Recently, I was faced with this issue in Data Protection Manager 2012R2 (CU2) of my client. So to resolve this last I have had three solutions for the work around: Resize Recovery Partition Move shadow copy storage from Recovery Partition to C: volume Use Pre and Post backup script
Read More »SCCM 2012 R2 Primary Site Installation
This part covers the first SCCM Primary Site installation. In Part 1, SCCM Prerequisites have been downloaded and the AD schema has been extended. In Part 2, the dedicated SQL Server (with SSRS) has been installed and configured. Server: M-SCCM1
Read More »SCCM 2012 R2 SQL Server Installation-Configuration
This part covers the SQL Server installation and configuration for a SCCM 2012 R2 environment. SQL server will be installed on a dedicated server. (If SQL server is installed on the same server as the SCCM Primary Site, some steps are not necessary) Server: M-SQL1
Read More »SCCM 2012 R2 Environment Preparation Requirements
This article covers the installation on a SCCM 2012 R2 environment for Computer management (OS Deployment and Inventory). There are: One server for SQL and Reporting services One server for SCCM Primary Site One server for a secondary SCCM Management and Deployment Point (it will be used later for SUP roles and Application Catalog). All servers are installed with ...
Read More »Replica is inconsistent in DPM 2012R2
Today I have installed and set Data Protection Manager 2012R2 (with Cumulative Update 2)for my client and when I have created a system state protection, I came across this error: The first known misconfiguration that raises this error is that Windows Server Backup feature is not installed on the protected server.
Read More »Use Scale-Out File Server with Virtual Machine Manager
Scale-Out File Server (SOFS) is a new feature of Windows Server 2012. This feature provides a file service for application (such as Hyper-V) in an active/active cluster thanks to SMB 3.0. Because this feature uses the Failover Clustering feature, some disks must be connected to each node to convert them in Cluster Share Storage (CSV). These disks can be connected ...
Read More »Protection groups in Data Protection Manager
System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) is a Microsoft backup solution. The configuration of this backup solution is based on Protection Groups. A protection group contains several data sources that share same configuration such as backup duration (Short-term or Long-term), retention range etc. DPM can store backup on disk (disk-to-disk or D2D), on library tape (disk-to-tape or D2T) or on ...
Read More »Bare-Metal Deployment Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2 Part4 – Hyper-V host provisioning
Bare-Metal Deployment Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2 Part1 – Introduction Bare-Metal Deployment Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2 Part2 – Prepare Networking Bare-Metal Deployment Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2 Part3 – Prepare OS deployment Bare-Metal Deployment Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2 Part4 – Hyper-V host provisioning To finish this series of articles about Bare-Metal Deployment Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2, I ...
Read More »Bare-Metal Deployment Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2 Part3 – Prepare OS deployment
Bare-Metal Deployment Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2 Part1 – Introduction Bare-Metal Deployment Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2 Part2 – Prepare Networking Bare-Metal Deployment Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2 Part3 – Prepare OS deployment Bare-Metal Deployment of Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2 Part4 – Hyper-V host provisioning Now that network configuration is done in VMM fabric, it’s time to prepare the ...
Read More »Bare-Metal Deployment Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2 Part2 – Prepare Networking
Bare-Metal Deployment Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2 Part1 – Introduction Bare-Metal Deployment Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2 Part2 – Prepare Networking Bare-Metal Deployment Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2 Part3 – Prepare OS deployment Bare-Metal Deployment of Hyper-V host with VMM 2012R2 Part4 – Hyper-V host provisioning In this part I will present you the configuration of networking in Virtual Machine ...
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