March, 2010

The script shown below finds out how much recovery points volumes could be shrunk on DPM2010. One word of caution though: use the shrink feature with common sense and not as a regular remedy! Repeated small shrinks cause free space fragmentation and increases...

When should I be concerned with this? Usually not at all and the DPM2010 RTM release will check actual LDM consumption providing an early warning. Neither will DPM2010 consume all LDM space allowing space for re-consolidation purposes to reduce extents...

Sid Ramesh wrote a fantastic script that provides great LDM statistics amongst which how many extents a data source uses. This helps to determine which volume to migrate first to reduce extents if there is a need to. Sample output is shown below followed...

Just a quick FYI on a new Knowledge Base article for DPM 2007 we recently published.  This article discusses an issue where when you install a Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Protection Agent on a target server, you may receive...

Just a quick FYI on a new Knowledge Base article for DPM 2007 we recently published.  This article discusses an issue where when you try to perform a fast inventory with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 (DPM), you may receive...

It seems that quite a few people make the same mistake interpreting SetDPMserver syntax on workgroup configuration. Please note that you either use (A) the [–updatepassword] with the [–isNonDomainServer] parameters together   –or- (B) the combination...