Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 (DPM SP1 Download) is designed to provide disk-to-disk-to-tape protection for infrastructures that depend on Microsoft Virtualization technology. DPM is capable of protecting virtual machines without hibernation downtime. Using shadow copy-based block-level protection of your virtual disks, DPM delivers fast backup and very efficient retention that does not consume inordinate disk space.

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