Updated July 30th to reflect the changes introduced by Update Rollup 7 for System Center 2012 Data protection manager SP1. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2966012
Context :
My project for the last week was to fix the DPM enviroment for my new employer.
I installed and attached the DPM agent to all the machines and was able to set the firewal and permissions correctly.
At some point the DPM reported that it could not reach an agent on a specific machine.
When i logged into the machine i noticed that the DPMRA service had stopped and could not be started anymore.
Description :
After you deploy the DPM protection agent in Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, the DPM protection agent service cannot start on the protected servers. (A protected server is a server that contains data sources that are protection group members.)
Additionally, the following event is logged in the System log on the protected servers:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7024
Date: Date
Time: Time
User: N/A
Computer: ComputerName
Description:
The DPMRA service terminated with service-specific error 10048 (0x2740).
If this happens on an exchange server there is a high chance that the required dpm ports (5718/5719) have been taken by the exchange process.
Through the following KB article i was able to reserve the 6000-6004 range in the tcp parameter in the registry.
(To reserve TCP ports 5718 and 5719, follow the steps that are documented in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article: 812873 How to reserve a range of ephemeral ports on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server)
To change the ports that are used by the DPM agent, follow these steps on the protected computer that is experiencing the problem. Make sure that the ports that you reassign will not used by any other applications.
- Locate the SetAgentcfg.exe file from the DPM server. By default, the file is located at the following path:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Setup\SetAgentCfg.exe
- Copy the file to the protected computer that is experiencing the problem. Copy the file to the agent DPM\Bin directory. By default, the file is located at the following path:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Data Protection Manager\DPM\bin
- On the protected computer that is experiencing the problem, open an administrative Command Prompt window.
- In the Command Prompt window, change to the directory to which the SetAgentCfg.exe file was copied. For example, change to the following directory:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Data Protection Manager\DPM\bin
- Run the following command to change the ports that are used by the DPM Agent:
SetAgentCfg e dpmra <port number> <alternate port number>
- Restart the DPMRA service.
If these steps do not resolve this problem, determine whether the firewall applications require that you verify these ports. Then, manually open the ports.
The DPM server will immidiately reported the agent to be in working order. If not, you can Always right-click and refresh.
Enviroment:
Note : although this article is supposed to reference DPM 2007 and server 200/2003 it was actually tested on a Windows 2008R2 server running DPM 2010
So this solution works on the following :
– Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2008R2
– Data Protection Manager 2007/2010/2010R2
– Exchange 2007/2010/2013
References:
Reference article from Microsoft : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947682
Reference article from Darryl Peijl on Systemcenter 2012 website : http://systemcenter-2012.blogspot.nl/2012/11/setdpmserver-failed-with-errorcode_26.html
Update :
Reference : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2966012
This update lets administrators configure the DPMRA port and select a nondefault port by following these steps:
- Install UR7 for System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager SP1.
- Run the setagentcfg.exe command by using the following command line:
setagentcfg.exe s <protected_server_FQDN><alternate_port>
Note By default, this is located in %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft System Center 2012\DPM\DPM\Setup folder.
- Verify that a new entry has been created in the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Data Protection Manager\Agent\2.0\PsPortConfig
- Copy the Setagentcfg.exe file from the DPM server to the following folder on the protected server:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Data Protection Manager\DPM\bin
- Run the following command on the protected server:
setagentcfg.exe e DPMRA <alternate_port>
Note Use the same port number that’s specified in step 2.
- Restart the DPM server.
- Restart the DPMRA service on the protected server.