Best Practices
The following are best practices from this chapter:
• Do not install DPM on domain controllers, Exchange servers, or Operations Manager management or Gateway servers.
• For most enterprise deployments, the recommended protection method is to use D2D2T or D2D2C.
• DPM can be deployed onto a virtual machine. However, when a virtual machine is used, the storage pool needs to be connected by using pass-through disks or iSCSI.
• Although the DPM Installation Wizard attempts to install prerequisite software, it is always a best practice to understand what requirements need to be met before installing a server application.
• Spend time mapping out your DPM deployment. Failure to fully understand the business requirements and then designing ...
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