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We are busy evaluating Microsoft DPM as our primary backup software, one questions is:
If the DPM server fails and there is no backup, is there a way of accessing the backups again from a new DPM server if you are only using backup to disk?
DPM saves backups to unallocated disks unlike Symantec which uses .Bkf files which one can catelogue from any new server or browse through explorer.

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Gavin
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Thanks, I know there is an option to backup your DPM server using another DPM server but, I'd like to know if all backup servers fail, can we still recover the data thats been backed up?

DPM uses unalocated hard drive space to store its backups in a VSS format (I think), will it be possible to catelogue and recover your stored backups should the server fail?
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