Here is a scenario : “DPM Backups have failed because the SQL Server refused connection. The SLA has been missed thrice already in this week. The operator re-runs the backup the next day outside the backup window and it succeeds. Someone needs to answer...

On Tuesday, May 5th at 11 AM Pacific – we will be giving folks your “First Look” at DPM v3. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032412466   This webcast will cover the big features and directions for the next generation...

Those of you running DPM 2007 SP1 today know that we offer a “Bare Metal Recovery” (BMR) capability through the DPM System Recovery Tool (SRT) for Windows Server 2003 machines. However, the SRT model of BMR doesn’t work well with Windows Server 2008...

Iron Mountain has recently announced the availability of CloudRecovery for Microsoft DPM. This new service provides offsite storage of DPM data to Iron Mountain's data centers - automatically, reliably and securely.    Iron Mountain will...

Two new pieces of information to keep you informed on what is going on with SQL Server database protection and System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1.   As part of Service Pack 1 for DPM, we now have official support for SQL Server 2005 Service...

With DPM 2007 Feature Pack (KB949779), we have added support for media co-location. With this feature, you can achieve better tape utilization by co-locating data from multiple protection groups with similar retention range. This feature is disabled by...

  From July 2008 in Orlando -- this was the first of three breakout sessions on DPM2007. This session covers: - Installing the DPM Server - Configuring the DPM Server disk and tape - Deploying DPM agents from the administration console - Setting...

The scripts posted in this blog require knowledge of Powershell and DPM cmdlets. So we thought we would present some tips ‘n tricks to become power users! Introduction The first difference between any normal Command Line Interface (CLI) (typically...

The DPM Team would like to understand your Microsoft® SQL Server backups needs so we can serve you better. We need feedback from people who back up SQL Servers regularly - people like you! Please take a moment to complete this survey and help the DPM...

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...

Hopefully you have been enjoying the DPM 2010 beta since September, but we are almost finished with the Release Candidate and our last milestones towards delivery. Please join us on January 14 at 9:00 AM Pacific US Time to see what is coming in the...

If you haven't yet -- check out the new DPMHEROES.com website You can watch an overview of DPM 2007 Download the evaluation software -- and enter to win a chance to win an Xbox360 along with Heroes DVD season 2. And if you are a Microsoft partner, you...

Knowing how to manipulate DPM by way of PowerShell can come in handy in many situations. For example, I had a case to where I was troubleshooting the DPM console that was crashing and there was a concern as to whether or not recovery points where being...

What is Data Protection Manager v2? Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager V2 Beta 2 (DPM) is a server software application that enables disk-based and tape-based data protection and recovery for file server data and for application server...

When you create a new Protection Group using the “Create Protection Group” wizard, DPM internally computes and allocates volumes for storing the replica and the shadow copies. This blog post enumerates the various formulae that we use internally to generate...

Here is a new streaming video (20 minutes) which demonstrates protection and recovery of SharePoint 2007 with DPM 2007. It also talks about the specifics of how DPM protects SharePoint and its distributed architecture. Click here to watch streaming...

The following script creates a protection group with disk based protection, for a simple folder. It can be easily extended to add more data sources of different kinds – like Microsoft Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, System state or Virtual Servers. The Synchronization...

Configuring DPM V2 Beta 2 To start protecting data after you install Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager V2 Beta 2 (DPM), you must perform a series of required configuration tasks. You can also configure optional DPM features at this time...

If you would like to give us feedback about the DPM v1 MOM pack, now is the time. We need your help in filling up a questionnaire which includes giving feedback about existing MOM pack and adding suggestions on new features. Of course you have the option...

Welcome to the Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (in short, DPM) team blog! The authors here are developers, testers, program managers, technical writers, marketing folks and product support engineers who work with DPM. And of course...

Welcome to the DPM CLI world. The CLI is based upon the latest Powershell technology from Microsoft, and gives the user a powerful scripting and CLI experience in a .Net environment. Feel free to browse through the Powershell pages, blogs etc. for great...

Technorati Tags: DPM 2012 SP1 VM Mobility private cloud protection One of the important features enabled in Windows 2012 is the ability to live migrate VMs anywhere.  Whether the VM migrating within a cluster, across clusters, standalone to standalone...

We recently released an update rollup package that adds the following features to the Windows Azure Online Backup for Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Data Protection Manager (DPM) and for a computer that is running Windows Server 2012...

Installing the DPM protection agent in your environment can be a challenging task if you have a large number of computers to backup. This may be made harder by security lockdowns, firewalls or other configurations in your environment. Given the challenges...