Restoring DPMDB 2012 SP1 to a New Server

Question

Greetings,
I am in the middle of moving primary DPM servers.  This was not for the purpose of upgrading DPM.  We were running DPM 2012 SP1 on Server 2012, using a remote instance of SQL 2012.  Now, I am moving to a new DPM server (using DPM 2012 SP1
on Server 2012) using a local instance of SQL 2012 and trying to restore the DPMDB
Steps I have taken so far:
-Performed a backup of the DPMDB using DPMBackup.  The backup completed successfully.
-Gave the new server the same name as the old server (call it DPM1)
-Gave it the same IP address
-Removed old server from AD/network
-Copied the DPMDB.bak file created by DPMBackup to the new DPM server.
-Installed SQL 2012 and updates
-Installed DPM 2012 SP1 and updates. (4.1.3417.0).  I did NOT however, install DPM in the default location.  I installed it to E:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center 2012...
-Attached the SAN that the old DPM server was using to the new one.  All disks are intact.
My problem comes when I try to run the DPMSync.exe utility.  It crashes when I type in the following command from an elevated prompt:
DPMSync -restoredb -dbloc E:\DPMDB\DPMDB.bak
I receive the following error(s):
Unhandled Exception: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.FailedOperationException: Restore failed for Server 'DPM1\DPM'.  ---> Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.ExecutionFailureException:
 An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. ---> System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Directory lookup for the file
"D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.DPM\MSSQ
L\DATA\MSDPM2012$DPMDB_DPMDB.mdf" failed with the operating system error 3(The system cannot find the path specified.).
File 'MSDPM2012$DPMDB_DPM1_dat' cannot be restored to 'D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.DPM\MSSQL\DATA\MSDPM2012$DPMDB_DPM1.mdf'. Use WITH MOVE to identify a valid loc
ation for the file.
Directory lookup for the file "D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.DPM\MSSQL\DATA\MSDPM2012$DPMDB_DPM1_log.ldf" failed with the operating system error 3(The system cannot find the
path specified.).
File 'MSDPM2012$DPMDB_DPM1Log_dat' cannot be restored to 'D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.DPM\MSSQL\DATA\MSDPM2012$DPMDB_DPM1_log.ldf'. Use WITH MOVE to identify a va
lid location for the file.
Problems were identified while planning for the RESTORE statement. Previous messages provide details.
RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.
   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.ConnectionManager.ExecuteTSql(ExecuteTSqlAction action, Object execObject, DataSet fillDataSet, Boolean catchException)
   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.ServerConnection.ExecuteNonQuery(String sqlCommand, ExecutionTypes executionType)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.ServerConnection.ExecuteNonQuery(String sqlCommand, ExecutionTypes executionType)
   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.ServerConnection.ExecuteNonQuery(StringCollection sqlCommands, ExecutionTypes executionType)
   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExecutionManager.ExecuteNonQuery(StringCollection queries)
   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupRestoreBase.ExecuteSql(Server server, StringCollection queries)
   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Restore.SqlRestore(Server srv)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Restore.SqlRestore(Server srv)
   at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.RestoreDbSync.RestoreDBHelper.RestoreFromBackupFile(String dbLocation)
   at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.RestoreDbSync.RestoreDBHelper.RestoreDb(String dbLocation)
   at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.RestoreDbSync.RestoreDbSync.Main(String[] args)
The bolded parts are the parts that confuse me.  I never specified a restore to that location.  The "D" drive is my DVD drive on the server.  The only thing that I can figure is that it is trying to use the drive letter from the
old server.  However, I haven't ran across any documentation when using this tool that I had to name my drives identical to the old server, just the machine name.  I also named the databases the same as well.  I tried specifying a database name
using -DpmDbName, but that didn't work either.
I'm certain I'm missing something, but I have no idea what it is.  Any help or ideas would be appreciated.  Thanks.
-Mike

Answer 1

Hi,
You can use SQL Management Studio to restore the database, and under the OPTIONS settings, change the path to the files.  When you do the restore the files will be placed in the path specified.  If you wish to overwrite the current DB
files, be sure to select the overwrite option.
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