Islam Gomaa

Enabling/Disabling co-location of data on Tape DPM 2007 SP1

Tape Co-locating is a new feature has been added  to DPM 2007  by installing the  Feature Pack  (KB949779) or DPM Service pack 1. With this feature, you can achieve better tape utilization by co-locating data from multiple protection groups with similar retention range. This feature is disabled by default. You can use following PowerShell commands to enable and disable tape co-location.

To verify  if the Colocation of data on tape is enabled or disabled:

1. In the DPM UI click on the Management  verify the status of if the Collocation of data on tape is enabled or disabled
2. To enable the  Collocation of data on tape go  to the DPM Management Shell and type
1. Set-DPMGlobalProperty -DpmServer <DPM Server Name> -OptimizeTapeUsage $true
   
2. After enabling Collocation of data on tape
   
3. To disable the  Collocation of data on tape go  to the DPM Management Shell and type
1. Set-DPMGlobalProperty -DpmServer <DPM Server Name> -OptimizeTapeUsage $false
4. ** DPM server name = the hostname of the DPM server

Published Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:41 AM by islam