Dell PowerVault DP600 - Manual (Page 15)

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Management Tools
To facilitate the performance of key management tasks, DPM 2007 provides the following tools
and capabilities for IT administrators:
• DPM Administrator Console
• Reports and notifications
• DPM Management Packs
• Windows PowerShell integration
• Remote administration
• End-user recovery
DPM Administrator Console
DPM Administrator Console uses a task-based administration model that automates common
tasks, enabling the administrator to get the job done with the fewest number of steps.
To simplify the management of data protection activities, DPM builds on Microsoft Management
Console (MMC) functionality to provide a familiar, intuitive environment for performing
configuration, management, and monitoring tasks.
DPM Administrator Console organizes tasks into five easily accessible task areas: monitoring,
protection, recovery, reporting, and management. Wizards guide the administrator through basic
configuration tasks such as adding disks, installing agents, and creating protection groups.
Search and browse features are provided in the Recovery task area to assist in finding and
recovering previous versions of files.
DPM Administrator Console provides both a Jobs tab and an Alerts tab for monitoring data
protection activity. The Jobs tab provides the status and operational details for each scheduled,
completed, running, canceled, or failed job. The Alerts tab aggregates informational alerts and
error conditions to provide a summary view of activity for the entire system and provides
recommended actions for each error.
For details about using DPM Administrator Console, see Appendix A: DPM Administrator Console
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=98871) in Deploying DPM 2007.
Reports and Notifications
DPM provides a comprehensive set of reports that provide data about protection success and
failures, recovery success and failures, and disk and tape utilization. You can also identify
common errors and manage circulation of tapes. Summary reports aggregate information for all
protected computers and protection groups. Detailed reports provide information about individual
computers or protection groups. An administrator can use these reports to fine-tune protection
after the initial DPM deployment.