This Data Protection Manager Update Package consists of three separate updates. Note: Depending on your configuration, some updates may not
apply. Please see “Installation Instructions” for details.
The files contained in this download are for both x86 & x64 systems and the package names are appended with this information. Please make sure you
select the right packages for the appropriate DPM architectures.
This Data Protection Manager hotfix package consists of three separate
updates. To install each update, follow these steps:
Install the hotfix package on the server that is running Data Protection Manager 2007.
To do this, run the DataProtectionManager2007-KB976542.exe file on the server.
Note A restart may be required if the rollup (968579)
is not installed or the DPM Administrator Console or DPM Management shell is open when the rollup is installed.
Update the remote
SQL Server installation that is hosting the DPMDB database. To do this, run the SqlPrep-KB976542.msp file on the computer that is running SQL Server.
Note This step is not required if you are running a SQL DPMDB instance on the Data Protection Manager 2007 server.
Update the protection agents on the DPM Administrator Console. There are two methods to update the protection agents on the
protected computers:
Method 1: Update the protection agents from the DPM Administrator Console
Open the DPM Administrator
Console.
Click the Management tab, and then click the Agents tab.
Select a computer from the Protected Computer list, and then click
Update on the Action pane.
Click Yes in the dialog box, and then click Update Agents.
As soon as you receive the Enter Credentials and
Reboot option dialog box, enter you credentials, select the Manually restart the selected servers later option, and then click OK.
Note
You do not have to restart the computer to update the agent. This is why the Manually restart the selected servers later option was selected.
Method 2: Update the protection agents on the protected computers
Obtain the update protection agent package from the " Data
Protection Manager installation location \DPM\Agents\RA\2.0.8861.0" directory on the Data Protection Manager 2007 server.
x86
update
i386\ Language ID \DPMProtectionAgent2007_KB976542.msp
x64 update
amd64\ Language ID
\DPMProtectionAgent2007_KB976542.msp
Run the appropriate DPMProtectionAgent2007_KB976542.msp package on each
protected computer.
Open the DPM Administrator Console on the Data Protection Manager 2007 server.
Click the Management tab,
and then click the Agents tab.
Select the protected computers, and then verify that the agent version is listed as 2.0.8861.
Update the DPM Management Shell. To do this, run the DPMManagementShell2007-KB976542.msp file on all computers on which
the DPM Management Shell is installed. This step is not required if you are running the Data Protection Manager Management Shell on the Data Protection
Manager 2007 server.
