Getting ready

Before you start planning your DPM server deployment, it's imperative that you start working on classifying the data sources that you would like to protect. A common strategy that I have observed that many companies still follow is to backup everything once a day. This is not a good approach.

There are, of course, several servers within your datacenter that need to be regularly backed up, but not all servers are the same. It is vital to adapt to your business continuity and disaster-recovery plan before you start any implementation. You can do this by identifying all of the services and working with all of the stakeholders in your company to develop more effective backup approaches, and then break down those services into smaller components to clearly see how or why they are of importance to your business.