tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42396428974057479412024-03-19T04:33:56.730-07:00Robert & DPMA blog about Data Protection ManagerRobert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.comBlogger281125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-4999340280037285432020-03-27T00:30:00.000-07:002020-03-26T23:26:48.376-07:00The importance of Restore<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">With the upcoming
“World Backup Day” (31<sup>st</sup> of March), I wanted to write an blog post regarding
the importance of restore since this is the most common mistake people do when working with Backup. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And that’s
the thing, we are humans and we are not flawless and therefore we make mistakes. This
blog post will shed some lights over the most important part of a backup...namely
restore. The other thing that is directly applicable for humans is that we are
lazy and if we can rely on a piece of technology we surely will do so. The leads us to the following question, "How could you
be sure that your backups are working when you need them the most?" </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The answer
is quite simple, try them out!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Throughout the
years helping small, large and global enterprise companies I have noticed that there
is something that all of them has in common regardless of the business size
their line of business. They simply just focusing on the backups never on the
restores. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Here is
where I always try to make a difference. Instead of down prioritizing the Backup & Restore conversations the key point of interest should be “How can we bring
back our business to an fully operative state?” The most common mistake that
organizations does is not to take this matter serious enough. What it all comes
down to in the bitter end is the fact that a large number of companies never get
back on track with their business after a major incident or a ransomware attack
since they don’t prioritize the most important parts, the recovery capabilities
of their Business Services. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">From the
looks of it its seems very complex and hard to determine the levels of restores.
I will not lie; it is not just a walk in the park, but it all comes down to
what scope you associate your recovery capabilities to have. The best starting
point is to start small and understand what Business Services that resides
within your organisation and if applicable who is the Business Services owner.
In some cases, it will be the IT department itself and in other cases it will
be someone in the organization that most likely don’t have a clue what’s going
on. Feels hopeless, I understand but here is where the restores tests comes into
play. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">For all
define Business Services try to create a simple Restore Process that will restore
your Business Services to a fully operational state. This is something that you
of course should do in an isolated environment and never in your production.
Note any deviations and mistakes you made in the first version and improve it for
the next run. Do this and keep repeating until you achieve your goal of having
a fully restored and fully operational Business Service. Its hard work and that
is why you should document it down so you will remember it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The technology at hand for solving this matter i very broad and you shouldn't lock your self in a mindset stating that you can't use other technologies that you already have. I encourage you to "mix-and-match" different technologies available from Microsoft to try to suite your restore demands.<br />
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Leverage the good pieces of Azure like Azure Backup Server (DPM) to protect your on premises environment and integrate it with a Recovery Services Vault (RSV) for long time archiving. Use Azure Site Recovery (ASR) for some of your Business Services if they fit the scope for ASR.<br />
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<br />Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-36363324314720074362020-03-20T08:00:00.000-07:002020-03-26T05:52:57.516-07:00Automated backups of IaaS in AzureWrapped up a script that will automatically backup IaaS in Azure.<br />
If the IaaS if tagged with NoBackup then the script will skip that IaaS since its decided it should not be included.<br />
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This script can be improved and I leave it to you to do whatever you like :)<br />
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<span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #001188; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">$servicePrincipalConnection</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> = Get-AutomationConnection
-Name </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #001188; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">$connectionName</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>Write-Output </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #a31515; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">"Logging
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</span>-TenantId </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #001188; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">$servicePrincipalConnection</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">.TenantId `<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>write-error -Message </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #001188; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">$_</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">.Exception<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-SE" style="color: green; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">#Gets all the Azure VM's</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-SE" style="color: green; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">#Pointing out the RSV for backup and setting the vault
context for editing</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesVault -Name </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #a31515; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">"NAME-OF-SRV"</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> |
Set-AzureRmRecoveryServicesVaultContext<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-SE" style="color: green; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">#Defining the backup policy</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupProtectionPolicy -Name </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #a31515; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">"DefaultPolicy"</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-SE" style="color: green; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">#Enabling backup for each IaaS object<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-SE" style="color: blue; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">foreach</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">(</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #001188; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">$IaaS</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: blue; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">in</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #001188; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">$IaaSs</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: blue; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">If</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">(</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #001188; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">$IaaS</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">.Tags.Values
-eq </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #a31515; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">"NoBackup"</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>{<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Write-Output </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #a31515; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">"Backup
should not be enabled for </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">$</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #a31515; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">(</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #001188; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">$IaaS</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #a31515; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">.Name)"</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: blue; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Else</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>{<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Write-Output </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #a31515; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">"Enabling
IaaS backup for VM </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">$</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #a31515; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">(</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #001188; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">$IaaS</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #a31515; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">.Name)"</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>Enable-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupProtection -ResourceGroupName </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #001188; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">$RG</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> -Name </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #001188; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">$IaaS</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">.Name -Policy </span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: #001188; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;">$policy</span><span lang="en-SE" style="color: black; font-family: "consolas"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-42040761016587378752020-03-13T08:00:00.000-07:002020-03-26T05:36:14.913-07:00DPM 2019 failing error 812<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Now and
then I still bump into the 812 error when installing DPM. This error is not new
but there is a common ask why this occur and how you should solve it, hence
this blogpost </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "segoe ui emoji" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In the very
end of the installation process of DPM the installation tries to configure SQL
Server Reporting Services, aka SSRS. During this step the installation fails with
the error 812 stating that the mandatory encryption keys is not recreated. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="SV" style="mso-ansi-language: SV;"><i>System Center DPM
2019 Install Error ID: 812<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><i>Report
configuration failed. Verify that SQL Server Reporting Services is installed
properly and that it is running. ID: 812 . When installing Data Protection
Manager DPM common installation error system admins encounter is ID: 812.
This is caused by the SQL Server Reporting Services misreading the reporting
database.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">To solve
this, logon to the Reporting Services Configuration Manager. Click the <b>Encryption
Keys</b> followed by the <b>Delete</b> button. This will delete all stored connection
strings, credentials and encrypted values in a subscription. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Now rerun the
DPM installation and it will work as a charm!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-32432143948394066052020-03-06T06:00:00.000-08:002020-03-26T05:36:23.807-07:00Everything is cancelled.......:(<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Due to the global
circumstances of the world coping with the Corona virus all conferences has
been cancelled. Its of course very sad news but it’s important to respect the decisions
made by the conference owners that must apply the WHO guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">sumNERV is planning
for an online webinar / event where we will cover the applicable content in an
online format. This will be free of charge for the community. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Stay tuned and stay safe </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "segoe ui emoji" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-81048331070023565012020-02-21T10:00:00.000-08:002020-03-26T05:34:12.669-07:00Experts Live Norway - KeynoteSo its official!<br />
I'm heading to Experts Live Norway 28th of May and together with my "<i>partner in crime</i>" Dieter Wjickmans we will deliver the Keynote for Experts Live Norway which is a great honor and also a lot of fun :)<br />
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I hope to see you there and as always lets meet up and talk, send me an email and I would love to take the moment to listen to you and help out.<br />
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#CommunityRobert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-76302961831348653372020-02-19T08:00:00.000-08:002020-03-26T05:46:55.091-07:00Techorama is a GO!<br />
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Just got
words that I’m a selected speaker for the Techorama conference in Belgium in June.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Together with
Dieter Wjikmans we will deliver a session regarding what to expect when pushing
your backups to Azure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We will
ofcourse be around and avalibel for the community and as always never hesitate to
reach out for a 1-1 session or talk </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "segoe ui emoji" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "segoe ui emoji" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Cu in
Belgium <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://techorama.be/">https://techorama.be/</a></span></div>
<br />Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-54872707142136066722020-02-14T08:30:00.000-08:002020-03-03T10:14:36.229-08:00VHD Error 40002 not fixed in UR1There has been a lot of voices being disappointed that Microsoft didn't include a fix for the issue <i>"VHD Error 40002"</i> that comes around now and then and goes away only when you reboot your DPM server.<br />
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The reason this error wasn't fixed was that its depends on so many underlying dependencies that the PG and developers need to understand all the scenario of how and why the error pops-up.<br />
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I have forwarded your concern regarding this to the product group and lets stay put and hope for a fix soon. Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-28606744531799952692020-02-13T09:00:00.000-08:002020-03-26T05:46:35.140-07:00Experts Live NL<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Good news
just got words that I’m a selected speaker for Experts Live Netherlands! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Together
with Dieter Wjickmans we will deliver a session regarding Azure backup capabilities.
I will as always be available for the community during the conference and don’t
hesitate to reach out if you would like to meet up for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a 1-1 talk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="en-SE"><a href="https://expertslive.nl/">https://expertslive.nl/</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-6093632257285941832020-02-05T10:10:00.000-08:002020-03-03T10:14:58.895-08:00New features in UR1With the release of UR1 for DPM comes also some new features, these are:<br />
<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>Support for ReFS volumes and ReFS volumes with Deduplication enabled</li>
<li>Windows Core Support</li>
<li>Disk exclusion for VMware VM backup</li>
<li>New cmdlet parameter</li>
</ul>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<b>Support for ReFS volumes and ReFS volumes with deduplication enabled</b></div>
With DPM 2019 UR1, you can backup the ReFS volumes and workloads deployed on the ReFS volume.<br />
<br />
You can back up the following workloads deployed on the ReFS volumes:<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>Operating System (64 bit): Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2012</li>
<li>SQL Server: SQL Server 2019, SQL Server 2017, 2016</li>
<li>Exchange: Exchange 2019, 2016</li>
<li>SharePoint: SharePoint 2019, 2016 with latest SP.</li>
</ul>
<br />
<b>Windows Server Core support</b><br />
You can install DPM 2019 UR1 on Windows Server Core 2019 and 2016.<br />
<br />
<b>Disk exclusion for VMware VM backup</b><br />
With DPM 2019 UR1, you can exclude the specific disk from a VMware VM backup. Learn more.<br />
Support for additional layer of authentication to delete online backup<br />
With DPM 2019 UR1, an additional a layer of authentication is added for critical operations. You will be prompted to enter a security PIN when you perform Stop Protection with Delete data operations.<br />
<br />
<b>New cmdlet parameter</b><br />
DPM 2019 UR1 includes a new parameter [-FragmentationPercentage]. The new parameter, calculates the fragmentation percentage for a replica, and is included in the Copy-DPMDatasourceReplica cmdlet.<br />
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Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-35570349328852980992020-02-04T10:03:00.000-08:002020-03-03T10:03:43.193-08:00UR1 ReleasedIt’s a great pleasure to announce that Microsoft now has released UR1 for System Center. The bugfixes included are:<br />
<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>While running the attach agent wizard when you select a computer on trusted domain and add it, the selected computer does not get listed under Selected Computers.</li>
<li>When you select short term backup to tape and change the backup mode to full, the wizard shows incorrect backup schedule option and DPM console may crash on selection.</li>
<li>In a scenario you deleted the protection group retaining the recovery point for a VMware VM, which is no more available on the ESX server. If you recreate the new VM with the same name on the same ESX instance and protect again using DPM, the recovery pane creates multiple entries for this VM.</li>
<li>The DPM Console becomes unresponsive while loading Recoverable Items for a data source.</li>
<li>DPM Service might stop during DPM maintenance jobs.</li>
<li>In some scenarios, pruning job failures leading to storage bloat</li>
<li>In addition to these, all the issues fixed in SC DPM 2016 Update Rollup 8 are also fixed in SC DPM 2019 UR1.</li>
</ul>
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More information can be found here: <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4533416/update-rollup-1-for-system-center-2019-data-protection-manager" target="_blank">UR1</a><br />
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Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-52911275423418354242019-12-13T08:00:00.000-08:002020-03-03T09:09:17.747-08:00Experts Live interview <div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">During
Experts Live I got the great pleasure together with Dieter Wjickmans to be part
of the Experts Live TV discussing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
based on the Microsoft platform. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-68054158669987266042019-11-15T08:00:00.000-08:002020-03-03T09:02:09.305-08:00Moving large quantity of data to Azure<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I had an interesting
project lately that I would love to share some experience from. My client had a
large amount of data that needed to be moved to Azure and the bandwidth wasn’t
sufficient since it would take weeks and weeks before the data was transferred.
So how could we move a larger amount (more than 50 TB) of data to Azure? The answer
was Azure Data Box! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Microsoft
provides a great service that lets you move data from your on-premises environment
to an Azure Storage account using Azure Data Box. It comes in three versions:</span></div>
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<ul>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Data
Box</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Data
Box Disk</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Data
Box Heavy</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The
technology behind the scenes are similar to the offline migration of data to an
Azure RSV for DPM or Azure Backup Server.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">More information
regarding Azure Data Box is here </span><span lang="en-SE"><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox</a></span></div>
<br />Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-32902341191559001482019-11-01T07:35:00.000-07:002020-03-03T07:39:20.644-08:00UR1 postponed<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A quick
heads up regarding the UR1 release. As many of you already know Microsoft has
released the information that they need to postpone the UR1 release for System Center
2019. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This could be
of course frustrated for many of you but isn’t better that Microsoft releases a
UR that works instead of just rushing to release…just saying </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "segoe ui emoji" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😉</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-81506776228528989882019-10-18T10:00:00.000-07:002020-03-03T08:42:51.498-08:00SQL considerations for DPM <br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The heart
of a System Center product has always been and will always be SQL Server. This
is why its so important to setup SQL Server optimal so your DPM server will
deliver and optimal experience and make backups, but most importantly restore
that works. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There are some
key findings I always do when performing health checks on DPM (or other System
Center products) and to help the DPM community I would like to share my recommendations
with you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>First</b> of is
<i>“Supported Scenarios”</i>. This is actually a super simple thing but often
missed out which leads to the consequences of you not being able to get support
from Microsoft if you need it…ouch. Setting up SQL there is only one supported
SQL collation, that is <b>SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS</b></span> never deviate
from this because then you deviate from Microsoft support.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>Second</b>, clustered
SQL servers. Microsoft supports your DPM databases to run on remote SQL server
that are clustered. However, a clustered SQL server is NOT the same as a SQL Always
On setup. The latter (typing it out just in case…SQL Always On) is <b>not
supported</b>. Now…even if its supported to run DPM on a remote SQL server this
is probably the worst idea ever, don’t do it. The reason is simple, there are
more unnecessary components to your DPM solution that only adds complexity…why
and how is that a good idea? Guess what, it isn’t. I have had clients wanting to
put the DPMDB on their production SQL hotel since this is the company standard.
Don’t get me wrong, its great to standardize but you must consider the impact.
A backup solution should always be <i>“looking into”</i> your production environment,
never be part of it. Simple question, how should you restore your data when your
SQL Hotel is down…guess what, you don’t.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>Third</b>, use Service
Accounts (gMSA). Throughout the years people have setup their SVC accounts
which is great but they all fall on the same step, changing password for all
SVC accounts. “<i>Well that is a lot of hard work so we just setup an account and
make a long and complex password</i>”, that’s the approach for to many
companies. How could that possibly be a good idea? The correct setup is to
leverage and use gMSA accounts that your define using PowerShell and associates
with your SQL Server that hosts the DPM database.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>Forth</b>, maintenance.
Always (well I have had one client that made it right) I find SQL Server not having
any maintenance plans for the DPM database. Now, its important to know that
from a SQL Server perspective your DPMDB is fine and consistent (DBCC check)
and also your index is not to high (Re.Org Index). Those are the two most basic
jobs that you must setup if you want a healthy DPMDB and a continues nice
experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>Fifth</b>, Disk
setup. Use a dedicated disk for the DPMDB that has 64K sector size. Don’t mix
all the SQL Server components on the same drive as the %SystemDrive%, at least
make a dedicated drive for the DB that also contains LOG, backup and TempDB. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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There are more to it but this is a great starting point for you.Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-16695103651825979652019-10-04T07:40:00.000-07:002020-03-03T07:43:26.710-08:00TechDays meetup<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">During the TechDays
conference I will be available to meet up the community and really looking forward
to it! I got some asks regarding meetup and if you can and want to attend you
are most welcome to have a community meeting during the TechDays conference on
the 24<sup>th</sup> 10AM. <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Just send
me an email and lets meet up!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">#Community</span>Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-10090532975976923332019-09-20T04:23:00.000-07:002020-03-03T04:24:31.957-08:00Plan a Better Disaster Recovery Plan - Adaptiva podcast<br />
During MMS this year I had the great pleasure of being part of Adaptiva podcast where I and Dieter Wijckmans talked about our favourite subject....DISASTER RECOVERY with a little touch of Business Continuity.<br />
<br />
Enjoy!<br />
<br />
<iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/356256347" width="640"></iframe><br />
<a href="https://vimeo.com/356256347">Plan a Better Disaster Recovery Plan with MVPs Robert Hedblom and Dieter Wijckmans</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/adaptiva">Adaptiva Team</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-47508340994020161942019-09-06T11:00:00.000-07:002020-03-03T07:53:40.214-08:00Experts Live Prague <br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Just got words
that I will deliver both the preconference and also a session during Experts
Live in Prague this year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Together with
my fellow MVP buddy Kevin Green we will try to give you all the latest and the
greatest regarding System Center 2019 and also a touch of Azure. The purpose is
to deliver a focused onprem pre-conf that has a lot of great content. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I have the great
pleasure to deliver the session with another MVP buddy, Dieter Wijckmans, and
of course will the focus be Disaster Recovery and how to set it up properly! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As always, I
would love to meet up and listen to all of your thoughts in challenges and/or
problems that you may face regarding System Center or Azure, don’t be a
stranger </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-11872269100511878872019-08-23T08:21:00.000-07:002020-03-03T08:22:37.543-08:00Planning for Restore not Backup<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">During my
20+ years of working with Business Continuity (Backup, Restore, Disaster
Recovery, Monitoring etc.) and crises management I have learned a lot. The best
lesson is that “<i>The more you know the more you understand how little you can</i>”.
It maybe sounds a bit strange but understanding that you always need to develop
and get better is of key essence for your professional existence. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And
speaking of existence, I would love to share the most important lesson ever
that I see EVERYONE getting wrong. During my years I have noticed one thing in
common regarding the size of the clients I visited. It didn’t matter if they
were in different fields of business nor the number of employees (size of the
company). I have been, literally, all over the globe and met a lot of fantastic
people and cultures. But the one thing they all had in common was they all made
BACKUPS…. sweet lord. OK, lets break it down shall we. Regardless what your
business does it all comes down to one simple thing…being able to RESTORE. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Back in the
days all people had one great masterplan…that was <i>“Let’s backup everything
we got one time per day since then we are safe”</i>. So this idea is as stupid as
running towards the traffic on an interstate… Being able to understand your
business Recover Capabilities is the FIRST and only conversation you should
have when onboarding a system for backups. How could you possibly understand
the Restore Capabilities if you only provide backups? So how could you get your
head around this matter?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It all
starts from understanding your business and answering a simple set of questions:</span></div>
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<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Which Business Services do we got</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt;">How important are those Business Services</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt;">How does your Business Services relate
to each other</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt;">How does your Business Services
relate to your IT infrastructure</span></li>
</ul>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There are A
LOT MORE to it but these questions are the most important for you to understand
so you can start building your restore plans for your Business Services. There
are much more to it that meets the eye, believe me…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">So, how can
you possibly know your Business Services, their value for the business and how
they relate to each other. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a tool that you could
leverage to understand the communication a server has? Well guess what, there is!
Within the Azure Service Offerings you have something called Service Map that
helps you understand how servers that builds up your Business Service relate to
other components and applications.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Have a look
at the Service Map documentation here: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(</span><span lang="en-SE"><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/insights/service-map">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/insights/service-map</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">) <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<br />Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-22300717053378814472019-08-09T04:37:00.000-07:002020-03-03T04:38:17.663-08:00TechDays Sweden 2019<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Got some
great news that Microsoft wants me as a speaker at the TechDays conference in
Stockholm in October. The conference will take place between the 22<sup>nd</sup>
and 24st of October and more information regarding the conference is here </span><span lang="en-SE"><a href="https://www.tdswe.se/">https://www.tdswe.se/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I will
deliver a session in Swedish called “<i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0.5rem; outline: 0px;">Backup, Restore och Disaster Recovery on-prem till
Azure och tillbaka</span></span></i>”. The session is about how, why and what
there is to know regarding planning your restore capabilities based on both
Microsoft on-premises technology and Azure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">If you
attend and have questions please let me know, would love to meetup and listen
to your thoughts </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Segoe UI Emoji, sans-serif;">#Communitypower</span></div>
<br />Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-27984368610199135972019-07-01T20:00:00.000-07:002020-03-03T02:46:41.816-08:00MVP Renewal 2019<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I got ”<i>The
email</i>” in my mailbox today. Microsoft decided that I should receive my ninth
MVP award in a row which I’m extremely grateful for. My ambition is always to
make a difference for people that cross my road, it’s great to help people out
and also provide feedback from the community to my friends at Microsoft that
are truly exceptional. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I will
continue to make a difference and much as I can and hopefully I we will meet you
at different community meetings or conferences around the globe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-91412506646110469182019-06-14T04:59:00.000-07:002020-03-03T04:59:56.199-08:00UR1 for System Center 2019 – Q3<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Since the
2019 release the feedback from the community has been great. I know that many
of you choose to send me directly emails or post your thoughts on the feedback
site at MS which is great. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Microsoft
will release UR1 for System Center 2019 during Q3 in 2019 which will contain
and fix a bunch of problems. Its not yet official what the fixes are but as
soon as Microsoft provide that information officially I will provide it to the DPM
community. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-3204364954071725332019-05-17T09:00:00.000-07:002020-03-03T04:18:59.133-08:00MMS was a blast!!<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just got
back from another great MMS. Thanks for repeatedly having me as a speaker, I’m
truly </span>honored<span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The best part of MMS is the small number of attendees that are
present on the conference, there is a cap of less than 1000 attendees. In many
cases this would be considered a bad thing but looking from the quality
perspective there are much more interactions between us speakers and the attendees
than other larger conferences.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I delivered four sessions and a bunch of
community meet ups where the opportunity to deliver feedback to Microsoft is of
key essence. The best part that I bring back home is the fact that all meetings
was finished with either a “awesome, didn’t know that” or “I’m really grateful for
you explaining this issue”. It great to make a difference!</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Me an Dieter Wijckmans did a recording that I will share regarding my favorite topic, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery and how you could or should leverage the available technology from Microsoft for it.</span></span>Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-66289994756639900802019-05-03T05:03:00.000-07:002020-03-03T05:04:44.162-08:00VHD Error 40002 – The VHD containing the replica or one of its snapshots could not be mounted or unmounted<br />
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thing that was fixed in the UR7 release for DPM 2016 was the error 40002 where
DPM couldn’t mount the VHD containing the replica. This was a bit of a challenge
for those people who had a very tight backup schedule or backups running 24x7
(which is maybe not the right way to set it up……).</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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fix back then and the fix now is to reboot your DPM Server and restart your DPM jobs.
I have provided this feedback to the PG and I’m grateful for all of you providing
feedback via email etc. so we can help Microsoft understand what we need from them.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<br />Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-1842889432607948722019-04-05T06:00:00.000-07:002020-03-03T05:09:10.882-08:00Your voice matters <br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I love the interaction
between our System Center community and the Product Group at Microsoft. The
best part is that they really understand us and listen to our ideas, maybe not
all of them will be investigated but still they are grateful for your thoughts.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Since your
voice matters its important to visit the Microsoft feedback site where you can
follow the planning of what Microsoft are about to fix or is in progress fixing.
Please provide your feedback here and vote for the suggestions you find the
most important. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-SE"><a href="https://feedback.azure.com/forums/914488-system-center-data-protection-manager/">https://feedback.azure.com/forums/914488-system-center-data-protection-manager/</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Robert Hedblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076038126267644209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239642897405747941.post-42803272654722258202019-03-28T07:12:00.000-07:002019-03-28T07:13:08.328-07:00MMS 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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of my favorite conference since its rather small and the attendees are not
afraid to ask questions. During this year you can (as always) meet up at any “Ask
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Azure (AKA – Ditching all of your on-prem crap)</span></li>
<li>Avoid the
Apocalypse with a Disaster Recovery plan that works!</li>
<li>Pushing
your Backup Strategy to the Cloud – What to expect and what to Gain</li>
<li>AMA – Come ask
the Microsoft DC/Azure Management Team and MVP’s Anything</li>
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<span lang="EN-US">I have the
great pleasure to co-present with Cameron Fuller (MVP), John Joyner (MVP) and Dieter
Wijckmans (MVP)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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