How to Reestablish Protection After Recovering the Primary DPM Server

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Applies To: System Center Data Protection Manager 2007

After you rebuild a primary DPM server, you must reestablish protection of the computers that were protected by the primary DPM server. Perform the following procedure on each computer that was protected by the primary DPM server.

To reestablish protection after rebuilding the primary DPM server

  1. On the protected computer, at the command prompt, run the following command:

    Setdpmserver.exe < primary DPM server name >

  2. Open Computer Management and perform the following steps:

    1. Select Local Users and Groups.

    2. Verify that the primary DPM server, in the format of Domain/Name, is a member of the following groups:

      Distribute COM Users

      DPMRADCOMTrustedMachines

      DPMRADmTrustedMachines

    3. If the primary DPM server is not listed in any of the groups in step b, manually add the server as a member in the format of Domain/Name.

If protection fails after completing the steps in the previous procedure, perform the following steps:

  1. In Administrative Tools, open Component Services.

  2. Expand Computers, expand My Computer, and then click DCOM Config.

  3. In the results pane, right-click DPM RA Service, and then click Properties.

  4. In the Properties dialog box, click the Security tab.

  5. In the Launch and Activation Permissions area, click Edit, and then do one of the following:

    • If the primary DPM server is listed, the Access Control List (ACL) entry might be incorrect. Remove the entry, and then add the primary DPM server with full permissions.

    • If the primary DPM server is not listed, add the primary DPM server with full permissions.