Best Practices

The following are best practices from this chapter:

• Do not install DPM on domain controllers, Exchange servers, or Operations Manager management or Gateway servers.

• For most enterprise deployments, the recommended protection method is to use D2D2T or D2D2C.

• DPM can be deployed onto a virtual machine. However, when a virtual machine is used, the storage pool needs to be connected by using pass-through disks or iSCSI.

• Although the DPM Installation Wizard attempts to install prerequisite software, it is always a best practice to understand what requirements need to be met before installing a server application.

• Spend time mapping out your DPM deployment. Failure to fully understand the business requirements and then designing ...

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