Migrated from scdpmonline.org on May 6th, 2013. If you try to run DPM cmdlets in the DPM Management Shell on a computer other than the DPM server after installing SP1 you will probably see this error. And, after following the → Continue Reading.

This script is for use in a Operations Manager 2007 R2 / 2012 monitor and requires the DPM Server Name to be passed to it. For full details on how to use this script, see the article “Monitoring DPM using → Continue Reading.

A query I often here is, “how can I accurately monitor DPM?”, and this is actually more difficult than it sounds.  If you only have one DPM server, it is quite easy to monitor the state of your backups directly → Continue Reading.

We all know that one of the biggest frustrations of DPM is that each DPM server has to be managed individually as there is no central console.  This also includes reporting and this can be an even bigger frustration as → Continue Reading.

So, Tech.Days UK starts tomorrow and runs through until the end of Friday, and it is all available online.  Take a look at the session schedule here, https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032543696&Culture=en-GB&community=0, and register if you want to attend any of the sessions. And, if → Continue Reading.

Hi All, This week sees the start of a new MVP Speaker Series covering Windows Server and System Center technologies.  Many of the presentations will be sessions that couldn’t be accommodated at MMS, and others will be brand new, but they → Continue Reading.

The good folks at Microsoft have recently put out a three post series on DPM certificate troubleshooting, which I thought I would share.  Certificates seem to be a common cause of problems, so this series of posts should help many → Continue Reading.

It is finally here – Update Rollup 2 for System Center SP1. The update brings fixes for the following issues for the following components: App Controller (KB2815569) Issue 1 You cannot change the virtual machine network of deployed virtual machines. → Continue Reading.

I received notice that the “Cloud and Datacenter Management Roundtable” Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) session was accepted at MMS! Thank you to everyone who voted this session up! This BOF session is for System Center SME’s, the Cloud and Datacenter MVP’s and → Continue Reading.

As we ramp up for MMS, I want to test mobile blogging from my tablet and mobile devices(writing this post on my tablet with Blogsy). I’ll be speaking again this year (6th year on stage) and working in various capacities → Continue Reading.