When reinstalling DPM, be sure to retain protected data

However, with DPM, it is critical to safeguard the data, which consists of shadow copies of your data and log files and other information vital to system safety.

DPM provides an option for uninstalling and reinstalling while maintaining the existing data. The process is straightforward, but Microsoft cautions it can only be used to reinstall the same version of DPM with no changes whatsoever! If you use the re

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tain data option and attempt to make changes, such installing a new version of DPM you can corrupt your data and lose information.

Just follow these procedures:

Note: This procedure can only exactly restore the same version of DPM at the same location. Trying to make any changes is likely to corrupt data.

Here are a few more caveats:

One final note: This procedure does not repair a corrupted database.

About the author: Rick Cook specializes in writing about issues related to storage and storage management.

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