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Windows 2008 System State Fails with Windows Backup installed and Enough...
You may come across a few problems when using DPM or Simply just windows backup when trying to back up “System State” on WINDOWS 2008. The first problem you may come across if you have a single drive...
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Viewing a specific job running or that has run in DPM 2007
Sometimes when you are troubleshooting DPM or monitoring , such as tape backups you would like to look for that specific job that is running or has ran and failed without having to sort through all...
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Removing a DPM agent from the DPM 2007 Administrator Console
To delete a DPM agent which is showing in the DPM Console , you simply right click the agent in question and press uninstall. Now press uninstall agents at the next window. You’ll now have a...
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DPM 2007 – Suspect Tape
I recently came across an issue on customer site where backup to tape jobs were failing because the tapes inserted were showing up in the DPM console as “Suspect Tape”. The reason for this is actually...
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DPM Powershell Script to list each recovery point on each tape
Just a quick powershell script to produce a text file of every recovery point on the tapes that are currently in the DPM tape library . If you save the below into notepad and save it as a PS1 file then...
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DPM Powershell Script to Mark tape in Tape drive as free
Just a quick powershell script to make your tape drive be marked as free. If you save the below into notepad and save it as a PS1 file then run from DPM management shell this should work with no errors...
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DPM Powershell script to show offsite ready tapes
Just a quick PowerShell script to show you tapes that are offsite ready in your tape library. If you save the below into notepad and save it as a PS1 file then run from DPM management shell this should...
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SQL Reporting Services not starting
One of our customers reported that the SQL Reporting Services would not start, in this case their DPM (Data Protection Manager) server, which would not allow them to run any reports. When we attempted...
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Do not prompt when writing to output file in DPM PowerShell
Just a quick one for anyone else that uses a DPM PowerShell command to output to a file and keeps getting prompted to perform the action: If you are writing anything that has a for each clause in there...
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Issue Backing up Exchange 2007 “DPM has detected a discontinuity in the log...
We had an issue recently backing up DPM when a Log File got deleted form the log files directory and we were then unable to backup the mailbox databases in the storage group with the following error...
View ArticleWindows 2008 System State Fails with Windows Backup installed and Enough...
You may come across a few problems when using DPM or Simply just windows backup when trying to back up “System State” on WINDOWS 2008. The first problem you may come across if you have a single drive...
View ArticleViewing a specific job running or that has run in DPM 2007
Sometimes when you are troubleshooting DPM or monitoring , such as tape backups you would like to look for that specific job that is running or has ran and failed without having to sort through all...
View ArticleRemoving a DPM agent from the DPM 2007 Administrator Console
To delete a DPM agent which is showing in the DPM Console , you simply right click the agent in question and press uninstall. Now press uninstall agents at the next window. You’ll now have a Credential...
View ArticleDPM 2007 – Suspect Tape
I recently came across an issue on customer site where backup to tape jobs were failing because the tapes inserted were showing up in the DPM console as “Suspect Tape”. The reason for this is actually...
View ArticleDPM Powershell Script to list each recovery point on each tape
Just a quick powershell script to produce a text file of every recovery point on the tapes that are currently in the DPM tape library . If you save the below into notepad and save it as a PS1 file then...
View ArticleDPM Powershell Script to Mark tape in Tape drive as free
Just a quick powershell script to make your tape drive be marked as free. If you save the below into notepad and save it as a PS1 file then run from DPM management shell this should work with no errors...
View ArticleDPM Powershell script to show offsite ready tapes
Just a quick PowerShell script to show you tapes that are offsite ready in your tape library. If you save the below into notepad and save it as a PS1 file then run from DPM management shell this should...
View ArticleSQL Reporting Services not starting
One of our customers reported that the SQL Reporting Services would not start, in this case their DPM (Data Protection Manager) server, which would not allow them to run any reports. When we attempted...
View ArticleDo not prompt when writing to output file in DPM PowerShell
Just a quick one for anyone else that uses a DPM PowerShell command to output to a file and keeps getting prompted to perform the action: If you are writing anything that has a for each clause in there...
View ArticleIssue Backing up Exchange 2007 “DPM has detected a discontinuity in the log...
We had an issue recently backing up DPM when a Log File got deleted form the log files directory and we were then unable to backup the mailbox databases in the storage group with the following error...
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