DPMLA service restarting - Tape
Hi, we're having issues with our HP G3 tape library. First of all we notice that the tape library and drive sometimes appears twice after a rescan (once the real library and drive, once as standalone)....
View Articletape inventories run against nonexistent tape libraries
I accidentally left my DPM server on while working on the fibre channel zoning to let my DPM server see my tape library; as a result, it sees some bogus tape libraries. I disabled them in the GUI and...
View ArticleDell PowerVault LTO4-EH1 not working
As a proof of concept, we are trying to get the above tape drive to work with the DPM 2012 R2. Drive is recognised by the OS (Windows Server 2012 R2) and can also be seen in the DPM console.Running a...
View ArticleHow to find tape size capacity?
Stupid question, but I have hadn't physical access to DPM server as it is in USA and I am in India. We are using Hewlett Packard MSL G3 Series library library attached to DPM server. I want to know how...
View ArticleShort-term backup to tape
Hi,What are the pros and cons of using tape (VTL) for short-term backups in DPM 2012 R2?The reason this might be an option is that we are using a Virtual Tape Library (EMC DataDomain) which provides...
View ArticleHow to run backup to tape job manually without schedule
Hi,I have a DPM 2012 backup server.i want to run backup to tape job manually without schedule.pl... explain meThanks,Gayan
View ArticleProtection Agent failure error during backup to tape with DPM 2010.
DPM TechNet Forum,We are experiencing an intermittent error when backing up to tape using DPM 2010 (with latest QFE roll-up applied)."The operation failed because of a protection agent failure. (ID 998...
View ArticleAdded slots to VTL, no tapes show in in DPM
We have a DPM 2012 R2 server attached to a HP StoreOnce VTL for long-term storage. We ran out of free tapes, so I asked for some additional slots/tapes to be added to the VTL. The new slots show up in...
View ArticleDPM 2012 R2 - ID 2019 Details: An existing connection was forcibly closed by...
Almost all of our backups are running and completing fine but we have 4 tape job's that will begin to backup then error out at about the same point all the time with the same Error Details (ID 2019...
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VTL recovery
Hi,I have DPM 2012R2, when i try to restore all versions file, i see strange things (Example on screenshots). Backup creates on VTL (EMC DD 640). Recovery this "Create copy" function. I use short term...
View ArticleHow to change the retention on a tape after it has been backed up?
I have a need / request to put a hold (indefinitely) on some backups from last weekend. My current weekly retention policy is to expire those tape backups in 4 weeks. How can I change the expiration...
View ArticleRecover Tape Catalogs
I changed tape catalog retention to 1 month after all tape catalog removed from dpm database . Whereas long term backup recovery point retention time is more than 1 year. Therefore I tried and...
View ArticleDrive need to clean
Is that possible to make more smarter to pause the backup and clean the drive and use other drive to continue the backup? Rather than completely failing entire backup? Or is that possible to have DPM...
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DPM Report does not display properly
I have set reporting in the DPM 2012 in PDF format. I get the report but it displays on two pages. does anyone know how can I rectify it?Thanks
View ArticleHow can Tape management be improved?
If you got suggestions for tape management improvements please share them.I will submit your ideas to the DPM product group regarding how DPM can be more developed regarding tape management. No...
View ArticleTwo DPM 2012 R2 Servers - one tape library split logically
HiWe’re looking to purchase a new tape library with two LTO6 drives. We wanted to share the library between the two DPM servers using the tape library sharing option, but to do this we’d need to attach...
View ArticleTape backup fails
Dear all,I am using DPM 2012 and the tape backups seem to fail on a regular basis and the one thing I have always checked is that the tape drive is showing correctly in device manager. When I look at...
View ArticleBackup to tape failed
Dear all,I had a protection group which failed the tape backup so I ran the backup job to tape manually, however if I go to Protection from the management console and select the protection group in...
View ArticleSkip a tape when the weekend coincides with end of month
When week 4 and end of month both align with the weekend, how can I get DPM to just use the EOM tape? I don't want to come in on holiday to change tapes. This would apply when a long weekend as...
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