2012 SP1 Redirected CSV bandwidth reduction problem
I have a 3 node 2012 hyper-v cluster. It has 2 network interfaces set to 'use for cluster + client can communicate' and one dedicated for 'use for cluster' with the lowest metric (the preferred CSV...
View ArticleDPM 2012 R2 cannot browse the contents of the virtual machine, Error 958,...
Hi,We have a Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager Version 4.2.1235.0 as a Guest system on a Hyper-V node. The Hyper-V role is on a Windows Server 2012 R2I receive this error...
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 ArticleDPM Encountered a retryable VSS error. (ID 30299)
I'm trying to restore a VM to an alternate server (S: Win2012R2 to D: Win2012)and keep getting error ID 30299. The recovery jobs for Microsoft Hyper-V \Online\(vm) that started at Wednesday, October...
View ArticleDPM backup replica instead of original VM
Hello,I have this situation:1. Several standalone (no cluster) production Hyper-V server with VM's on it. Lets call them original VM's. 2. Backup server, with Hyper-V role on it. One VM on this server...
View ArticleHardware Providers with DPM 2012 R2 and Hyper-V 2012 R2?
With the changes to how DPM 2012 R2 and Hyper-V 2012 R2 makes an "online" backup, are hardware VSS providers necessary anymore? Or is there a benefit to disabling them on the 2012 R2 hosts? We are...
View ArticleHyper-V Cluster Hosts BMR Backups take over 12 hours
Hello, We are using 2012 R2 DC to create a Hyper-V 2 node cluster. The backup is DPM 2012 R2 running on 2012 R2 DC. The DPM system was upgraded to 2012 R2 from DPM 2010 about a year ago and has...
View ArticleSystem Center 2012 R2 DPM - Recover the datasource using the alternate...
Unable to recover a protected virtual machine to a Hyper-V 2012 R2 cluster using the System Center 2012 R2 DPM "Restore the VM to the original host or cluster" option. The recovery fails with the...
View ArticleParallel Jobs
Hi,I have a bit of problem with DPM as the data is growing it is taking longer and longer for recovery point and tape backup.I changed Max Parallel Job to 3 to run and finish quicker but it does not...
View ArticleSnapshots in Hyper-V 2012r2 can't be deleted
Hi,we have a big problem with Snapshots, which are done by DPM 2012r2 over the Hyper-V Manager.Our System Center Data Protection Manager backs up our whole system. Some Virtual Machines only via a...
View ArticleOctober 2014 update rollup for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Data Protection...
Hello all,After installing the October 2014 update rollup for Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB2995388) on our Windows 2012 R2 Core Edition backup jobs of System State start to Fail, below the generic...
View ArticleDPM 2012 R2 UR3 HV backup behaivor
Hi,I have a dedicated DPM 2012 R2 UR3 to backup VMs located in HV 2012 Cluster using Software VSS.I have added a Backup NIC card on each HV host and connect them to a dedicated Switch where the DPM...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 VM's can only be backed up using saved state
Have a 2008R2 Virtual Host with 2012R2 VM's. I'm trying to get DPM2012sp1 to backup these vm's using the "Backup Using Child Partition Snaptshot". I've read at the link below that I need to create a...
View ArticleSPM 2012 R2 RU3 doesn't see any VMs ( CSV Storage)
Hello Folks Here is the scenario in short : DPM2012 R2 RU3 Hyper-v Cluster on CSV storage ( windows 2012 R2 server - last update was June 2014 ) DPM agent is installed and status is OK When I add...
View ArticleVM replica creation stopping co-located VMs
I've created a protection group for a VM that is hosted on HyperV 2012 R2, the host has multiple VMs, including VMs that are co-located on the same LUN. My short term protection is to DISK. I'm running...
View ArticleDoes DPM 2012 R2 do Hyper-V Incremental Backups?
HiI have created one big protection group containing all our hyper-v hosts. However, i'm not sure the backups that are being done are incremental, since I have already had to increase the replica...
View ArticleDPM 2012 R2 Hyper-V Online vs Offline
Hello,I recently upgraded DPM from 2012 to 2012 R2. And our Hyper-V servers were upgraded to 2012 R2 as well.What affects whether a VM shows Offline or Online in DPM?The obvious answer is whether it...
View ArticleIncomplete restore from inside VHDX File
I am running DPM2012R2 inside a Hyperv-2012R2 VM.I am trying to restore a directory from a 2008R2 VM running on the same Hyper-V Server. When I try to restore a directory from inside the vhd, the...
View ArticleVM in locked State
Hi,there is a patch for HyperV to solve the Problem of a locekd VM, but this patch is only for Server 2012 and 8.1, not For a HyperVServer 2012 R2http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2964439Any ideas where...
View ArticleUnable to select a Hyper-V guest that was previously a Hyper-V 2012 Replica
We have a Hyper-V 2012 environment which uses Hyper-V replication and I have configured DPM 2012 to back up the Primary servers only (I know it is neither supported nor required to backup the replicas...
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