SCCM DPM Install Catch

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I'm trying to reinstall DPM on a server and having a catch!

 

When I run the setup wizard and enter the local SQL server name it goes through the install until it errors out with

 

DPM Setup failed to add a user to the local group. Review the error details, take the appropriate action, and then run DPM Setup again.ID: 4323. Details: A member could not be added to or removed from the local group because the member does not exist

 

On Microsofts website it details creating the MICROSOFT$DPM$Acct account and then install should complete successfully.

 

So I create the accounts, change the SQL server and SQL agent service to use this account and restart the service (this works ok)

 

Then when i try and reinstall DPM, after entering the SQL instance it says that SQL server must run as system account and not the MICROSOFT$DPM$Acct account.

 

So for the install it needs SQL to be running as system, but the rest of the install needs it running as the DPM account?

 

Any ideas?!

 

DPM Is so over-engineered!