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on a schedule that you configure. For application data, each synchronization and express full

backup creates a recovery point.

The following illustration shows how each protection group member is associated with its own

replica volume and recovery point volume.

Protection Group Members, Replicas, and Recovery Points

Administrators recover data from available recovery points by using the Recovery Wizard in DPM

Administrator Console. When you select a data source and point in time from which to recover,

DPM notifies you if the data is on tape, whether the tape is online or offline, and which tapes are

needed to complete the recovery.

Users can recover previous versions of protected files. Because recovery points retain the folder

and file structure of protected data sources, users browse through familiar volumes, folders, and

shares to recover the data they want. End-user recovery is not available for application data such

as an Exchange mailbox. Also, the versions of file data that are available for end-user recovery

are those stored on disk in the DPM storage pool; file data that has been archived to tape can be

recovered only by an administrator.

End users recover protected files by using a client computer that is running the shadow copy

client software. Users can recover previous versions through shares on file servers, through

Distributed File System (DFS) Namespaces, or by using a command on the Tools menu for

Microsoft Office applications.