Hello,

I'm new to DPM. 

When using DPM to backup servers, is it possible to robocopy the backups (is it called a storage pool?) to an external USB (not eSATA) so that it can be used for an off-site backup and be able to use that external USB to restore the servers with if need to without using firestreamer?

Mike's response below is correct.

• Edited by The Fellenator Thursday, January 09, 2014 12:31 AM

Hi,

Yes, you can use robocopy to copy all the files located on the DPM replica volumes using the following procedure.

1) Open a ADMINISTRATIVE command prompt and run dpmbackup -replicas
2) Run Robocopy to copy all the data under the C:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Volumes\ShadowCopy folder to the USB drive.

See the following TechNet article for more details:

Backup Using Non-Microsoft Software That Does Not Support VSS
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb795753.aspx