Building on the focus of Data Protection Manager 2006 for disk-to-disk protection of file servers, Service Pack 1 (SP1) broadens the protection capabilities with support for protecting file server clusters, support for SIS (single-instance storage) enabled...

On Friday, October 27, 2006, we will be having our First Look at System Center Data Protection Manager v2. Join this webcast to learn how DPM v2 combines the concepts of continuous data protection and traditional tape backup, online and offline...

Get your hands on DPMv2 Beta1 bits. Click here to download. Now off to playing with it… Summary of what DPMv2 Beta1 offers Protecting multiple data sources File Systems Exchange storage groups SQL databases Protection to both...

On September 27 th , Microsoft announced the public beta of System Center Data Protection Manager version 2. Data Protection Manager (DPM) is a key member of the Microsoft System Center family of management products, designed to help IT Pros manage...

The DPM FAQ is updated and includes the following changes: Updated system requirements to include Windows Server 2003 R2. Added "Can I use DPM with Windows Server 2003 R2?" question and answer. Added restriction on using Disk Defragmenter...

DPM wins the 2006 Network Storage Conference Annual STOR(SM) Award in the Data Protection category. - Balaji Hariharan

Excellent response to testing DPM v1 SP1 Beta… Thanks to everyone for your excellent response and volunteering to DPM v1 SP1 Beta. As we have already exceeded the total number of seats available, we are not in a position to accept any more testers...

If you would like to give us feedback about the DPM v1 MOM pack, now is the time. We need your help in filling up a questionnaire which includes giving feedback about existing MOM pack and adding suggestions on new features. Of course you have the option...

Data Protection Manager 2006 aka DPM V1 primarily caters to the file server protection market. But a lot of servers out there are application servers. So if you bought DPM V1, how do you ensure protection of your application servers? DPM has a file...

The DPM Error Code Catalog has been published for download, in Word format, with the errors listed in numerical order. For more details, refer to Jeanie's post . - Balaji Hariharan

Thought I will share some great feedback that we received from one of our customers - Andy, who runs the IT department in his university. Hi, I am currently running DPM 2006 (and have been for 3 months) and I am absolutely delighted with it...

Among the exsiting DPM V1 customers we are looking for customers who want to participate in our beta for Service Pack 1. SP1 enables: protection of 64 bit production servers protection of production servers with Single Instance Store...

The DPM product team is looking for participants in the DPM V2 Technology Adoption Program (TAP) where participants get: Early access to DPM V2 Individual DPM team technical experts for your deployment to answer your questions A unique chance...

Jeanie Decker and Deb Lewy recently sat in on usability testing for DPM v.2 screens. Why do writers care about usability? Because the easier the UI is to navigate, the easier it is to explain in the documentation. Our goal is to work with the product...

Our first Update (KB 910330) is now LIVE on Microsoft Update. Steps for opt-in to Microsoft Update: 1. Visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate 2. Click Start Now 3. On the Review the license agreement...

Running resource-intensive jobs (like replica creation and consistency checks) successfully over low-speed WAN links is a challenge. For example, a transfer of 20 GB volume across a 512 Kbps link would take at least 120 hours. Check out how we can...

We recently released a hotfix for an issue related to short file name issues and "access denied" error. The KB associated with the same is: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=906881 (906881) - You may receive an "Access Denied" error message when you use the synchronization with consistency check feature in Data Protection Manager and you are running Windows Server 2003. The problem occurs because during a consistency check, both the long name and the short name of each file m...

We recently released a hotfix for an issue related to missing shadow copies. The KB associated with the same is: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;910330 (910330) - Described a problem where stored shadow copies are overwritten even...

Welcome to the Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (in short, DPM) team blog! The authors here are developers, testers, program managers, technical writers, marketing folks and product support engineers who work with DPM. And of course...