Computer name

In the Computer name box, select one or more computers (50 maximum) from the Computer name list. If you know the name of a specific protected computer that you want to add to the DPM server, type the name of the protected computer in the Computer name box. DPM queries Active Directory Domain Services for the protected computer and then adds it to the Computer list. If you do not know the name of the computer, browse the list to find the computer.

Important

Computers across domains are not listed in the Computer name box. To find a computer across a trusted domain, you must type the fully qualified domain name of the computer you want to protect (for example, computer1.Domain1.corp.microsoft.com, where computer1 is the name of the target computer that you want to protect, and Domain1.corp.microsoft.com is the domain to which the target computer belongs).

Add

Click Add to move the computers to the Selected computers box. As you add the computers, your selections appear in the Selected computers box.

Remove

Click Remove to remove the computers from the Selected computers box.

Add From File

If you want to add multiple computers, you can create a .txt file containing the computers you want to add. To add the computers, click Add From File. You must enter each computer in the file on a new line. We recommend that you provide the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the target computers. For example, enter multiple computers in a .txt file as computer1.Domain1.corp.microsoft.com, computer2.Domain2.corp.microsoft.com, computer3.Domain1.corp.microsoft.com.