Hello,

I'm trying to protect one of hardware FC nodes (Win2008R2) (used for sql cluster) using DPM BMR (system state /BMR protection). DPM failing with error "DPM is out of disk space for the replica". Auto grow is enabled.

I decided to try launch this backup manualy from protected server using this command:

wbadmin.exe start backup -allcritical -quiet -backuptarget:\\servername\bmrshare

and noticed disk space used by "bmrshare" folder are really huge i also discovered that backup includes not only C disk with OS, but also other cluster disk wich used for storing SQL2008  database files and logs.

Can someone explain why this happens. 

We also have SQL2012 FC nodes they are protected in the same way, and there no any issues.

I also have cheked C:\Program Files\Microsoft Data Protection Manager\DPM\bin\BmrBackup.cmd

and there no any additional disks added in to command.

"@echo off

if not exist %SystemRoot%\system32\wbadmin.exe goto returnError

rem Start a wbadmin.exe to create a BMR backup
start  /WAIT %SystemRoot%\system32\wbadmin.exe start backup -allcritical -quiet -backuptarget:%1

rem If return error code, Pass this error code to caller else check whether it actually succeeded or not
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto returnSuccess
exit /B %ERRORLEVEL%

:returnSuccess
exit /B 0

:returnError
exit /B 1"

Thanks in advance.

• Edited by Andrej Trusevic Tuesday, June 30, 2015 2:15 PM