by edward | Aug 11, 2014 | DPM 2012, SQL 2012
DPM 2012 SP1 Installation with local SQL 2012 DB. Active Directory Setup: Create 2 groups, one for your DPM admins and one for SQL. Add the user account that is going to administer DPM and SQL to the groups you created above. Prerequisites List (DPM Server): Install...
by edward | Aug 4, 2014 | DPM 2012 R2
Environment: DPM 2012 R2 SP1 with Rollup 3 I had a protection group that didn’t want to update and I went and remove the group but retained the data. Immediately after that I was presented with the following error: “Connection to the DPM service has been...
by edward | Mar 2, 2014 | SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012
I migrated SharePoint to a new server with SQL 2012 SP1 and setup backups with DPM. The initial setup went fine as DPM could see the Farm, however after the protection group was setup the backups failed immediately with the following error: Unable to Configure...
by edward | Dec 5, 2013 | SharePoint 2013, DPM 2012 R2
I wanted to modify my Sharepoint Protection Group on DPM to backup Sharepoint 2013 so I can do item level restore. When expanding the server and Sharepoint farm I got presented with the following error: So the first thing I did was check my VSS writers, you can do so...
by edward | Nov 5, 2013 | DPM 2012 R2
Yesterday I downloaded System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 R2. I extracted the ISO file and started the splash screen. Upon clicking the link to install DPM another screen similar to the earlier versions appears and you click next. With this install you have...
