Configuring DPM agent throttling

This recipe will cover how to configure the DPM agent throttling, so you can have control over the network bandwidth consumption during specific hours of the day.

Getting ready

Being able to not let your internet connection choke your remote locations or branch offices are of key importance when you are providing a restore capability to the workloads present in that location.

System Center Data Protection Manager relies on the QoS Packet Scheduler for creating the DPM agent throttling scenario. If the QoS Packet Scheduler is not enabled, you need to enable it both on the DPM server as well as the servers hosting the workloads that you want to protect.

How to do it...

In the DPM console, go to Management and click on Agent on the left-hand side of the console. Right-click the DPM agent that you would like to configure throttling for and choose Throttling from the drop-down menu. The Throttle window will present the different configurations possible regarding this...