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Using Windows Maintenance Tools on the DPM Server

Applying Operating System Updates to the DPM Server

Running Antivirus Software on the DPM Server

See Also

Managing the Storage Pool

Monitoring DPM Server

Performing DPM Server Management Tasks

Using Windows Maintenance Tools on the DPM Server

In general, you can add the DPM server to your regular maintenance schedule and use the

maintenance tools provided in Windows Server 2003. However, you need to be aware of some

considerations that apply to a few specific tools when you use them with DPM. Those tools are

listed in the following table.

Windows Maintenance Tools and DPM

Windows Tool Considerations

Disk Cleanup: Use to remove temporary files,

Internet cache files, and unnecessary program

files.

Disk Cleanup is not available for replica

volumes and recovery points volumes in the

DPM storage pool.

Disk Defragmenter: Use to analyze volumes

for the amount of fragmentation and to

defragment volumes.

You should not run Disk Defragmenter on disks

that are members of the storage pool on the

DPM server. Knowledge Base article 312067

explains the issue with Disk Defragmenter as

follows:

"The System Shadow Copy provider uses a

copy-on-write mechanism that operates at a 16-

KB block level. This is independent of the file

system's cluster allocation unit size. If the file

system's cluster size is smaller than 16 KB, the

System Shadow Copy provider cannot easily

determine that disk defragmentation I/O is

different from typical write I/O, and performs a

copy-on-write operation. This might cause the

Shadow Copy storage area to grow very

quickly. If the storage area reaches its user-

defined limit, the oldest shadow copies are

deleted first."

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