Dell PowerVault DP600 User Manual

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When you need to perform maintenance on a protected server and do not want protection jobs to

continue for the duration of the maintenance, you can disable the protection agent.

To disable a protection agent

1. In DPM Administrator Console, click Management on the navigation bar.

2. On the Agents tab, in the display pane, select the name of the computer with the

protection agent you want to disable.

3. In the Actions pane, click Disable protection agent.

4. In the dialog box, click OK to confirm that you want to proceed.

In This Section

Using Windows Maintenance Tools on Windows SharePoint
Services Servers

Running Disk Cleanup, Disk Defragmenter, or Chkdsk.exe should have no adverse effect on

performance or data protection.

Performing Windows SharePoint Services Maintenance Tasks

If you schedule automatic deletion of inactive Web sites, coordinate the automatic deletion

schedule with the protection schedule to ensure you have a recent copy of the site backed up.

Applying Operating System Updates on Windows SharePoint
Services Servers

An important part of computer maintenance is ensuring that operating systems and software are

up to date. Updates—known as "fixes," "patches," "service packs," and "security rollup

packages"—help to protect computers and data.