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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

  1. 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)

  1. 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

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