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I am facing some problems with Microsoft DPM 2010. I wish if someone could help me resolving all those issues:<br />
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1. I have 3 protection groups created with colocation enabled in my DPM 2010. I am taking daily and weekly backups on both tape and the disk. Somehow I cannot erase the tapes and the tape utilization is growing every week as DPM is not allowing me to delete the tapes due to being used by the protection groups. I found many scripts on internet but I am confused which one to use to delete the tapes before the next backup.<br />
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2. I want to understand correct backup strategy for daily and weekly backups with the recovery points.<br />
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Thank you.
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I am facing some problems with Microsoft DPM 2010. I wish if someone could help me resolving all those issues:

1. I have 3 protection groups created with colocation enabled in my DPM 2010. I am taking daily and weekly backups on both tape and the disk. Somehow I cannot erase the tapes and the tape utilization is growing every week as DPM is not allowing me to delete the tapes due to being used by the protection groups. I found many scripts on internet but I am confused which one to use to delete the tapes before the next backup.

2. I want to understand correct backup strategy for daily and weekly backups with the recovery points.

Thank you.

Microsoft DPM 2010 Problems

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.