Deploy the SCDPM Agent on servers to be protected
Before you begin this exercise, if the Windows Firewall or any other Firewall SW is enabled on a server or a client computer that you want to protect or on the DPM server, you must allow series of TCP & UDP ports before you can install the DPM File Agent. Here are they,
TCP Ports:
5718, 5719, 135, 88, 139, 389
UDP Ports:
53, 88, 137, 138, 389
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Go to [Start] > [All Programs] > [Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager] to open [DPM Administrator Console]
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Click [Management] on the navigation bar, and then click the [Agents] tab. Afterwards, in the [Actions] pane, click [Install].
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Now the [Protection Agent Installation Wizard] appears. On the [Select Computers] page, select all the servers that you need to include in the process, and then click [Add]. When you are finished adding servers, click [Next].
Note: The first time that you use the wizard, DPM assembles a list of potential servers from your Active Directory database. The daily [autodiscovery] process creates a stored list of servers that is used for subsequent installations.
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On the [Enter Credentials] page, type the [User name] and [Password] for the domain account to use during the agent installation. This account must be a member of the Domain Admins Group on all selected servers. Then click [Next] to continue.
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On the [Choose Restart Method] page, click the option indicating how you want the selected server to restart when the protection agent is installed. Nothing will be protected until you have restarted the machine. If you do not restart now, be sure to do so later. Take more care in this step when dealing with your production network. Then click [Next] to continue.
Note: Because of the time required to start services, it may take a few minutes after a restart is complete before DPM can contact the server.
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On the [Summary] page, review the summary, and then click [Install] to proceed with the installation.
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After the installation is completed successfully, click [Close].
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Now you can monitor the installation progress in [DPM Administrator Console] on the [Agents] tab in the [Management] task area.
Note: If the installation is unsuccessful, you can view the alerts in the [Monitoring] task area on the [Alerts] tab.