Allocating space for the protection group – Dell PowerVault DP600 User Manual

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• Select Encrypt data to encrypt the data before it is written to tape.
• Select Do not compress or encrypt data if you do not want DPM to perform data

compression or encryption.

6. Click Next.

Allocating Space for the Protection Group

When you select disk-based protection, you must allocate space on the storage pool for the

replicas and recovery points for each data source that you want DPM to protect. You must also

allocate space on protected file servers or workstations for the change journal. DPM recommends

and allocates disk space for your protection group based on the size of the data to be protected.

You can modify the disk space in the storage pool; however, there are guidelines you must follow

to increase the allocated disk space. For more guidelines about allocating disk space, in the DPM

Planning Guide, see

Planning Protection Groups

(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=91849).

To allocate space for the protection group

1. On the Review Disk Allocation page, review the space allocations that DPM

recommends for the protection group. DPM lists the disk spaced that is allocated for your

protection group based on the size of the selected data.

Accept the default space allocations unless you are certain that they do not meet your

needs.

2. On the Review Disk Allocation page, do the following:

a. Accept the recommended allocations, or click Modify to change the disk space

allocation on the DPM server and the protected computer, or to specify a custom

volume.

b. On the Modify Disk Allocation page, on the DPM Server tab, select from the

following:

Storage type. Select the storage location. Your options are Storage pool

or Custom volume.

Replica Volume. Type the disk space for the replica volume, or select the custom

volume to use for the replica volume.

Recovery Point Volume. Type the disk space for the recovery point volume, or

select the custom volume to use for the recovery point volume.

Custom Volume. Select the custom volume.

Any volume that is attached to the DPM server can be selected as a custom volume

except the volume that contains the system and program files

Note

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