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How to enable Tape collocation and Library Sharing after applying the Data Protection Manager 2007 Feature Pack – KB949779.
After installing KB949779 which is the new DPM 2007 Feature Pack, you have the ability to enable to...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 07/27/2008
Publishing the Hyper-V Management Interface using Terminal Services
- Install the Terminal Services Role using Server Manager. Include all the necessary roles. Since...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 07/22/2008
SharePoint Protection and Recovery using DPM 2007 - Part II
In the previous post, we covered the steps necessary to setup DPM and SharePoint to allow recovery...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 07/16/2008
DPM - How to Enable End-User Recovery using Windows 2008 Server
To enable the end-user recovery in DPM 2007 on a Windows 2008 Server you should click on the...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 06/29/2008
Installing SCVMM Portal to x64 Windows - Fatal Error during installation ID: 205
When installing the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Self Service Portal on a...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 06/29/2008
10 commonly asked questions or issues seen during Hyper-V beta
With the RTM release of Hyper-V just around the corner, I thought it would be a good idea to...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 06/25/2008
SharePoint Protection and Recovery using DPM 2007 - Part I
With SharePoint gaining popularity in the last year and the recent release of DPM 2007 which...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 06/24/2008
How to install Data Protection Manager to a Windows 2008 Server
Article https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb808814(TechNet.10).aspx describes how to...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 06/18/2008
How to optimize your Windows Server 2003 Print Failover Cluster
There are a lot of administrators that need to maintain a highly available Print Server running on...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 06/13/2008
Data Protection Manager 2007 – Important information for using ESEUTIL when configuring Exchange Server Protection.
In Data Protection Manager 2007, when configuring a protection group for protection of Exchange data...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 06/12/2008
Protecting multiple Domain Controllers in a multi-DPM server environment
If you are protecting more than one domain controller, and using more than one DPM server to do it,...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 06/12/2008
Data Protection Manager - Tape drive inventory is not showing up properly
If the information under the Libraries tab in the Management Task area does not show up...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 06/05/2008
Multi-Site Failover Cluster Communications Connectivity
The networking model changed significantly in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering. First, and...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 06/02/2008
Data Protection Manager: What is a 'Consistency Check' and what could cause it to fail?
Data Protection Manger 2007 relies almost completely on a Consistency Check completing; hereafter...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/29/2008
Microsoft Releases Update Package for Data Protection Manager 2007
951557 (article not yet published) Description of the Data Protection Manager 2007 hotfix...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 05/15/2008
New Microsoft Update Catalog ROCKS!
Have you seen the new Microsoft Update Catalog? Check it out! It gives you the ability to download...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 05/15/2008
Product Key not accepted after Integrating SP3 media
This blog entry covers a issue that some customers have encountered with the release of SP3 for...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 05/14/2008
Troubleshooting Agent Deployment in Data Protection Manager 2007 - DCOM
The DPM agent is a DCOM application - it cannot function correctly without proper DCOM...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 05/08/2008
Data Protection Manager - Supported Operating Systems
The following is a comprehensive list of operating systems that are supported as protected machines...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 05/01/2008
Troubleshooting Agent Deployment in Data Protection Manager 2007 - Networking
Note: This is the second of a three part series for troubleshooting the DPM RA (Data...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 05/01/2008
Troubleshooting Agent Deployment in Data Protection Manager 2007
Microsoft’s Data Protection Manager (DPM) version 2007 must have an agent installed on any server or...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 04/22/2008
Basic Troubleshooting Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Introduction Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 is a key member of the...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 04/14/2008
TOP 10 Best Practice Tips for Windows Server 2003 Cluster Service (MSCS)
- Under no circumstance should any other resource be created in the Cluster Group other than the...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 04/11/2008
Experiencing problems with Product Activation?
For those people that were unaware, the Windows group released a Product Activation Announcement...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 04/11/2008
Network Settings provided through unattend.txt fail to take effect on Servers if NIC resides on virtual Bus
Hello my name is Nitin Mishra and I am working with Platforms Core Team in Product Support Group....
Author: JamesShamblin Date: 03/20/2008
Troubleshooting PXE Boot Errors with ADS Clients
It can be very frustrating getting a client machine to boot to ADS if things don't run perfectly and...
Author: JamesShamblin Date: 03/06/2008
New KB articles for 2/10 - 2/16
Running a bit behind this week, but still getting our new articles posted. We have some interesting...
Author: JamesShamblin Date: 02/27/2008
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator Releases Today
Assess Infrastructure Readiness for OS Migration and Virtualization with the Microsoft Assessment...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 02/25/2008
New KB articles for 2/3 - 2/9
Here are the weeks KB articles for our team. I also have added some that aren't directly related,...
Author: JamesShamblin Date: 02/19/2008
New KB articles for 1/27-2/2
Here are the weeks KB articles for our team. I also have added some that aren't directly related,...
Author: JamesShamblin Date: 02/11/2008
Troubleshooting Cluster Logs 101 - Why did the resources failover to the other node?
The most popular question everyone asks themselves before calling Microsoft Customer Service and...
Author: JamesShamblin Date: 02/06/2008
New KB articles for 1/20 - 1/26
Here are the new KB articles that are specific to our team. I would like to try to share these as...
Author: JamesShamblin Date: 02/04/2008
IRPStackSize and Clusters.
What is IRPStackSize? IRPStackSize stands for I/O Request Packets (IRPs) Stack Size. The count of...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 01/25/2008
We Are Hiring!!
At Microsoft, we're working toward a future where everyone's potential can be fulfilled. What about...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 01/18/2008
The Blog Backlog
While we try to provide you with information we feel is valuable, it is impossible for us to cover...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 01/07/2008
Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering Public Content
Here is a listing of the public content currently available on the Microsoft site for Windows Server...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 12/19/2007
Using System File Checker (SFC) To Fix Issues
Both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 include the System File Checker (SFC) tool. Previous...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 12/18/2007
Yes, you CAN run Windows on your Mac!
Yes, that's right, running Windows on a Mac. This isn't new to those of us who have been using...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 11/30/2007
How to configure Windows Vista to support running Virtual Server R2 SP1
If you’re trying to run Virtual Server on Vista, you need to do two things. STEP 1: Enable IIS and...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 11/12/2007
So what does Cluster Recovery actually recover anyway?
The Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit introduced a handy, easy-to-use utility that even warranted its...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 11/12/2007
Symptom based cluster disk failure troubleshooting
One of the most common issues with Windows Failover clustering deals with the storage attached to...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 11/09/2007
How to set up Windows Deployment Services on 2003 SP2 Servers for Installs of Windows 2003 and XP
Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003 ("W2K3" in this post) includes Windows Deployment Services...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 10/21/2007
Welcome to CSS Core Team blog site!
This is a brand new blog site dedicated to the specialty technologies supported by the Microsoft CSS...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 10/09/2007