Posts Tagged: data protection manager 2010
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Aug 08, 2010
2 CommentsData Protection Manager 2010 offsite backup to USB drives using Firestreamer VTL
Firestreamer is a software utility that enables the existing tape backup software to access a wide range of non-tape storage media, making possible long-term and off-site retention of data without the need for tape drives. It has an impressive list of media it supports and works really well with Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2010. For...
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Aug 03, 2010
1 CommentData Protection Manager 2010 manual backup of the protection group to tape
There is no way to trigger backup of a protection group manually in DPM Management Console. Use the following script from within DPM Management Shell to trigger tape backup of a protection group. You will need to provide DPM server name, protection group name and backup option (‘LongTerm’ for tape backup). param([string] $dpmname, [string] $pgname,...
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Jul 24, 2010
No CommentsHow to enable colocation of data on tape in MS DPM 2010
Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2010 will not let you backup different protection groups to the same tape. In DPM 2010 Administrator Console, Management -> Libraries tab, you can check current status of “Colocation of data on tape” property. To enable colocation of data on tape, open DPM Management Shell and execute the following command: Set-DPMGlobalProperty...