Hello, I found technet documentation that states I can protect my SCCM 2012 primary site with DPM 2012.

"Create New Protection Group Wizard, you select the SMS Writer service from the data source list, and then select the site database as an appropriate member."

The problem is I don't see the SMS Writer service in the data source list. Just the usual volumes, SQL instance, etc. Should DPM be detecting that the server is running SCCM services much like it would for Exchange or SharePoint? Or should I simply backup my site database like any other SQL database?

Hi,

There is a powershell script that needs to be ran on the DPM Server to enable the DPM inquiry to see the SCCM datasource to protect.  Let me ping the SCCM folks and see if they included that script in the SCCM 2012 SP1 / R2 product. 

Thank you Mike, I look forward to their response. Please report back.

Due to the Holidays and OOF, I cannot get a response from that group until after the new year. sorry for the delay.

Anything new?

got the same Problem.

ccm2k12sp1 , dpm 2012sp1CU3

thx in advance for the powerfull script :-)

Hi,

Now that the holidays are over, I'll ping the SCCM group again to get you the answer.