Restore to any location fails without warning - DPM 2012
Restoring files from a recovery point to the original location works well,however, when I try to restore files to any other location, the files are not written despite the fact that dpm reports a...
View ArticleAdd a server to existing DPM infrastructure
Hello All,Does anyone have good step by step instructions on how to add another server to DPM? I tried adding it but we have different protection groups, and i apparently cannot add another server to...
View ArticleRecovery Points failing
I have 3 different file servers that have started failing within the past week in regards to the DPM backups. The error I get is very generic and I am wondering how to proceed to nail down the exact...
View ArticleIs anyone successfully protecting Storage Server 2008 R2 with SIS volumes?
We are having major issues with our DPM 2010 server (running on 2008 R2 SP1 with DPM version 3.0.7707.0) ever since we started protecting our new 3-node Dell NX3000 cluster running Storage Server 2008...
View ArticleDPM cannot connect to drive after partition resizing changed the GUID
The C: drive on a server was running low on space and after all other attempts to free up space, I used a 3rd party (EASEUS) partition management software to shrink (and move) the E: drive so that the...
View ArticleShare vs volume protection
I am currently protecting a set of user shares across sites globally distributed.All data I need to protect are stored in one share. So I chose to select the users share, thereby automatically...
View ArticleDPM 2010 - Backup to Tape of a BMR recovery point failing
Hi,I have DPM 2010 server. I have a lot of Data protection groups, SQL, Data Files, BMR, Laptop Clients, SharePoint, Exchange.All backups works fine, besides one server, that his BMR backup to tape is...
View ArticleCan vss shadowstorage volume size be calculated?
Simply put, my DPM 2010 jobs for a specific PS is failing due to the vss shadowstorage running out of space. It is not an ideal backup scenario. I'll give the details below - but what I need to figure...
View ArticleSwaping of Disks in DPM
Hi All,Is there an possibility to swap disks in DPM for rotation backup. Methodology as follows,There are 2 external hard disks that will be used for data backup, and the disks will be rotated every...
View ArticleQNAP Nas and SCDPM SP1
Hi,We currenlty have System Center Data Protection Manager Service Pack 1 installed on Windows Server 2012. We have a few file shares on a QNAP Nas box i would like to backup, anyone know how i can do...
View ArticleDPM Writer "Non-Retryable" Error with LiveVault (Autonomy) Backups
I haven't been able to run a backup for some time now, and after troubleshooting with the LiveVault (Autonomy) techs, we see that the error is with the DPM Writer ... error below :Writer name: 'DPM...
View Article2012 SP1, server crashes, possible cause VSS?
Hi everybody.I'm new to SCDPM in genreral, and i'm having a few issues with the server. In short, i'm going to list my setup underneath.Physical HP server, Windows server 2008 R2, SCDPM 2012 SP1, 32gb...
View ArticleI would like to know how to fix RAW USB flash drive?
Actually, this USB flash drive could be detected by my computer. But, when I tried to open it, a “not formatted error” message popped out. The “properties” of this drive was also displayed as “RAW”....
View ArticleThoughts before protecting a 2-node filecluster
We're about to setup a new 2-node cluster, replacing our existing one.Its a physical cluster running 2008R2. The current cluster is protected by Another Product.All user data is obviously going to be...
View ArticleRecovering a file created and deleted between recovery points
A user creates a file and then accidentally deletes it later that day (before a recovery point is created, but after synchronization occurs). In this situation, is there any way to recover the deleted...
View ArticleBacking Up Large 'Backup File' drive
We have a number of large backup files stored on disk produced by a third party backup tool. We need to back these large files up periodically to tape however this process tends to be a little on the...
View ArticleHow to format flash drive without data loss?
All of my important data is on my flash drive. However, yesterday, I received a message that I had to format it firstly in order to use it. When I tried to format it, it said it would erase everything...
View ArticleData Protection Manager 2012 Single Instance Storage
Hello,I have already tried to search for an answer for this question but still don't really "get it". I understand that previous versions of DPM use Single Instance Storage, this is the first time I...
View ArticleDPM 2012 doesn't save all files in folders
Greetings, community) Does anybody know why DPM2012SP1 doesn't save all files from the protected folder? For example: I have some protected Laptops with DPM agents. User defined some folders for...
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DPM2012 - Error 0x80990AA5 while running an integrity check
I'm trying to perform a Integrity Check on a protected server that is across a WAN and I get the following Error: DPM encountered an error while performing an operation for...
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