Simplified Management, Intelligent Analysis for
DPM 2007
Superior Data Protection for Microsoft Workloads
The Bocada® Centralized Manager v2.5 for DPM 2007 enables users to configure, modify, monitor and actively manage multiple DPM 2007 servers from a central console, significantly reducing administrative tasks and improving overall operations. This solution enhances the real time usability of Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, the preferred data protection solution for Microsoft workloads including Exchange, SQL and SharePoint.
Bocada Centralized Manager helps reduce complexity and ensure data recoverability by providing secure, role based centralized control and monitoring on all DPM 2007 data protection activities. Centralized Manager greatly improves efficiencies and helps reduces overall costs making this solution a must have for any organization implementing DPM 2007 to protect Microsoft workloads. Bocada Centralized Manager customers are able to:
- Simplify data protection management in any size environment
- Configure, view and modify protection groups on multiple DPM 2007 servers
- Easily modify protection groups to ensure recoverability
- Identify and quickly restart failures
- Reduce administrative burden and costs
- Easily plan capacity requirements
- Enhance communication through better information sharing
Bocada Centralized Manager v2.5 for DPM 2007 Features
Centralized Control
Save time and reduce administrative tasks with real time centralized management and monitoring.
- Dashboard view (with drilldown) provides simple overview into health and status of the data protection environment
- Manage hundreds of DPM 2007 Servers and thousands of protected clients from a single, easy to use web console
Figure 1: Dashboard shows all job status and media use. Drill down from any screen
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In-depth Monitoring and Management
Ensure data is protected and recoverable with instant views into the status of all DPM 2007 processes. Modify policies based on results.
- Add and delete protection groups on any DPM server
- Monitor and modify data protection group configurations (policies)
- Monitor and modify short and long term retention goals (disk or tape)
- Keep track of all data protection activity, progress and results across multiple DPM servers
- Restart failed jobs on any managed server from the centralized console
Figure 2: Create and modify policies and retention goals (protection groups) from
central console. Bocada Centralized Manager will prevent any improper modifications.
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Instant Media Management
Comprehensive disk and library monitoring and management helps ensure availability and aids in planning for capital expenditures.
- View and modify disk allocations for each DPM 2007 server
- Alerts indicate disk pools that have reached or exceeded defined thresholds
- Disk allocation charts indicate volume growth, aiding capacity planning
- Extensive Library analysis enables fast identification of media targets for each job
- List of DPM 2007 servers attached to each library
- List of drives and tapes backing up each protection group
Figure 3: Identify storage pool allocations and available capacity.
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Figure 4: Identify DPM Servers, Protection Groups and Tapes associated with each library.
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Secure Administration
Ensure only authorized users can view and control data protection processes.
- Role based access and control permissions, integrated with Active Directory
- Ensure only those with proper access rights can view or modify DPM server settings and activity
- Manage your environment with confidence from a password protected portal
- Ensure data security with encryption of data in flight
By utilizing Bocada Centralized Manager in conjunction with MSFT DPM 2007, SQL DBAs, Exchange Administrators, SharePoint Administrators and Backup Administrators will be able to:
- Analyze Exchange, SQL and SharePoint data protection activities
- View end to end data protection activities across multiple servers
- Spot systemic errors – isolate and troubleshoot root causes
- Track activity/loads on each server
- Publish activity reports to end users
- Automatically publish compliance, capacity and success reports to multiple stakeholders
- Evaluate and plan for additional resource allocation
- Lower overall administrative costs
