The Select Agent Deployment Method page of the Protection Agent Installation Wizard guides you through the process of installing protection agents on your computers that you want to protect or adding protected computers to the DPM server.

This page contains the elements described in the following table.

Elements

Name Description

Install Agents

Select this option to install protection agents in the computers.

Important
To install the protection agent, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the computer that you want to protect.

Attach agents

Select this option for adding computers that you want to protect.

Important
If you have not already installed the protection agent, then you must manually install it on the computer that you want to protect.

Computer on trusted domain

Select this option to add a computer that belongs to the same domain as the DPM server domain, or is in a domain that has a two-way trust with the DPM server domain. DPM queries Active Directory Domain Services for the computer and displays it in the Computer name list in the Select Computers page of the Protection Agent Installation Method Wizard.

Computer in a workgroup or untrusted domain

Select this option to add a computer that is part of a workgroup or on a domain that does not have two-way trust with the DPM server domain.

Throughout the protection agent installation process, the wizard provides default options that you can override if you choose. If you have questions at any point in the process, click Help.

After selecting the available options, click Next.

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