DPM 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...
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 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 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 ArticleMissing 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 ArticleTape library locked by host ( DPM )
Hi ALL, I’ve encountered a strange issue about DPM The magazine of my tape library can’t be opened after finishing the backup job, and a error log will be shown “locked by the host” I’ve tried to stop...
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Media Changer Device is not showing in DPM Server
Hi all, I have deployed SCDPM 2016 in windows server 2012 R2. Everything is working fine but the issue is that I cannot take the backup in tape drive storage. In device manager I can see the tape drive...
View ArticleVSS Error ID 12305
One of my back up job failed to create Recovery Point after the disk went offline. The disk was brought back up online, restarted Volume Shadow Copy on DPM server and rerun the job but it still fails...
View ArticleDPM Unnecessarily Using Multiple Tapes
Hello,I've been noticing that DPM 2012 R2 has sometimes been splitting a nightly backup over multiple tapes (even though it can fit on a single tape). We are using LTO-6 tapes with an HP StorageWorks...
View ArticleRecovery of single file from tape of a RCT backuped VM
I try to restore a single file from a tape backup few month ago. I imported the expired tapes and did a recatalog imported tapes.When I go to Recovery->External DPM...
View ArticleDPM 2016- all jobs on Tapes failed with error ID 24052
I have SCDPM 2016 on windows server 2012 r2Backup on disk successSome of protection groups protected on disks then tapeError* all jobs on tape library or tapes failed(inventory, erase,create recovery...
View ArticleDPM 2019 RU1 Tape Backup Fails and fix proceedure
We sometimes get the below backup to tape fails..Monitoring - Critical Error - Backup to tape failed Error Details: Backup of \Server\SQL\model cannot be completed, DPM could not find a valid recovery...
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Can I write to custom tape (slot) from DPM.
All tape backups are optimized/co-located to single tape label since we are using 15TB tapes so we use them fully. I am getting below error for one protection group, it's direct data being written from...
View Article"Tape detailed inventory failed" - for AWS tapes that don't exist
So a few weeks ago I started trying to tie our System Center DPM (v1807 on Server 2012 R2 - upgrade is planned, but I need to get this issue fixed first, if possible) to AWS via their Virtual Tape...
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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...
View ArticleDPM 2019 not identifying tapes and tape drive is constantly "in use"
Hi,We’ve been having issues setting up a Dell EMC ML3 tape library with our backup server running DPM 2019. Having been through the motions with Dell they’ve established that there’s no fault with the...
View ArticleHow to Increase "Job Waiting For tape" Timeout
I'm Looking for a method to increase the time out while one tape filled and the DPM 2019 is waiting for empty tape ?since the backup is occurs at midnight some time i cant keep up to insert new tape
View ArticleRe-catalogue Tape
Dear Everyone,I lost my tape barcode for a particular PG.Whereas i am having the Tape Label name. Will i be able to get the respective Tape Barcode of the Tape Label.
View ArticleRecatalogue Tape is not working
Dears,While doing a re-catalogue a tape. It was failed. Below is the error message. ID 911DPM was not able to complete this job within the allotted time.any idea on the same. Will be helpful
View ArticleNeed advice for tape backup strategy
Good morning all,I'm new to DPM and could use some advice on how to best utilize tape backups with DPM for short-term and long-term/offsite backups.The total size of the data I'm backing up is about...
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