May, 2008

The DPM agent is a DCOM application - it cannot function correctly without proper DCOM configuration. This section covers the necessary configuration checks to make sure that DCOM is configured correctly. Non-Clustered Member Servers: As a rule, DCOM...

Note:  This is the second of a three part series for troubleshooting the DPM RA (Data Protection Manager Remote Agent).  Please check out the earlier blog, and the next (all start with the same title). Network security protocols between the...

The following is a comprehensive list of operating systems that are supported as protected machines and/or meet the requirements to run System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007. Important:  DPM supports 32-bit and x64-bit operating systems...

Data Protection Manger 2007 relies almost completely on a Consistency Check completing; hereafter referred to as a CC . What is a CC? A CC is a method in which DPM determines that a protected dataset is consistent with the Replica data set. A CC is broken...

This blog entry covers a issue that some customers have encountered with the release of SP3 for Windows XP. The service pack supports the use of the /integrate command to integrate(or also called slipstream) SP3 into a Windows XP flat. It is supported...

  951557 (article not yet published) Description of the Data Protection Manager 2007 hotfix rollup 3 Issues Resolved -  Recovery of SSL Sites does not work -  Consistency Check on compressed volume results in full Initial Replication - ...

Have you seen the new Microsoft Update Catalog? Check it out! It gives you the ability to download as many updates as you need for various operating systems in a matter of minutes (or as fast as your download speed will allow). http://catalog.update.microsoft...