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Webcast on Thursday – Cheaper, Better Backups with DPM 2007

JasonBuffington — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:18:23 GMT

On Thursday morning, 8AM Pacific, please join us for a discussion on reducing costs and improving your backup and recoverability with System Center Data Protection Manager.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032412440

Event Overview

In today’s economy, more than ever, IT Pro’s are looking for ways to reduce costs while still improving existing processes or fixing things that aren’t meeting expectations – including backup. In this session, we’ll discuss legacy protection solutions for backup, disk-to-disk replication, and long-distance disaster recovery -- and how you can cut costs while gaining better backups and more reliable recoveries with System Center Data Protection Manager 2007.

Duration: 60 Minutes

Start Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Presenter: Jason Buffington, Senior Technical Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

Jason has been working in the networking industry since 1989, focusing mainly on data protection and storage technologies - including roles at Cheyenne/CA for ARCserve and NSI Double-Take. He is previously a Certified Business Continuity Planner, MCSE, MCT, and was awarded as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in storage technology. Jason has spoken around the world at numerous Microsoft events, and his work has been published in several industry journals. Jason studied computer science at Texas A&M University. He lives in Dallas Texas, telecommutes to Redmond, and blogs at JasonBuffington.com.

DPM v3 “First Look” – TechNet Webcast on May 5

JasonBuffington — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:51:46 GMT

On Tuesday, May 5th at 11 AM Pacific – we will be giving folks your “First Look” at DPM v3.

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032412466

This webcast will cover the big features and directions for the next generation of DPM, so you won’t want to miss it.

New SQL Server protection information for DPM 2007 SP1

JasonBuffington — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:46:19 GMT

Two new pieces of information to keep you informed on what is going on with SQL Server database protection and System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1.

As part of Service Pack 1 for DPM, we now have official support for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3. This goes both for protected servers as well as the DPM server:

- Production Servers running SP3 for SQL 2005 are now "officially supported" (along with SQL 2008)

- You can patch your DPM Server's SQL Server 2005 database to SP3, as well

In addition, in order to help folks get more experience with protecting SQL Server with DPM 2007 SP1, we just released a TechNet vLab (Virtual Lab) which is the same VHD environment that we use for all of our hands-on labs (HOL's) at TechEd and that our field uses for demonstrations of DPM 2007. All it takes is a web browser and you can spin up the virtual lab and play with SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 protection -- including recovering SQL 2005 data onto a SQL 2008 box for a very cool migration and test scenario.

We hope everyone, but particularly SQL database administrators and database-integrating channel partners, will come check out how easy it is to use Microsoft's backup and recovery solution that was built for your Microsoft environment

To try out SQL Server database protection, go to How to Protect SQL Server with DPM 2007 SP1

And for more information on SQL protection with DPM in general, including a review by SQL Server Magazine, click here for all of our SQL protection resources by DPM 2007 SP1.