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Backup Specific Disk of Virtual Machine via DPM

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Hi,

I would like to know if we can backup specific disk instead of whole VM using Microsoft DPM ? If not then can we backup system state of the machine and restore it if required ?

Friday, January 10, 2020 2:12 PM

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Hi Leon,

With Microsoft 2019 Update 1, we can now backup specific disk of the VMware virtual machine. I think this is one of the best feature which I was looking for. It still requires some manual stuff to configure that, however something is better than nothing.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center/dpm/what-s-new-in-dpm?view=sc-dpm-2019
- Marked as answer by SC2317 Thursday, March 12, 2020 4:42 PM
Thursday, March 12, 2020 4:42 PM

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Hi,

Yes you can achieve this, you will need to install the DPM agent on the guest virtual machine itself and perform "guest-level" backup, there you can choose all data available within the virtual machine.

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Leon
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- Proposed as answer by Leon Laude Tuesday, January 28, 2020 7:00 AM
Friday, January 10, 2020 2:44 PM
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Hi Leon,

With Microsoft 2019 Update 1, we can now backup specific disk of the VMware virtual machine. I think this is one of the best feature which I was looking for. It still requires some manual stuff to configure that, however something is better than nothing.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center/dpm/what-s-new-in-dpm?view=sc-dpm-2019
- Marked as answer by SC2317 Thursday, March 12, 2020 4:42 PM
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I was thinking you were still running 2016 so I didn't bring this up (sorry!). Yes this has been a long awaited feature.
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Thursday, March 12, 2020 4:52 PM