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DPM Tape library sharing is not working.
Hi Folks We have HP MSL 2024 StoreEver tape library which is giving issue in sharing. This library supports logical participationing so if we have 2 drives, we can create 2 locial libraries from its...
View ArticleProblem: DPM could not reserve the drive resource because one of required...
Hi, Is there any way I can get around this problem (see notes below)?Here is the problem I am having:Type: Dataset copyStatus: FailedDescription: DPM could not reserve the drive resource...
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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...
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DPM Job Waiting for Tape
Hi all, i have a question:I have to make a full backup to LTO, and figure this message:This is the IT infraestructure:DPM 2016IBM TS3200 Tape LibraryI went to the protection group on DPM, and did a...
View ArticleDoes the DB retain catalogs of Expired tapes?
We have a tape retention policy of 6 months but we have tapes that have reached that expiry but have not been overwritten.Is there a way of finding out which job has written to which tape so we can...
View ArticleRemove Tape Library from DPM
I'm in the process of decommissioning a tape library and was hoping to get some guidance. I have ensured that no data is stored on the library (all tapes are marked as free) and that no jobs are trying...
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DPM Recovery Point to tape failed
Hi all, let me tell you my problem: the Backup infrastructure is:System Center 2016 DPM (Windows Server 2016)IBM TS3200 Tape LibraryOnce a month, we must to download a backup to a Tape, to save it in...
View ArticleTwo Tape Backup Fails - Data source Error ID 2019
Windows 2012 R2 System Center 2012 R2 DPM Hewlett Packard MSL G3 Series Library (x64 based)Issue:Our monthly tape backup schedule has successfully completed 437 jobs with 2 failed jobs. Both are file...
View ArticleDPM migration and import backup from the Type in new environment
Hello everyone,In near future, we will migrate our DPM instance, but actually we need to launch new DPM instance in our new domain (because cross-domain migration is not possible).Coming back to the...
View ArticleNew DPM server with old tape library always crash
Hello I set up a new DPM 2019 server and I connected it to a tape library that was on my old DPM 2012. When I want to do an inventory, or erase a tape, DPM crash. I'm ready to lose all my data on the...
View ArticleCannot delete recovery point for media(tape) in SCDPM
Hi,I want to delete the old recovery point from year 2017 and below but not successful. I'm using the PowerShell command to delete the disk, it can be successful deleted but when i choose...
View Articleforce mark tape as free doesn't work
Hi @ all,I am using powershell for forcing tapes as free which are belonging to a single tape drive.Here is the script:$LIB = Get-DPMLibrary -DPMServerName server $TP1 = Get-Tape -DPMLibrary $LIB...
View ArticleCan't copy from tape to disk.
Hello,Anyone else having issues where copying data from tape to disk causes the console to crash and thus the job never to execute?Error ID: 917 "Restarting Administrator Console"I have some tapes that...
View ArticleSuspect tape (incorret bar code)
Hi. I have 2 suspect tape in labraryIn table MM_Media i found 2 tapes with same MediaID and Label but different barcode - FT0001L5 and T0001L5. Of couse tape with barcode T0001L5 is not exist, end in...
View ArticleIs there a way to disable tape libray fast inventory jobs during other tape...
This is a minor nuisance - I am asking since I have tape libraries which will eventually run several days to keep up with monthly tape backups and raise the error every day since fast inventory cant be...
View ArticleDPM 1801 - External DPM Tapes disappears after closing console
Dear folks,we are trying to upgrade a DPM2010 system to DPM v. 1801Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any way to import the old database information, so we decided we will have to make do with...
View ArticleMMC crash when tape backuping
Hi,I have an problem about DPM Tape Backuping. I have an file sharing server and its size is around 3 TB. When I backuping the server content dpm mmc crashing and backup is failed. ( When 80 percent...
View ArticleDPm 2019 can't see a tape on my second drive
No library . I have 2 drives. Its not the tape. The drive was working fine before reformatting and upgrading to DPM 2019.One drive can see the tape just fine in DPM. The other Drive can't see squat and...
View ArticleTape Labels - DPM Management and Physical
This is just a matter of style or need I suppose, but I'm curious how others deal with the tapes they create with the long term backups, how DPM sequential labels them and how they physically label...
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...
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