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Replace the DPM system disk

 

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - Data Protection Manager, System Center 2012 - Data Protection Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager, System Center Data Protection Manager 2007

Use this procedure if you need ot replace the system disk on your DPM server.

To replace the DPM system disk

  1. Cancel and stop all running jobs, and back up the DPM database.

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

  3. Install the new disk and perform a bare metal recovery (BMR) of the operating system by using Windows Server Backup. If you’re installing on a new computer, keep the machine name the same as the previous one.

  4. Use DPMSync to restore the DPM database and its replicas. The new computer should be part of the same domain as the previous computer.

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