Administrator Guide
Validate that the tenant VMs are protected
After you run the Protect-TenantVMs runbook, you can view which DPM server will protect the tenant VM by using the VMM console.
1 In the VMM console, open the VMs and Services workspace.
2 On the Home tab of the ribbon, in the Show group, click VMs.
3 In the VMs list, locate the VM, and then view the information in the ProtectedByDPMServer column.
Modifying tenant protection policies
If you want to change the default values for tenant VM protection, you can use the Modify-DPMTenantProtectionConguration runbook.
The following table lists the parameters and their default values:
Table 22. Runbook parameters
Parameter Name Description Required/Optional
AzureBackupStartTime The Azure backup start time. Make sure this starts after the disk
backup window is over. By default, this is 6:00 AM.
Optional
AzureRetentionRange Retention range, in days, for Azure. By default, this is 20 days. Optional
BackupWindowDuration The backup window duration. By default, this is 8 hours Optional
BackupWindowStartTime The tenant disk backup start time. By default, this is 10:00 PM. Optional
CCWindowDuration The consistency check window duration. Keep this as backup
duration plus 1 hour at the minimum. By default, this is 9 hours.
Optional
CCWindowStartTime The consistency check window start time. Keep this 1 hour
before the backup window start time.
Optional
RetentionRange The disk retention period for tenant backups, in days. By default,
disk retention is 7 days.
Optional
Recovering VMs and databases—high level
This section includes the general steps for VM and database recovery for management components.
NOTE
: These are high-level procedures. When you recover a component, refer to the component’s specic recovery steps as
described in the Recovering from management component failures and Recovering a tenant VM sections. These sections provide
important pre- and post-recovery steps, and guidance around which recovery method to use.
Recovering a VM to its original location
Do the following:
1 Open the DPM Administrator console, and click Recovery.
2 In the navigation tree, expand the VM that you want to recover.
3 Under the VM, click All Protected HyperV Data.
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