Simplified Management, Intelligent Analysis
In order to provide effective protection for critical Microsoft applications in both large enterprise and small to medium size organizations, Microsoft offers System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 (DPM 2007). Microsoft DPM 2007 is the preferred data protection solution for Microsoft workloads including Exchange, SQL and SharePoint, providing dependable protection and flexible end user recovery.
Reduce Complexity, Ensure Recoverability
Bocada offers a family of Unified Management Platform solutions to manage and analyze all data protection activities across enterprise environments. Bocada Centralized Manager 2.0 for DPM 2007 helps reduce the overall complexity of managing the data protection environment with centralized management:
- Simplify data protection management in any size environment
- Identify and quickly repair problems
- Ensure recovery goals are met across all applications
- Provide quicker IT support
- Reduce administrative burden and costs
- Easily plan resource requirements
- Increase communication through better information sharing
Bocada Centralized Manager 2.0 for DPM 2007 Features
Centralized Control
Save time and reduce administrative tasks with real time centralized management and monitoring.
- Dashboard view (with drilldown) provides simple overview into health and status of the data protection environment
- Manage hundreds of DPM 2007 Servers and thousands of protected clients from a single, easy to use web console
In-depth Monitoring and Management
Ensure data is protected and recoverable with instant views into the status of all DPM 2007 processes. Modify polices based on results.
- Keep track of all data protection activity, progress and results across multiple DPM servers
- Restart failed jobs on any managed server from the centralized console
- View and modify data protection group configurations (polices)
- View and modify short and long term retention goals (disk or tape)
Instant Media Management
Comprehensive disk and library monitoring and management helps ensure availability and aids in planning for capital expenditures.
- View and modify disk allocations for each DPM 2007 server
- Alerts indicate disk pools that have reached or exceeded defined thresholds
- Disk allocation charts indicate volume growth, aiding capacity planning
- Extensive Library analysis enables fast identification of media targets for each job
- List of DPM 2007 servers attached to each library
- List of drives and tapes backing up each protection group
Secure Administration
Insure only authorized users can view and control data protection processes.
- Manage your environment with confidence from a password protected portal
- Ensure data security with encryption of data in flight
By utilizing Bocada Centralized Manager in conjunction with MSFT DPM 2007, SQL DBAs, Exchange Administrators, SharePoint Administrators and Backup Administrators will be able to:
- Analyze Exchange, SQL and SharePoint data protection activities
- View end to end data protection activities across multiple servers
- Spot systemic errors – isolate and troubleshoot root causes
- Track activity/loads on each server
- Publish activity reports to end users
- Automatically publish compliance, capacity and success reports to multiple stakeholders
- Evaluate and plan for additional resource allocation
- Lower overall administrative costs




