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DPM 2007 setting up storage pools
DPM 2007 setting up storage pools
I have just installed a new DPM 2007 server on a VM machine. I have made available 150gb of storage via virtual hd. My problem is when I try to add it within the storage pool. It shows capacity of 150gb and only 3mb free. But there is nothing instaledl on the disk. Can someone please explain why this is showing up like that through the storage pool and how I can resolve this issue. This the first DPM 2007 I have had my hands on so I am learning as I go here. Any and all hel pwould be greatly appreciated.
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- Proposed As Answer byJie-Feng Ren - MSFTMSFTWednesday, August 26, 2009 6:31 AM
Hi,
For DPM question, refer to DPM newsgoup:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/dpm/bb737891.aspx
HTH.
Jie-Feng Ren - MSFT- Proposed As Answer byJie-Feng Ren - MSFTMSFTWednesday, August 26, 2009 6:31 AM
- I had the same problem. In order for DPM to use the full amount of disk you must delete any volumes using Disk Manager. In order to use all of the disk have it formatted as a Dynamic Disk with Unallocated Space. Do not create a Volume and assign a Drive Letter!!! Then use the DPM Disk Management to Add those disks. This time they will show the full amount of the disk as unallocated space. You can then assign that space to a storage Pool. Don't worry, took me an entire day to figure this out.
Look here for additional guidance.
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Deploying-Data-Protection-Manager-2007-Part2.html
Jie-Feng Ren / Torsten Your posts were as helpful as a two headed Mule at a chicken catching contest! They would have been helpful if you posted a link to an acutal DPM forum of which I have yet to find one. I found this post because I was searching for an answer to the same problem.
