unable to backup some of the VMs through parent patition
Hi all,I've been scratching my head all day long so I thought that I best post a question here and hopefully get some help soon. so here's some info about the environment:4 Hyper-V hosts, 2 in each...
View ArticleNeed troubleshooting Ideas to fix VSS retyable errors
I just deployed 2 DPM 2012 SP1 servers backing up cluster 2008 R2 12 node w\30 CSV's.I am getting a few servers with error; DPM encountered a retryable VSS error. (ID 30112 Details: VssError:The writer...
View Article2012 SP1 DPM server to backup an 11 node 2008 R2 hyper cluster w\30 CSV's
2 2012 SP1 DPM servers running on server 2012 to backup an 11 node 2008 R2 hyper cluster w\30 CSV'sQuestion; just had a debate w\a co-worker that you cannot use 2 DPM servers to backup a 2008 r2...
View ArticleChanging protection from stand alone hyperv to cluster (DPM 2012 SP1 RU 3 v2)
Hi guys,Simple question, that I need some help with. Thanks in advance.I'm moving vm's protection from single Hyperv computers to a clustered platform.From what I could read, the procedure should be,...
View ArticleILR on DPM 2012 SP1
Hello,I have built a new DPM2012 Server with SP1 running on 2008 R2.I am backing up both 2008 R2 VMs and 2012 VMs.I can browse the VHD file and do an ILR on the 2008 R2 VMs.But I can’t browse the VHDX...
View ArticleDisk-to-disk-to-tape backup when using Live migration
Hi.I'm wondering if DPM 2012 sp1 supports disk-to-disk-to-tape backup when protecting VMs in Hyper-V 3.0 CSV 2.0 cluster with live migration. In the documentation it says that backup to tape,...
View ArticleHyper-V Backup failed but Hyper-V still shows Backing Up…
We have DPM setup on a Physical machine backing up 3-Node Hyper-V 2012 Cluster using Dell Equallogic SAN. Today I noticed a Hardware Snapshot still sitting out there from 4 days ago. The snapshot is...
View ArticleReplica's Creating with only 95mb of data,says its OK but of coursethen fails...
We have DPM 2012 SP1I have 6 x Hyper V 2008 R2 Hosts, 1 x P4300 SAN and 1 xP2000 San, its all setup in a cluster.28 out of about 40 jobs work ok, the others do the belowProblem we are having is some...
View ArticleFailed to enumerate resource groups on the cluster (ID 31004)
DPM 2012 SP1 running on server 2012 backing up a 2012 8 node csv cluster. Migrated 2 vm's to this new cluster add to dpm and backups fail with error "Failed to enumerate resource groups on the cluster...
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 ArticleDPM 2012 Backup up a single HyperV Cluster using CSV's on a backup network
Good Afternoon/ Evening, I have setup a dedicated backup server running DPM 2012, It is connected to both our intranet & its own backup network. For example well say 10.0.0.1/24 is our intranet and...
View ArticleBacking up pass through disks
Hi,I have a server with 2 pass through disks on the IDE controller (not sure if they should be scsi). Anyway, I want to backup the Hyper-V guest and the pass through drives.I have a Data Protection...
View ArticleProtecting Hyper-V VM's
Hello,I have a DPM 2012 R2 server and i am trying to backup VM's on a 2012 hyper-v Cluster. The cluster has 4 CSV's and contain close to 100 VM's.Is there any performance/stability advantage to...
View ArticleBackup of Hyper-V virtual machines to tape
Hi I'm using a trial of DPM 2012 to backup to tape a virtual machine hosted on Windows 2008 Hyper-V.I've installed the agent on the Windows 2008 machine.I've created a Protection Group and on DPM and...
View ArticleDPM 2012 - backups only starts when cancelled
Hi,Firstly, our configuration in a nutshell:7 Hyper-V Windows 2008R2 host setup in one cluster. about 100 virtual machines running on it. The system is backed up with DPM 2012 and runs every night at...
View ArticleData Protection manager 2013 failed SQL Synchronization
For some sql database I got this error The replica of SQL Server 2012 database SQL on SQL1 is inconsistent with the protected data source. All protection activities for data source will fail until...
View ArticleAll protection groups have status green but latest recovery point is old
I was going to do a test restore today and noticed that my latest recovery point was in august. So for some reason DPM 2012 SP1 isn't doing nightly backups of my VMs as it is configured to do. I don't...
View ArticleDPM 2012 R2 Replica Inconsistant
Affected area: \Online\RGC-SRME01 Occurred since: 12/9/2013 9:01:25 AM Description: The replica of Microsoft Hyper-V \Online\RGC-SRME01 on RGC-SRME01.RGC-Cluster01.rgc.aberdeen.sch.uk is inconsistent...
View ArticleCannot online backup some VM's
HelloI have a specific problem in DPM, which is responsible to take the backup of our Virtual Machines which are active on our clustered Hyper-V environment.The Hyper-V cluster is made of three hosts.I...
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...
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