Summary

Microsoft System Center DPM 2010 is designed, in part, to complement Hyper-V in the larger scope of the Microsoft virtualization portfolio. As mentioned at the beginning of this chapter, if you’re going to put all of your eggs in one basket, it had better be a good basket. DPM helps ensure that Hyper-V is a “good basket” for your virtual infrastructure:

• In contrast to the backup capabilities provided by other virtualization vendors, DPM doesn’t require a SAN or third-party tape backup software to protect its VMs.
• In contrast to third-party tape-backup software for Hyper-V, DPM provides an all-Microsoft backup and recovery solution that is wholly supportable and uses only protection and restoration methods that are directly supported by the Hyper-V development team and customer service organization.