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Configuring Microsoft DPM registry settings, Set ConnectionNoActivityTimeout

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3.4 4. You need to upgrade the device drivers for the tape drive as well. Use the following drivers, which you can download from IBM as per your operating system at: http://www933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Tape%2Bdrivers%2Band%2Bsoftware&pr oduct=ibm/Storage_Tape/Tape+device+drivers&release=1.0&platform=Windows&function=all • Windows 2008 R2 SP1 - IBMTape.x64_w08_6250 • Windows 2012 R2 - IBMTape.x64_w12R2_6248_WHQL_Cert Note: You should Install the drivers in non-exclusive mode. (Double-click the nonexclusive executable.) 5. Extract the .cab file, and then use Device Manager to install the driver by pointing to the extracted location. Configuring Microsoft DPM registry settings Note: Restoration of certain files that span across multiple tapes might fail if they are restored as part of a single job. When an attempt is made to restore all of the files in the same job, the recovery of the files (shown in the following graphic in pink) might still fail. However, with the registry setting listed below, when these files are individually restored the restores will pass. For DPM to work properly with the DR Series system, you need to apply the following DPM registry settings. The following subsections describe how to adjust these settings in more detail. Registry Setting Set BufferQueueSize Set ConnectionNoActivityTimeout and ConnectionNoActivityTimeoutForNonCCJobs TapeSize Storport key BusyRetryCount TUR Service_Name Value to add/edit 1 7200 Add this parameter Add for each tape Add for each tape Disable Add the AutoRun value Note: A system reboot is required for updated registry settings to take effect. 16 Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as a VTL Backup Target on Microsoft® Data Protection Manager | January 2016

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Setting Up the Dell™ DR Series System as a VTL Backup Target on Microsoft® Data Protection Manager | January
2016
4.
You need to upgrade the device drivers for the tape drive as well. Use the following drivers, which
you can download from IBM as per your operating system at:
http://www-
933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Tape%2Bdrivers%2Band%2Bsoftware&pr
oduct=ibm/Storage_Tape/Tape+device+drivers&release=1.0&platform=Windows&function=all
Windows 2008 R2 SP1 - IBMTape.x64_w08_6250
Windows 2012 R2 - IBMTape.x64_w12R2_6248_WHQL_Cert
Note
: You should Install the drivers in non-exclusive mode. (Double-click the nonexclusive executable.)
5.
Extract the .cab file, and then use Device Manager to install the driver by pointing to the extracted
location.
3.4
Configuring Microsoft DPM registry settings
Note
: Restoration of certain files that span across multiple tapes might fail if they are restored as part of a
single job. When an attempt is made to restore all of the files in the same job, the recovery of the files
(shown in the following graphic in pink)
might still fail
. However, with the registry setting listed below,
when these files are individually restored the restores will pass.
For DPM to work properly with the DR Series system, you need to apply the following DPM registry
settings. The following subsections describe how to adjust these settings in more detail.
Registry Setting
Value to add/edit
Set BufferQueueSize
1
Set ConnectionNoActivityTimeout and
ConnectionNoActivityTimeoutForNonCCJobs
7200
TapeSize
Add this parameter
Storport key
Add for each tape
BusyRetryCount
Add for each tape
TUR
Disable
Service_Name
Add the AutoRun value
Note
: A system reboot is required for updated registry settings to take effect.