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Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 R2 Cookbook

By : Robert Heldblom, Robert Hedblom
Book Image

Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 R2 Cookbook

By: Robert Heldblom, Robert Hedblom

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 R2 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Restoring data from a secondary DPM server


This recipe will cover how to restore data from a secondary DPM server and what limitations there are.

Getting ready

The concept of having a primary and secondary DPM server is based either on the standard DPM-DPM-DR scenario or on chaining. The result has the protected data sources that are hosted by the workload application on a secondary off-site location.

How to do it…

In the secondary DPM server console, go to the Recovery view and choose the data source, the point in time for the restore, and right-click on the object and choose Recover… to start Recovery Wizard.

The Recovery Wizard consists of five steps:

  1. Review Recovery Selection

  2. Select Recovery Type

  3. Specify Recovery Options

  4. Summary

  5. Recovery Status

In Review Recovery Selection, DPM will present to you the data source that you have chosen to restore. Verify the information and click on Next > to continue.

The Select Recovery Type step provides you with the options available for the restore...