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EXAM TIP
Remember the additional elements of each product that require backup beyond the prod-
uct's database to be able to perform full recovery.
Thought experiment
Highly available System Center infrastructure planning at Contoso
In this thought experiment, apply what you've learned about this objective. You can
find answers to these questions in the “Answers” section at the end of this chapter.
You are in the process of integrating the VMM and DPM products into the plan
for a private cloud deployment at Contoso. You want to avoid deploying the VMM
management server and the Data Protection Manager server in a VM. Given these
constraints:
1. What steps can you take to make VMM highly available?
2. What steps can you take to make DPM highly available?
Objective summary
■ Virtual Machine Manager allows you to manage your private cloud's virtualization
infrastructure.
■ App Controller allows you to manage both private and public clouds.
■ Orchestrator allows you to configure automation for private cloud processes.
■ Operations Manager provides you with performance and availability monitoring for
private cloud workloads.
■ Service Manager provides a framework based on ITIL and MOF for private cloud man-
agement.
■ Data Protection Manager allows you to configure backup and recovery for private
cloud workloads.
■ Configuration Manager allows you to deploy applications as well as managing and
monitoring the configuration of virtual machines running in private clouds.
■ Protecting System Center products primarily involves ensuring that the product data-
base is backed up on a regular basis.
Objective review
Answer the following questions to test your knowledge of the information in this objective.
You can find the answers to these questions and explanations of why each answer choice is
correct or incorrect in the “Answers” section at the end of this chapter.