Problem: You want to change or have already changed the DPM SQL Reporting Services account password DPMR$<DPMSERVERNAME> after initial install of DPM. Now when you try to access DPM reports you get this error: An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted) Cannot impersonate user for data source ‘DLS’. (rsErrorImpersonatingUser) Log on failed. Ensure the … Read more
All new System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager Survival Guide! The survival guide is a wiki page that is a pointer to the best information on the web. Use the guide to learn the fundamentals; increase your current knowledge; or stay current on Data Protection Manager. The cool thing about this being a wiki is … Read more
My good friend Robert Hedblom just announced on his blog that with DPM Service Pack 1 Beta DPM will be able to backup to the cloud using Azure technology! This is exciting news as many people in the DPM community have been asking about DPM backup to cloud options for some time. You can learn … Read more
System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 CTP2 is available for download. It makes System Center 2012 compatible with Windows Server 2012 and more. New enhancements to DPM 2012 include: Improved backup performance of Hyper-V over CSV 2.0 Protection for Hyper-V over remote SMB share Protection for Windows Server 2012 de-duplicated volumes Uninterrupted protection for VM … Read more
A video from Trainsignal on how to use the calculator tool: http://www.trainsignal.com/blog/videos/dpm-exchange-storage-calculator The calculators: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24375
Are you new to System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)? Here is a list of some videos from myITforums.com that will help you get up to speed on DPM: Overview of System Center Data Protection Manager http://www.myitforum.com/absolutevc/avc-view.aspx?videoid=922&categoryid= DPM 2007 SP1 — How does DPM really work http://www.myitforum.com/absolutevc/avc-view.aspx?videoid=1324&categoryid= TechNet Webcast: Protecting Microsoft SharePoint with Data Protection … Read more
MVP Robert Hedblom recently presented a session on DPM at the Nordic Infrastructure Conference in Norway. There is a video of this on Vimeo. This is one of the best videos I have seen on DPM 2012. I am not saying that because Robert is a friend of mine. In this video he does a … Read more
Microsoft MVP Robert Hedblom is looking for feedback on what can be improved in DPM in regards to tape management. He is at the MVP summit and could pass this feedback on directly to the DPM product group. Act fast and post your feedback on his blog! Here is the link: http://robertanddpm.blogspot.com/2012/02/tape-management-improvements.html
Setting up anonymous SMTP in DPM has been an issue for some time. Anonymous SMTP notifications don’t work even if you have your Exchange server setup correctly to receive anonymous email from DPM. Let’s step through configuring this. Here are the steps to setup SMTP in DPM that does not require authentication: 1. In DPM … Read more
I have seen some questions regarding SIS that is installed with DPM. After doing some investigating and talking with Microsoft and some of the DPM MVP’s I can offer some clarification. The SIS-Limited that is installed on a DPM server is actually a SIS Filter driver. The SIS Filter driver is what runs on DPM. … Read more