DPM requires that an agent be installed if it is going to be configured to protect a computer. The agent identifies which data on the computer can be protected, tracks changes that occur to that data, and manages the process of forwarding protected data from the protected computer to the DPM server. You need to configure any firewall on the DPM server to allow inbound TCP port 135 traffic, as well as allowing traffic to the DPM service (msdpm.exe) and the protection agent (dpmra.exe).
To deploy the DPM agents, perform the following steps:
1. In the Management workspace of the DPM console, click Install. This will launch the Protection Agent Installation Wizard. On the Select Agent Deployment method, shown in Figure 1 choose Install Agents, or Attach Agents. You select Attach Agents for computers that already have the agent software installed, for example those that have the DPM agent as part of their installation image, or for computers that might be on the perimeter network.
FIGURE 1 Install DPM agent
2. On the Select Computers page, either select computers that are in the same domain as the DPM server, which are presented in a list, as shown in Figure 2, or enter the FQDN of the computer.
FIGURE 2 Select Computers
3. On the Credentials page, specify the credentials of an account that has local administrator access on the computers on which you want to deploy the DPM agent.
4. On the Choose Restart Method page, select whether restart will occur automatically or manually. Restart is only required on computers running the Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2003 R2 operating systems.
5. To complete the wizard, click Install. This will deploy the agent.
Figure 3 shows the DPM agent installed on HV-HOST-A and HV-HOST-B.
FIGURE 3 Agents
