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Please also use the search feature to find more Data Protector Support Tips and other posts. Here is just a list of the Support Tips I have written and that in a categorized way.
Devices & Media
Support Tip: Will existing tapes be readable when the device blocksize is increased?
Support Tip: Object copy cannot use a source-side gateway for reading.
Support Tip: How to move a StoreOnceSoftware store root to another client or cell
Support Tip: Always stop stores before stopping the StoreOnceSoftware service or daemon
Support Tip: Local disk space required for a Deduplication Store
Support Tip: Order of Load Balanced devices
Support Tip: Why is my B2D medium not deleted while it is unprotected?
Support Tip: Understanding the "Drive index"
Support Tip: Backup To Disk Gateway types
Support Tip: "uma" standalone usage for library robotics control
Support Tip: Use OB2BMASTATISTICS to get device performance information.
Support Tip: Import an object from a B2D store
Support Tip: StoreOnce Software: Do not delete s.dirty
Support Tip: Disk space usage and data cleanup on a Backup to Disk device
Support Tip: Media status and their icon in the GUI
Support Tip: Drive status in the GUI (Striped, Yellow)
Support Tip: What Medium Size should be specified when formatting a tape medium?
Support Tip: Why is DP not using the full capacity of my LTO tape?
(DP) Support Tip: Virtual Tape Library devices with deduplication and concurrency.
Support Tip: How to avoid inconsistencies between the IDB and the D2D store?
(DP) Support Tip: SCSI Reserve / Release explained.
(DP) Support Tip: Limits on the number of parallel running objects and gateways during a B2D session
Support Tip: Debugging DPDUtils
Support Tip: StoreOnce store access permissions
Support Tip: Why are immutable media purged from the Internal DataBase?
Support Tip: Import of NetApp_CAB NDMP Server Type
Support Tip: Importing expired objects
GUI
(DP) Support Tip: Is it possible to connect a GUI to multiple cells?
Support Tip: Customize GUI view for Device Slots and Media
Support Tip: Media status and their icon in the GUI
Support Tip: Drive status in the GUI (Striped, Yellow)
Support Tip: Which user credentials can be used for GUI authentication?
Users
Support Tip: Properties of a Windows DP service account
Support Tip: Remember credentials given at Reporting Server installation time.
Backup & Restore
Support Tip: Usage of a description for easier object selection during restore
Support Tip: Omit deleted files
Support Tip: Load balancing
Support Tip: Disabling first treewalk on a Windows client
Support Tip: A restore is always restoring the situation of a specific point in time.
Support Tip: HOST versus WINFS/FILESYSTEM object
(DP) Support Tip: Limits on the number of parallel running objects and gateways during a B2D session
Support Tip: Order of Load Balanced devices
Support Tip: VM Power On and Live Migrate
Support Tip: Parallel Restore
Support Tip: Restore a file with TapeAnalyser
Support Tip: VEPA GRE request (web GUI method) staying "In Progress"
Support Tip: Backup & Restore ownership on Linux
Support Tip: Enhanced incremental backup
Object Operations
Support Tip: Manually running an Automated copy
Support Tip: Object copy cannot use a source-side gateway for reading.
Environment
Support Tip: OMNI_HOSTS environment parameter
Support Tip: Undesired debugs
Install
Support Tip: Uninstall client components
Support Tip: Installation log files on Windows
Support Tip: Files to keep for Cell Server recovery
Support Tip: Upgrade or Migrate?
IDB
Support Tip: Usage of "omnidb -filesearch"
Support Tip: How to avoid inconsistencies between the IDB and the D2D store?
(DP) Support Tip: Set protection explicitly for replicated objects
Support Tip: Why is my B2D medium not deleted while it is unprotected?
Support Tip: Import an object from a B2D store
Support Tip: Files to keep for Cell Server recovery
Support Tip: Why is a session still seen after the related objects have expired?
Support Tip: Importing expired objects
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