DPM Processes

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Published : September 27, 2005

On the DPM server, three processes are of interest:

  • DPM File Agent (MsDpmFsAgent.exe). DPM jobs affect both memory and CPU usage by the DPM File Agent. It is normal for CPU usage by MsDpmFsAgent.exe to increase during consistency checks.

  • DPM service (MsDpm.exe). The DPM service affects both memory and CPU usage.

  • DPM Administrator Console (an instance of Mmc.exe). DPM Administrator Console can be a significant factor in high memory usage. You can close it when it is not in use.

Note

Memory usage for the DPM instance of the SQL Server service (Microsoft$DPM$Acct.exe) is expected to be comparatively high. This does not indicate a problem. The service normally uses a large amount of memory for caching, but releases memory when available memory is low.

DPM is compatible with most popular antivirus software products. However, antivirus products can affect DPM performance when real-time monitoring of some DPM processes is enabled. For more information, see “Running Antivirus Software” in the “Managing Servers” chapter in this guide.