System State Protection After Upgrading Protected Computer to Windows Server 2008

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

This topic describes the steps you must take to protect system state on a DPM protected computer after you upgrade to Windows Server 2008:

1. Install Windows Server Backup from Add Features Wizard in Server Manager. You can also access Windows Server Backup from Server Manager, under the Storage node.

2. Update NTbackup configuration. To do this, follow these steps:

   1. Locate the following text in the PSDataSourceConfig.xml file (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Data Protection Manager\DPM\Datasources\PSDataSourceConfig.xml).

      <DatasourceConfig> <WriterId>8c3d00f9-3ce9-4563-b373-19837bc2835e</WriterId> <Version>01.00.0000.00</Version> <VssWriterInvolved>false</VssWriterInvolved> <LogicalPath>Computer</LogicalPath> <ComponentName>SystemState</ComponentName> <FilesToProtect>%SystemDrive%\DPM_SYSTEM_STATE\%computername%.bkf</FilesToProtect> <Size>1024</Size> <UseDRWithCC>true</UseDRWithCC> </DatasourceConfig>

   2. Replace it with the following text and save it.

      <DatasourceConfig> <WriterId>8c3d00f9-3ce9-4563-b373-19837bc2835e</WriterId> <Version>01.00.0000.00</Version> <VssWriterInvolved>false</VssWriterInvolved> <LogicalPath>Computer</LogicalPath> <ComponentName>SystemState</ComponentName> <FilesToProtect>%SystemDrive%\WindowsImageBackup\*</FilesToProtect><Size>10240</Size> <UseDRWithCC>true</UseDRWithCC> </DatasourceConfig>

3. Start Registry Editor.

   1. Locate and create a registry hive in the following location:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wbengine and name it SystemStateBackup

   2. Click Add Value, and then add the following registry key and information:

      • Value name: AllowSSBToAnyVolume

      • Data type: DWORD

      • Value Data: 1

   3. Exit Registry Editor.