) 2010.
DBA’s get a self-service restore
Maximizing Protection of Microsoft utility so they can restore their
SQL Server with Microsoft Data own databases (with role-based
Protection Manager security).
DPM 2010 is designed for the Database You can also restore SQL 2005
Administrator or the IT generalist and databases to a SQL 2008 server for test
uses wizards and workflows to help migrations and so you can restore
ensure that you can protect your data older data once all your production
– without requiring an advanced servers have been upgraded to 2008.
degree, training or certification in
storage and backup technologies.
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How DPM protects SQL data Advanced SQL Server Configurations How to Restore Microsoft SQL Server
with Microsoft Data Protection
DPM 2010 uses a combination of Because DPM was designed specifically Manager
transaction log replication and block- for SQL Server, DPM understands the
level synchronization in conjunction advanced configurations of SQL Server DPM 2010 is focused on “restore”
with the SQL VSS Writer to help ensure that often cause other data protection instead of just “backup”, which is why
your ability to recover SQL Server tools to fail: Microsoft has blended CDP and
databases. After the initial baseline traditional backup, disk and tape,
copy of data, two parallel processes When protecting SQL Server clusters, synchronizations and log shipping – all
enable continuous data protection DPM 2010 is not only “SQL-savvy,” but to enable the best possible recovery
with integrity: ”cluster-capable.” During deployment, experience.
DPM is aware of the physical nodes,
Transaction logs are continuously the cluster’s identity, and the virtual With just a few mouse clicks and DPM,
synchronized to the DPM server, as servers running within it. DPM will you can:
often as every 15 minutes. help you ensure that all clustered
nodes have the agent, to maximize Restore a SQL database directly back
An “express full” uses the SQL Server protection of the SQL data. And when to the original server – Databases are
VSS Writer to identify which blocks Microsoft Cluster Services moves the recovered back where they came from
have changed in the entire production SQL Server to a different clustered- into the active SQL Server, with no
database, and send just the updated node, DPM will continue to protect the additional work for the database
blocks or fragments. This provides a virtual SQL server without intervention. administrator to do afterwards. This
complete and consistent image of the improves recovery time and reduces
data files on the DPM server or When deploying SQL Server mirrored the number of people needed during a
appliance. DPM maintains up to 512 databases, DPM is aware of the crisis recovery.
shadow copies of the full SQL Server mirrored databases and will protect
database(s) by storing only the the shared data set correctly through Restore SQL database to an alternate
differences between any two images. the Active server in the pair. SQL Server – This provides an
alternative where the active SQL
Assuming one “express full” per week, When protecting SQL Servers with “Log database is untouched, but the older
stored as one of 512 shadow copy Shipping” or “Simple Recovery Model” data can be restored onto a different
differentials between one week and configurations, DPM auto-configures SQL server (or same server, alternate
the next, times 7 days x 24 hours x 4 itself to co-exist for simple-mode database) – allowing both versions of
(every 15 minutes), DPM 2010 can protection where needed. the data to be accessed independently.
provide over 344,000 data consistent
SQL recovery points. Copy database files to an alternate
server – This option enables disaster
recovery, compliance auditing, or
software testing – without affecting
the production environment –
including restore of 2005 databases to
a SQL Server 2008 server.
For more information about Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager, visit www.microsoft.com/DPM .
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