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I have 2 DPM servers. &nbsp;Both are server 2012 and running SCCM DPM 2012 SP1 v4.1.3417.0.<br />
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I had the secondary server backing up data on the primary but half the jobs would fail with communication errors. &nbsp;So I uninstalled the protection agent. &nbsp;I am trying to reinstall the protection agent now. &nbsp;If I manually do it from the primary server through command line, I get a message saying that the DPM agent cannot be installed on a DPM server.<br />
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If I try to install from the secondary server through DPM 2012 SP1 console, it looks like it installs successfully, but if I check the agent status it shows as unavailable.<br />
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Any help is appreciated.<br />
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Thanks
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I have 2 DPM servers.  Both are server 2012 and running SCCM DPM 2012 SP1 v4.1.3417.0.

I had the secondary server backing up data on the primary but half the jobs would fail with communication errors.  So I uninstalled the protection agent.  I am trying to reinstall the protection agent now.  If I manually do it from the primary server through command line, I get a message saying that the DPM agent cannot be installed on a DPM server.

If I try to install from the secondary server through DPM 2012 SP1 console, it looks like it installs successfully, but if I check the agent status it shows as unavailable.

Any help is appreciated.


Thanks

Installing DPM protection agent on primary DPM server

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

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