I am testing online backup functionality in DPM server 2012 R2.
I was able to perform a backup of one small Hyper-V VM.
However, on other small VM's I am now getting the below error.
what do I need to do to fix this, I don't understand the shadow copy part, what exactly do I need to increase?
Log Name: DPM AlertsSource: DPM-EM
Date: 19/01/2017 16:45:13
Event ID: 3188
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DPM.ldn.local
Description:
Creation of online recovery points for Online\xxx on xxx.vm-cluster.ldn.local have failed. The last online recovery point creation failed for the following reason: (ID: 3188)
Unable to create a snapshot for this datasource. Following are possible reasons and recommended actions:
1. Replica of datasource is in invalid state. Please run consistency check on this datasource.
2. Replica data is in inconsistent state. Please create a disk recovery point of this datasource.
3. Shadow copy volume should have 1258291200 Bytes free for taking a snapshot. Please increase shadow copy volume size. (ID: 33504)
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="DPM-EM" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">3188</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2017-01-19T16:45:13.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>376</EventRecordID>
<Channel>DPM Alerts</Channel>
<Computer>DPM.ldn.local</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>
Creation of online recovery points for Online\xxx on xxx.vm-cluster.ldn.local have failed. The last online recovery point creation failed for the following reason: (ID: 3188)
Unable to create a snapshot for this datasource. Following are possible reasons and recommended actions:
1. Replica of datasource is in invalid state. Please run consistency check on this datasource.
2. Replica data is in inconsistent state. Please create a disk recovery point of this datasource.
3. Shadow copy volume should have 1258291200 Bytes free for taking a snapshot. Please increase shadow copy volume size. (ID: 33504)</Data>
<Data>3188</Data>
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<Data>xxx.vm-cluster.ldn.local</Data>
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<Data>Online recovery point creation failed</Data>
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Creation of online recovery points for Online\xxx on xxx.vm-cluster.ldn.local have failed. The last online recovery point creation failed for the following reason: (ID: 3188)
Unable to create a snapshot for this datasource. Following are possible reasons and recommended actions:
1. Replica of datasource is in invalid state. Please run consistency check on this datasource.
2. Replica data is in inconsistent state. Please create a disk recovery point of this datasource.
3. Shadow copy volume should have 1258291200 Bytes free for taking a snapshot. Please increase shadow copy volume size. (ID: 33504)</Data>
<Data>33504</Data>
<Data>1</Data>
<Data>81583</Data>
<Data>71</Data>
<Data>HyperV</Data>
<Data>-1</Data>
<Data>-1</Data>
<Data>-1</Data>
<Data>-1</Data>
<Data>-1</Data>
<Data>-1</Data>
<Data>-1</Data>
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<Data>0</Data>
<Data>Please check and fix above possible reasons and try the operation again. If the issue persists, contact Microsoft Support.</Data>
<Data>Execute resume DPM backups</Data>
<Data>Online recovery point creation jobs for NO_PARAM Online\xxx on xxx.vm-cluster.ldn.local have failed 1 times.</Data>
<Data>CloudBackupFailure</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>Online recovery point creation failed</Data>
<Data>NoAction</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>