1. Use the specific application administrator console to determine the location of the data files for the data source you are protecting. For example, use SQL Management Studio for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 databases.

2. Use the native backup tool to back up the data files of the data source. In Windows Server 2003, click Start, click Run, and then enter ntbackup.

   You should perform a file-level backup and not an application backup. For example, back up the Exchange log and databases as files and not as an application.

   Important
   Use the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) parameter of the Ntbackup tool to ensure that the file backup includes recovery points. The parameter is /SNAP:on.

3. In DPM Administrator Console, on the navigation bar, click Protection.

4. In the display pane, select a data source.

5. In the Details pane, click Click to view details. The Details of Replica Path dialog box displays the original path of the data files on the protected server and the target path where this data should be copied.

6. Use Ntbackup to restore the data files to the corresponding paths on the DPM server to create the manual replica.

7. When you have copied the data to the DPM Server from DPM Administrator Console, on the navigation bar, click Monitoring and then click the Alerts tab.

8. In the Manual Replica Creation Pending alert, you can choose to run a consistency check job.

   Note
   You can also run a consistency check job in the Protection area of the navigation pane for this data source.

Concepts