Option 2 – installing the agent manually

You can perform a manual installation in two different ways:

• By providing the FQDN of the DPM server when running the DpmAgentInstaller executable
• By providing the NetBIOS name of the DPM server using setdpmserver.exe if the DPM agent is already installed but not configured

Now follow these steps:

1. On the computer that you want to protect, open an elevated command window, and then run net use Z: \\<DPMServerName>\d$, where Z is the local drive letter that you want to assign and <DPMServerName> is the name of the DPM server that will protect the computer. d$ is where DPM software is installed.
2. For a 64-bit computer, type the following:

cd /d <assigned drive letter>:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center 2019\DPM\DPM\ProtectionAgents\RA\5.0.<build number>.0\amd64 

Here, <assigned drive letter> is the drive letter that you assigned in the previous step and <build number> is the latest DPM build number. For example: 

cd /d "Z:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center 2019\DPM\DPM\ProtectionAgents\RA\5.0.158.0\amd64"

1. For a 32-bit computer, type the following:

cd /d <assigned drive letter>:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center 2019\DPM\DPM\ProtectionAgents\RA\5.0.<build number>.0\i386 

Here, <assigned drive letter> is the drive that you mapped in the previous step and <build number> is the latest DPM build number.

1. To install the protection agent for a 64-bit computer, run the following command:

DPMAgentInstaller_x64.exe <DPMServerName> 

Here, <DPMServerName> is the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the DPM server.

1. To install the protection agent for a 32-bit computer, run the following command:

DPMAgentInstaller_x86.exe <DPMServerName> 

Here, <DPMServerName> is the FQDN of the DPM server.

1. Select I accept the license terms and conditions for the Microsoft Software License Terms, and click OK.
2. The installation will start and you will receive a confirmation message that states Agent installation completed successfully. The DPM agent has now been configured and the appropriate firewall exceptions have been made in the domain profile of the Windows Firewall. Press Enter key to close the window.

1. If the DPM agent is already installed, you should run the setdpmserver.exe executable with the –dpmservername switch to configure the DPM server that the DPM agent should report to as follows:

Setdpmserver –dpmservername DPM2019

After installing the agent manually, you must attach the DPM agent to the DPM server. You can do this via the DPM Administrator console or via the DPM PowerShell cmdlet.

1. Open the DPM console and go to Management. Click on Production Servers and, at the top-left corner of the console, click on the Add button to start the Production Server Addition Wizard.

1. Under the Select Agent Deployment Method page, click Attach agents, followed by Computer on trusted domain. Click the Next > button to continue:

1. In the Select Computers page, choose the server that you would like to attach to the DPM server and click on Next > to continue.

1. In the Enter Credentials page, enter the credentials that should be used to execute this process. Keep in mind that the credentials you provide must have administrative rights on the server that you are trying to attach. Provide the credentials and click on Next > to continue.
2. In the Summary page, verify the configuration and click on Attach to start.
3. Verify that the Attach protected computer task has been successful. Click Close to close the Protection Agent Installation Wizard.
4. The Agent will appear in the DPM console and report back with status OK.