Product Description

Simple backups are no longer enough. To fully protect a modern IT infrastructure, you need sophisticated data protection technologies. This comprehensive guide to Microsoft's new System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 (DPM) will help you improve your server security using this robust new software. The book thoroughly explains DPM's unique abilities, and you'll find step-by-step instructions on setting up and deployment. You'll learn how to recover critical data and monitor processes for Exchange Server, SQL Server, SharePoint Server, Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines, and Windows file servers and workstations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #495821 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 482 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780470181522
• Condition: USED - LIKE NEW
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From the Back Cover
Avoid Disaster with this Powerful

Safeguard for Microsoft Server Platforms

Simple backups are no longer enough. To fully protect a modern IT infrastructure, you need sophisticated data protection technologies. This comprehensive guide to Microsoft's new System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 (DPM) will help you improve your server security using this robust new software.

The book thoroughly explains DPM's unique ability to make replicas of protected data, create data storage pools, and form protection groups. You'll find step-by-step instructions on setting up and deploying DPM. You'll learn how to recover critical data and monitor processes for Exchange Server, SQL Server, SharePoint Server, Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines, and Windows file servers and workstations. Above all, you'll establish a solid process for regularly backing up with this powerful tool.

Filled with best practices, a list of PowerShell cmdlets, instructions for setting up test labs, and a detailed tour of all current protection methods, this is your guide to a better solution for your data backup and recovery.

Coverage includes:

• Exploring the pros and cons of various data protection methods
• Understanding the unique functionality and features in DPM
• Harnessing the power of the Windows Virtual Shadow Copy Service (VSS) for protecting open files and data payloads
• Combining disk-to-disk-to-tape storage, data replication, and long-term archiving for greater protection
• Discovering the role of DPM's protection agent and how it saves you time
• Setting optimal parameters for retention, synchronization frequency, and recovery points to improve your chances for complete data recovery

• Back Up, Secure, and Recover Critical Data Across a Wide Variety of Server Platforms and Workstations
• Explore the Five Key Components of the DPM Solution
• Gain More Direct Control over Your Data Protection Processes
• Establish Solid Strategies for Data Monitoring and Recovery
• Set Up End-User Recovery of Data in Protected Locations

About the Author
Devin L. Ganger is a technical writer and architect for 3Sharp LLC. He is a Microsoft Exchange MVP who has more than 15 years of experience managing Windows and UNIX systems, with a focus on messaging, DNS, and security.

Ryan Femling, MCSE, Windows Server 2003, is an Office Systems solution specialist for 3Sharp LLC, with extensive knowledge of networking, storage, and clustering technologies.

Customer Reviews

The Worst!
From a content standpoint, this book is abysmally poor: terrible. Six of its twelve chapters are obviously copy-pasted from one, and not even done well. Possibly useful as a reference, but shameful as a cover-to-cover course in this poorly documented product. Skims the surface without ever getting into troubleshooting and real-world issues.

My expectations for the Mastering series were set high by Minasi (Mastering Windows Server 2003), but this book taught me I can't trust the series to deliver uniform quality.