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Windows Server 8 Beta-managing it with ConfigMgr 2012 RC (#SCCM) and backing it up with DPM 2012 RC (#SCDPM)

Friday, March 02, 2012 1:10:00 PM

This post is courtesy of Cameron Fuller (www.systemcentercentral.com/Default.aspx?tabid=143&IndexId=92048) I recently blogged on installing Windows Server 8 Beta as a guest operating system in my SCVMM environment, and attempting to monitor Windows Server 8 Beta with Operations Manager 2012 RC. The next logical step was to investigate backing up Windows Server 8 Beta with Data...

Re: Multiple Storage Pools

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:17:24 PM

Hi, DPM will choose whatever location it it likes in the storage pool to save data. You can create multiple "raw" storage disks and add them to one storage pool, but you have no control over where DPM places the files. The only way to achieve what you are after is to use custom volumes as you can specifiy protection groups to use set custom volumes. David

Can't get DPM 2010 Server to backup using DPMBackup.exe -db

Monday, February 27, 2012 2:26:37 PM

Hello, I'm trying to backup my DPM 2010 DB using DPMBackup.exe. The server has a local install of SQL. Initially I ran the following command line: DPMBackup.exe -db This failed with the message "invalid command -db" I then ran the following command: DPMBackup.exe -db -InstanceName MSSQLSERVER. I got the instance name from the registry - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Data Protection...

Re: SCDPM 2010 tape drive mounting issue

Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:49:41 AM

This will help you. Already Capacity ready answer. You should make a "device configuration" in the backup software, drive to join the boot loader and will enter the "Online", with support slots become available, mount all the slots with the carriers. Out here: www.tapebackup.ru/topic/27254-ne-rabotaet-avtozagruzchik-dell-powervault-124t

Multiple Storage Pools

Saturday, February 11, 2012 1:51:05 AM

Hi- Does DPM support multiple storage pool disks? We have a total of 48 spindles used in the storage pool. They are configured as 4x 12 spindle virtual disks by the RAID controller. I would prefer to have 4 different storage pools as we would like to run multiple backups at the same time and believe that we would get better performance if the pools are seperated such that one backup job doesn't...

Re: Primary - Secondary DPM server

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 6:35:09 AM

Hi DBA, Check out this thread it will give you a really good idea of how DPM chaining works: social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/dataprotectionmanager/thread/f5aa64dd-0400-4a9b-bb12-130a0ef44416/ It will answer your questions.

Re: DPM Backup Saved State

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 6:31:01 AM

Hi korada77, When a VM has the Hyper-V integration tools installed it should be protected as Child Partition Snapshot. When it does not have Hyper-V integration tools installed or is a legacy operating system it will be protected as Saved state. Double check your VM's for the Hyper-V integration tools.

DPM Backup Saved State

Wednesday, February 01, 2012 9:31:44 AM

Hello, I have a problem with some virtual machines, I cannot understand why this machines being using saved state during DPM backup. i created a Protection Group added the 3VMs. The Protection Group was created, 2 VMs Backup Using saved State and one VM Backup using Child Partition Snapshot. Saved state VM's are running fine in the host server. Host server is running with Windows 2008 R2...

Re: Recovery point creation failed error 0x80042308

Monday, January 23, 2012 8:57:42 PM

any other solution? i have a same problem. it worked before, 3 months ago stopped vss writers with no errors, other backups still works, ony hyper-v does not. thanks