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Answered how to take CRM Server backup using DPM 2012

  • Wednesday, October 10, 2012 6:38 AM
     
     
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    Hey guyz..

    I want to use DPM 2012 to take CRM Server backup (the CRM Database, the websites everything.)

    but till now what i found is that DPM can be used to do that there is no direct native support for it, but there is a way.

    Can any one help me with this, im completely new to DPM. What things should i look into, from where should i make a start.

    please help me guyz.. 




    • Edited by SyedHaroon Wednesday, October 10, 2012 6:38 AM
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  • Wednesday, October 10, 2012 7:42 AM
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    Hi SyedHaroon

    It's actually pretty simple.  First you need to know that SCDPM supports natively some Microsoft workloads such as SQL, System State, Exchange, SharePoint, Files, BMR and so on.

    If you want to protect your entire CRM application, you need to draw yourself a map of the different components of that service.

    For example:

    * 4 databases running on a SQL cluster

    * 2 websites (can be protected by system state)

    * Some additional custom made files that are placed on server X

    * A fully installed server with specific software (can be protected by BMR)

    Then you could (for example) create one protection group with those items in it and have it protected at certain moments during the day (if those servers are virtualized on hyper-v it would make it even easier and then you can do host-level VM backup and ignore System State and BMR)...

    Hope this helps you

    Just my 2 cents

    M.

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  • Wednesday, October 10, 2012 7:51 AM
     
     
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    hey mike, thanks for your reply :) 

    can you just help me with this. I came to know that to take CRM Server backup, i need to do the following backups

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd979101.aspx

    Backing up and restoring the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server basically involves the following data:

    • Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server database files (explained previously)
    • Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server program files
    • Microsoft Dynamics CRM Web site files
    • Customizations made to Microsoft Dynamics CRM

    so database files can backed, and how do i backup the other three things, please guide me.. Im really a newbie here in DPM

    PS: my CRM Server is actually a VM hosted on Hyper-V

     
  • Wednesday, October 10, 2012 7:56 AM
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    In that case it is very easy and you will have a great backup solution:

    1. Take a backup of the VM through the Hyper-V host. Do this (for example) once a day or once a week... That would give you the CRM server program files, web site files and customizations.  Take a manual recovery point if you make changes during the week to have the "latest" files

    2. Take a backup of your databases online with SQL backup in DPM.  Look if it is possible to take 3 backups a day and synchronization every hour or so...

    (I assume the SQL server is another server and not the CRM server...)

    In case of Disaster:

    Recover the entire VM... And you have a running CRM server again.  Then recover the latest SQL data and then you have the latest data in that server.

    Cheers,

    Mike

    Visit System Center User Group Belgium @ http://scug.be and http://scug.be/blogs/scdpm

    • Marked As Answer by SyedHaroon Wednesday, October 10, 2012 8:29 AM
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