Dpm manually create replica

 · Saars, Thanks, but this is just a simple rewording of the link I included in my original post. Your link and the link above talk about moving data off a DPM server to another location. I'm looking to create an initial data set from the client onto a USB drive and then relocate/import it to the DPM server.. I can't copy the data over the network, there is too little . Creating a manual initial replica When you create a Protection Group, you can define how the DPM sever should create the initial replica of the protected data source. You can also create the replica manually using removable media if it's an enormous amount of data, or in a scenario where you are backing up different branch offices from a central location and you don't have a .  · To mount this replica, you’ll need to run some PowerShell commands to manually mount the replica VHDX before you’re able to copy data. First of all select your protection group: $pg = Get-DPMProtectionGroup |? Name -eq 'DPM DBs' The next step is selecting the correct Datasource in your Protection Group:Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.

First published on TECHNET on . DPM can backup a variety of workloads as SQL, SharePoint, Exchange, Hyper-V VMs, File Servers, among others. While doing so, DPM creates an initial replica of the data, and takes the following backups incrementally, optimizing Storage and Network resources. However, at times, due to the large size of the Data-source, the initial replication over the network may consume a lot of time and network resources. Creating a manual initial replica When you create a Protection Group, you can define how the DPM sever should create the initial replica of the protected data source. You can also create the replica manually using removable media if it's an enormous amount of data, or in a scenario where you are backing up different branch offices from a central location and you don't have a quick network link. To mount this replica, you’ll need to run some PowerShell commands to manually mount the replica VHDX before you’re able to copy data. First of all select your protection group: $pg = Get-DPMProtectionGroup |? Name -eq 'DPM DBs' The next step is selecting the correct Datasource in your Protection Group.

Feb When adding a new datasource to protection, select “Manually” in the “Choose Replica Creation Method” dialog in the create/modify Protection. Oct To be able to recreate DPM snapshots you must manually schedule a backup of the replica each time after the DPM creates a new replica. Restart the DPM Replication Agent service on the server. If you have chosen to manually create the replica, copy the data, and then synchronize with.