Dell PowerVault DP600 User Manual

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domain.

• DPM Setup creates the DPMDBReaders$<

DPM server name

> and

DPMDBAdministrators$<

DPM server name

> local groups on the remote instance of

SQL Server. DPM administrators must be added to these groups to use the remote

instance of SQL Server.

• The remote instance of SQL Server must be running IIS 6.0 and SQL Server 2005

Standard or Enterprise Edition with SP2, including the SQL Server Database Engine

and Reporting services components.

We recommend you use the following settings on the remote instance of SQL Server:

• Default failure audit setting.
• Default Windows Authentication mode.
• Assign a strong password to the sa account.
• Enable password policy checking.
• Install only the SQL Server Database Engine and Reporting Services components.
• Run SQL Server by using the least-privileged user account.

10. On the Installation Settings page, the Space requirements section displays space

availability on the specified destination drives. If you choose to change the installation

folders, verify that the selected drives have enough space for the installation. Following

are the minimum hardware requirements for the DPM server:

Component

Minimum Requirement

System drive

2650 MB

Note

This system drive disk space

requirement is necessary if you

chose to install the instance of

SQL Server from the DPM

download package. If you are

using an existing instance of

SQL Server, this disk space

requirement is considerably

less.

Program files drive

620 MB

Database files drive

900 MB

If you choose to use an existing instance of SQL Server instead of installing it from the

DPM product DVD, the SQL Server Settings page appears.

• In the Instance of SQL Server box, type the name of the existing instance of SQL

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