DPM 2012 cannot reserve tape drive after failed drive cleaning job
Hi AllI've recently upgrade to DPM 2012 from 2007 and everything was going fine until a drive cleaning operation failed (I'm using a DELL TL2000). I have run the dell diagnostics and everything passes...
View ArticleTape backup jobs failing
I am currently in the process of migrating our backups to DPM 2012. I set up a protection group and moved 6 servers onto it the first night and all the jobs ran successfully. The second day I modified...
View Article0x80070003 error during tape backup
Gents, I tried to backup to tape Windows 2008 R2 System State/Bare Metal Recovery items and see the following error:Triggering tape backup failed:Error 2033: DPM encountered an error while performing...
View ArticleDPM 2012 R2 Long-Term Backup to Tape Doesnt Run
I have several PGs and for some reason only 1 of them actually runs the monthly backup to tape. I have a few that are initially backed up to disk for short-term, long-term 1 month.For some reason most...
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Event ID 907 when attempt to recover from expired tape
In this scenario we have a DPM 2012 R2 UR6 running on Windows 2012 R2.When we attempt to recover a data from expired tape;1. Right click the expired tape and select 'Mark tape as free'2. Right click...
View ArticleRecovery from imported tape media fails and causes DPM management console to...
Hi. I have a newly installed DPM 2012 R2 on a Windows 2012 R2 with a standalone dedicated SQL server which is causing me a bit of a headache right now. I'm about to restore some files from an imported...
View ArticleConcern about pruning tape catalog
I need to prune the tape catalog because the DPMDB keeps growing.If I prune the tape catalog to 1 month, will I get the same information in the Recovery pane in DPM? I like to know what dates I have...
View ArticleMonthly and Yearly backups not working for Protection Group?
HiWe have a Protection Group with 160 members currently attached to it. The group has the following customized Recovery Points:-- 1 recovery point every 1 day for the last 2 weeks, 1 recovery point...
View ArticleVTL for testing
Hi there.Does anybody know a VTL Software which is for free to play around / learning / testing tape library handling with DPM?Thanks in advanceRegards Olaf
View ArticleHELP: Need list of failed backups jobs from January 1st, 2015
I am working on a project and I need to provide a list of backups jobs that failed from January 1st, 2015. Is there a command I can run on the Data Protection Management console or an option in System...
View ArticleDPM 2012 Backup to Tape failes
Just got an error when backing up to tape.The operation failed because of a protection aent failure ID 998 Details: The parameter is incorrect 0x80070057Searching the error i get alot of hits that says...
View ArticleTape drive disappeared from autoloader
DPM Forum,We have an HP 1x8 G2 autoloader with an internal LTO5 tape drive. We are running Microsoft DPM 2010 (latest build) and have been experiencing tape backup failures for the past week. When...
View ArticleDPM - Reading Imported Tape - Fails / Crashes MMC
Recently reinstalled Windows Server 2012 R2 , SQL Server 2012 & SCDPM 2012 R2 with UR7.After this I've installed got everything working as I wanted it and believed everything going smoothly, until...
View ArticleDPM2012 SP1 RU3 not recognizing cleaning tape
I have a Dell TL2000 tape library with two LTO5 drives and a LTO5 cleaning tape labelled as CLNUxxxx in slot 24. At the advice of Dell I have disabled auto-cleaning in the library and am trying to...
View ArticleHow can I set DPM 2010 Recovery Goals to mark a daily tape as "offsite ready"...
DPM Forum,How can I set my Recovery Goals in DPM 2010 so that a daily backup tape is marked as "offsite ready" the following day after the backup has completed?I recently had to remove Long Term...
View ArticleBackup to tape keeps failing
Type: Tape backup Status: Failed Description: The operation failed because of a protection agent failure. (ID 998 Details: The device is not connected (0x8007048F)) More information End time:...
View Articlewrite protection error
Hi, I am attempting to run tape backups from DPM 2010 to a Dell Powervault 124T with an LTO4 drive. Other backup software seems to write to the tapes fine, but DPM always gives the following error on...
View ArticleDPM 2012 does not see slots in IBM TotalStorage 3573 Tape Library
I have installed DPM 2012 on a Windows 2012 R2 server and it has a SAS connected Dell TL2000 tape library. I have installed the drivers for the drive and library but DPM only shows "Library: IBM...
View ArticleConfigure DPM long-term backup on virtual tape library
Hi all,How can we configure a Virtual Tape Library (VTL) which is a software/appliance that can simulate the tape library with DPM 2012 R2 so that we have long-term backup?After searching I found that...
View ArticleError when rescanning tape library - DPM 2010
Hi All,Hoping someone can help me with this issue. I have a Quantum Superlaoder 3 with an HP LTO Ultrium 4 drive (16 slots) attached to the DPM 2010 server. I have installed a multitude of drivers...
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