How to Install Windows Server 2003
Applies To: System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
You must properly configure Windows Server 2003 to support a System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 installation. If Windows Server 2003 is not installed on your computer, for more information about purchasing and installing Windows Server 2003, go to the Windows Server Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=64826).
Perform the following procedure to specify nondefault settings during an installation of Windows Server 2003 on a DPM server.
To install Windows Server 2003
When Setup prompts you to format the Windows installation partition, choose the NTFS file system.
In the Computer Name dialog box, type a name for the DPM server. The name must be unique within the Active Directory domain.
In the Workgroup or computer domain dialog box, add the DPM server to the domain that contains the computers that you plan to protect.
You can install DPM across domains within a forest if you establish a two-way trust across the domains. If there is not a two-way trust across domains, you must have a separate DPM server for each domain. DPM 2007 does not support protection across forests.
After installation is complete, apply all available Windows Server 2003 service packs and updates, including Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2).
All Windows updates are available from Microsoft Windows Update (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=451).
Windows Server 2003 SP2 is available from Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=90633).
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Concepts
Hardware Requirements
Network Requirements
Security Requirements