This recipe will cover the steps you need to perform to configure workgroup protection for non-domain joined servers within your datacenter.
From an elevated Command Prompt, open the bin catalogue that resides in the installed DPM agent catalogue. The default path is %systemdrive%\Program Files\Microsoft Data Protection Manager\DPM\bin.
To configure the DPM agent, use the setdpmserver.exe executable with the -isnondomain switch.
Note
The local account is not a member of the local administrator group; it is a low privilege account.
Open an elevated Command Prompt and type as shown in the following screenshot:
setdpmserver –dpmservername DPMSERVERNAME –isnondomainserver –username USERNAME
You will be prompted to provide a password for the local account. Enter the password and verify it in the next input question.
The setdpmserver executable will prompt you with...