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Upgrade to System Center 2012 - DPM

 

Updated: May 13, 2016

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

To upgrade from DPM 2010 to -Data Protection Manager (DPM) you’ll neeed to do the following:

You cannot upgrade from DPM 2010 to System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1)Data Protection Manager (DPM) Beta directly. You must first upgrade your System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 installation to System Center 2012Data Protection Manager (DPM).

To upgrade ensure that you have System Center 2012 – Data Protection Manager (DPM) with QFE4 (KB2615782) installed on a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008. DPM does not support 32-bit or Itanium architecture–based operating systems.

  1. Upgrade the DPM Database

  2. Remove library sharing

  3. Upgrade the DPM server

  4. Perform post-upgrade steps

Before you begin

Check the following before you begin:

  • Verify the System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 server has the latest hotfixes installed.

  • Back up the DPM database and store the backup file in a secure location. If your upgrade does not complete successfully you can roll back the upgrade.

  • Note that DPM 2010 must be installed on 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008. DPM does not support 32-bit or Itanium architecture–based operating systems..

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