Option 1 – installing DPM using a local SQL Server

Make sure that your operating system is fully patched and rebooted before you start the installation. Now follow these steps:

1. Insert the DPM media and start the setup for System Center Data Protection Manager. When the installation list is presented, click on Data Protection Manager to start the installation:

1. The installation wizard will start and prompt you with the Microsoft Software License Terms. Accept the license terms by checking the I accept the license terms and conditions checkbox, which will continue the installation.
2. Please wait while the setup starts copying the temporary files.

1. The installation wizard will now prompt you with eight different installation steps. Currently, you are on the Welcome step. To continue with the installation, click on Next.
2. The next step is the Prerequisites Check, where you can choose to install the DPM database by using a standalone or a clustered SQL Server.

1. In the Instance of SQL Server box, type in your server name and the instance name that should host your DPM database. In this example, the server name and SQL instance is WS16-SQL16-01\DPMDB:

1. Click on the Check and Install button to run a verification that all of the prerequisites have been met before the installation can continue.
2. In this step, there are some prerequisites that will be installed as part of the required Windows components by DPM. The Hyper-V role and Hyper-V PowerShell module will be installed as well during this step. You will be required to restart afterward.

1. Simply restart the DPM server and start the installation wizard one more time. When you run the prerequisites checker in the Prerequisites Check step, it will be successful. Click on Next > to continue.
2. In the Product Registration step, enter the User name, Company, and Product key and click on Next > to continue.
3. The next step of the installation wizard brings up the Installation Settings, which is where you specify the location of the DPM files and read the summary of the Space requirements. If you want to place the DPM files in a specific location, then click on the Change… button and specify the new destination. We recommend that you store the DPM Files on a separate drive. To continue to the next step, click on Next >:

1. You can specify in the Microsoft Update Opt-In box whether the local Windows Update should be redirected so that you can use Microsoft Updates instead.
2. Choose the most appropriate option for your implementation and click on Next > to continue.
3. In the Summary of settings section, you can verify your installation's configuration. If everything looks good, click on the Install button to start the installation.

1. The last step is the Installation. Here, you can keep a watch on the installation progress in real time. When the installation has finished, click on the Close button.