System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 Training

Protect Your Organization From Disaster with Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2010

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Throw backup out the window using disk-based DPM CDP – Continuous Data Protection

Gone are the days when organizations could allow 8, 10 or even 12 hour backup windows to impede business operations. Today’s 24/7 organization demands a tool that provides 24/7 coverage all with minimal operational impact. Organizations must master the use of Continuous Data Protection in DPM in order to avoid certain loss of business – and money – that comes with inevitable hardware issues and data corruption problems. With DPM’s CDP capability, you can be a hero in your organization by protecting data as often as every 15 minutes – all while continuing business as usual.

Take Advantage of DPM 2010’s Powerful Features

Microsoft has made DPM an enterprise-grade application capable of protecting even the most critical Microsoft workloads. Learning how to use these new features is key to ensuring that DPM can protect your company from disaster. Although DPM is a capable product, it takes time to learn how to leverage it to best effect. In this course, you’ll learn about:

DPM’s broad support for Microsoft’s newest enterprise platforms such as Exchange 2010, SQL Server 2008 R2 and SharePoint 2010
New features in DPM that take the pain – and time – out of data protection and recovery
How single item recovery from Hyper-V virtual machines can allow you to recover items with ease and with speed
Methods by which you can protect your DPM server itself to keep your data protection environment operating in peak condition
Ways that you can keep DPM from consuming too many resources – disk, network and processing – and affecting production
A SharePoint 2010 method for recovering databases and even single items – all without needing a separate and expensive recovery farm!
Resurrecting Windows Server 2008 servers from death! DPM’s bare metal recovery feature makes it a breeze to recovery servers from scratch.

Data Protection at the Speed of Thought

DPM 2010 brings ease to the data protection game by taking some of the pain away. When a SQL Server database administrator adds a new database, you can make sure it’s protected, all without lifting a finger! And, when it comes to raw speed, you’ll see just how fast DPM can be. Learn how I recovered a 28 GB critical database in the middle of the working day – in 7 minutes flat.

Learn also how DPM 2010 protects SharePoint 2010 without requiring the use of a SharePoint recovery farm. No more need for a separate infrastructure just to recover a document!

Go Virtual and Stay Protected

Let’s face it – everyone is going virtual these days and why not? Make sure that you know how your data protection platform goes with this trend in the data center. Discover just how robust DPM 2010 is when it comes to protecting mission-critical Hyper-V workloads and master the art of single-item recovery from a supported Hyper-V virtual machine.

Take the DPM 2010 Plunge with our Training

Learn how to install and implement your first Data Protection Manager 2010 environment and protect a myriad of Microsoft workloads, including Windows servers, Exchange Server 2010, SharePoint 2010, SQL Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V. Discover steps you can to make sure your DPM environment works for you and not the other way around.

We’ve created this course using a building-block approach that provides you with a solid DPM foundation before we take the plunge into specific workload protection techniques. We are offering you a quality Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 Course instructed by Scott Lowe, a certified hands-on technology leader and practitioner, author and creator a many Train Signal courses, including our System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Operations Manager courses.

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Course Outline

System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 Training - Course Outline

Lesson 1 - Getting Started with System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 Training

In this lesson, we’ll look at what we’ll be building for our scenario company, Globomantics, talk about what this course will cover, meet your instructor and talk about how to best use this course.

What We’re Building
About Your Instructor
About the Course
Before You Begin
How to Use the Course

Lesson 2 - Lab Setup

This lesson introduces you to what the course scenario’s physical environment looks like and how to simulate it on your own equipment. Learn what hardware and software you need to follow along with this course.

Globomantics Corporate Network
Globomantics Locations
Headquarters Server Information
Utica Regional Office Servers
Physical Lab Configuration

Lesson 3 - The Course Scenario

In this lesson you will be introduced to the fictitious company that will be used throughout this course. Learn about the Globomantics company and its plan for using Data Protection Manager 2010.

About Globomantics
Current Backup Challenges
Globomantics Cost Structure
Immediate Needs
Globomantics Office Locations
Globomantics Office Locations Map

Lesson 4 - Introduction to Data Protection Manager 2010

Data Protection Manager 2010 brings a number of features of interest to Globomantics. Learn about these features and the rest of the DPM basics.

What's new in DPM 2010
Protected Workloads
Protection Agents
Protection Groups
Replicas
Synchronization
Storage Pool
Recovery Point (""Snapshot"")
Continuous Data Protection
Express Full Backups
Consistency Check

Lesson 5 - Planning the DPM Deployment

This lesson discusses how an organization’s recovery goals affect the DPM plan that will be put in place. Learn different considerations and decision implications and then apply that knowledge to what the Globomantics company is planning to do.

DPM and Organizational Policies
Recovery Goals and Implications
Risk and Data Loss Tolerance
Data Loss Implications
End User Recovery
DPM Protection Methods and Limits
DPM Hardware Requirements
DPM Software Requirements
SQL Server Requirements
Tape Library Support
Hyper-V Considerations

Lesson 6 - Installing Data Protection Manager 2010

By the end of this lesson Globomantics will have a functioning DPM server! Also, during the course of this lesson, you will learn why Globomantics has decided to go the route of installing the DPM software and the SQL database on the same server. Instructor Scott also details what to do if your organization decides to use a remote SQL Server.

DPM Communication Diagram
Local vs. Remote SQL Server
Remote SQL Server Preparation
Installation Restrictions

Lesson 7 - Data Protection Manager Initial Configuration Tasks

Get familiar with both the GUI and command line administration tools available in DPM 2010. Then, add disc and tape assets to the Globomantics infrastructure based on specific recovery goals.

Introduction to the DPM 2010 Administrator Console
Introduction to DPM 2010 PowerShell
Adding Disks to the DPM Storage Pool
Adding a Tape Library to the DPM Server

Lesson 8 - Installing and Managing Agents

In this lesson you will learn about DPM agent configuration options, agent client requirements for a variety of applications, and different methods for performing agent installation.

Common Protected System Requirements
File Server, SQL, Exchange, SharePoint and Hyper-V Protection Requirements
Computer Discovery
DPM Agent Installation Options
Automatic Installation Method
Manual Installation Method
Remote Agent Installation Tip
Throttling Agent Network Usage

Lesson 9 - Creating and Configuring Protection Groups

Projection groups are where organizational policy and technical implementation intersect. In this lesson you will link scenario company Globomantics’ business needs to protection group configuration.

Protection Group Structure
Creating Multiple Protection Groups
Short-term and Long-term Protection Policies
Defining a Backup Retention Time/Range
Compress or Encrypt Tape Data
System State and Enabling Bare Metal Recovery
Consistency Check Options
About Express Full Backups
Protection Group Considerations
Optimizing Performance and on-the-wire Compression

Lesson 10 - Backing Up and Recovering File Servers

After watching this lesson you will understand the backup options available for file servers which are the most common kinds of servers. Learn file-based protection and how to recover volumes, folders and individual files.

Protecting a File Server
File Server Protection Considerations
Recovering Files and Folders
File-Based Recovery Gotchas
Creating a Manual Recovery Point
Configuring Notification Options
A Quick Look at SAN-Based Recovery

Lesson 11 - Additional Backup and Recovery Options

Look closer at important protection features. See demonstrations of creating a manual recovery point, setting synchronization start times, changing the system state storage location, recovering system state for a Server 2003 server, and the exciting streamlined bare metal recovery (BMR) process for DPM 2010.

Recovery Point Types
Recovery Point Scheduling Options
Manual Recovery Point Creation
Recovery Point Options
Protection Group Optimization
System State Protection/BMR Gotchas
System State Protection
Bare Metal Recovery
Disaster Scenario

Lesson 12 - Backing Up and Recovering Exchange Servers

After watching this lesson you will be able to backup and restore Exchange 2010 servers and mailboxes. You will also understand the differences and limitations that come in to play when protecting older versions of Exchange.

Exchange Scope of Backup and Recovery
Using the Exchange DPM Storage Calculator
Exchange Protection Considerations
Why Run ESEUTIL?
Recovering Exchange Data
Using Recovery Databases
Exchange 2010: Database Availability Groups

Lesson 13 - Backing Up and Recovering SharePoint Servers

There are some extra steps to protecting SharePoint with DPM. This lesson will take you step-by-step through backing up and recovering SharePoint 2010 as well as some extra information about using older SharePoint versions.

What’s New in DPM 2010
SharePoint Protection Requirements
Using the ConfigureSharePoint Utility
Other ConfigureSharepoint Options
ConfigureSharepoint Behind the Scenes
SharePoint and DPM watchouts
Creating the SharePoint Protection Group
What is a Recovery Farm?
Recovering SharePoint Information

Lesson 14 - Backing Up and Recovering SQL Servers

This lesson talks about the backup and recovery options available for SQL Server and how to take interim database snapshots to keep protection levels closer to real-time. You will also learn how to allow database administrators to perform their own self-service recovery on the SQL Server.

DPM 2010 SQL Server Protection Features
Understanding DPM SQL Backup
Globomantics SQL Protection
SQL Server/DPM Best Practices
SQL Database Recovery

Lesson 15 - Backing Up and Recovering Hyper-V Virtual Machines

Watch this lesson to find out about the requirements and limitations of protecting and recovering virtual workloads with DPM.

DPM 2010/Hyper-V features
Hyper-V/DPM Storage Calculator
Hyper-V Backup Prerequisites
Hyper-V Needs
Backup Options
Unsupported Hyper-V Scenarios
Additional Recommendations
Creating the Hyper-V Protection Group
Recovering Hyper-V Hosted Data

Lesson 16 - Monitoring the Data Protection Manager Server

The DPM environment requires monitoring to ensure success. When something goes wrong an administrator needs to be notified so that action can be taken. In this lesson, learn how to use the built in monitoring tools and reports to ensure the best possible results.

Using the Monitoring Area
Monitoring in the Protection Area
Other Console-Based Monitoring Options
Scheduling and Running Reports
System Center Operations Manager

Lesson 17 - Troubleshooting Data Protection Manager

Even the best planned installations can run into trouble and will require troubleshooting. This lesson shows you where to look when DPM problems occur.

Basic Troubleshooting
Application Protection Troubleshooting
Obtaining Replica Information
Performing Consistency Checks
DPM-Related Performance Monitoring

Lesson 18 - Protecting the DPM Server

You must ensure that protection stays in place even when the primary DPM server itself fails. So, this lesson explains the options for protecting and recovering the DPM server and shows how to switch protection to a secondary DPM server in the event that the primary fails.

DPM Chaining and Secondary Protection
A Secondary DPM Server
DPM Protection Diagrams
DPM Protection Prerequisites
Creating the Protection Group
Switching Protection Roles
Recovery from a Secondary Server
Primary DPM Server Recovery Steps

Lesson 19 - Next Steps

We’ve reached the end of the course. In this lesson, we’ll look back at where we started with Globomantics and what we built for them. We’ll also discuss what further steps you can take to deepen your knowledge of Data Protection Manager.

Where You Started
Course Building Blocks
What You’ve Accomplished
Your Road Ahead
My Favorite Supporting Resources
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Scott Lowe (MCSE, CNA)

Scott is the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri where he puts his 16 years of Information Technology experience to work serving the needs of the campus community. By night (and sometimes weekends, lunch, and everything in between!) Scott writes technical articles for CNet's TechRepublic, TechTarget and TechGenix and creates training courses for Train Signal.

For TechRepublic, for whom he has written hundreds of articles, Scott writes weekly in the Servers & Storage area, monthly in the IT Leadership area and in other areas on an ad hoc basis. Scott also writes for TechTarget's SearchCIO-Midmarket site and is the lead author for TechGenix's virtualizationadmin.com site. Scott is the author of O'Reilly's Home Networking: The Missing Manual and a coauthor of Microsoft Press' Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Administrator's Companion and the MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-653): Configuring Windows Small Business Server 2008 book.

Scott has also created a number of training courses for Train Signal, the leading producer of premium quality computer training videos. Scott's videos include Windows 7 Administration, System Center Configuration Manager, System Center Operations Manager, Exchange Server 2007 Powershell, Windows Home Server and Microsoft Outlook 2007.

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FAQ

System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 Training - FAQ

Am I qualified to take this course?: YES! If you have little to no experience with System Center products, and have some experience with Windows server products, you’ll benefit from this in-depth course!
Do I need any special equipment to complete this training course?: NO! All you need is a computer with Internet Explorer and a media player. However, working hands-on with System Center Data Protection Manager may enhance your training experience. Using 3 – 4 virtual machines, a total 8 GB RAM, an external USB drive, and 3 TB of storage you can easily follow along with the instructor to perform the demonstrations in the course.

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