I thought I'd share this Top Tip. It is reasonably well documented, but a classic thing you'd often miss.
If you're finding that "System State" and "Bare Metal Recovery" items are frequently sitting in a "replica is inconsistent" state ...which happens a lot on Windows 2008 system... then the chances are you've not got "Windows Server Backup" as an installed feature on the server you're backing up (the protected server).
It's dead simple to sort, run Server Manager, click Add Feature, check "Windows Server Backup" and wait for it to install - job done - run a consistency check and they'll be sorted and work thereafter.
Of course, why the DPM installer doesn't just install this (or at least prompt) as part of the roll out since it is basically a dependency is anyones guess...
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Thanks - I wouldn't have guessed this in a hurry. That's exactly what the issue was for me. Backups are going well, now. :-)
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