When you create a protection group, you set protection options or accept the default settings for synchronization, recovery points, consistency checks, and network performance. After you create a protection group, you can modify these settings, as needed, to better meet your data protection requirements and optimize network performance.
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You can set data co-location only one time through the Create New Protection Group Wizard. You cannot modify it in the Review Disk Allocation page of the Modify Group wizard. |
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If you are modifying protection for Exchange Server Standby Continuous Replication (SCR), on the Specify Short-Term Goals page of the Modify Group wizard, you can only select Express full backups. |
The following procedures provide steps to set synchronization options and to perform a consistency check. For information about how to optimize performance using network bandwidth usage throttling, on-the-wire compression, and specifying start times for synchronization jobs, see Optimizing Performance.
To set synchronization options
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In DPM Administrator Console, click Protection on the navigation bar.
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In the display pane, select the protection group for which you want to set synchronization options.
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In the Actions pane, click Modify protection group. This starts the Modify Protection Wizard.
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Select group members, and click Next.
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Select the data protection method and click Next.
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On the Select Short-Term Objectives page, select the synchronization frequency.
Important If you are protecting computers in a time zone that is different from that of the DPM server, the times specified in the Modify Protection Options dialog box are protected computer times. -
On the Specify Long-Term Objectives page, specify long-term recovery goals for protection.
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On the Select Library and Tape Details page, specify tape and library details and click Next.
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On the Summary page, click Update Group.
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Click Close to exit the wizard.
Note If DPM displays a Replica inconsistent error, you should perform a consistency check.
To perform a consistency check
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In DPM Administrator Console, click Protection on the navigation bar.
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In the Display pane, select the protection group member for which you want to perform a consistency check.
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In the Actions pane, click Perform consistency check.
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In the dialog that notifies you that a consistency check is a lengthy operation, click OK.
To make a protection group modifiable using DPM Management Shell
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Use the following syntax to retrieve a protection group:
Get-ProtectionGroup [-DPMServerName] <String> [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
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Use the following syntax to make the retrieved protection group modifiable:
Get-ModifiableProtectionGroup [-ProtectionGroup] <ProtectionGroup> [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
For more information, type "Get-Help Get-ModifiableProtectionGroup -detailed" in DPM Management Shell.
For technical information, type "Get-Help Get-ModifiableProtectionGroup -full" in DPM Management Shell.
To set synchronization options (policy schedule) using DPM Management Shell
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Use the following syntax to retrieve policy schedule:
Get-PolicySchedule [-ProtectionGroup] <ProtectionGroup> -OffsetSchedule [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
Get-PolicySchedule [-ProtectionGroup] <ProtectionGroup> -ShortTerm [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
Get-PolicySchedule [-ProtectionGroup] <ProtectionGroup> -LongTerm [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ][-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
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Use the following syntax to set the policy schedule:
Set-PolicySchedule [-ProtectionGroup] <ProtectionGroup> [-Schedule] <Schedule> [-PassThru] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
Set-PolicySchedule [-ProtectionGroup] <ProtectionGroup> [-OffsetInMinutes] <Int32> [-PassThru] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
For more information, type "Get-Help Set-PolicySchedule -detailed" in DPM Management Shell.
For technical information, type "Get-Help Set-PolicySchedule -full" in DPM Management Shell.
To set synchronization options (policy objective) using DPM Management Shell
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Use the following syntax to retrieve the policy objective:
Get-PolicyObjective [-ProtectionGroup] <ProtectionGroup> -LongTerm [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
Get-PolicyObjective [-ProtectionGroup] <ProtectionGroup> -ShortTerm [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
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Use the following sybtax to set the policy objective:
Set-PolicyObjective [-ProtectionGroup] <ProtectionGroup> [-RetentionRangeInDays] <Int32> [[-SynchronizationFrequency] <Int32> ] [-BeforeRecoveryPoint] [-PassThru] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
Set-PolicyObjective [-ProtectionGroup] <ProtectionGroup> [-RetentionRangeInWeeks] <Int32> [-ShortTermBackupFrequency] <BackupFrequency> [-CreateIncrementals] [-PassThru] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
Set-PolicyObjective [-ProtectionGroup] <ProtectionGroup> [-RetentionRange] <RetentionRange> [-LongTermBackupFrequency] <BackupFrequency> [-PassThru] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
Set-PolicyObjective [-ProtectionGroup] <ProtectionGroup> [-RetentionRangeList] <RetentionRange[]> [-FrequencyList] <Int32[]> [-GenerationList] <GenerationType[]> [-PassThru] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
For more information, type "Get-Help Set-PolicyObjective -detailed" in DPM Management Shell.
For technical information, type "Get-Help Set-PolicyObjective -full" in DPM Management Shell.
To perform a consistency check using DPM Management Shell
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Use the following syntax to perform a consistency check:
Start-DatasourceConsistencyCheck [-Datasource] <Datasource> [-HeavyWeight] [-JobStateChangedEventHandler <JobStateChangedEventHandler> ] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ][-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
For more information, type "Get-Help Start-DatasourceConsistencyCheck -detailed" in DPM Management Shell.
For technical information, type "Get-Help Start-DatasourceConsistencyCheck -full" in DPM Management Shell.
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