INSTALLING DPM 2007

 

Log on to the DPM server using a domain user account that has local administrator rights. Insert the DPM DVD in the DVD-ROM drive and double-click Setup.exe. On the System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 screen, click Install Data Protection Manager

Review the license agreement, click I accept the license terms and conditions, and then click OK. On the Welcome page, click Next

On the Prerequisites Check page, wait while DPM Setup checks software and hardware requirements. If one or more required or recommended components are missing or non-compliant, Setup displays a warning( try to fix this warnings) & Click next

On the Product Registration page, enter your registration information  and click Next. On the Installation Settings page, in the DPM Program Files section, accept the default folder or click Change to browse to a different folder. In the SQL Server settings section, specify whether you want DPM Setup to install the MS$DPM2007$ instance of Microsoft SQL Server or if you prefer to use a different local or remote instance of SQL Server that already exists.

1. On the Security Settings page, specify a strong password for the MICROSOFT$DPM$Acct and DPMR$<computer name> local user accounts, and then click Next.

1. On the Microsoft Update Opt-In page, specify if you want to sign up for the Microsoft Update service, and then click Next (Figure 13). You can change your Microsoft Update opt-in decision at a later time. On the Customer Experience Improvement Program page, specify if you want to enroll in the program or not, and then click Next (Figure 14).

On the Summary of Settings page, review the summary of installation settings and click Install. After the installation is complete, the Installation page displays the installation status. Click Close and restart the computer.

Links to download services pack 1

DPM 2007 Service Pack 1 (64bit): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8ae5edac-4de8-44e0-a6f9-8afbb3e23585

DPM 2007 Service Pack 1 (32bit): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=43cef22c-f027-4c0b-8fad-b081485c3efe

Feature Pack (x86): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E9E1FE35-B175-40A8-8378-2F306CCC9E28&displaylang=en

Feature Pack (x64): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=AD5CD1A2-9B87-4A2C-90A2-9DBAF1024310&displaylang=en

HotFix (KB968579): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A5F86E53-45F5-42B1-895F-FD2C5B2BF4DD&displaylang=en

Hotfix (KB963102): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8A551A13-270E-46C0-91EE-4A6D3D8BF034&displaylang=en

Adding disks to the storage pool

Log on to the DPM server with a domain user account that has local administrator rights. On the Start menu, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, and then click Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007.

In DPM Administrator Console, in the Management task area, on the Disks tab, in the Actions pane, click Add

Install protection agent

To install a Protection Agent, in DPM Administrator Console, in the Management task area, on the Agents tab, in the Actions pane, click Install. The Protection Agent Installation wizard appears and guides you through the process of creating the protection agent. On the Select Computers, select one or more computers from the Computer name list, click Add, and then click Next.

On the Enter Credentials page, type the user name and password for a domain account that is a member of the local administrators group on all selected servers and click next. On the Choose Restart Method page, select the method you will use to restart the computers after the protection agent is installed. The computer must be restarted before you can start protecting data. Click Next.

On the Summary page click Install to begin the installation. On the Installation page, the results appear on the Task tab to indicate whether the installation is successful or not . Click Close.

1. After the protected server restarts, it will appear as unprotected computers with protection agent On the other hand, if the agent is installed, it will now appear on the Add/Remove Programs and there will be a new service running on that machine.

Creating a Protection Group

To create a Protection Group, in DPM Administrator Console, in the Protection task area, in the Actions pane, click Create protection group. The New Protection Group Wizard appears and guides you through the process of creating the protection group. Click Next.

On the Select Group Members page, verify that all computers that store data you want to protect are displayed in the Available members’ box. In the Available members’ box, expand the server nodes to display the available data sources on each server and to see available Exchange storage groups. Place a check mark in the box next to each storage group you want to include. As you select data sources, your selections appear in the selected members’ box. Click Next.

On the Select Data Protection Method page, select I want short-term protection using check box for short-term protection and then select the media you want to use from the drop-down list. Since we do not have a tape library attached to the DPM server, only Disk is available for short-term protection. Click Next.

On the Specify Exchange Protection Options page, select the Run Eseutil to check data integrity check box to check the integrity of the Exchange Server databases. This will offload the backup consistency checking from the Exchange Server to the DPM server which means the I/O impact of running eseutil on the Exchange Server during the backup itself is eliminated. Click Next.

On the Specify Short-Term Goals page, select the retention duration for data recovery in the Retention range box. In the Synchronization frequency section, select the frequency of the incremental backups or Just before a recovery point to configure DPM to perform an express full backup just before each scheduled recovery point. To modify the recovery point schedule for a data source, click Modify next to the desired data source. Select your desired times and week days and click OK. Click Next.

DPM will display its recommended disk allocations. This step enables you to allocate how much of the disk storage pool will be used to protect these particular data sources. You should allocate the DPM replica volume to slightly larger than the amount you expect each data source to grow in the short term. Sizing the recovery point volume will determine how many previous recovery points are available for rapid, disk-based restore. To allocate disk storage, do one of the following: To accept the recommended allocations, click next. To change a recommended allocation, click Modify, adjust the allocations, click OK, and then click next.

On the Choose Replica Creation Method page, select when you want DPM to execute the initial replication of your data and click next.

• Select the automatically option to have DPM replicate the data across the network. Select Now to have DPM immediately begin copying the data from the computers you are protecting to the DPM server; Select Later to start the initial copy at a later time if you want to schedule the job to run only during periods of light network traffic.
• Select Manually to use tape, USB storage, or other portable media to transfer the baseline data to the DPM server.

On the Summary page , review the tasks that DPM is set to perform to create the protection group and then click Create Group. Review the confirmation page  and click Close.

DPM will immediately create the first replica of the storage groups and will show an OK protection status if it succeeds.