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KB: VM backups in Data Protection Manager fail with "change tracking...
Just a quick FYI on a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about an issue where protection of virtual machines on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V cluster host fails with error...
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DPM: How to plan for protecting VMs in private cloud deployments
Windows 2012 help customers in maximize their ROI of their hardware investments and manage them efficiently. Windows 2012 can support various Hyper-V deployments including Hyper-V over CSV, Hyper-V...
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New book on System Center Data Protection Manager
Our MVPs Steve Buchanan, Robert Hedblom, Islam Gomaa, and Flemming Riis wrote a great book on System Center Data Protection Manager and is now available in stores… check it...
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Update Rollup 3 for DPM 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available
UR3 for System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager SP1 has been released and is now available for download. This update rollup contains fixes for the following issues:Issue 1When you use a tape library...
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Important Update on DPM 2012 SP1 Update Rollup 3–Issues and Workarounds...
The recently released Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager Service Pack 1 (DPM 2012 SP1) has 2 issues that impact protected server agent upgrade and the ability to modify...
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Support Tip: Mounted volumes within mounted volumes cannot be backed up in DPM
~ Jitendra Mishra | Support EngineerJust a quick note on an issue we get here in DPM support every once in a while. There have been some cases where customers cannot change the mount point directory...
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Optimizations in protecting SQL databases with high churn by DPM
This blog discusses solutions for the two issues,which might be encountered while protecting high churn databases using DPM. Incremental backup job triggered by DPM transfers transaction logs from SQL...
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Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager Service Pack 1...
The System Center 2012 SP1 UR3 package for DPM was re-released on 8-20-13 and fixes the two issues mentioned in our original article here:Important Update on DPM 2012 SP1 Update Rollup 3–Issues and...
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HOTFIX: An update is available that improves the reliability of offsite...
We published a new KB article that describes an update that is available for Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Microsoft System Center 2012 Data Protection...
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Backup Service: General Availability Release of Windows Azure Backup
With the General Availability of Windows Azure Backup we have made several reliability improvements to ensure you are able to meet your offsite cloud backup needs. There will be no impact to your...
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KB: Upgrade to DPM 2012 fails if you use a manually installed instance of SQL...
You may discover that you cannot select the "Use the dedicated instance of SQL Server" option when you upgrade to Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 (DPM 2012) because the option is...
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KB: The DPM service crashes with Event ID 917 after you change a protection...
After you change a protection group in Microsoft System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012), the DPM service crashes with Event ID 917 and the console shuts down. This affects only...
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Attempts to schedule a mailed report in DPM 2012 fail with “Reporting...
~ Mike JacquetHello, Mike Jacquet here, and today I’d like to discuss a problem you may encounter after installing System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager from scratch or after performing an...
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KB: System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager upgrade fails with ID: 4323...
When you try to upgrade Microsoft System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012) Service Pack 1 (SP1) to System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012 R2), the upgrade fails and you...
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Support Tip: After installing DPM 2012 R2 SQL prep on a remote SQL instance...
~ Andy NadarewistschHi everyone Andy Nadarewistsch here with another DPM support tip for you. With this issue, after installing System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012 R2) SQL Prep on a...
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Issues that are fixed in System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager Update...
Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager is now available and resolves the following issues: Issue 1: A 0x80070057 error occurs when a session is closed prematurely. This error...
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Issues that are fixed in System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager SP1...
System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager Service Pack 1 Update Rollup 5 (UR5) is now available. This update includes the following:Issue 1: Lots of concurrent threads or calls to Microsoft SQL Server...
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KB: System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager upgrade fails and generates...
Here’s some information on a new KB article we just published. The issue here is that when you try to upgrade Microsoft System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to...
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How to create a manual replica for BMR and System State from a Primary DPM...
~Anuj Bawa (AJ) | Support EngineerDuring creation of a protection group using the Create New Protection Group Wizard, DPM asks you to select a replica creation method to copy the data to be protected...
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Now available: Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager
We are excited to announce the release of Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012 R2). This update adds support for protection and recovery of Windows Server 2003...
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