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This rollup includes updates for App Controller, Data Protection Manager (DPM), Operations Manager (OpsMgr), Orchestrator, Service Manager (SCSM) and Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). Download links, installation instructions and the list of issues fixed for each component are documented in the following...

We are very happy to announce that seven of the Product Solution Centers on http://support.microsoft.com are featuring new Top Solutions sections that pull dynamically from the Top Solutions RSS feeds . The Top Solutions are usually listed on the page for the Key Resources tab. The following solution...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one tells you how to fix and issue were you get error 3055 trying to create a protection group for a SQL database in DPM 2007 or DPM 2010: ===== Symptoms While trying to create a protection group for a SQL database in System Center Data Protection...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today on DPM 2012. This one talks about an issue where some console menu items may show up multiple times: ===== Symptoms In System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (DPM), console sub menu options such as "Expand All" and "Collapse All"...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about an issue where a restricted user can attempt certain actions that they don't have permission to yet get a (false) message indicating it was successful. ===== Symptoms When using System Center 2012 Operations Manager (OpsMgr...

Here’s another new KB article we published today. This one describes and issue where a dynamic disk goes offline after a reboot: ===== Symptoms Consider the following scenario:   You have a Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 computer running System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM). The storage...

Just a quick heads up on one more new KB article we published today: ===== Symptoms Configuring SMTP Server information in System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 and System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 (DPM) fails with the following error: ID: 2013 Details: Logon failure: unknown user name...

Just a quick heads up on one more new KB article we published today: ===== Symptoms Pushing the System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 (DPM) agent to a target computer fails with the following error: Install protection agent on name.domain.com failed: Error 319: The agent operation failed because...

Here’s a new DPM 2010 KB article we published this morning.  If you see an issue where some recovery point jobs fail intermittently when performing a host level backup of guests located on a CSV in Windows 2008 Hyper-V Cluster then this one’s for you: ===== Symptoms When using System Center Data...

Hi, Marc Reynolds here.  I wanted give you a quick update on an improvement in DPM Client Protection after installing the hotfix rollup package from March 2011.  With this hotfix rollup, System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM) now supports protecting up to 3000 client computers. Previously...

Just a quick FYI on a new Data Protection Manager Knowledge Base article we published today: ===== Summary While trying to create a protection group in System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1 or System Center Data Protection Manager 2010, you may receive the following error: DPM cannot protect...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we just published this morning about an issue you’ll see if you protect a database with two backslashes in the path: ===== Symptoms When you create a new SQL database (or it is created automatically by an application), and there are multiple backslash (\) characters...

Just a quick heads up on a new KB article we published today.  This one’s really only relevant from a support standpoint as it details the information our troubleshooting tool gathers but I thought you’d like to know about it anyway. Summary System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 – Windows Server...

Symptoms 1. Agent Status on the Primary System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM) server shows as OK for all Agents. 2. The Consistency Check on the Primary DPM server is failing with the following error: An unexpected error occurred while the job was running. (ID 104 Details: Access is denied...

The System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 – Windows Server 2008 R2 – Basic troubleshooter for Support Diagnostic Platform was designed to collect information to help troubleshoot most of Data Protection Manager 2010 problems.  Microsoft Support uses the information that the Microsoft Support...

Just a quick heads up on a new System Center Data Protection Manager KB article we published this morning.  This one talks about configuring cluster networks for Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) redirected access: ===== Summary When System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM) is protecting Hyper...

Just a heads up on a new DPM 2010 Knowledge Base article we published this morning.  If you're protecting encrypted files using System Center Data Protection Manager  then you'll want to check this one out: ===== Summary This document aims to clarify how System Center Data Protection Manager...

Just an FYI on a new Knowledge Base article we published today that goes over some of the top issues and solutions you may run into with System Center Data Protection Manager 2007.  I included the article below but you can find the latest revision as KB2428303 - Troubleshooting system state backup...

Consider the following scenario: You install Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Standard Edition on a Hyper-V virtual machine. You configure Forefront TMG 2010 to use all available space on one disk for Web caching. You protect this virtual machine by using System Center...

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 the following error message: Type: Fast inventory...