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Please note that you cannot recover data to its original instance or original location from a secondary server without first switching protection of the protected computer to the secondary DPM server. To switch protection, right-click the data source in the protection group as shown in the following screenshot, and then select Switch disaster protection:

When you perform a switch operation on a protected data source that resides on a primary DPM server, the secondary DPM server reaches out to the DCOM object managing the DPMRA services on the protected server hosting the DPM agent and provides the information that the previous secondary DPM server is now the new primary DPM server. The secondary DPM server must have network access to the primary protected data source to be able to verify access to the DCOM object.

If you forget to perform the switch operation, you will receive the following error message during the recovery process as a friendly reminder:

Keep in mind that the DPM-DPM-DR scenario is applicable for all kinds of workload sizes. You can perform a daily backup based on the synchronization frequency that you choose and restore any data; this is a great example of what a Disaster Recovery (DR) scenario for DPM would look like in.

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