Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 is now available for download
This rollup includes updates for App Controller, Data Protection Manager (DPM), Operations Manager (OpsMgr), Orchestrator, Service Manager (SCSM) and Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). Download links,...
View ArticleDPM Certificate Troubleshooting–Part 3: Certificates
Hello, Shane Brasher here once again, following up DPM Certificate Troubleshooting–Part 1: General Troubleshooting and DPM Certificate Troubleshooting–Part 2: Registry with Part 3 of “DPM Certificate...
View ArticleSupport Tip: Moving a DPM protected machine using Certificate Based...
Consider the following scenario: In your environment you have a Windows domain controller, a computer running System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (DPM) and one member server. You are using...
View ArticleCloud and Datacenter Management System Center Update Rollup Improvements
Greetings, Hi, Carmen Summers here from the Cloud and Data Center Management System Center team. Yesterday System Center released Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 posted on all System Center...
View ArticleImportant note on DPM 2012 and the Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V replica role
Hello, Shane Brasher here, and I wanted to take a minute today to talk to you about a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V / System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (DPM) SP1 supportability issue. First...
View ArticleSystem Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta Now Available for Download
The Beta of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (“SP1”) enables System Center customers to jointly evaluate System Center 2012 with Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. The Beta is for evaluation purposes...
View ArticleHelp Documentation for Using Windows Azure Online Backup with System Center...
System Center 2012 SP1 Data Protection Manager leverages Windows Azure Online Backup to allow users to store their data online. This document includes documentation to assist users with deploying and...
View ArticleSupport Tip: Scheduled backup to tape runs on a wrong date on DPM 2007, 2010...
Hi there DPM administrators, Wilson Souza here from DPM Support team. As you know, Data Protection Manager offers many ways to protect server workloads such as Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, Hyper-V,...
View ArticleMMS 2013 Dates Announced!
We're happy to announce that MMS will return to Las Vegas, NV, April 8-12, 2013! In order to be one of the first to know about the opening of MMS 2013 registration, send mail to mmsnotfy@microsoft.com...
View ArticleSystem Center 2012 Update Rollup 3 (UR3) Released!
We are pleased to announce that System Center 2012 Update Rollup 3 (UR3) has been released. Keeping with our currently schedule of releasing update rollups quarterly, Update Rollup 3 provides updates...
View ArticleKB: MSDPM.EXE crashes during Garbage Collection causing DPMDB growth in Data...
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where MSDPM.EXE crashes during Garbage Collection causing DPMDB growth in DPM 2007. ===== Symptoms Every day at midnight,...
View ArticleKB: Creating protection for Hyper-V VMs on Windows Server 2012 fails with...
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where using DPM 2012 SP1 to create a protection group for a Hyper-V workload that is running on Windows Server 2012 fails...
View ArticleDPM Support Tip: Reporting fails with "implementation is not part of FIPS...
When opening Reporting Services Configuration Manager, the Web Service URL and Report Manager URL fails with the following error: Reporting Services Error An internal error occurred on the report...
View ArticleDPM Support Tip: ID 41 Details: No connection could be made because the...
When trying to restore to a Recovery Database (RDB) you may get an agent timeout with the following error message: ID 41 Details: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused...
View ArticleSystem Center 2012 SP1 Beta downloadable evaluation VHDs Now Available
System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta - Installable Bits (if you want to do that instead of VMs) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34607 App Controller – Service Pack 1 Beta...
View ArticleThings you can do to help Data Protection Manager utilize your tapes full...
Hello, Mike Jacquet here, and today I would like to discuss things you can do to help Data Protection Manager (DPM) utilize your tapes to full capacity. Many customers have reported that DPM tape...
View ArticleData Protection Manager Support for End User Recovery on Mountpoint Shares
Hello, Mike Jacquet here, and today I would like to discuss a fix that has been included in the released version of System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (DPM) that enables End User Recovery (EUR)...
View ArticleHOTFIX: Hotfix rollup package 7 for System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
This article describes the issues in Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 that are fixed in hotfix rollup package 7 for System Center DPM 2010.This hotfix rollup resolves the...
View ArticleKB: SharePoint item-level recovery fails when the site collection name...
Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where SharePoint item-level recovery fails when the site collection name contains a space.=====SymptomsAssume that you...
View ArticleKB: SQL 2012 AlwaysOn protection in Data Protection Manager fails with...
This Knowledge Base article talks about an issue where attempting to protect a SQL Server AlwaysOn AG using DPM 2012 fails with error 0x80990F75:SymptomsWhen attempting to protect a SQL Server AlwaysOn...
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