You can use the DPM integration pack for Orchestrator, shown in Figure 1, to create DPM specific runbook automation. These activities allow you to automate the following tasks when creating an Orchestrator runbook:
FIGURE 1 Orchestrator activities
- Create Recovery Point Use this activity to create a recovery point for a specific data source.
- Get Data Source Use this activity to determine information about available data sources.
- Get Recovery Point Use this activity to determine which recovery points exist for a specific protected data source.
- Get DPM Server Capacity Use this activity to determine a DPM server’s capacity.
- Protect Data Source Use this activity to put a data source into protection. Use the Get Data Source activity to determine the identity of eligible data sources.
- Recover Sharepoint Use this activity to recover Sharepoint data.
- Recover SQL Use this activity to recover SQL data.
- Recover VM Use this activity to recover a protected virtual machine.
- Run DPM PowerShell Script Use this activity to run a DPM PowerShell script. You can use the information returned from this script in the Orchestrator runbook.
