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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:54 PM

CLI Script: Script to generate DPM configuration report

The attached script generates a report of the mapping between each Exchange Server, the backup Protection Groups and its associated SGs. Krishna Mangipudi
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Attachment(s): DPMConfigReport.ps1
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:50 PM

CLI Script: DPM status report

The following script generates a comprehensive report of failures and the storage utilization for each Exchange Server that is protected by DPM on a per SG basis.
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Attachment(s): DPMGenerateProblemsReport.ps1
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:42 PM

CLI Script: To generate status reports

The attached script generates a comprehensive report of the status of all backups and the storage utilization for each Exchange Server that is protected by DPM on a per SG basis.
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Attachment(s): DPMReportAll.ps1
Friday, July 11, 2008 8:46 PM

Known Issues and recommended solutions on Secondary Protection (Disaster Recovery)

1. We have seen issues under Secondary DPM server when production server node is expanded in DPM UI, you do not see any datasources enumerated. As a result of this, you cannot add secondary protection for any of the datasources of that production server.
Posted by dpm | 3 Comments
Attachment(s): IssuesWithSecondaryDPM.txt
Sunday, July 06, 2008 6:02 PM

Enabling/Disabling co-location of data on Tape

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
Posted by dpm | 2 Comments
Monday, June 30, 2008 3:32 PM

DPM CLI Tips 'n Tricks: Powershell Basics - Part II

Tab Completion The most fascinating part of DPM Management Shell is Tab Completion of cmdlets. By learning the common verbs in Powershell (like Get, Set, Start etc.), a Windows or an Exchange admin can easily use that knowledge and learn the DPM cmdlets.
Posted by dpm | 4 Comments
Monday, June 30, 2008 8:15 AM

DPM CLI: Quick reference help

While using the DPM Management Shell, one would like to have a list of all cmdlets and its short help for quick reference. Also, we heard it would be useful to group the various cmdlets by the function they do – e.g. Library, Disk, Recovery or Protection
Posted by dpm | 0 Comments
Attachment(s): DPM CLI List.xls
Friday, June 27, 2008 12:33 PM

Solving common DPM agent installation issues

This post is a summary of the most common support cases that we have been hearing so far in the area of DPM Protection Agent installation on a target server. We capture the following here in the excel sheet attached - common issues, why they fail, and
Posted by dpm | 1 Comments
Attachment(s): Agent Issues.xls
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:11 AM

CLI Script: Auto re-running consistency checks

Some customers had non-DPM issues, like network issues because of which consistency check (CC) jobs failed too often. For the benefit of them, we have added a script that would re-try CC until it succeeds. Note: In some cases, CC would impact the protected
Posted by dpm | 1 Comments
Attachment(s): Run-ConsistencyCheck.ps1
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:47 PM

DPM CLI Tips 'n Tricks: Powershell Basics

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, Windows
Posted by dpm | 2 Comments
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:39 PM

CLI Script: To recover a DPM replica volume from data stored in tape

When a disaster occurs, and you lose your replica volume for any datasource, you could re-seed the replica from the backed-up data you have in tape. This little script initializes replica from a tape recovery point. The parameters have to be customized
Posted by dpm | 4 Comments
Attachment(s): RecoverReplicaFromTape.ps1
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 2:51 PM

CLI Script: To remove all datasources in inactive protection state

This script removes all inactive datasources under a given DPM server. It provides options to remove inactive datasources on disk/tape/both. Save this as a .ps1 file and invoke it from inside the DPM Management Shell. Please contact us if you need any further assistance in running the script or face any issues. ---------------------- Start of Script --------------------------------- param([string] $DPMServerName, [string] $RemoveOption)
Posted by dpm | 1 Comments
Attachment(s): Remove-InactiveDatasource.ps1
Friday, May 02, 2008 1:15 PM

Troubleshooting tips for DPM 2007 - on the Windows Server Core blog

Hi folks, There are some great DPM troubleshooting articles on the Windows Server 2008 core blog ( http://blogs.technet.com/askcore ) - which is maintained by the Microsoft Enterprise Windows Server Core Team. Basic Troubleshooting of DPM 2007 Troubleshooting
Posted by JasonBuffington | 1 Comments
Monday, November 19, 2007 5:00 PM

Script: Auto-add new SQL DBs for protection

This is a sample script that will automatically add all the newly available SQL DBs in all instances for protection. You can customize this easily to change the protection policy. Save the attached file as a .ps1 file and invoke through the DPM Management
Posted by dpm | 1 Comments
Attachment(s): AddNewSQL.ps1
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 6:21 AM

Data Protection Manager 2007 Storage Calculator

In order to assist customers in designing their storage layout for Data Protection Manager 2007, we have put together a calculator that focuses on outlining the storage capacity requirements based on a set of input factors. For the first release, the
Posted by dpm | 18 Comments
Attachment(s): Data Protection Manager 2007 Storage Calculator.xlsx
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