Truncate SQL logs ater DPM backup
Hi all,We have SQL 2014 AlwaysOn availability group in which we have multiple databases. The SQL AG is healthy, at least this is what I can see from the SQL management studio.We have as well DPM 2012...
View ArticleOK to change the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway of DPM 2012 Server?
We have a DPM 2012 server at a remote office, it backs up 100's of clients and several servers. We need to shut it down and relocate it (whole new subnet). The name and FQDN stay the same. The question...
View ArticleDPM 2012 R2 is scheduling a synchronization at the same time as an express...
This is a brand new install of DPM 2012 R2 with UR10. I have a Protection Group for SQL databases with 15 min sync intervals and express full's every 4 hours. There is one database in this PG for which...
View ArticleSQL Agent Does not Show any Databases Available for Backup
I have a 3 instance SQL 2008 SP1 server (2 named and default) called SQL1 which hosts many databases. It is running on Windows 2008 R2. From my DPM server (DPM1, also running on Windows 2008 R2) I...
View ArticleDPM 2010 - SQL Log files not truncating
Hi,I am using DPM 2010 that is protecting SQL 2008 and 2005 servers. DPM does not truncate the log files of my databases. This causes the log files to grow until all the disk space on my servers are...
View ArticleDPM backup of VM breaks SQL backup chain/timeline
DPM 2012R2. Hyper-V failover cluster with CSV on Windows Server 2012R2. Guest is also Windows Server 2012R2 with SQL Server 2014. All latest updates, update rollups, cumulative updates and some...
View ArticleSelf Service Initial Configuration
Hello nice people,I have been dealing with out this issue for some time now, and I am not seeing any light at the end of the tunnel or even seeing the tunnel.So self-service configuration as follows:...
View ArticleDPM 2016 - Protection of SQL 2014 CSV?
Hi, Now that we have DPM 2016 is available can someone confirm if Date Protection Manager 2016 does support CSV SQL 2014 data? This was one feature I was eagerly awaiting.
View ArticleShort term goal setting - Synch Frequency Missing?
When adding a new PG, why do some short term goal setups have Synch Frequency Every option and some do not? In my case it seems like our primary SQL clusters are missing this option and only have the...
View ArticleDPM Supports SQL 2014 alwaysON
Is DPM 2016(System Center 2016) supports sql 2014 alwaysON?Harsha
View ArticleDPM 2016 and SQL 2016 AlwaysOn
is this even supported? It workes without a problem on DPM 2012 R2, but on 2016 it does not find databases under the Availability Group. to make it worse I cannot backup databases from the SQL server...
View ArticlePerformance of SQL Server recovery point jobs with DPM 2016 and modern storage?
I have been reading promising things about the new "modern storage" in DPM 2016.Can I expect better performance for large SQL recovery point jobs if I switch from DPM 2012 R2?I would do a complete...
View ArticleDPM 2012 backup of SQL Server VMs
I've been unable to find anything on this and would like to know what the best practice DPM configuration is for using DPM to backup Virtual machines running SQL Server.My hunch is that it's BMR + SQL...
View ArticleDPM 2010 Database Auto-Protection Failed
I'm getting an error from DPM 2010 stating that Database auto-protection failed on the DPM database. I attempted to run "AutoProtectInstances.ps1" from the DPM Management Shell per the recommended...
View ArticleRecovery point failed:
Hi,We have faced below issue while taking backup of SQL DB So Kindly suggest any solution to fix.ERROR: Affected area: Database instance Occurred since: Description: Recovery point creation...
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Azure Backup Server cannot discover Database in SQL Mirroring
Hi Folks,I'm actually want to protect a SQL Mirror that has the following configuration:Principal Database is in a SQL Cluster, and Mirror is in a Workgroup.All the nodes have the Azure Backup Server...
View ArticleDPM 2012R2 RU11 cannot copy directly from an tape Error ID:917
When i try to restore directly from a tape it will pop up a message " Connection to the DPM service has been lost... ".After restarted the DPM console, Nothing get restored. I restarted the server and...
View ArticleAn unexpected error occurred while the job was running. (ID 104 Details: Do...
Hi,I run DPM 2012 R2 RU4 and want to protect some sql 2014 Databases from a stand-alone instance. The databases are located on a ReFS formatted drive. The system is running Server 2012 R2 on a...
View ArticleDPM fails to backup a large database(initial sync)
"The shadow copies of volume D: were deleted because the shadow copy storage could not grow in time". Consider reducing the IO load on the system or choose a shadow copy storage volume that is not...
View ArticleDPM won't automatically resume the backup schedule if it fails.
I have a SQL server and I use DPM 2012 R2 to synchronize hourly and do an Express Full backup at 4AM Sundays. The DPM agent and server are version 4.2.1553.01 Database will fail the 1AM hourly every...
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