Replacing DPM System Disk

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Applies To: System Center Data Protection Manager 2007

The following procedure helps you replace the system disk on your DPM server or replace the DPM server with a new computer.

To replace the DPM system disk

  1. Cancel and stop all running jobs.

  2. Backup the DPM database.

  3. Using Windows Server Backup, back up the operating system along with the critical volumes.

  4. Install the new disk and perform a bare metal recovery (BMR) of the operating system by using Windows Server Backup.

    Note

    If you are installing on a new computer, ensure that machine name is the same as the previous one.

  5. Use DPMSync to restore the DPM database and its replicas. For more information, see Recovering DPM Servers in the System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Technical Library (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=202432).

    Note

    The new computer should be part of the same domain as the previous computer.

  6. Run a consistency check to bring all the replicas to a consistent state.

See Also

Concepts

Using DPMSync
How to Migrate a DPM Server to New Hardware