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DPM notifications provide a convenient way to stay informed when critical, warning, or
informational alerts are generated. You choose the severity of alert that you want to be notified
about; for example, you can choose to receive only critical alerts. You can also choose to receive
notifications of the status of recovery jobs, and you can have scheduled DPM reports delivered as
e-mail attachments so that you can monitor data protection trends and analyze data protection
statistics at your convenience. You can also use the DPM Management Pack for System Center
Operations Manager 2007 to provide customized notifications.
For details about the reports available in DPM 2007, see Managing DPM Servers
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=91853). For instructions on subscribing to notifications,
see DPM 2007 Help.
DPM Management Packs
Management Packs for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 (MOM) and System Center
Operations Manager 2007 will be available for DPM 2007. As part of your data management
strategy, you can use the DPM Management Pack to centrally monitor data protection, state,
health, and performance of multiple DPM servers, and the servers that they protect. From the
Operations Manager Operations Console, an administrator can monitor DPM and network
infrastructure simultaneously, analyzing issues with data protection in the context of other factors
in system and network performance. The administrator also can monitor other mission-critical
applications, such as SQL Server.
To download the DPM Management Packs, see the Management Pack Catalog
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47215).
Windows PowerShell Integration
Windows PowerShell is an interactive command-line technology that also supports task-based
scripting.
DPM provides its own set of Windows PowerShell commands that can be used for performing
data protection management tasks. You access the DPM cmdlets through DPM Management
Shell.
A DPM administrator can use DPM cmdlets to perform all the administrative tasks that can be
performed in the console, including sets of cmdlets designed to be used for the following tasks:
• To configure DPM
• To manage tapes and disks
• To manage protection groups
• To protect and recover data
In addition, DPM cmdlets enable administrators to perform the following tasks, which cannot be
performed by using DPM Administrator Console:
• To remove recovery points