May, 2014

  • DPM 2012 R2 UR2 Re-Released

    Howdy Protectors,

    This update rollup was re-released on May 20, 2014 to resolve a "DPMAMService" crash that occurred if the original update (KB 2958100) was applied.

    If you already installed Update Rollup 2 (UR2) on your Windows Server 2003 servers, you do not have to reinstall the UR2 agent that is required for Windows Server 2003 communication for this re-release. Additional updates after this re-release will install and work as expected.

    KB2963543 - Description of Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager

  • Migrate DPM Disk / Data Source (GUI)

     Howdy Protectors,

    For the GUI lovers we have something really cool here…

    Migrate DPM Disk / Data Source (GUI)

    Below are some screenshots of how it works:

    I have SQL auto protect and co-location enabled, so I have a single replica and RP volume on Disk 1.

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    Now I want to migrate that setup to be across Disk 2 and Disk 3 so I launch the MigrateDPMData.ps1. Here you enter C to migrate an entire disk or O to migrate a data source. I entered O for one data source.

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    And you get a separate popup screen listing the protection groups. I only have one to select from.

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    Once selected – it will list all the data sources in that PG to choose from.

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    Since my DBs are all co-located, migrating one DB will automatically migrate all – that is the way MigrateDataSourceDataFromDPM.ps1 works under the covers.

    The next screen allows me to select one or more disks to migrate to. Here I selected Disk 2 and Disk 3 by holding down the Ctrl key while selecting.

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    Below shows the migration was successful and the two new volumes were created on the specified disk, one for the replica on Disk 2 and one for the recovery point on Disk 3.

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    Note the post-recovery jobs running that copy the replica data from the original replica to the new replica.

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    Pretty Awesome!!

    Big Thanks to Michael Jacquet for sharing the screenshots…