DPM 2010 daily backups on separate tapes
Forums,We very recently (this week) began daily tape backups using DPM 2010. We had previously been backing up to tape on a weekly basis (Friday nights) with no problems. The 1st nightly backup ran...
View ArticleDMP 2012 SP1 tape backup questions, errors and issues
I'm using Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2012 SP1 with a Quantum Superloader LTO-4 library (SAS interface) and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. This library is included in the list of tape units...
View ArticleDPM Crashes with Error 917 when marking tape as FREE
We have a 2 tapes that I'm aware of in 2 different backup sets that cause the DPM 2012 SP1 to crash. Even when I try to mark these tapes as free it will crash DPM with Error 917.These tapes seem to be...
View ArticleClear suspect tape
Hi,I have a suspect tape in my library. Do I clear the same way I did in Data Protection Manager 2010? I assume I run the same command and change the database name?Best wishes Michael
View ArticleDPM (ID 30101 Détails : data error ( cyclic redundancy check) 0x80070017)
Dear all,We are running DPM 2010 with a virtual tape library "firestreamer"Sometime for no reason we get this error on DPM ( none on firestreamer ):DPM a rencontré une erreur critique lors d'une...
View ArticleDPM use a tape from athother DPM
HiI have two DPM 2010 server backing up with PG, one of the DMP have attached a Tape libraryI want that the second DPM 2010 can backup PG in the tape library of the 1st DPM 2010 serverpls help
View ArticleDPM 2010 and Quantum RDX 8000 as long term storage.
I was wondering if the Quantum RDX 8000 was compatible with DPM 2010.I would like to retain the "Cartridges" as long term storage as my Dell PowerEdge Tape unit has finally failed.I have looked at...
View ArticleDPM 2012 Tape restore fails An unexpected error occurred while the job was...
We are trying to restore large amounts of data from tape backups, to the local DPM server. The first one I tried (about 100GB) was fine, but this second one (around 1TB worth) is failing.Here is the...
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DPM 2010 tape utilisation
Hi thereI've been through and followed Mike Jacquet's excellent article on tape utilisation at...
View ArticleSpectra Logic T50e with 2 x IBM ULTRIUM-HH5 LTO5 drives
Hi,We are getting ready to jump over to DMP 2012 from Arcserve.Currently using 'Spectra Logic T50e with 2 x IBM ULTRIUM-HH5 LTO5 drives' and wanted to check if I can use this library with DPM 2012?Thanks,
View ArticleIs there a script to manually run Recovery Points to tape (tape backup) for...
Forum,Is there a script or any other way to run a manual backup to tape of all Protection Groups members?Our weekly backup failed (only wrote 185GB to a tape and was requesting another LTO5 tape). I...
View ArticleDPM 2012 Datacenter Edition SP1 + standalone SAS tape
Hello. I have a server running Windows 2012 Datacenter Edition and the Hyper-V role. The system has a SAS hba where i connected a standalone HP External SAS tape drive.I created a virtual machine where...
View ArticleDPM 2010 protection group spread out over multiple tapes
I have a single protection group (File which consists of volumes, folders and systems states. Everything not a DB or email.) For the holidays I loaded up my tape drive with tapes. Some were expired,...
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 ArticleTapes not added to protection group
I've been racking my head against the wall for a month trying to figure this out. Installed DPM on a new server using our existing Tape Loader, erased all tapes in the library and they are showing as...
View ArticleHow to check tape compression in DPM 2010
I am using DPM 2010 in a disk to disk to tape scenario and have selected "Compress data" in the "Select Library and Tape Details" window when configuring the protection group. However I have noticed...
View ArticleIt would be nice if you could enable "Check backup for data integrity" for...
Is there a way to have a protection group only Check backup for data integrity for weekly or monthly backups? Since they take so long I would prefer not to run it every day, but only on those tapes...
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 ArticleWindows 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit using a L180 Sun/StorageTek changer
Please send me SOX090409700051 for DD610 VTL.
View ArticleDPM 2010 - Force DPM to erase tapes without stopping the protection group.
I'm running DPM 2010 with a Dell PowerVault 122T autoloader that has an Ultrium LT0-1 drive. For some apparent reason DPM filled all 7 tapes in the autoloader with data ranging from about 10MB to 70MB,...
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