Is the agent best installed on the Host OS or on the Guest OS to provide the most comprehensive and fine grained Exchange Server recovery options? Please advise for each scenario. Thank you in advance!
Secondly, will Windows Server 2012 R2 change the equation?
Scenario 1
- DPM
VM running on Host OS Hyper-V Server 2012
Guest OS Windows Server 2012 Standard
DPM 2012 SP1 using Direct Attached Storage (DAS) via pass through disks - Exchange
VM running on Host OS Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
Guest OS Windows Server 2008 Standard x64
Exchange 2007 SP3 x64 using DAS via .vhd
Scenario 2
- DPM
VM running on Host OS Hyper-V Server 2012
Guest OS Windows Server 2012 Standard
DPM 2012 SP1 using DAS via pass through disks - Exchange
VM running on Host OS Hyper-V Server 2012
Guest OS Windows Server 2008 Standard x64
Exchange 2007 SP3 x64 using DAS via .vhdx
- DPM
VM running on Host OS Hyper-V Server 2012
Guest OS Windows Server 2012 Standard
DPM 2012 SP1 using DAS via pass through disks - Exchange
VM running on Host OS Hyper-V Server 2012
Guest OS Windows Server 2012 Standard
Exchange 2010 SP3 using DAS via .vhdx
Scenario 4
- DPM
VM running on Host OS Hyper-V Server 2012
Guest OS Windows Server 2012 Standard
DPM 2012 R2 using DAS via pass through disks - Exchange
VM running on Host OS Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
Guest OS Windows Server 2008 Standard x64
Exchange 2007 SP3 x64 using DAS via .vhd
- DPM
VM running on Host OS Hyper-V Server 2012
Guest OS Windows Server 2012 Standard
DPM 2012 R2 using DAS via pass through disks - Exchange
VM running on Host OS Hyper-V Server 2012
Guest OS Windows Server 2008 Standard x64
Exchange 2007 SP3 x64 using DAS via .vhdx
- DPM
VM running on Host OS Hyper-V Server 2012
Guest OS Windows Server 2012 Standard
DPM 2012 R2 using DAS via pass through disks - Exchange
VM running on Host OS Hyper-V Server 2012
Guest OS Windows Server 2012 Standard
Exchange 2010 SP3 using DAS via vhdx