Tape library locked by host ( DPM )
Hi ALL, I’ve encountered a strange issue about DPM The magazine of my tape library can’t be opened after finishing the backup job, and a error log will be shown “locked by the host” I’ve tried to stop...
View ArticleVSS Error ID 12305
One of my back up job failed to create Recovery Point after the disk went offline. The disk was brought back up online, restarted Volume Shadow Copy on DPM server and rerun the job but it still fails...
View ArticleDPM Unnecessarily Using Multiple Tapes
Hello,I've been noticing that DPM 2012 R2 has sometimes been splitting a nightly backup over multiple tapes (even though it can fit on a single tape). We are using LTO-6 tapes with an HP StorageWorks...
View ArticleRecovery of single file from tape of a RCT backuped VM
I try to restore a single file from a tape backup few month ago. I imported the expired tapes and did a recatalog imported tapes.When I go to Recovery->External DPM...
View ArticleDPM 2016- all jobs on Tapes failed with error ID 24052
I have SCDPM 2016 on windows server 2012 r2Backup on disk successSome of protection groups protected on disks then tapeError* all jobs on tape library or tapes failed(inventory, erase,create recovery...
View ArticleDPM 2019 RU1 Tape Backup Fails and fix proceedure
We sometimes get the below backup to tape fails..Monitoring - Critical Error - Backup to tape failed Error Details: Backup of \Server\SQL\model cannot be completed, DPM could not find a valid recovery...
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Can I write to custom tape (slot) from DPM.
All tape backups are optimized/co-located to single tape label since we are using 15TB tapes so we use them fully. I am getting below error for one protection group, it's direct data being written from...
View Article"Tape detailed inventory failed" - for AWS tapes that don't exist
So a few weeks ago I started trying to tie our System Center DPM (v1807 on Server 2012 R2 - upgrade is planned, but I need to get this issue fixed first, if possible) to AWS via their Virtual Tape...
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Cannot restore from tape DPM 2016
Dear all,I have the following issue - DPM 2016 1807 cannot restore backup from tapes. The backups were performed by the same server (not imported).As I mentioned, backups are successful, but restore...
View ArticleDPM 2019 not identifying tapes and tape drive is constantly "in use"
Hi,We’ve been having issues setting up a Dell EMC ML3 tape library with our backup server running DPM 2019. Having been through the motions with Dell they’ve established that there’s no fault with the...
View ArticleHow to Increase "Job Waiting For tape" Timeout
I'm Looking for a method to increase the time out while one tape filled and the DPM 2019 is waiting for empty tape ?since the backup is occurs at midnight some time i cant keep up to insert new tape
View ArticleRe-catalogue Tape
Dear Everyone,I lost my tape barcode for a particular PG.Whereas i am having the Tape Label name. Will i be able to get the respective Tape Barcode of the Tape Label.
View ArticleRecatalogue Tape is not working
Dears,While doing a re-catalogue a tape. It was failed. Below is the error message. ID 911DPM was not able to complete this job within the allotted time.any idea on the same. Will be helpful
View ArticleNeed advice for tape backup strategy
Good morning all,I'm new to DPM and could use some advice on how to best utilize tape backups with DPM for short-term and long-term/offsite backups.The total size of the data I'm backing up is about...
View ArticleDPM tape backup running for hours without any progress
Dear All,DPM tape backup running for hours without any progress.Troubleshooting done so far,-Have tried cancel the jobresult - did not gets cancel and after some 20 - 30 mins i see again the job is in...
View ArticleDPMLA service won't start
This is on DPM 2012 R2 (yeah, I know, I know, not my choice :)We seem to have had an unspecified issue on our DPM server, DPMLA service won't start currently and I don't have much information on what's...
View ArticleBackup to tape failed
Hi, on some protection group when trying backup to Tape i get error:The operation failed because of a protection agent failure. (ID 998 Details: The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error...
View ArticleDPM2019 -Tape backups fail with ID 2019. Tried everything I can find.
Good morning We have a situation with DPM 2019 running on W2019 that has pretty much all tape jobs failing with: ID 2019 Details: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host...
View ArticlePoor speeds to LTO-5 Tape Drive
I have a new server connected with 8gb Fibre to a Dell TL2000 with an Lto5 drive(IBM LTO-5 Drive). For testing I am pulling directly from an ISCSI device that is using 3 NIC's in MPIO. I can...
View ArticleIssue Installing and Using Tape Drive for Backups
I am trying to install an HPE 1/8 G2 Autoloader to use for tape backups with Microsoft DPM 2016. I installed 8 blank tapes into the tape drives and DPM is seeing the tapes the status is "Tape...
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