Change Tracking has been marked inconsistent after live migration
We run a 3 node Server 2012 R2 cluster and backup using DPM 2012 R2Everytime a VM is live migrated to another node, when DPM next tries to back it up, the recovery point fails with the "Change Tracking...
View ArticleUpgrade of Hyper-v cluster - do i have to redo dpm protection from scratch?
hi,I had a 2012 Hyper-v cluster which i upgraded to 2012 R2. As part of this you need to make a new cluster and then migrate the VM's across. This obviously breaks DPM protection as the VM's it was...
View ArticleDPM 2012 SP1 Beta - Causing Server 2012 Hyper-V Cluster hang / ISCSI problems
Hi All,First of all, I know it's a beta and these are the perils of being an early adopter, but I've got a serious problem.I've upgraded our production Hyper-V cluster to Server 2012. The setup is a 4...
View ArticleSet up DPM secondary servers 2012 R2
I'm in the process of setting up a 2012 R2 CU2 DPM Secondary Server - need help or step by step directionInstalled the DPM Agent on the primary DPM server, when i created the protection group on the...
View ArticleLicensing DPMFilter.sys driver
Is it possible to license just the DPMFilter.sys driver that is part of DPM?
View ArticleThe replica of Microsoft Hyper-V \Backup Using Saved State\xxxx on SCVMM xxxx...
Hi everyone!There is a hyper-v cluster built on Windows server 2012 datacenter, and SC DPM 2012 as a backup software. After we updated DPM to Rollup 5 backups of VM that using two or more cluster disks...
View ArticleHyperV 2012R2 Cluster und DPM Backup Problems
Hi,we are running a 6 Node 2012 R2 HyperV Cluster with two CSV Volumes hostet on an emc VNX5300 connected with FC. Everytime our DPM 2012 R2 is starting a backup of more than two vm machines the...
View ArticleBackup VM Online failed
Hello,I currently have the problem that my DPM Backup of 2 of my VMs is not working.The VM is a 2008 R2 and the Hyper-V is a 2012R2. The newest Integration tools are already installed. DPM is a 2012 R2...
View ArticleDPM locking Virtual Machines - Cluster Backup
Hi All,Server 2012 r2DPM2012Cluster Backups We have seen an issue I've read in a few forums where VHDs are getting locked when performing a cluster backup. Unfortunately we're unable to reproduce the...
View ArticleDPM 2012 + CSV v2. Single snapshot?
As I learned from many blogs, starting from Windows Server 2012, there is a single VSS snapshot created for backup multiple VMs located at the same CSV disk.For example, I have a Hyper-V 2012 R2...
View ArticleDPM 2012 R2 cannot detect a passthrough disk
HelloI'm trying to add a passthrough disk to DPM 2012 R2 VM, i can see the disk from the disk management in the DPM VM, and when i want to add it to the storage pool the DPM cannot detect it. When i...
View ArticleUnprotected VMs in DataSourceGroups.xml?
I am using DPM 2012 with a Windows Server 2008 R2 based Hyper-V cluster.The SAN which holds the CSV is a Dell Equallogic, so I guess I could use hardware VSS, but I really do not need the parallel...
View ArticleBacking Up Hyper V and SQL
HiWe have a 2 Node Hyper V 2012 Cluster. We are using DPM 2012. The Protection Group Number 1 we have is backing up SQL on our SSO Server. I tried creating another Protection Group Number 2, to...
View ArticleDPM not loading recovery destinations
Hey guys, I'm trying to restore a folder from a server which runs on a Hyper-V cluster. The cluster is managed by SCVMM. We're using DPM 2012 R2. In DPM, I go to the Recovery tab, select the "SCVMM...
View ArticleBackup of Hyper-V 2012 CSV Intermittent Fails with Error 0x80042301
We have a 5 node cluster. All nodes are running fully patched versions of Windows Server2012 Datacenter (including hotfixes KB2813630 and KB2796995). Storage is EqualLogic running firmware 6.0.2....
View ArticleMoving virtual machine Pagefiles to seperate VHD for exclusion by DPM
Hi,I have read the MS documentation regarding excluding pagefile churns from virtual machines to increase performance of backups and reduce storage space required and I would like to implement this...
View ArticleHigh network utilization on Cluster and Live Migration networks during backup
We have a Server 2012 R2 cluster that connects to an Equallogic SAN and backs up to a DPM server with a dedicated JBOD arrayWhen we backup a VM using DPM 2012 R2, there is a large amount of network...
View ArticleCannot expand VM in DPM after migration
We have a DPM 2012 R2 backing up a Server 2012 R2 3 node cluster running Hyper-V (CSV) "ClusterA".We have a VM "ServerA" which we migrated using VMM from a Windows Server 2008 R2 stand alone Hyper-V...
View ArticleDPM 2012 Backing up a VM on Server 2012 Hyper-V CSV Host - Not Working with...
Hi All,I'm trying to backup a VM on a 2012 Cluster. I can do it by using the system VSS provider, but when I try to use the hardware provider, (Dell equalogic) it doesn't work. DPM will sit for a while...
View ArticleDPM 2012 R2 and backing up CSV's
What's the best option on backing up hyper-v cluster shared volumes with DPM 2012 r2? I have the DPM agent installed on the 3 servers in my cluster. If I add a new protection group for Host1 and go to...
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