This post will show the steps needed to protect and recover a Exchange 2010 database in a single server installation , future post will show recovery in DAG.

First step is to create a new Protection Group containing the Exchange database we want to protect

In the protection group you can set DPM to check integrity so that the load of the operation will be on the DPM server

Data Protection Manager 201x supports backup of DAG when server is not in a dag there is only the Full Backup option available.

15 minutes of frequency will enable us to restore a mailbox database that is up to 15 minutes behind so in case of a database+log failure the max data loss is 15 minutes.

When creating the protection group we can schedule the initial data transfer or transfer right away or third option is to move the data though removable media

Data Protection Manager will default run a consistency job if the replica is inconsistent this can also be scheduled

And we can then see the protection group being protected

And Event ID 3154 tells us that the database is gone

Either though powershell run set-mailboxdatabase –Identity “mailboxdatabasename” –AllowFileRestore $True to enable that Data Protection Manager can restore the database

Or though the GUI

Select the database you want to restore and Latest to get the most recent backup

When Recent is selected the database can only be recovered to the original server if you select a time other then latest its possible use other recovery options

As Latest was selected Data Protection Manager and Exchange will reply log files if present , this will enable close to zero data loss if log files are intact

And time to wait for a short while.

And the database is back and operational.