Ramblings of a Manageability DSE

DPM 2007 SP1

garrym — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:35:00 GMT

From the DPM Product team blog (http://blogs.technet.com/dpm/archive/2008/12/19/service-pack-1-for-dpm-2007-is-now-available.aspx)

I will be writing up my experiences very soon on using SP1

What is new in Service Pack 1	http://www.microsoft.com/SystemCenter/DataProtectionManager/en/us/WHATs-NEW.aspx

DPM 2007 SP1 x86	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125991
DPM 2007 SP1 x64	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125992

SP1 videos on TechNet Edge	http://edge.technet.com/tags/DPM

Upcoming Webcast on SP1 on January 8, 2009	http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032399151

Service Pack 1 for Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 provides continuous data protection for Windows application and file servers using seamlessly integrated disk and tape media and includes the following expanded capabilities:

Protection of Hyper-V™ virtualization platforms, including both Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and the Microsoft Hyper-V Server, has been added to the existing set of protected workloads, building on the virtualization protection originally delivered for Virtual Server 2005.
Enhanced SQL Server 2008 protection, including the addition of new protection capabilities for mirrored databases, support for parallel backups of databases within a single instance, and the ability to move data from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008 for migration scenarios.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 receive index protection, significant catalog optimization, and support for mirrored content databases.
Added protection for Exchange Server 2007 Standby Cluster Replication (SCR), enabling a complete disaster recovery solution that leverages SCR failover alongside DPM point-in-time restores.

In addition to enhancing the protection of each of the core Microsoft application workloads, additional capabilities have also been introduced with the release of DPM 2007 SP1, such as:

Local Data Source Protection enabling the DPM 2007 SP1 server to act as a branch office server offering self-protecting File Services and Virtualization hosting within one platform.
Cross-Forest Protection allowing large enterprise customers with multiple Active Directory® forests to now have even more flexibility in their DPM deployments.
Provision for a Client DPML answers customer demand for a more cost-effective way to protect Windows XP and Windows Vista clients using the same DPM 2007 infrastructure that protects their servers
Disaster Recovery capabilities within DPM 2007 SP1 now include the ability to leverage a third-party vaulting partner via the cloud (SaaS)

All of this new functionality builds on the features released in the DPM 2007 ‘Rollup Update’ in June 2008, which provided protection of Windows Server 2008, including Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 core, Windows Server 2008 System State and BitLocker™ support – as well as new tape media capabilities around tape sharing and media library sharing.

Between ‘Rollup Update’ and Service Pack 1, most of the core features of DPM 2007 have seen incremental capabilities or workload advancements which promises to keep Data Protection Manager on a trajectory toward improving how Microsoft customers protect and recover their Windows application and file servers with the Microsoft backup and recovery solution.

Windows Home Server

garrym — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:17:41 GMT

This looks really cool. Have a look at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx for more information. You can also down load a RC version from https://connect.microsoft.com/WindowsHomeServer?wa=wsignin1.0

Reminder of Link to the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Product Documentation

garrym — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:35:00 GMT

If you are working with Operations Manager 2007 have a look at these site's http://www.microsoft.com/technet/opsmgr/2007/library/proddocs.mspx#EBF and http://www.microsoft.com/technet/opsmgr/2007/library/default.mspx

It contains technical documentation that will help you plan for, and deploy Operations Manager 2007

Error message when you try to import a management pack by using the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Operations Console or the System Center Essentials Console: "OutOfMemoryException"

garrym — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:31:00 GMT

New KB

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933987

I would bookmark this blog http://blogs.technet.com/cliveeastwood/default.aspx

The Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta will go live on May 16th

garrym — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:21:00 GMT

Read all about it at http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=MPBetaAndVidocRelease

I have crackdown and it is an amazing game and highly recommended it to anyone.

System Center Capacity Planner 2007 Beta Release Available

garrym — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:25:00 GMT

System Center Capacity Planner 2007 (SCCP 2007) helps you size and plan deployments of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and System Center Operations Manager 2007. SCCP 2007 uses transaction models of the applications and includes their respective best practices.

Pop along to https://connect.microsoft.com/SystemCenter to sign up for the Beta