There may be scenarios where we would want to have some data sources’ data from DPM storage pool to some specific custom volumes. This post is here to show the main steps: Run the dpm2010-ldmstat.ps1 script to see which data sources have the most extents. This only runs on DPM 2010: ============================== LDM&ShrinkStats ============================== Total…
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Data Sources Dedicated Disk Volumes
I think everyone understands that it’s not possible to select a specified disk from the DPM storage pool as a target disk for a specific protection group, however we can always move data between disks as far as the same DPM server has access to both disks. Lets suppose we have ten protection groups and…
Tape Library Sharing I
This post is supposed to be the first of a series of four and they all have a common goal which is to try to demystify the concept of Tape Library Sharing. I have to thanks to Michael Jacquet, who has been my main source either in forums, blogs, trainings, or when I am simply…
Data Protection Manager and The Cloud
There has been one too many conversations about Data Protection Manager and The Cloud… Some of them correct and others eventually a little bit less correct, so I decide to write this post in order to clear things a bit and hopefully help someone with it. So apart from being able to protect to disk,…
DPM 2010 Upgrade Advisor
As we heard on the 19th of April we finally released DPM 2010 RTM, however customer wise it will only be available in June… For our customers which have already in place previous versions of DPM the main question will be how can they migrate their system. A great utility we came up with was…
MMS 2010 Sessions
To all the DPM 2010 fans out there, here are some notes/transcriptions of the sessions which were delivered at MMS 2010 in Las Vegas by Jason Buffington! MMS 2010 – BB12 – Technical Introduction to DPM 2010 MMS 2010 – BB13 – Protecting Applications with DPM 2010 MMS 2010 – BB14 – Protecting Windows Clients…
DPM 2010 RTM!!!
It is a bit late to announce, however that is just due to my blog’s maintenance! Finally this day has arrived ob the 19th of April. It has been so long in the making, and yet it seems like time flew by. Check out the official blog announcing the RTM launch: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/data-protection-manager.aspx. Here are a…