Protected Computers

Computer Requirements

File servers

You can protect file servers on any of the following operating systems:

1. Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later (Standard and Enterprise Editions).
2. Windows Advanced Server 2003 with SP1 or later.
3. Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard and Enterprise Editions).
4. Windows Storage Server 2003 with SP1 or later (Standard, Enterprise and Express Editions).
   Note
   To obtain SP1 for Windows Storage Server 2003, contact your original equipment manufacturer.
5. Windows Small Business Server 2003 (Standard and Premium Editions).
6. Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 (Standard and Premium Editions).
7. Windows Server 2008 (Core, Standard, and Enterprise Editions).

Computers running SQL Server

1. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Service Pack 4 (SP4)
   - OR -
2. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with SP1 or Service Pack 2 (SP2)



Note

DPM supports Standard, Enterprise, Workgroup, and Express Editions of SQL Server.



Important

You must start the SQL Server VSS Writer Service on computers running SQL Server 2005 SP1 before you can start protecting SQL Server data. The SQL Server VSS Writer Service is turned on by default on computers running SQL Server 2005. To start the SQL Server VSS Writer service, in the Services console, right-click SQL Server VSS writer, and then click Start.

Computers running Exchange Server

1. Exchange Server 2003 with SP2
   - OR -
2. Exchange Server 2007



Note

DPM supports Standard and Enterprise Editions of Exchange Server installed on Windows Server 2003 and later versions.

3. Before you can protect Exchange Server 2007 data in a Clustered Continuous Replication (CCR) configuration, you must install hotfix 940006. For more details, see Knowledge Base article 940006, "Description of Update Rollup 4 for Exchange 2007" (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=99291).



Important

The eseutil.exe and ese.dll versions that are installed on the most recent edition of Exchange Server must be the same versions that are installed on the DPM server. In addition, you must update eseutil.exe and ese.dll on the DPM server if they are updated on a computer running Exchange Server after applying an upgrade or an update. For more information about updating eseutil.exe and ese.dll, see Eseutil.exe and Ese.dll.

Computers running Virtual Server

1. Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1



Note

To protect virtual machines for online backups, we recommend that you install version 13.715 of Virtual Machine Additions (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=84271).

Windows SharePoint Services

1. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
2. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Before you can protect Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) data, you must do the following:

3. Install Knowledge Base article 941422, "Update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0" (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=100392).
   Note
   You must install Knowledge Base article 941422 on all protected servers on which Windows SharePoint SharePoint Services 3.0, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 are installed.
4. Start the WSS Writer service on the WSS Server and then provide the protection agent with credentials for the WSS farm. For more information, in Configuring DPM 2007, see "Starting and Configuring the WSS VSS Writer Service" (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=100247).
5. Update the instance of SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2005 SP2.
6. Install the SQL Server Client components on the front-end web server of the Windows SharePoint Services farm that DPM is going to protect. For information about installing SQL Server components, see How to: Install SQL Server 2008 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=110346).

Shared disk clusters

1. File servers
2. SQL Server 2000 with SP4
3. SQL Server 2005 with SP1
4. Exchange Server 2003 with SP2
5. Exchange Server 2007

Non-shared disk clusters

1. Exchange Server 2007

Workstations

1. Windows XP Professional SP2
2. All Windows Vista editions except Home (must be a member of a domain)