System Center Data Protection Manager

Month: January 2017

Support Tip: DPM recovery point or consistency check for a protected VMware VM fails with FileFaultFault error

by J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT] // 0 Comments

~ Maanas Saran | Program Manager | Microsoft When DPM attempts to make a recovery point or run a consistency check for a protected VMware virtual machine (VM), the job can fail with a FileFaultFault error like the one shown below. DPM encounterd error from VMware while trying to get ChangeTracking information. Server – Vmware_Server_name. … Read more

System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 End of Support

by Melanie Maynes // 0 Comments

Product support for Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 will reach its end of support date in 12 months. If you are using this version, please upgrade to a newer version before January 9, 2018 to ensure supportability. The following resources are available to help you upgrade to the latest version of Data Protection Manager: Upgrade to 2010: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff399258.aspx… Read more

How to use certificates to authenticate computers in workgroups or untrusted domains

by J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT] // 0 Comments

~ John Clyburn | Senior Consultant | Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012 R2) supports protection of computers in workgroups and untrusted domains using local accounts and NTLM, however in scenarios where an organization does not allow creation of local accounts, this solution does not work. As an alternative, DPM 2012 R2… Read more