Dell PowerVault DP500 - Manual (Page 5)

Introduction
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Introduction
Additional storage is needed when the backup requirements of your IT
environment grow beyond the storage capacity of your Dell™ PowerVault™
Data Protection Solution. The storage is needed by Microsoft
®
System
Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 to accommodate the backup
data of your protected systems. The following situations may require
additional storage on the PowerVault Data Protection Solution:
• Protecting additional systems
• Protecting additional files on the protected system
• Protecting additional applications (for example, SQL Server™ 2005,
Microsoft Exchange server, and Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007)
• Increasing the number of DPM recovery points
See "Expanding Disk Storage" on page 7 for the guidelines, procedures and
tools to plan your disk expansion.
NOTE:
Prior to planning or deploying additional storage or tape devices on your
system, review the Dell PowerVault Data Protection Solutions Information Update
for the latest information.
NOTE:
For documents referenced in this guide, see the Dell PowerVault Protection
Quick Reference Guide at support.dell.com.
In addition to providing continuous disk-to-disk backup protection, DPM
includes the ability to provide disk-to-tape and long-term tape archival of
protected data. Attaching a PowerVault Data Protection Solution supported
tape drive, autoloader or library augments the disk-to-disk protection.
"Using Tape Drives and Libraries with DPM" on page 23 outlines the steps
needed to attach a supported tape drive to your system.
Throughout this document, a running example illustrates the steps and tools
used to accomplish the tasks within that section. The example scenario is
based on a system administrator’s successfully deployed DP500 PowerVault