Missing Slot for HP MSL2024 Tape Library
Hi,I just taken on a backup solution that uses a HP MSL2024 Tape Library, and I noticed that DPM only recognizes 23 out of the 24 slots available.I can see the library has a mailslot, which was...
View ArticleSCDPM 2016; to run multipple full backup into single tape
as we know there is limitation for DPM software that in any condition we need to each free tape to run each full backup.so my requirement is that i need to run multiple protection group full backup job...
View ArticleiSCSI Required?
We are looking at using DPM 2012 SP1 to backup our data to a Dell TL2000 library and I am starting to setup the server. I read that we would need to use "iSCSI attached libraries" for tape backups. We...
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DPM 2012 R2 UR2 - Tape Library cleaning failed - ID 3301 / ID: 25100
Hello everybody,I am running DPM 2012R2 v4.2.1417.0 on Server 2012R2 with a local SQL instance. Tape library is a Dell TL2000 running an IBM ULT3580-HH5 Library.The Problem what I have is that the...
View ArticleMigrate Tape Catalog to new DPM Server
HiBecause of the risky upgrade scenario from DPM 2007 to DPM 2010 we decided to set up a new DPM 2010 server and move one protected server after the other to the new DPM server. The library will be...
View ArticleDPM only using 1 of 2 drives
Good day all,We have a HP MSL G3 4048 tape library with 2 drives. DPM however only sees it as 1 device to back up to when configuring protection groups. Under Management, Library, I see the Device HP...
View ArticleRemove External Tape Tree
Hi Guys,A few days ago we carried out an exercise where we used a tape created on an older version of DPM 2010 to recover some data using DPM 2012 R2 SP1. The exercise has been successful. However,...
View ArticleDPM 1801 backup to VTL on DR4100 failing at 2TB everytime!
I just stood up my first DPM server running 1801 on a VMware VM, the OS is Server 2016 and SQL 2016 is installed locally. After adding a SAN drive for short term protection, I added a DR4100 dedup...
View ArticleDPM 2016 UR4 and Firestreamer
I recently migrated from a DPM 2012 R2 local SQL instance to DPM 2016 UR4 connecting to a separate SQL server and we backup to tape using Firestreamer. The child server is 2016 running on a 2012 R2...
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Mark a Libary Drive as standalon
Hi,is it possible to marke the marked Drive as not a member of the Libary, so to mark them as a standalone?Michael Seidl (MVP)SYSCTR Senior Consultant, Blogger, CEOBlog | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn...
View ArticleNew DPM 2016 server, a way to migrate certificate from old DPM 2012 server to...
In our situation we were not able to just upgrade the very old existing box.. this box had tapes that are encrypted via the certificate on the old server.. i've since moved the libary to the new...
View ArticleThe semaphore timeout period has expired.
Hi Team,I'm using DPM 2012 R2 Version in our environment, from last few days getting below error while initiating the backup through DPM.The DPM service was unable to communicate with the protection...
View ArticleFull Backup Jobs & Tapes
Hello,What I would likeStore many full backups of the DC onto one tape. Any suggestions, links, or tips on how to allow this?This way I can store a years worth of DC backups onto only a tape. Well...
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DPM2016 problems with HP Autoloader 1x8G2
Hi, hope somebody can help us. we have DPM2016 and HP Autoloader 1x8G2. OS is windows 2016, server hw is ProLiant DL380 Gen9. Drivers and firmware are up to date, latest UR for DPM.Every time i start...
View ArticleSetting up Shared Library Fails to execute.
I have 3 DPM servers and one Dell ML6000 Tape Library. Attempting to set up a shared library between them with DPM-2 as the Library server. I have set up the SQL Server and Server Agent with a domain...
View ArticleDPM backto to VTL
Hello,Are backups to VTL (configured on DPM as tape) only full backups?Can it do incremental backups?e.g. Daily incremental backups & monthly incremental backups?Do i need a disk storage backup...
View ArticleIBM TS3100 type 3573 tape library is not detecting in windows server 2016
Hi,We have an IBM TS3100 type 3573 tape library. We have purchased recently a new server with windows server 2016 operating system. I have downloaded and installed the driver for the operating system...
View ArticleDPM 2016 with DtoDtoT
Hello,I need some advice to see if this backup plan would work.I plan on using a Direct Attached disk storage to store the Replica copy and then have a VTL for the actual backup storage.My dataset are...
View ArticlePending Tape Jobs -Are they Weekly or Monthly?
Hello,We have tape jobs setup for weekly and monthly. Due to some scheduling conflicts the jobs appear to be overlapping, where both Weekly and Monthly tapes are being written to. We would like to...
View ArticleDPM 2012 R2 not recognizing tapes as DUE or Overdue
Fresh DPM 2012 R2 install v.4.2.1603.0 (had our previous DPM server crash and opted for a clean rebuild)Currently, tapes are NOT being recognized as due or overdue in tape management. The protection...
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