Hardware Encryption
Does DPM 2012 support hardware encryption from a tape library LTO6 ? We have a tape Library TS3200 from IBM with 2 head LTO 6. Will it be supported to use both head at the same time?We have activated...
View Articleshort term tape based protection
hi, I am taking short term protection using tape for file server. and retention period is 2 weeks. so it is weekly full backup (which is defined in short term protection)i can see that after 7 days it...
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DPM on multiple sites with ML6000
Hi,I must implement a new backup infrastructure. On the central location I will backup the servers with DPM2012 sp1 (Dell PowerEdge R720xd). On a co location I have another Windows 2012 server...
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Taping of SQL data takes unexpectedly long time
DPM 2012 Update Rollup 3 with 2x HP LTO5 drives in a Quantum i500 library, FC connected.I have attached a screenshot showing the timing of tape backups involving SQL databases.Notice that irrespective...
View ArticleRetrieving Data from Tape Offsite Tape showing as "Suspect"
Hello,I am using DPM 2010 i got the offsite backup tape from which i need to recover some data.when i install the tape on DPM it shows it as "Suspect" and i am not able to retrieve data from it.Why...
View ArticleTape list only contains one tape listed as offline
I'm trying to recover a Hyper-V VM from tape using DPM 2012 R2 however when I click the link to view the tape list only one tape is shown and the library is listed as Offline. I'm using DPM with a...
View ArticleThe operation failed because of a protection agent failure. (ID 998 Details:...
For the past couple of days I have been getting the following alert on my tape backups:Cannot verify tape data.The operation failed because of a protection agent failure. (ID 998 Details: No more data...
View ArticleMonthly and Yearly backups not working for Protection Group?
HiWe have a Protection Group with 160 members currently attached to it. The group has the following customized Recovery Points:-- 1 recovery point every 1 day for the last 2 weeks, 1 recovery point...
View ArticleTapes with (Imported) in the label
Every once in a while, my DPM 2010 tape labels appear as "Imported." I have only used this one DPM server and it has always been DPM 2010, so no version/system migrations. One dat the tape will...
View ArticleCannot script a powershell or command line FAST inventory using DPM 2012
I am trying to script a FAST INVENTORY for our DPM 2012 server using the documented powershell command PS C:\>$DPMLib = Get-DPMLibrary -DPMServerName "TestingServer" Start-DPMLibraryInventory...
View ArticleDPM 2012 LTO5 not using compression
Hi all, I know this has been asked before and I've looked at the other articles but still with no resolution on my end.My configuration is: Dell PowerVault LTO5-140HH Single Stand Alone tape drive...
View Articlere cataloging expired tapes
We have a pair of tapes that we need to recover some files from. Sadly they are outside of our retention range, which was an oversight with setup and I have fixed that. But I mark the tapes as free...
View ArticleOverland Neo S400 - Support in DPM2012R2?
Hello all,is it planned to support other tape libraries in future? For example an overland neo s400 with lto5 drives?Is there a Roadmap or some kind of Workaround to use such tape libraries with...
View ArticleHow does Tape Drive work with DPM when setting up a job?
Hi Guys,We have migrated from Symantec Backup Exec to System center data protection manager 2012 and I have set up a System Centre 2012 DPM and short term backup on the disk and long term on the tape....
View ArticleTape backups failing, tape drive disappears from DPM
Hi,We are experiencing the following issues with our DPM backup.The backups to tape are failing on a daily basis. Every time the backup fails, the tape drive has disappeared from DPM (but not from the...
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 ArticleDPM trying to verify data on tape marked as offsite ready
I'm using the latest fully updated DPM 2012 R2 on Server 2012 R2 also fully updated. Yesterday it marked a few tapes as being offsite ready so I removed them from the tape library, did an inventory to...
View ArticleDPM 2010 Shows Empty Slots after Fast Inventory
I have a 2008 R2 server with DPM 2010 installed on it, an IBM 3573-TL (Library FirmwareC.20 / 3.20e) with two ULT3580-TD4 fiber channel drives (Firmware C7QH). I've installed latest IBM drivers for...
View ArticleDPM (ID 30101 Détails : data error ( cyclic redundancy check) 0x80070017)
Dear all,We are running DPM 2010 with a virtual tape library "firestreamer"Sometime for no reason we get this error on DPM ( none on firestreamer ):DPM a rencontré une erreur critique lors d'une...
View ArticleAffected area:_- Occurred since:_1/16/2014 5:04:48 PM Description:_The back...
D0025-SE-10911\MSSQLPOSMONITOR\Demo_DW (D0025-SE-10911.TB.NET)The SQL Server 2008 database D0025-SE-10911\MSSQLPOSMONITOR\Demo_DW on D0025-SE-10911.TB.NET is not available. (ID 30164 Details: Internal...
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