Vicky

Hi, thanks for your reply. So, i found a command that tells me what databases a mailbox is in and turns out that user has a mailbox in the archive database, which im pretty sure you can restore from, so its recovering it now and finger crossed, i can restore it from there, i didnt even think to check that! -Vicky

Hi guys got a really bizarre one, so i need to restore a users mailbox from a recovery database. Recovered database from DPM, did all the clean shutdown, creation, mounting and all that. but i can not for the life of me find this mailbox, ive gone back 3 months prior to the mailbox being deleted, i can see every other mailbox ive deleted, literally every one, except the one i need! all log files came back ok, when i ran eseutil before i created the recovery database. I got no errors during the entire process. Its just so odd that i cant even find the mailbox from month backups that i know for a fact it was definitely in! and i already checked with HR, no name change at any point either. Has anyone ever had something like this before or have any suggestions for logs to look at or commands to run, maybe something im missing, this is my first time doing anything like this with exchange (Exchange 2013 on server 2012r2) -Vicky Sir Christopher Hatton Academy

Ok, thanks, ive re created the share and set the permissions i think it needs, have to see what happens. I did try a restart but it didnt bring the share back. Ive tried re running the job in DPM, but it just sits there it doesnt even try to re build the catalog, so im not sure if re creating the share has worked yet :/

Hi guys, Been having a lot of issues with our DPM server. Basically i had Microsoft support remote on to take a look at a separate issue. The tech emptied the temp folder which removed the MTA folder. I had no idea this folder was in there until i got back into work from the weekend to see all the tape backups had failed. After a quick Google search i found out this MTA folder is needed during tape backups so re created it and the tape backups ran. Now im getting the following warning. The backup tape job completed, but the catalog was not built correctly for although no data was lost, you must rebuild the catalog to access the data of the backup job (ID 3312) file copy failed due to an I/O error. Source location:\\\MTATempStore$\file.mbc Destination location: C:\program files\microsoft system center 2012 r2\DPM\DPM\Temp\file.mbc The network name cannot be found. Ive looked at the active shares on the server and it turns out the MTATempStore$ share is missing. Does anyone know how i recreate this share and what permissions i need to use, or if this is even the issue, anyone seen this before? -Vicky It Technician Sir Christopher Hatton Academy

Hi guys, im looking into possibly virtualizing our DPM server. We currently have a physical 2016 server hosting DPM 2016 with SQL 2012r2. (we upgraded from DPM 2012r2 to 2016) We have 2 Powervault MD1200s attached for the storage and a Powervault 124T for the tapes. Has anyone got their DPM setup virtualized and if so, could let me know how they did it or point me in the direction of any guides. What are the advantages/disadvantages of having DPM as a virtual machine Thank you! -Vicky Tofield IT service desk supervisor Hatton Academies Trust

Hi guys. I've set up a new 1706 SCCM server and have created my first task sequence. However the task sequence is failing with the error code 0x80070002, its showing this error during the applying operating system image stage viewing the smsts.log in CMTrace, I'm getting the following error, which has the error code I'm getting in the line of it, but I've had no luck finding a solution online. ShellExecute ('raserver.exe') failed. 0x80070002. TSPxe 12/04/2018 10:43:11 1412 (0x0584) I keep seeing info regarding the network access account in relation to this particular error code, but that's all configured in the console help! -Vicky Tofield IT technician Sir Christopher Hatton Academy

Hi Guys, im fairly new to SCVMM. I have one VM on a host that is showing the unsupported configuration error. When i go to properties the error im seeing is ive looked on the internet and registering SMB fileshares keeps coming up. Various pages mention going to fabric and add storage, entering the provider name and choosing native windows WMI protocol. but i dont get that option, am i missing something? Virtual machine is on a Server 2012 R2 Datacenter hyper-v host -vicky Tofield IT technician Hatton Academies Trust

Hi guys current setup server 2012r2, SQL 2012 and DPM 2012r2 Trying to upgrade to DPM 2016 and getting the following error You cannot upgrade the existing installation because the DPM database version does not match with installed DPM version. Ensure correct SQL data files are copied from an existing DPM SQL instance and attached to the given SQL instance, then run the program again In the past ive had to restore the database from our secondary DPM server so im guessing that has something to do with it maybe? ive no idea what SQL data files its on about either Any help would be greatly appreciated! and if you need any further info let me know! regards -vicky Tofield IT Tech at Sir Christopher Hatton

unfortunately we upgraded from DPM 2012r2 and kept the legacy storage so i cant create any new protection groups due to ReFS. I ran a chkdsk and SFC on the server just because i know that sometimes fixes MMC crashes, restarted the host that had the VM i was trying to backup and its magically working now. So problem solved for now... appreciate the suggestions -vicky

Hi MYK-IT no recent windows updates, or group policy changes, firewall is off, ive checked the services and they are all running. looking in the error logs, MSDPMCurr.errlog, this seems to be the main issue everettexception.cpp(762) CRITICAL Exception Message = Replica Set already present with properties not matching input requirements of type System.ArgumentException, process will terminate after generating dump but im not having much luck finding out what that means

Hi Guys yet another random DPM issue. Everything was working fine two days ago, nothing has changed im just suddenly getting the following problem. Setup is SQL 2012 on Server 2016 with DPM 2016 Im trying to add a server to an existing protection group, i get to the end of the "wizard" click on update and get the followingthe console then restarts and the server i "added" is not there. Ive checked and all the services its moaning about and they are all running i go into event viewer and have the following error: Log Name: Application Source: MSDPM Date: 31/08/2017 09:58:52 Event ID: 999 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: COOPER.hatton.internal Description: The description for Event ID 999 from source MSDPM cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer. If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event. The following information was included with the event: An unexpected error caused a failure for process 'msdpm'. Restart the DPM process 'msdpm'. Problem Details: <__System>191131/08/2017 08:58:52DpmThreadPool.cs163TrueArgumentExceptionReplica Set already present with properties not matching input requirementsSystem.ArgumentException: Replica Set already present with properties not matching input requirements at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.StoragePoolManager.StoragePoolManager.CheckIfExistingVolumesMatch(Guid volumeSetId, VolumeInput[] volumeRequirements) at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.StoragePoolManager.StoragePoolManager.AllocateVolumesLocal(Guid volumeSetId, VolumeInput[] volumeRequirements, String replicaAreaSetName) at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.StoragePoolManager.StoragePoolManager.AllocateVolumes(Guid volumeSetId, VolumeInput[] volumeRequirements, String replicaAreaSetName) at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.Rhl.ReplicaAreaSetManagerHelper.AllocateVolumes(String replicaAreaSetName, VolumeInput[] volumeArrayInput, Int32& replicaVolumeOutId, Int32& shadowCopyVolumeOutId) at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.Rhl.ReplicaAreaSetManager.Allocate(Guid dataSourceId, List`1 dataSourcesOnReplica, String storageNodeServerName, String replicaAreaSetName, String replicaMountPointName, UInt64 replicaSize, String shadowCopyMountPointName, UInt64 shadowCopySize, String replicaGuid, String shadowCopyGuid, Boolean formatRequested, Boolean isCustom, Boolean isDiskMigration) at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.StorageManager.DiskManager.AllocateStorage(String containerId, Guid storageId, StorageParams storageParams) at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.StorageManager.StorageManager.AllocateStorage(String containerId, Guid storageId, StorageType storageType, StorageParams storageParams) at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.Intent.DataSourceTranslator.PerformReplicaAllocation(Boolean isCustom, ProtectedObjectType[] protectedObjects) at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.Intent.DataSourceTranslator.ValidateAndPerformReplicaAction(ProtectedObjectType[] protectedObjects, Boolean isReplicaProtectionTypeChanged, Dictionary`2 reallocateStorageMap) at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.Intent.ProtectedGroupTranslator.ValidateAndPerformReplicaAction() at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.Intent.ProtectedGroupTranslator.PrepareForTranslation() at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.Intent.ProtectedGroupTranslator.TranslateGroup(IMCatalogType IMCatalogXmlPassed, String intentCatalogXml) at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.Engine.CIntentServices.ConfigureProtectedGroup(UInt16* bstrIMCatalogXml) at Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.Engine.CCoreServices.ConfigureProtectedGroup(CCoreServices* , UInt16* bstrIMCatalogXml, tagSAFEARRAY** exceptionResult) the message resource is present but the message is not found in the string/message table Has anyone had this issue or have any ideas on what they think the issue might be thanks in advance Vicky Tofield IT Technician Sir Christopher Hatton Academy

cool, ill give that a try and let you know how i get on, cheers Dan

Hi Dan The version of SQL is 2012, the OS im running is 2012 r2 and the DPM version is 4.2.1594.0

Hiya, its a physical server, its getting to the point where im thinking of just starting fresh

Hi Guys having a fun time trying to upgrade DPM from 2012r2 to 2016. First attempt failed so i restored the database from our secondary DPM server and ran DPMsync. All back to normal for round two. Now when i try to run the upgrade again im getting the following error Ive got no clue where to even start with this and its driving me crazy. Has anyone managed to successfully upgrade from DPM 2012r2 to 2016? help! Vicky Tofield IT Technician Sir Christopher Hatton Academy

Thanks for all the replies guys, can i ask what versions of SQL you are all running, anyone planning to upgrade to SQL 2016 or are you just sticking with what you have, we currently have SQL 2012

Hi guys! We are looking to upgrade our current instance of DPM to the latest version of 2016. We will also be upgrading the OS. Just wondered if anyone out there has performed this upgrade yet, how did it go, what sort of issues did you come across. More importantly we are looking at the way that the new version of DPM handles storage. From what ive read you can create volumes now. Ive found information on creating new protection groups but how does it handle the exisiting replicas on disk that are using the older file system Vicky IT Technician Hatton academies trust

I've done that for our onsite backups yes and I can do that on their domain too, get the alerts to go to an email account on their exchange server, but then I need those alerts to come to me, does that make sense

Hi guys, we have just set up a DPM 2012r2 server at one of the sites in our trust, what i would like to do is have all DPMs alerts come to my inbox at the primary site, but im not sure how to setup alerts for a remote DPM server... Just wondered what methods if any you guys have come up with thanks Vicky IT Tech Hatton Academies Trust

Original config and restored config seem to match, ill try taking a look at the config files see if I can spot anything, thanks

i cant get into the BIOS unfortunately as its just a test restore, ive recovered the entire VM to different host so as not to overwrite the original

Hi guys Not sure if this is a DPM issue per se, i assume it must be as this is a test restore im having an issue with, the actual server itself is up and running. So ive restored the VM, started it up, it shows the windows logo with the swirly dots, does that for about 30 seconds then i get a black screen. At random times a window will appear, sometimes its just the border, sometimes its the full window but its empty, occasionally i actually get an error message, it stays onscreen just long enough for me to read "sign in process intialization error, see event log for details" Googling just keeps pointing me to Windows 7, saying things like boot to safe mode, last known config, i cant do anything with this server, a restart hasnt helped. Ive tried two different restore dates now one from disk and one from tape, has anyone else had this problem restoring a VM using DPM Server version is 2012 r2 Vicky Tofield IT Tech Sir Christopher Hatton Academy

thanks for the advice, backing up the database/system state/BMR instead

Afternoon Guys, Got yet another issue with DPM. working with DPM 2012r2 and im trying to backup an exchange 2013 server as a VM. It creates the initial replica then it tries to do the first sync and i immediately get this error. An unexpected error occurred while the job was running. (ID 104 Details: Call context cannot be accessed after call completed (0x80010117) Ive googled this and have had pretty much no luck at all, the call context cannot be accessed part of the error seems to be a generic error that covers a wide variety of issues, just wondered if anyone has come across this error before with DPM Ive checked the event viewer and there are no errors logged related to this, unless im looking in the wrong place? im checking the application logs and asking DPM to publish alerts to EV just tells me the same error that DPM is showing any help would be greatly appreciated -Vicky Tofield IT technician for The Hatton Academies Trust

i havent no, ill give that a try and try uninstalling and reinstalling the agent and post back the results