Manually Installing Prerequisite Software

Applies To: Data Protection Manager, System Center Data Protection Manager 2007

If you want to use retail copies of one or more of the prerequisite products for your System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 installation, or in the event that automatic installation of one or more of the DPM prerequisite software products fails, you can install the prerequisite software manually.

If you are installing a prerequisite product from the DPM product DVD, follow the instructions provided in this section. If you are installing a prerequisite product using a retail copy of the product, use the settings information provided in the instructions to configure the software properly for DPM.

You must install the following software in the order listed before installing DPM:

• Install Prerequisite Software

• Manually Install Required Windows Components

• Manually Install SQL Server 2005

• Manually Install SQL Server 2005 SP2

Hardware Requirements
Network Requirements
Security Requirements

Software Prerequisites