Incremental Backups Not Working - DPM 2012 R2
HiHaving a strange issue where incremental backups in some situations are not working, however the daily full backup is succeeding.This doesn't seem to be a SQL instance issue, in that within the same...
View ArticleA few SQL related protection group Questions - DPM 2012 R2
Hi - Here is my environment: DPM 2012 R2 backing up SQL 2012 DBs. Some of the DBs are simple recovery model, some are full recovery model in the same protection group.1) Regarding the fact that DPM...
View ArticleSQL backup
Duirng SQL database backup, DPM creates snapshot on the same disk as database.Is there a way to change location of that snapshot?my customer has concern that it affects storage performance.
View ArticleDPM - Service account?
Hi there,I'm using DPM 2012 w/ SP1 and am trying to back up some SQL databases. I installed the DPM Agent to one of the SQL servers as the SQL Service Account but am still getting the error "user does...
View ArticleDPM 2012 R2 - DPM SQL Auto Backup
I have a protection group that is backing up an instance of SQL with db's being added and removed. Unfortunately when a DB is removed I get an error as the db is no longer there. The auto update of...
View ArticleBest practices for SQL backups with DPM 2012 SP1
I am backing up SQL databases using DPM 2012 SP1. I have synchronization frequency set to 1 hour. Application recovery points set to Express Full backup at 8:00 PM everyday. Are the synchronizations...
View ArticleFailed Backup
Hello-I'm backing up a SQL server and a few of it's databases. When I run the backup, I'm getting the errors below:On the backup of the D:\ partition:The operation failed sindce DPM was unable to...
View ArticleDPM not scheduling Incremental Backups Following Recovery Model Change
We have a Sharepoint test server which uses SQL Server 2012 on Windows Server 2012 Standard, protected by DPM 2012 R2.At some point in its history, the recovery model of some of the databases was...
View ArticleUnable to configure protection SQL Express 2014
My DPM server is running DPM 2012 R2 Update Rollup 5. I am trying to configure protection for SQL Express 2014 on 2 protected servers but I cannot. I receive this error in DPM.Unable to configure...
View Articleinactive SQL recoverypoint in DPM 2012 R2 UR5
Hi,we have a problem with SQL recoverypoints. When I remove a SQL Database from a protection group and do not delete the data from disk, the restorepoints should be kept for as long as I do not...
View ArticleDPM 2012 sp1 Unable to configure protection
HiI have installed 2 new Server 2012 with SQL 2012 Standard Edition. Both Server i can backup successfully. But the SQL Server DB have after about 3 Minutes the same errorUnable to configure...
View ArticleDPM 2012 R2 - reduce log size
Hi All,I have DPM 2012 R2 CU6, SQL 2012 in HA group.DPM backups daily a TFS DBs with 4 hours sync interval.Sadly my problem is that log file quickly run out of memory ... every 7-8 days.I specified 50...
View ArticleBackup definitions only - not data
Hi there,is it possible to protect only the definitions of a database and not the data? If you have a big database and only need the definitions backuped, then you could save a lot of storage space -...
View ArticleDPM failing SQL backups due to error: "the SQL Server instance refused a...
I ran across this error starting on 6/4/2011 and have been unable to find the root of the problem. In our environment, we have a DPM 2010 server dedicated to backing up all our SQL envrionment (about...
View ArticleSQL DB recovery mode change - DPM don't understand
HiI have MS SQL 2012 instance. I have there a database (DB) & recovery mode is simple. I use DPM 2012r2 to backup this DB. and several months everything works fine (1 full backup / day). Then i...
View ArticleDPM 2012R2 / Error 36 / Mirror-SQL Backup
Hello there, we have turnde on mirroring for a SQL 2012 database that we have so far backuped without any problems. The DPM responded as expected with an error message and an indication that we should...
View ArticleDPM 2K12 - Protection group planification problem
Hi,I use a protection group to protect a SQL Server with several databases (7 at the moment) in automatic mode (new databases automatically added).My problem is on the short term planification, and...
View ArticleDPM is Only Allowing Express Full Backups For a Database Set to Full Recovery...
I have just transitioned my SQL backups from a server running SCDPM 2012 SP1 to a different server running 2012 R2. All backups are working as expected except for one. The database in question is...
View ArticleDPM not protecting it's own databases
DPM has been failing when creating recovery points of its own databases. I have been getting constant messages that the replica is inconsistent and recovery point creations are failing. Also I have a...
View ArticleSecondary DPM Server Auto SQL Protection Question
Hi AllI have a number of SQL servers protected on my Primary DPM server, these are set to Auto (whole instance) to grab new DB's as they crop up. I also have a secondary DPM server at another site...
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