Moving File Servers Between Domains

Published : September 27, 2005

DPM can only provide protection for file servers that are located in the same domain. You cannot move a file server from one domain to another and maintain protection from the DPM server that remains in the original domain. However, you can:

• Move the file server to another domain and protect it by using a DPM server in the new domain.

• Move a DPM server and the file servers that it protects to another domain.

To move only the file server to another domain

1. Remove all members of the file server from protection groups.

2. Uninstall the file agent by using DPM Administrator Console on the DPM server.

3. Move the file server to the new domain.

4. Install a file agent by using DPM Administrator Console on the DPM server in the new domain.

5. Add the volumes or shares of the file server to protection groups on the DPM server in the new domain.

If moving the file server also requires a change to the time zone configured on the file server, see Changing the Time Zone of File Servers, later in this chapter.