Manage client auto deployment settings
Updated: May 13, 2016
Applies To: System Center 2012 - Data Protection Manager
You can configure a number of settings for the Operations Manager Client Auto Deployment management pack for DPM, including:
Add or remove a DPM server for client auto deployment
Specify the number of clients a DPM server can handle
Change settings for all DPM servers configured for client auto deployment
Change settings for selected DPM servers configured for client auto deployment
Manage stale clients that haven’t been backed up recently
Add or remove a DPM server for client auto deployment
On the System Center Operations Manager console, go to the Monitoring view, expand DPM Client Auto Deployment, and then select Auto deployment DPM server state.
On the main pane, select the DPM server you want to include. On the Actions pane, click Include DPM for auto deployment.
You can also select Exclude DPM for auto deployment to remove a DPM server.
Specify the number of clients a DPM server can handle
To change the number of client computers a DPM server can be allotted, use the following DPM Management Shell cmdlet:
Set-DPMGlobalProperty –Dpmservername <DPMServer> -MaxCapacityForClientAutoDeployment <NewCapacity>
Change settings for all DPM servers configured for client auto deployment
To change the settings, edit the ClientPGSettings.xml file. See Set up client auto deployment.
To apply the changes on all DPM servers, in the System Center Operations Manager console, go to the Monitoring view, expand DPM Client Auto Deployment, and then click Auto deployment server state.
Select a System Center Operations Manager server from the main pane.
On the Actions pane, click Apply modified PG settings.
On the Run task dialog box, click Run.
The changes will be applied to all protection groups created by DPM client auto deployment on all relevant DPM servers.
Change settings for selected DPM servers configured for client auto deployment
To change the settings, edit the ClientPGSettings.xml file. See Set up client auto deployment.
To apply the settings on selected DPM servers, on System Center Operations Manager console, go to the Monitoring view, expand DPM Client Auto Deployment, and then click Auto deployment server state.
Select a System Center Operations Manager server from the main pane.
On the Actions pane, click Apply modified PG settings.
On the Run task dialog box, click Override.
On the Override Task Parameters dialog box, provide a comma-separated list of FQDNs for the DPM servers in the New Value text box.
The changes will be applied on the DPM servers you specify.
Click Override.
Click Run.
Manage stale clients that haven’t been backed up recently
A stale client is a client computer which resides in a protection group for DPM client auto deployment and hasn’t been backed up for the period specified by the administrator. The default period is 90 days.
To set the stale threshold, open the Registry Editor:
Navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Data Protection Manager\Configuration\Client.
Set the following—Value: StaleClientThresholdInDays; Data: Number of days; Type: DWORD.
To stop protecting clients that reach the threshold, open the Registry Editor:
Navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Data Protection Manager\Configuration\Client.
Set the following—Value: StopProtectStaleClients; Data: 1 to stop protection, 0 to continue protection; Type: DWORD.