DPM is Microsoft's very own enterprise backup solution. It forms an integral part of the System Center suite and private cloud initiative. Initially focused around the protection and backup of Microsoft platforms and applications only, the DPM is poised to become more versatile, with more support for Linux platforms. DPM has been around for some time, though it was never the popular kid from the system center family. The current release, however, packs a wallop. Let's briefly review the new features of the System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) 2012 R2:
Support for virtualization: DPM has official support for deployment as a virtual workload. You can deploy DPM on a physical server, an on-premise virtual machine, as well as an Azure virtual machine. As a virtualized instance, DPM can benefit from VHDS to add to its storage pools. There's a gotcha, however; DPM generally utilizes a tape drive for backup but Hyper-V does not support...