DPM 2012 R2 - Returned tapes with expired data not freeing up (not showing as...
I have a protection group where the short term goal (disk) is 91 days while the long term goal (tape) is 12 weeks. The short term goal is effectively longer than the long term goal. Maybe that's the...
View ArticleDPM 2012 SP1 certificates with an Enterprise CA?
Still not able to find clear instructions for creating tape encryption templates and certificates in Server 2012 for DPM 2012.- do we need the private key exported?- what compatibility level do we need...
View ArticleDPM 2012 R2 - Creating a CSR for a Microsoft CA for tape encryption
Hi All, this seems to be a topic that does the rounds and only ever seems to be answered with self signed certificate answers.I want to implement tape encryption in DPM 2012 R2 using a cert from our...
View ArticleImporting DPM 2010 tapes to DPM2012 SP1 - Endless Recataloging?
I've got a DPM2012 SP1 server that I'm using to replace my existing DPM2010 server. I've got quite a lot of tapes that I need to import - they show up correctly as (Imported) <tapename> when I...
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 ArticleDPM only using 1 of 2 drives
Good day all,We have a HP MSL G3 4048 tape library with 2 drives. DPM however only sees it as 1 device to back up to when configuring protection groups. Under Management, Library, I see the Device HP...
View ArticleHow To Manage Tapes for Weekly and Monthly LT Backups and a Single Drive
HelloI need some advice on how to manage media reporting when there are certain tapes which I don't want to ever show as expired (ready for reuse) in DPM. Specifically, is there a way to modify the...
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DPM 2012 Reporting 9.2Tb Data Written to an LTO6 Tape.
I understood the "Data Written" to be the total amount of data written to the tape, so how can my LTO6 be reporting 9,201,199.88 Mb !LTO6 Tapes are 2.5Tb Native & 6Tb compressed.Can anyone explain...
View ArticleRecovery of of folders from imported tapes
Hi,I have been managing the backups here for 6 months now and I needed to re-inventory the annual tapes for the past years.Some of those tapes were from another DPM server.I had a recovery request and...
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DPM 2012 R2 Long Term not backing up on correct day
Howdy,I have created a Protection group w/both short and long term protections. The short term backup is to disk, Monday through Thursday, and the long term backup up is on Fridays to tape. (See images...
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DPM 2012 and DELL TL4000 tape library
Hi everyone,I was wondering if anyone can help me with this issue. I have a new DPM 2012 server and a new DELL TL4000 tape library; the library connects to DPM via iSCSI. I had DELL assist me with the...
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Restoring from imported 2012 SP1 tape
I am running DPM 2012 R2 and are trying to recover from a 2012 SP1 tape. The tape data is still current (not expired).The tape shows as Imported, and after a Recatalog, I can see the contents.When...
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Missing Recoverable Items DPM 2012R2
DPM Protection Group shows that a specific folder on a drive being backed up is being backed up. No alerts that the protection group is failing. (all green) However the specific folder does not show...
View ArticleThe operation failed because of a protection agent failure. (ID 998 Details:...
Recently we got this error, while backup to tape, and no idea what is it.What cause of this error?The operation failed because of a protection agent failure. (ID 998 Details: The semaphore timeout...
View ArticleLong Term Storage with VTL (Firestreamer)
Hi AllI'm currently in the planning stages of DPM 2012 R2 and am looking at eliminating tapes for long term/archival purposes by using a VTL solution. I have a trial of Firestreamer and am testing it...
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 - Returned tapes with expired data not freeing up (not showing as...
I have a protection group where the short term goal (disk) is 91 days while the long term goal (tape) is 12 weeks. The short term goal is effectively longer than the long term goal. Maybe that's the...
View ArticleDPM 2012 R2 - Creating a CSR for a Microsoft CA for tape encryption
Hi All, this seems to be a topic that does the rounds and only ever seems to be answered with self signed certificate answers.I want to implement tape encryption in DPM 2012 R2 using a cert from our...
View ArticleImporting DPM 2010 tapes to DPM2012 SP1 - Endless Recataloging?
I've got a DPM2012 SP1 server that I'm using to replace my existing DPM2010 server. I've got quite a lot of tapes that I need to import - they show up correctly as (Imported) <tapename> when I...
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...
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