You can use the following procedue to rename a protection group in DPM. Changing the name of a protection group has no impact on your protection configuration.
To rename a protection group
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In DPM Administrator Console, click Protection on the navigation bar.
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In the display pane, select the protection group that you want to rename.
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In the Actions pane, click Modify protection group. This starts the Modify Group Wizard.
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Click Next.
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On the Select Data Protection Method screen, in the Protection group name field, type the new name of the protection group.
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Click Next until you exit the wizard.
The name change takes effect immediately.
To rename a protection group using DPM Management Shell
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Use the following syntax to retrieve the protection group:
Get-ProtectionGroup [-DPMServerName] <String> [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
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Use the following syntax to make the protection group modifiable:
Get-ModifiableProtectionGroup [-ProtectionGroup] <ProtectionGroup> [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
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Use the following syntax to rename the protection group:
Rename-ProtectionGroup [-ProtectionGroup] <ProtectionGroup> [-NewName] <String> [-PassThru] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
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Use the following syntax to save the changes to the protection group:
Set-ProtectionGroup [-ProtectionGroup] <ProtectionGroup> [-Async] [-TranslateDSList <Datasource[]> ] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]
For more information, type "Get-Help Rename-ProtectionGroup -detailed" in DPM Management Shell.
For technical information, type "Get-Help Rename-ProtectionGroup -full" in DPM Management Shell.