Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager Cookbook

How to do it...

To configure protection for Hyper-V, take the following steps:

1. Open the DPM Administrator Console, and go to the Protection workspace. Click on New in the ribbon tab. This will trigger the Create New Protection Group wizard.
2. In the Select Protection Group Type step, select Servers and click on Next >.
3. In the Select Group Members step, expand your Hyper-V server(s) and select which virtual machine you want to protect. Click on Next > to continue.
4. In the Select Data Protection Method step, provide the following information:
   • Protection group name
   • Select the protection method that you want:
     • Short-term protection using Disk
     • Online protection using Microsoft Azure Backup
     • Long-term protection using Tape 
5. Note the following ...