Legacy Update: Get back online, activate, and install updates on your legacy Windows PC

This download consists of a single pre-configured VHD file for System Center DPM component. The VHD enables you to create a virtual machine to evaluate Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2012 R2 and use Cloud Integrated Backup to Azure.

• This VHD enables System Center customers to jointly evaluate System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager (DPM) with Update Rollup 4, Windows Azure Backup, SQL Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2.
  The software contained in this download will also enable you to configure and use cloud integrated protection to Azure Backup using DPM.
  For detailed information about each component included with these download files, see the individual component documentation.
  
  System Center 2012R2 components that ship Evaluation VHDs can be found at the following locations:
  • System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
  • System Center 2012 R2 App Controller – Evaluation (VHD)
  • System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
  • System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator – Evaluation (VHD)
  • System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
  • System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager Data Warehouse– Evaluation (VHD)
  • System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
  * IMPORTANT Security Warning : Do NOT use VHDs which have not been downloaded from www.microsoft.com or those that have been edited after download. Use of software not approved by Microsoft may contain malicious content leading to possible security and vulnerability risks.

Files

Status: Live This download is still available on microsoft.com. The downloads below will come directly from the Microsoft Download Center.

File	SHA1 Hash	Size
Readme.txt	1449644f4bb9b9b87258ef529dbd77071fa58b80	2 KB
Win2012R2Svr_DPM_EVAL_Sysprepped.zip	67cca0c65a20eba269e7537f0f5be32701cd1ece	9.09 GB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

• Recommended
  - Windows Server 2012 R2 (any version of Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V role installed). [Recommended]
  - Windows Server 2012 (any version of Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V role installed).
  
  
• Important Note
- Hyper-V role is required to use this VHD as the primary hard disk of a guest virtual machine running on the host operating system.
- Windows Server 2012 R2 (64Bit OS) is the guest OS in the VHD and the host operating system must support Windows Server 2012 R2 to work as the guest OS.


• System Physical Memory (RAM) Hardware Requirements
- Minimum : 2 GB
- Recommended : 4 GB

• • Download the VHD file in this download and save it to a designated location on your local drive.
  • To run DPM in a VM from Windows Azure follow the instructions given here
  • To run DPM on premises perform the steps 1, 2 and 3 as given below.
  • 1) Create a new Hyper-V VM.
  • 2) Attach this VHD to the VM as its primary disk.
  • 3) Start the VM and follow the steps below.
  Steps To Follow once the VM is up and running (for both On-Premises and Azure VMs)
  1. Start the VM with this VHD attached as its primary disk. Do not change the language settings on first boot. The default app language is "English - United States". You may change the language settings once Setup completes.
  2. Join it to the requisite domain.
  3. Add a domain user to the local machine “Administrators” group and log in with that user.
  4. (Optional) Disable “User Account Control” since it may pop up warning messages during installation phase. This is optional.
  5. Right-click “C:\Install.cmd” and Click “Run as Administrator”.
  6. Follow the instructions on screen.
  * IMPORTANT Security Warning : Do NOT use VHDs which have not been downloaded from www.microsoft.com or those that have been edited after download. Use of software not approved by Microsoft may contain malicious content leading to possible security and vulnerability risks.