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TCO reduction with the Azure Backup pricing in DPM deployments
Azure Backup has announced a new pricing model for data being backed-up to Azure. This new model is based on the number of machines that are being backed-up, and is measured and reported in the monthly...
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DPMDB Maintenance Part 3: Dealing with a large DPMDB
~ Chris Butcher| Senior Support Escalation Engineer Hi everyone, Chris Butcher here again with part 3 in my series of posts on DPMDB maintenance. This article addresses DPMDB size and the possibility...
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New update for Azure Backup to enable Protected Instances pricing
When you use Microsoft Azure Backup to back up data, the size of the primary data source is currently not sent to the service. The new Protected Instances pricing model needs this information for...
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Key takeaways: DPM Protection of Microsoft Workloads to Azure
All Microsoft workloads that can be protected by Data Protection Manager (DPM) on disk or tape can also be protected to Azure Backup. At a high level, table below describes granularity at which DPM can...
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Considerations when applying Update Rollup 5 for System Center 2012 R2 Data...
Hello, Dwayne Jackson and Andy Nadarewistsch here. We wanted to take a minute today to detail a quick point to consider after applying Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012 R2) Update Rollup 5 (UR5)....
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Announcing Centralized and Customizable backup reports using Data Protection...
This blog post explains how DPM reports have been enhanced with Update Rollup 5. Till Update Rollup 4, we shipped six standard reports inbox with DPM which were useful for auditing and monitoring basic...
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OpsMgr Management Pack for Data Protection Manager 2012 R2 Reporting,...
Just a quick note to let you know that the Data Protection Manager 2012 R2 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager has been released.You can find more details about the reporting features...
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How to configure SharePoint protection in Data Protection Manager and...
~ Chris Butcher| Senior Support Escalation EngineerHi folks, Chris Butcher here again with another DPM blog series for you. We get quite a few calls regarding SharePoint protection in System Center...
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Backing up SharePoint with Data Protection Manager and troubleshooting...
~ Chris Butcher| Senior Support Escalation EngineerHi folks, Chris Butcher here again with part 2 in our series on protecting SharePoint with System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager. In part 1 we...
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Restoring SharePoint with Data Protection Manager
~ Chris Butcher| Senior Support Escalation EngineerHi folks, Chris Butcher here again with the final part in my series on protecting SharePoint with System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager. In part...
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Support Tip: DPM System State Protection Fails with error ID: 30229
~ Dwayne Jackson | Senior Support Escalation EngineerHi Everyone, Dwayne Jackson here with a quick tip in case you ever run into an issue where System State Protection fails for System Center 2012 Data...
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Support Tip: Establishing SQL Server Instance Auto Protection on a Secondary...
~ Dwayne Jackson | Senior Support Escalation EngineerHi Everyone, Dwayne Jackson here again with a quick tip for you in case you ever run into an issue where SQL Server instance auto-protection for...
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KB: You can't delete a recovery checkpoint for a virtual machine in Data...
After Data Protection Manager (DPM) backup fails, you are unable to delete broken recovery checkpoints for a virtual machine that was created by Hyper-V. When you try to do this, you discover that...
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An in-depth look at the Registry settings that control Microsoft DPM 2012
~ Mike Jacquet | Senior Support Escalation EngineerHello everyone, Mike Jacquet here from the DPM support team at Microsoft. I would like to share some registry settings that you may not be aware of...
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Free ebook: Microsoft System Center Data Protection for the Hybrid Cloud
Microsoft is happy to announce the release of their newest free ebook, Microsoft System Center Data Protection for the Hybrid Cloud (ISBN 9780735695832), by Shreesh Dubey, Vijay Tandra Sistla, Shivam...
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Update Rollup 7 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager is now...
We are happy to announce that Update Rollup 7 (UR7) for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager is now available for download. Please see the following Knowledge Base article for...
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How to setup or upgrade a DPM 2012 standalone server
This article covers the installation/upgrade of System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012 R2, or simply DPM). While the installation and upgrade process is similar, please note that you...
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DPM 2012 R2 UR7 re-released
We had an issue with DPM 2012 R2 UR7 that was released on July 28th, 2015. After installing UR7, expired recovery points on the disk were not getting cleaned up, causing an increase in DPM recovery...
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Support Tip: Expanding a server in the Microsoft DPM console causes the UI to...
~ Chris Butcher| Senior Support Escalation EngineerWhen expanding a server using the (+) symbol to create, add or remove protection in System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager, the DPM console UI may...
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Update Rollup 8 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager is now...
Update Rollup 8 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager has been released and is now available to download. The KB article below describes the issues that are fixed as well as installation...
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KB: Microsoft Azure Backup offline seeding is stuck at "Waiting for Azure...
Just a quick FYI on a new KB article that was published. When you try to use the Microsoft Azure Backup (MAB) offline seeding feature, the import job may fail to continue after it sends the drive to...
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DPM 2012 R2 UR8: Focus on stability
System Center DPM 2012 R2 Update Rollup 8Â has been out for a month now, we spent a lot of energy in this UR to focus on quality and are getting good feedback from thousands of customers who already...
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Support Tip: Microsoft Azure Backup job fails with irrecoverable error (0x086C8)
~ Sekar RajuHi everyone, Sekar Raju here from the Microsoft DPM and Azure backup team with quick support tip for you. When attempting an Azure backup, you may experience a problem where the backup job...
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Azure Backup Support Tip: Job failed with error (Operation failed. (0x1D4C2))
~ Andy Nadarewistsch | Senior Support Escalation EngineerHi everyone, Andy Nadarewistsch here from the Microsoft DPM and Azure backup team with quick support tip for you. When attempting an Azure...
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Update Rollup 9 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager is now...
Update Rollup 9 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012 R2 UR9) is now available to download. The KB article below describes the issues that are fixed and also contains the...
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