Finding DPM Servers in Active Directory Domain Services
Applies To: System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
Active Directory Domain Services is designed to provide information about directory objects when queried by either users or programs. When you install DPM on a server that is a member of a domain, a service connection point is registered in Active Directory Domain Services. The information registered with the service connection point makes it possible for you to search Active Directory Domain Services to locate computers running DPM.
Note
If DPM is installed on a server that is not a member of a domain and the server is then added to a domain, the service connection point will not be registered in Active Directory Domain Services.
To locate DPM servers in Active Directory Domain Services, use a query tool such as Adsiedit to find all computers in the domain that have a “serviceClassName=MSDPM” service connection point.
Note
Adsiedit is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that is available when you install the Windows Server 2003 Support Tools. For more information about using Adsiedit, see Adsiedit Overview on the Windows Server 2003 TechCenter (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=50377).
To install Windows Server 2003 support tools
Insert the Windows Server 2003 CD.
Browse to the \support\tools directory.
Double-click the suptools.msi file name.
To locate DPM servers by using Adsiedit
Run adsiedit.msc.
Right-click the Domain node, point to New, and then click Query.
Enter a name for the query, such as “MSDPM Servers.”
Choose the Machines node as the root of the search.
In Query String, enter serviceClassName=MSDPM.
Click OK to display a query node under the Domain node.
Select the query node; the servers on which DPM is installed are displayed in the list pane.