Preventing unexpected data loss
DPM servers may be managed by a team of IT administrators. Assigning the wrong volumes for backup storage can cause critical data loss. Starting with DPM 2016 Update Rollup 4 and later, you can disable volumes or mount points from being used as backup storage. In this recipe, we will show you how to exclude volume and mount points from being available for DPM.
Getting ready
Make sure your DPM server is in a healthy state and is running any of the following versions:
- DPM 2016 with minimum Update Rollup 4, DPM 2019, or a later version
- DPM 1801, DPM 1807, DPM 1901, or a later version
- Microsoft Azure Backup Server version 3 or later
How to do it...
The volume exclusion feature can only be configured using PowerShell. In this example, we will exclude the H:\
drive and D:\MountPoints\MountPoint01
from being available to the DPM as disk storage:
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Open a Windows PowerShell session on your DPM server and follow these steps:
- Run the
Set-DPMGlobalProperty
cmdlet followed by the...