New features in UR1

With the release of UR1 for DPM comes also some new features, these are:

• Support for ReFS volumes and ReFS volumes with Deduplication enabled
• Windows Core Support
• Disk exclusion for VMware VM backup
• New cmdlet parameter

Support for ReFS volumes and ReFS volumes with deduplication enabled

With DPM 2019 UR1, you can backup the ReFS volumes and workloads deployed on the ReFS volume.

You can back up the following workloads deployed on the ReFS volumes:

• Operating System (64 bit): Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2012
• SQL Server: SQL Server 2019, SQL Server 2017, 2016
• Exchange: Exchange 2019, 2016
• SharePoint: SharePoint 2019, 2016 with latest SP.

Windows Server Core support
You can install DPM 2019 UR1 on Windows Server Core 2019 and 2016.

Disk exclusion for VMware VM backup
With DPM 2019 UR1, you can exclude the specific disk from a VMware VM backup. Learn more.
Support for additional layer of authentication to delete online backup
With DPM 2019 UR1, an additional a layer of authentication is added for critical operations. You will be prompted to enter a security PIN when you perform Stop Protection with Delete data operations.

New cmdlet parameter
DPM 2019 UR1 includes a new parameter [-FragmentationPercentage]. The new parameter, calculates the fragmentation percentage for a replica, and is included in the Copy-DPMDatasourceReplica cmdlet.