Each computer that System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 protects must meet the requirements listed in the following table. Protected volumes must be formatted as NTFS file system. DPM cannot protect volumes formatted as FAT or FAT32. Also, the volume must be at least 1 gigabyte (GB) for DPM to protect it. DPM uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to create a snapshot of the protected data, and VSS will create a snapshot only if the volume size is greater than or equal to 1 GB.
Before you install protection agents on the computers you are going to protect, you must apply hotfix 940349. You must install the hotfix on your 64-bit and 32-bit servers. If you are installing a protection agent on Windows Vista, the 940349 hotfix is not required.
For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 940349, "Availability of a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) update rollup package for Windows Server 2003 to resolve some VSS snapshot issues" (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=139733).
Protected Computer Requirements
File servers
You can protect file servers on any of the following operating systems:
Computers running SQL Server
Computers running Exchange Server
Computers running Virtual Server
Windows SharePoint Services
Before you can protect Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) data, you must do the following:
Shared disk clusters
Non-shared disk clusters
Workstations
The versions of the Exchange Server Database Utilities (eseutil.exe) and ese.dll that are installed on the computer running the most recent edition of Exchange Server must be the same versions that are installed on the DPM server.
You use the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 management tools to maintain up-to-date copies of eseutil.exe and ese.dll. Exchange Server 2007 is a native 64-bit application that includes 64-bit management tools. You can use the management tools to remotely administer your Exchange Server environment. If the remote computer is running a 32-bit operating system, you must download the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 32-bit management tools (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=112325). The management tools are supported by all update methods such as Microsoft Update and Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS).
Install the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 management tools on the DPM Server. When you install the management tools, ensure that you install the management tools for the latest version of Microsoft Exchange that you are protecting. For example, if one of your mail servers is running Microsoft Exchange 2007 and another mail server is running Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP1, you must install the management tools for Microsoft Exchange 2007 (SP1).
From the command prompt, in the <DPM installation folder>\Bin directory, use the following syntax with the fsutil command to create a hard link for eseutil.exe:fsutil hardlink create <link> <target> On a typical installation, the command would look like the following: Fsutil hardlink create “c:\program files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\bin\eseutil.exe” “c:\program files\microsoft\Exchange\bin\eseutil.exe”
Paul
WSS SP1 says it includes 941422 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941422/) Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package: August 24, 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942388
MS updated the kb for the hotfix in January of 2008, not the hotfix itself.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=941422
I understand that DPM 2007 cannot backup a Windows 2000 Server. Are there any exceptions or workarounds for this?
I also understand that it can backup SQL 2000 with sp4. What if SQL 2000 is running on a Windows 2000 server? Any suggestions for this?
Thanks
Running DPM on Server 2003
Running Exchange on Server 2003 SP3
Installed the ESE*.exe, dll on both.
Getting the following error when attempting to protect an Exchange Protection Group:
One or more prerequisites for protecting this data source is missing.
Ensure that the following prerequisite software is installed on cohmail.Mohawknet.Dom and/or all nodes in the cluster:
Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2 with Knowledge Base article 940349 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=99034).
Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=98933)
ID: 31305
Incorrect paths (as specified in the article):
fsutil hardlink create “c:\program files\microsoft\dpm\bin\eseutil.exe” “c:\program files\microsoft\Exchange\bin\eseutil.exe”
Correct paths:
fsutil hardlink create "C:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\bin\eseutil.exe" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Bin\eseutil.exe"
What about ese.dll?
fsutil hardlink create "C:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\bin\ese.dll" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Bin\ese.dll"
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb870935.aspx