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