Backup to disk to Tape not working
Hello,DPM 2012 latest patches, LTO-4 Tape Library, Server 2008 R2 Sp1 Servers.1 Protection group synchronizes our File Server to a iSCSI target every 2 Hours. The Long Term Job of the Group starts...
View ArticleTape expiry period
I can set tape expiry on "weekly" tapes to x weeks. When I set to 4 weeks, there are times that the tapes have not expired when DPM attempts to reuse them. I then have to force expiry. If I set expiry...
View ArticleDrive don't show in External DPM tapes.
Hi. I have imported and recataloged 4 tapes into dpm2010 server containing a server i need to recover some files from.The server i am recovering has two drives, c: and h:Under Recovery and External DPM...
View ArticleHow can I change tape expiry?
How can I change the expiry on a tape? I have a "week" tape that expires 4 weeks later, but there was a problem with the "month" tape, so I want to modify the expiry on the week tape so it can become...
View ArticleDPM 2012 SP1 not filling tapes
I am assuming the problem solution approach might be similar to 2012 platform, on the other hand I am hopeful additional troubleshooting help may be available.This is a fresh bare metal install of...
View ArticleDPM 2007 failed to finalize the backup with HP Tape DAT160 USB drive?
Hi,we are using DPM2007 SP1 for the backup using HP Tape DAT160 USB drive, and backup schedule of long term 2 weeks with data compressed, data size is around 78 GB, the problem is the backup job failed...
View ArticleMonitoring LTO tape lifespan in DPM 2010
I am using LTO 4 and LTO 5 tapes for long term tape protection on our DPM servers and would like to know if any one has any tips on monitoring the life of the tapes. I believe, as a rule of thumb,...
View ArticleDPM 2012 Tape Backups
I am running DPM 2012 with an HP autoloader - Tape Library - with 8 slots.Is it possible to specify a specific Protection Group can backup to a specific slot in the tape library?I know I can setup...
View ArticleHow to fasten backup file to tape? - DPM 2010
Hi All, Currently, I have DPM 2010 running on my server and the DPM protects hundreds of data source. Some are directly saved to disk , some to tape and the rest approach D2D2T method.What I am...
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 ArticleForceMarkTapeFree.ps1 returns errors: Remove-RecoveryPoint : Length cannot be...
I turned on encryption for tape backups last week. When setting it up, I went through a couple of runs of test backups to tape before I got the setup just right. I have 1 tape that encrypted data...
View ArticleDPM 2012 - Monthly tape backup not co-located
Hello,I've an customer with DPM 2012 SP1 (build 4.1.3408), the daily and weekly backup works well, but the monthly backup is not done on the same tape (1 PG by tape). Do you have an idee ? Thank you.
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...
View Article"Cannot verify tape data" when verifying backup spanning 5 tapes, error...
DPM 2010 with latest rollup (version 4.0.1920.0), running on Windows Server 2008 R2.This is happening consistently since our file server backup expanded to require 5 tapes. When the verification runs,...
View ArticleImporting DPM 2010 tapes to DPM2012 SP1 - Endless Recataloging?
I've got a DPM2012 SP1 server that I'm using to replace my existing DPM2010 server. I've got quite a lot of tapes that I need to import - they show up correctly as (Imported) <tapename> when I...
View ArticleDPM 2010 & MSL 4048 Error: 3302 Library not functioning efficiently
Hello Everyone,We recently acquired a new tape library (MSL 4048) with 2 LTO5 tape drives. This setup has been working just fine on another backup server running DPM 2007 as well as on this server...
View Articleoptimize tape usage and hours
HI,when using the optimize tape feature I have following problem. Using DPM 2012 SP1. I can only set days, eg: 0 days 1 day, 2 days and so on. What I want to achieve is, that multiple protection jobs...
View ArticleDPM2012 Using "Recovery" tab to "Copy To Tape" tape doesnt show if marked as...
Hi All,Annoying problem, we use DPM2012 and a HP D2D Solution, which emulates a HP Tape Drive Library. When a tape is marked as "off site ready" we have a problem.Basically, when entering into the...
View ArticleDPM2012 SP1 - Cleaning job running for 20hrs+ - can't cancel
During the middle of our end of month tap backup run a cleaning job has been started, but has been running for over 20hrs. I have ended up clicking Cancel Cleaning under Management -> Libraries but...
View ArticleDPM 2012 - Long term backup, multiple tapes with single stand-alone drive.
We running DPM 2012 and have one Protection Group configured containing around a dozen servers. The PG is setup for both short-term and long-term protection, ie: we backup to disk each day, which is...
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