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Do PreBackupScript and PostBackupScript still work in DPM 2016 (with modern...
I am trying to run a PreBackupScript and a PostBackupScript for a protected Hyper-V virtual machine.The vm runs on a Windows Server 2016 failover cluster and runs Windows Server 2016 as the guest OS.I...
View ArticleHyper-V host level protection
I have a Hyper-V guest playing fileserver role and which happens to play other roles as well (AD/DS, DHCP, DNS). Further I have a (virtual) DPM server (dedicated machine with a physical disk...
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Do PreBackupScript and PostBackupScript still work in DPM 2016 (with modern...
I am trying to run a PreBackupScript and a PostBackupScript for a protected Hyper-V virtual machine.The vm runs on a Windows Server 2016 failover cluster and runs Windows Server 2016 as the guest OS.I...
View ArticleHow can I calculate the Daily Churn %?
Hi,How can I calculate the Daily Churn %, for DPM 1807 with MBS and Hyper-V protection (24 TB today)Daily Churn %: This is the average churn on the protected data that DPM sends to Azure Backup every...
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Do PreBackupScript and PostBackupScript still work in DPM 2016 (with modern...
I am trying to run a PreBackupScript and a PostBackupScript for a protected Hyper-V virtual machine.The vm runs on a Windows Server 2016 failover cluster and runs Windows Server 2016 as the guest OS.I...
View ArticleDPM 2012 - The recovery option 'Recover as virtual machine to any host' does...
Hi,I am currently configuring DPM 2012 R2 in a hosted environment. As part of this I am trying to test the recover of a Hyper-V VM to a different physical host from its original location using the...
View ArticleILR of filerserver Hyper V vm throws up errors
ILR on a VM errors 99% of the time while loading. The VM is a 3.5TB file server and after I click through the volume to the share, it may load a few thousand files and then error. There is 26000...
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Windows Server 2016 Essentials Backup Fails (Windows Server Storage VSS...
Hi everyone!I recently purchased and set up a Windows Server 2016 Essentials machine and want to perform regular backups. These backups however keep failing. I'm going to try to include all of the...
View ArticleDPM back-end IO write size of 64KB... and page file usage...
Hi,1a) I have been informed that the disk (DPM storage LUN) IO payload size (disk data transfer block size) (i.e. whilst reading/writing the VSS snapshots) is 64KB for both reads and writes.1b) Or have...
View ArticleUnable to backup VM's stored on a CSV
I have a 2 node hyper-v cluster with a csv shared between both nodes. I just set up dpm 2016 and installed the agent on both hosts and added the vm's to a protection group, but when I try to take the...
View ArticleDPM 2016 HyperVPagefileExclusions
Hi.Has anyone experiences with the exclusion of VHDs from Hyper-V backups with DPM 2016? Does it still work? Are there any known issues with it? I try to exclude specific VHDs with...
View ArticleUsing DPM 2016 to backup Hyper-V server 2016 guest VM running Oracle application
Hi,Can I backup a full Hyper-V guest VM running server 2016 with Oracle application. I am using DPM 2016 to backup full VM's. Just not sure how windows handle the Oracle database? Will such a backup...
View ArticleCant backup over dedicated network
I have a 4 node S2D cluster with hyper converged network.Created a backup network and given it a dedicated subnet. 10.11 in my case.I created a local hosts file on DPM pointing to all the sources i...
View ArticleIs it possible to backup a VM on multiple Disk ?
Hello,I'm using DPM 1807, and I wanted to know if it's possible to backup a Hyper-V VM on multiple disk ? I tried to create another Protection Group, but I am not able to select a VM that is already in...
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Server 2019 - DPM 16 - Very slow network
I took the plunge for Server 2019, created a Storage Pool of 16 disks and created a REFS Deduped Volume.Installed DPM 16, SQL 16, on DPM UR 7I am experiencing consist dreadful network performance on...
View ArticleIs it possible to backup a VM on multiple Disk ?
Hello,I'm using DPM 1807, and I wanted to know if it's possible to backup a Hyper-V VM on multiple disk ? I tried to create another Protection Group, but I am not able to select a VM that is already in...
View ArticleProtect Hyper-V Cluster without VMM
In the past I have been trying to protect a Hyper-V cluster with DPM 2012 and 2016 but the backup jobs were failing continuously. I suppose this could be due to live migration that has been executed...
View ArticleDPM 2019 Compatability
Hi thereDoes anyone know if backing up 2012 R2 failover clusters is supported using DPM 2019. I am unclear on this after reading documentation I have found from Microsoft on this. I am hoping to buy a...
View ArticleCannot backup VM - The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is...
Hello. We're trying to backup a VM running on a host (host-level backup). The operation always fails in DPM with the following error:'An unexpected error occurred while the job was running. (ID 104...
View ArticleAccess Denied - Trying to protect a VM stored on SOFS
Hello,I am having problems trying to backup a VM, which is running on a Hyper-V Cluster and stored on a SOFS cluster (SMB). This is a bran new DPM 2019 server install. The DPM server is installed and...
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