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Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 Step by Step Installation Guide

Written by AdministratorSunday, 24 July 2011 18:52 - Last Updated Wednesday, 24 August 2011 10:06

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Microsoft Data Protection Manager is a very powerful and useful backup solution for allMicrosoft products.

In this article you can understand how to install DPM 2010 with the step by step screenshots.

Prerequisites (Server 2008)

- NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) - PowerShell 2.0 Community Technology Preview 3 (CTP3) - Windows Installer (MSI) 4.5 - Windows Single Instance Store (SIS)

Note: For server 2008 R2 you don’t want to install any prerequisites. All prerequisites arepre-installed on the operating system.

You can’t install DPM 2010 on the below servers

- Management Server for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager - Application server - A computer with cluster services enabled

Let’s go to DPM 2010 step by step installation guide using screenshots.

In my installation I am using DPM 2010 ISO file and mounting it to the virtual drive. When wemount an ISO file the below screen will come.

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Select “Install Data Protect Manager”

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Click On “Next”

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Remember the instructions and click on Next.

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// Restart the Server and Run DPM setup again. And provide requested information as well.

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Click on “Next”

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If you want to use your existing SQL server, use the second option and provide the requestedinformation. In my case, I am using the same server as the SQL server. Click on “Next”

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Use a strong password for the restricted account and click on “Next”

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Use recommended settings and click on “Next”

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Again use recommended settings and Click on “Next”

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Now it will install DPM 2010 and SQL 2008 to your computer. It will take several minutes.

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The installation is finished.

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In our next article, we will tell you how to configure DPM and protect your Exchange Server. //

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