If you deploy servers from an image, and you would like to install DPM prior to imaging, you can’t just use the install option from the DPM server. You CAN install the agent manually, and then configure it later. Copy the latest agent files from C:\Program Files\Microsoft DPM\DPM\Agents\RA and put them somewhere you can get… Continue reading Preinstall DPM Client
Category: Data Protection Manager
DPM could not connect to SQL reporting services because of IIS connectivity
I am running Data Protection Manager 2007 on Windows Server 2008 (x64). I have not been able to use the reporting piece, and haven’t been running DPM long enough to wonder much about it, but when I went to finally figure it out the answer was rather simple. If you want to fix it, the… Continue reading DPM could not connect to SQL reporting services because of IIS connectivity
Error 360: The operation failed due to a virtual disk service error
I use DPM to backup a few servers, in a pilot group, and I was trying to add one to a protection group. I kept getting this error every time I tried to modify the protection group to add another server: Modify protection group: *Protection Group Name* failed:Error 360: The operation failed due to a… Continue reading Error 360: The operation failed due to a virtual disk service error