Errors in event log of Secondary DPM server protecting replicas on Primary

Question

Hello again
I have two DPM servers, one situated on-site (primary) and one situated off-site (secondary). Protection jobs seem to be running correctly on both servers in that the jobs complete and I am able to restore data from the backups. I use the primary server
to make the initial backups of critical systems and data (Exchange MDB's etc) and the secondary server to backup those replicas off-site in case of primary site loss or DPM system loss.
The primary server is a physical server and the secondary server is a virtual server. Both DPM servers have their DPM databases stored on one physical SQL server that is in the primary site.
Basically what is happening is that every day our virtual machines are snapshotted (secondary DPM server included) and everyday the snapshot of the secondary DPM server fails. I see the following to entries in the event log of the secondary server.
Error 1:
WARNING
Source: MSDPM
Event ID: 955
The description for Event ID 955 from source MSDPM cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.
The following information was included with the event:
The consistency check resulted in the following changes to SQL Server Agent schedules: Schedules added: 2 Schedules removed: 2 Schedules updated: 0.  
Problem Details:
<ConsistencyCheck><__System><ID>26</ID><Seq>27861</Seq><TimeCreated>22/05/2014 23:01:31</TimeCreated><Source>SchedulerImpl.cs</Source><Line>719</Line><HasError>True</HasError></__System><Tags><JobSchedule
/></Tags></ConsistencyCheck>
the message resource is present but the message is not found in the string/message table
Error 2
ERROR
Source: MSDPM
Event ID: 4212
The description for Event ID 4212 from source MSDPM cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.
The following information was included with the event:
DpmWriter service encountered an error during PrepareBackup as more than one component is selected for backup in the same snapshot set.  Select a single DPM replica for backup and try the operation again.
Problem Details:
<DpmWriterEvent><__System><ID>30</ID><Seq>7</Seq><TimeCreated>23/05/2014 00:30:45</TimeCreated><Source>d:\btvsts\21011\private\product\tapebackup\dpswriter\vssfunctionality.cpp</Source><Line>438</Line><HasError>True</HasError></__System><DetailedCode>4212</DetailedCode></DpmWriterEvent>
the message resource is present but the message is not found in the string/message table
These two events are followed by another event from VMWare Tools everyday
Error 3:
WARNING
Source: VMWare Tools
Event ID: 1000
[ warning] [vmvss:vmvss] CVmSnapshotRequestor::CheckWriterStatus():1536: writer DPM Writer in failed state: res = 0x800423f4, err = 0x1, error =
Has anyone come across this before? Currently I am not quite sure what is going wrong and whether it is actually related to snapshots failing, but I want to try to fix these errors first and see what happens.
Regards

Answer 1

Your ar using VMware for Virtualization?
Are you trying to do an online Backup of the VM, think that will not work?
One thing i wonder, your have installed second DPM if Site one fails or goes done, but SQL for DPM2 is in Site one? try to move SQL to external site for DPM 2
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