Upgrading the Disaster Recovery Configuration

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Applies To: System Center Data Protection Manager 2010

This topic provides guidance for upgrading your disaster recovery configuration to System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010.

Warning

When upgrading from System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 SP1 to DPM 2010, if you are protecting system state and you have customized the location of the backup that is staged, this customization will be lost in the PSdataSourceConfig.xml file during the upgrade. The staging location will be set to the drive with the largest available disk space.

Upgrading a DPM Server That Is Being Protected by or Is Protecting Another DPM Server

When a DPM server is being protected by another DPM server, use the following procedure to upgrade the DPM servers.

To upgrade a DPM that is being protected by another DPM server

  1. Upgrade the secondary DPM server to DPM 2010. For step-by-step instructions for upgrading a DPM server to DPM 2010, see Upgrading to DPM 2010 from DPM 2007.

  2. Optionally, on the primary DPM server, install the latest DPM 2007 hotfix rollup. To download this hotfix rollup, go to System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Hotfix Package (KB976542) (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=189302).

  3. On the primary DPM server, close DPM Administrator Console and DPM Management Shell.

  4. On the primary DPM server, start the DPM 2010 Setup Wizard, complete the upgrade, and then restart the computer. For step-by-step instructions for upgrading a DPM server to DPM 2010, see Upgrading to DPM 2010 from DPM 2007.

  5. Upgrade protection agents on all protected servers. For more information about upgrading agents, see After Upgrading to DPM 2010.

  6. Run a consistency check on all protected data sources. For more information about consistency checks, see How to Synchronize a Replica.

  7. Uninstall the SQL Server 2005 instance with the DPM 2007 database.

To upgrade a DPM server that is protecting another DPM server

  1. On the secondary DPM server, install latest DPM 2007 hotfix rollup. To download this hotfix rollup, go to System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Hotfix Package (KB976542) (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=189302).

  2. On the secondary DPM server, close DPM Administrator Console and DPM Management Shell.

  3. On the secondary DPM server, start the DPM 2010 Setup Wizard, complete the upgrade, and then restart the computer. For step-by-step instructions for upgrading a DPM server to DPM 2010, see Upgrading to DPM 2010 from DPM 2007.

  4. Upgrade each primary DPM server that is being protected, and then reinstall the protection agent of each. For step-by-step instructions for upgrading a DPM server to DPM 2010, see Upgrading to DPM 2010 from DPM 2007.

  5. Upgrade protection agents on all protected servers. For more information about upgrading agents, see After Upgrading to DPM 2010.

  6. Run a consistency check on all protected data sources. For more information about consistency checks, see How to Synchronize a Replica (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=196901).

  7. Uninstall the SQL Server 2005 instance with the DPM 2007 database.