force mark tape as free doesn't work
Hi @ all,I am using powershell for forcing tapes as free which are belonging to a single tape drive.Here is the script:$LIB = Get-DPMLibrary -DPMServerName server $TP1 = Get-Tape -DPMLibrary $LIB...
View ArticleRemove Tape Library from DPM
I'm in the process of decommissioning a tape library and was hoping to get some guidance. I have ensured that no data is stored on the library (all tapes are marked as free) and that no jobs are trying...
View ArticleDPM 1801 - External DPM Tapes disappears after closing console
Dear folks,we are trying to upgrade a DPM2010 system to DPM v. 1801Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any way to import the old database information, so we decided we will have to make do with...
View ArticleIs there a way to disable tape libray fast inventory jobs during other tape...
This is a minor nuisance - I am asking since I have tape libraries which will eventually run several days to keep up with monthly tape backups and raise the error every day since fast inventory cant be...
View ArticleMMC crash when tape backuping
Hi,I have an problem about DPM Tape Backuping. I have an file sharing server and its size is around 3 TB. When I backuping the server content dpm mmc crashing and backup is failed. ( When 80 percent...
View ArticleTape Labels - DPM Management and Physical
This is just a matter of style or need I suppose, but I'm curious how others deal with the tapes they create with the long term backups, how DPM sequential labels them and how they physically label...
View ArticlePending Tape Jobs -Are they Weekly or Monthly?
Hello,We have tape jobs setup for weekly and monthly. Due to some scheduling conflicts the jobs appear to be overlapping, where both Weekly and Monthly tapes are being written to. We would like to...
View ArticleDPM 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...
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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 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...
View ArticleDPM tape backup running for hours without any progress
Dear All,DPM tape backup running for hours without any progress.Troubleshooting done so far,-Have tried cancel the jobresult - did not gets cancel and after some 20 - 30 mins i see again the job is in...
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