Enabling end-user recovery, Procedures – Dell PowerVault DP600 User Manual

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Enabling End-User Recovery

You can enable end-user recovery so that users can independently recover file data by retrieving

shadow copies of their files. To enable end-user recovery, you must:

1. Configure Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to support end-user recovery.

2. Enable the end-user recovery feature on the DPM server.

3. Installing the shadow copy client software on the client computers.

For more information about installing the shadow copy client software, see

Note

You do not need to download the shadow copy client software to enable end-user

recovery on computers running Windows Vista.

You can use DPM end-user recovery or the Shadow Copies of Shared Folders client software on

the protected computer, but you should disable Shadow Copies of Shared Folders on protected

computers if you want to use DPM end-user recovery. When Shadow Copies of Shared Folders

is enabled on the protected computer, the end-user recovery client will display shadow copies

that are located on the protected computer rather than the shadow copies that are located on the

DPM server. We recommend that you wait approximately a week after configuring protection

before enabling end-user recovery to allow sufficient recovery points to be created on the DPM

server.

You can use the following procedures to configure Active Directory Domain Services and enable

end-user recovery on a Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 server.

Procedures

To configure Active Directory Domain Services and enable end-user recovery for

schema and domain administrators

1. In DPM Administrator Console, on the Action menu, click Options.

2. In the Options dialog box, on the End-user Recovery tab, click Configure

Active Directory.

3. In the Configure Active Directory dialog box, select Use current credentials or type

the user name and password for an account that has both schema and domain