Search results matching tag 'SCDPM 2007'

DPM2007 system state backup error : ID 30214 Details: Internal error code: 0x809909FB

EvilBart — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT

DPM 2007 message:

DPM failed to create the system state backup. If you are trying to create the system state of a Windows 2008 Server operating system, verify that the Windows Server Backup (WSB) is installed, and that there is enough free disk space on the protected server to store the system state. (ID 30214 Details: Internal error code: 0x809909FB)

when going to the server that needs to backed up we have the following messages in the application eventlog:

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date:          30/10/2009 9:34:37
Event ID:      517
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:
User:          SYSTEM
Computer:      secretcomputer
Description:
Backup started at '30/10/2009 8:34:31' failed with following error code '2155348226' (System writer is not found in the backup.). Please rerun backup once issue is resolved.

systemwriter not found? huh ?

lets do a vssadmin list writers then and indeed there is no system writer.

after sending the above message through some searchengines i came across this post : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsbackup/thread/0899eec1-9bcc-41f8-8df0-064de143b38e

which points to permission issues:

i ran the script in the post and my system writer returned.

Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\* /a

icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.* /grant "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(RX)"

icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.* /grant "NT Service\trustedinstaller:(F)"

icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.* /grant BUILTIN\Users:(RX)

C:\Windows\system32>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.

Writer name: 'System Writer'
   Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
   Writer Instance Id: {d0a010fd-a697-4cd0-9ee0-0807830bc73b}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

the problem returns on reboot apparently… so be aware…

//Bart

System Center Data Protection manager 2007 - SP1 features.

EvilBart — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:53:00 GMT

Back in june i posted this blogpost on what to expect from DPM2007 SP1.
Some weeks ago I attended a session hosted by the Belgian system center user group about DPM where there was a slide on what will be included in SP1.

SCR protection for Exchange 2007
support for mirrored Databases and for SQL2008
support for indexes in sharepoint
support for HyperV !
and local datastorage backup
you will be able to use shared tape librairies

You can also view this session as it was recorded for the Technet Chopsticks website

[evid:technet:618]

//Bart Bultinck

ISCSI target software for short term lab projects....

EvilBart — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:44:00 GMT

Hi!

Just did another implementation of a DELL Equallogic PS5000XV iscsi array which is very nice and powerfull equipment well suited for the virtualisation project I'm currently working on.
I just had a "few thingies" I wanted to try out offline so I booted up my virtual lab and started to search for iscsi target software.
I used openfiler before and as this is great software (and free) I was going to build me a openfiler VM again just when I happened to cross a blogpost about the MS ISCSI target software trial software used in their storage server suite.

So i didn't have to build another VM and i could just load the trial software on a VM . 2 mins later I had a working iscsi target server. Hooray for productivity !

Download the trial by clicking here.
Source : http://blogs.technet.com/quenguyen/archive/2008/10/16/test-driving-windows-storage-server.aspx

//Bart

good SCDPM 2007 video - interview

EvilBart — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:58:20 GMT

Jason buffington interviews Exchange MVP Devin L. Ganger on DPM 2007, nice overview, nice comparisation with 3th party products,

I love the part “we didn’t remove any functionality, the product just ‘evolved’ “. Funny :-)

watch the video here

source

SCDPM2007 – enable and disable OptimizeTapeUsage

EvilBart — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:38:41 GMT

run the following command to enable colocation of data on tape on the DPM Powershell window

     Set-DPMGlobalProperty -DpmServer <DPM Server Name> -OptimizeTapeUsage $true
  

To disable tape colocation run the following command on DPM Powershell window

    Set-DPMGlobalProperty -DpmServer <DPM Server Name> -OptimizeTapeUsage $false
  

SCDPM2007 Feature pack installation instructions

EvilBart — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:36:07 GMT

This Data Protection Manager Update Package consists of three separate updates. To install each update, follow these steps:

Install the hotfix rollup package on the server that is running Data Protection Manager 2007. To do this, run the DataProtectionManager2007-KB949779.exe file on the server.
Note You do not have to restart the server after you install the hotfix rollup package.
Update the remote SQL Server installation that is hosting the DPMDB database. To do this, run the SqlPrep-KB949779.msp file on the computer that is running SQL Server.
Note This step is not required if you are running a SQL DPMDB instance on the Data Protection Manager 2007 server.
Update the protection agents on the DPM Administrator Console. There are two methods to update the protection agents on the protected computers:
- Method 1: Update the protection agents from the DPM Administrator Console
  - Open the DPM Administrator Console.
  - Click the Management tab, and then click the Agents tab.
  - Select a computer from the Protected Computer list, and then click Update on the Action pane.
  - Click Yes in the dialog box, and then click Update Agents.
  - As soon as you receive the Enter Credentials and Reboot option dialog box, enter you credentials, select the Manually restart the selected servers later option, and then click OK.
  Note You do not have to restart the computer to update the agent. This is why the Manually restart the selected servers later option was selected.
- Method 2: Update the protection agents on the protected computers
  - Obtain the update protection agent package from the "Data Protection Manager installation location\DPM\Agents\RA\2.0.8107.0" directory on the Data Protection Manager 2007 server.
    - x86 update
      i386\ Language ID \DPMProtectionAgent2007_KB949779.msp
    - x64 update
      amd64\ Language ID \DPMProtectionAgent2007_KB949779.msp
  - Run the appropriate DPMProtectionAgent2007_KB949779.msp package on each protected computer.
  - Open the DPM Administrator Console on the Data Protection Manager 2007 server.
  - Click the Management tab, and then click the Agents tab.
  - Select the protected computers, and then verify that the agent version is listed as 2.0.8107.0.
Update the DPM Management Shell. To do this, run the DPMManagementShell2007-KB949779.msp file on all computers on which the DPM Management Shell is installed.

for downloads and what’s included see my previous post

//Bart Bultinck

System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Feature Pack now available

EvilBart — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:33:10 GMT

I allready mentioned it a few days ago but now the feature pack for DPM 2007 has been made public.The DPM 2007 Update Rollup is a feature pack that includes previously released hotfixes alongside several new features aimed to enhance overall applicability and usability of DPM. Added features include: Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 support, enhanced support for sharing tape libraries and support for media co-location on tapes.

This Data Protection Manager Update Package consists of three separate updates. Note: Depending on your configuration, some updates may not apply. Please see “Installation Instructions” for details.
Feature Bullet Summary:
Issues Fixed:

946647 Description of the Data Protection Manager 2007 hotfix package: January 9, 2008
948373 The backup image may be corrupted if you use System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 to perform an online backup of a virtual machine that is running in Virtual Server 2005
950082 Description of the Data Protection Manager 2007 hotfix package rollup 2
948936 When synchronization runs in Data Protection Manager 2007, the DPM service may unexpectedly crash
951557 getKB -Data Protection Manager 2007 - Hotfix

Features Added:

Support for backing up virtual machines on clustered Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 hosts
Support for sharing tape libraries between multiple DPM servers
Better tape utilization of tape capacity by co-locating data from multiple protection groups with similar retention range
System state protection for Windows Server 2008

Note: Backup of SQL 2008 (Katmai) is not supported until the released version is publicly available.

downloads: SCDPM 2007 FP – x86 and SCDPM2007 FP - x64

Happy DPM-ing

//Bart Bultinck

System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 (SCDPM) what to expect?

EvilBart — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:12:30 GMT

SCDPM is a really cool product and I like it a lot (hell yeah!) but sometimes you just wish it could do a little bit more. So there is stuff comming up !

A rollup will be released in the last half of June (It will be available on the Download Center)

1. multiple protection groups per tape : hooray !!!!

2. support for W2K8

3. other things important but I forgot as 1 and 2 allready are enough :-)

There will be a SP1 for DPM and it should include the following features (not limited)

1. SharePoint search index

2. SharePoint backup catalog

3. Support for SQL server with mirrored databases

4. Support for SharePoint with mirrored SQL databases

5. Host level support for Hyper-V VMs

6. Cross forest support

7. Exchange SCR

8. Migration support

9. Local data source protection support

Really looking forward to Hyper-V support (as we use DPM as the solution to backup virtual machines)
and cross forest support (as there are multiple forests :-)
and local data source protection support is allways welcome (this should mean that for smaller environments you don’t need a dedicated DPM server per sé but you can co-host other apps/shares on it…)

Counting down till download…

//Bart Bultinck

my 15 minutes of fame - SCVMM & SCDPM customercase

EvilBart — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:35:56 GMT

Some time ago my customer and myself joined the IT-PRO MOMENTUM program in order to accelerate our roll-out of system center virtual machine manager and system center data protection manager.

And last week we made a small video about this project that will be appearing later on Technet Edge i believe. Looking forward for the results...
I'll be posting more stuff about this project later on...

Yours truly explaining why SCVMM and SCDPM are great (not much explaining needed)

A little powder to make the head less shiny :-)

//Bart Bultinck

SCDPM 2007 - DPM 2007 can't connect to service control manager: ID 277

EvilBart — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:52:59 GMT

I was deploying DPM 2007 agents to servers and got this error : can't connect to service control manager: ID 277

After doing some troubleshooting i hunted this problem down to this cause: The servers I wanted to install these agents on didn't have A-records in the correct DNS zone. Adding these solved my problems and i could continue adding agents.

Hope this helps other people digging for a solution to this error

//Bart