Upgrade Checklist and Roadmap

Applies To: System Center Data Protection Manager 2007

This checklist includes the tasks that are necessary to migrate protected servers from DPM 2006 to DPM 2007.

Task Reference

Plan your DPM 2007 deployment.

Planning a DPM 2007 Deployment (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=66733)

Select the DPM 2006 protection groups to migrate.

Planning for Migration

Identify the DPM 2007 servers to which you will migrate the DPM 2006 protection groups.

Upgrade Options

Schedule the order and timing for migrating data for each protected server.

Planning for Migration

Back up archived reports on the DPM 2006 server.

How to Save DPM 2006 Reports

Deploy DPM 2007.

Deploying DPM 2007 (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=66734)

Run the MigrateDPM2006 tool by using the -exportSettings parameter.

How to Migrate a DPM 2006 Server to DPM 2007

Remove the data sources from protection on the DPM 2006 server.

How to Migrate a DPM 2006 Server to DPM 2007

Uninstall the DPM 2006 file agent from the protected servers.

How to Migrate a DPM 2006 Server to DPM 2007

Install the DPM 2007 protection agent on the protected servers.

How to Migrate a DPM 2006 Server to DPM 2007

Run the MigrateDPM2006 tool by using the -importSettings parameter.

How to Migrate a DPM 2006 Server to DPM 2007

Change protection group settings for migrated protection groups as needed.

How to Modify Protection Groups After Migration