HP Data Protector A.06.10
Concepts guide
B6960-96035
Part number: B6960-96035
First edition: November 2008
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Contents
Publication history .............................................................. 21
About this guide ................................................................. 23
Intended audience ............................................................................................. 23
Documentation set ............................................................................................. 23
Guides ...................................................................................................... 23
Online Help ............................................................................................... 26
Documentation map .................................................................................... 27
Abbreviations ...................................................................................... 27
Map ................................................................................................... 28
Integrations ......................................................................................... 29
Document conventions and symbols ..................................................................... 31
Data Protector graphical user interface ................................................................. 32
General information .......................................................................................... 33
HP technical support .......................................................................................... 33
Subscription service ........................................................................................... 34
HP websites ...................................................................................................... 34
Documentation feedback .................................................................................... 34
1 About backup and Data Protector ...................................... 35
In this chapter ................................................................................................... 35
About Data Protector ......................................................................................... 35
Introducing backups and restores ......................................................................... 38
What is a backup? ..................................................................................... 38
What is a restore? ...................................................................................... 39
Backing up a network environment ................................................................ 39
Direct backup ............................................................................................. 40
Data Protector architecture .................................................................................. 40
Operations in the cell .................................................................................. 42
Backup sessions .......................................................................................... 43
Restore sessions ......................................................................................... 44
Enterprise environments ...................................................................................... 45
Splitting an environment into multiple cells ...................................................... 45
Concepts guide 3
Media management .......................................................................................... 48
Backup devices ................................................................................................. 49
User interfaces .................................................................................................. 50
Data Protector GUI ...................................................................................... 50
Data Protector Java GUI ........................................................................ 52
Overview of tasks to set up Data Protector ............................................................ 55
2 Planning your backup strategy .......................................... 57
In this chapter ................................................................................................... 57
Backup strategy planning ................................................................................... 58
Defining the requirements of a backup strategy ............................................... 58
Factors influencing your backup strategy ........................................................ 60
Preparing a backup strategy plan ................................................................. 60
Planning cells .................................................................................................... 62
One cell or multiple cells? ............................................................................ 62
Installing and maintaining client systems ........................................................ 64
Creating cells in the UNIX environment .......................................................... 64
Creating cells in the Windows environment .................................................... 65
Windows domains ............................................................................... 65
Windows workgroups ........................................................................... 66
Creating cells in a mixed environment ........................................................... 66
Geographically remote cells ......................................................................... 66
Understanding and planning performance ............................................................ 67
The infrastructure ......................................................................................... 67
Network versus local backups ................................................................ 67
Network or server versus direct backups .................................................. 68
Devices ............................................................................................... 68
High performance hardware other than devices ........................................ 69
Advanced high performance configuration .............................................. 69
Using hardware in parallel .................................................................... 69
Configuring backups and restores ................................................................. 70
Software compression ........................................................................... 70
Hardware compression ......................................................................... 70
Full and incremental backups ................................................................. 71
Disk image versus filesystem backups ...................................................... 71
Object distribution to media ................................................................... 71
Disk performance ........................................................................................ 72
SAN performance ....................................................................................... 73
Online database application performance ..................................................... 73
Planning security ............................................................................................... 73
Cells ......................................................................................................... 74
Data Protector users accounts ....................................................................... 74
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Data Protector user groups ........................................................................... 75
Data Protector user rights ............................................................................. 75
Visibility of backed up data .......................................................................... 76
Data encryption .......................................................................................... 76
How Data Protector AES 256-bit encryption works ................................... 76
How Data Protector drive-based encryption works ..................................... 77
Restore from encrypted backups ............................................................. 78
What is backup ownership? ......................................................................... 78
Clustering ......................................................................................................... 79
Cluster concepts ......................................................................................... 79
Cluster support ........................................................................................... 82
Example cluster environments ....................................................................... 83
Cell Manager installed outside a cluster .................................................. 83
Cell Manager installed outside a cluster, devices connected to the cluster
nodes ................................................................................................. 85
Cell Manager installed in a cluster, devices connected to the cluster
nodes ................................................................................................. 87
Full and incremental backups .............................................................................. 91
Full backups ............................................................................................... 92
Synthetic backup .................................................................................. 92
Incremental backups .................................................................................... 92
Conventional incremental backup ........................................................... 93
Enhanced incremental backup ................................................................ 93
Types of incremental backups ................................................................. 93
Considering restore ..................................................................................... 96
Keeping backed up data and information about the data ....................................... 99
Data protection ........................................................................................... 99
Catalog protection .................................................................................... 100
Logging level ........................................................................................... 100
Browsing files for restore ............................................................................ 100
Enabling the browsing of files and quick restore ..................................... 101
Enabling the restore of files, but not browsing ......................................... 101
Overwriting backed up files with new data ............................................ 101
Exporting media from a cell ................................................................. 102
Backing up data ............................................................................................. 102
Creating a backup specification .................................................................. 103
Selecting backup objects .......................................................................... 103
Backup sessions ........................................................................................ 105
Object mirrors .......................................................................................... 105
Media sets ............................................................................................... 105
Backup types and scheduled backups .......................................................... 105
Scheduling, backup configurations, and sessions ........................................... 106
Scheduling tips and tricks ........................................................................... 106
Concepts guide 5
When to schedule backups .................................................................. 107
Staggering full backups ....................................................................... 107
Optimizing for restore ......................................................................... 107
Automated or unattended operation ................................................................... 110
Considerations for unattended backups ....................................................... 110
Duplicating backed up data ............................................................................. 112
Copying objects ....................................................................................... 113
Why use object copy? ........................................................................ 116
Object mirroring ....................................................................................... 119
Copying media ........................................................................................ 122
Automated media copying ................................................................... 124
Smart media copying using VLS ........................................................... 124
Restoring data ................................................................................................ 125
Restore duration ........................................................................................ 125
Selection of the media set .......................................................................... 126
Selection of devices ................................................................................... 126
Operators are allowed to restore ................................................................ 127
End users are allowed to restore ................................................................. 128
Disaster recovery ............................................................................................. 128
Disaster recovery methods .......................................................................... 130
Alternative disaster recovery methods .................................................... 131
3 Media management and devices .................................... 133
In this chapter ................................................................................................. 133
Media management ........................................................................................ 133
Media life cycle .............................................................................................. 134
Media pools ................................................................................................... 135
Free pools ................................................................................................ 137
Media pool usage examples ...................................................................... 140
Implementing a media rotation policy .......................................................... 143
Media rotation and Data Protector ........................................................ 144
Media needed for rotation ................................................................... 144
Media management before backups begin ......................................................... 145
Initializing or formatting media ................................................................... 145
Labeling Data Protector media .................................................................... 145
Location field ............................................................................................ 146
Media management during backup sessions ....................................................... 147
Selecting media for backups ...................................................................... 147
Adding data to media during backup sessions .............................................. 148
Writing data to several media sets during backup ......................................... 150
Calculating media condition ....................................................................... 150
Media management after backup sessions .......................................................... 151
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Vaulting ................................................................................................... 151
Restoring from media in a vault ................................................................... 153
Devices .......................................................................................................... 153
Device lists and load balancing .................................................................. 155
How load balancing works .................................................................. 156
Device streaming and concurrency .............................................................. 156
Segment size ............................................................................................ 157
Block size ................................................................................................ 158
Number of disk agent buffers ..................................................................... 159
Device locking and lock names ................................................................... 159
Standalone devices .......................................................................................... 160
Small magazine devices ................................................................................... 161
Large libraries ................................................................................................. 162
Handling of media .................................................................................... 162
Size of a library ........................................................................................ 162
Sharing a library with other applications ..................................................... 163
Enter / eject mail slots ............................................................................... 163
Barcode support ....................................................................................... 163
Cleaning tape support ............................................................................... 164
Sharing a library with multiple systems ........................................................ 164
Data Protector and Storage Area Networks ......................................................... 170
Storage Area Networks ............................................................................. 171
Fibre Channel .......................................................................................... 172
Point-to-point topology ......................................................................... 173
Loop topology .................................................................................... 173
Switched topology .............................................................................. 174
Device sharing in SAN .............................................................................. 175
Configuring multiple paths to physical devices ........................................ 175
Device locking ................................................................................... 177
Indirect and Direct Library Access ............................................................... 178
Indirect Library Access ........................................................................ 178
Direct Library Access .......................................................................... 179
Device sharing in clusters ........................................................................... 180
Static drives ....................................................................................... 180
Floating drives ................................................................................... 181
4 Users and user groups ................................................... 183
In this chapter ................................................................................................. 183
Increased security for Data Protector users .......................................................... 183
Access to backed up data .......................................................................... 183
Users and user groups ..................................................................................... 184
Using predefined user groups ..................................................................... 185
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Data Protector user rights ........................................................................... 185
5 The Data Protector internal database ............................... 187
In this chapter ................................................................................................. 187
About the IDB ................................................................................................. 187
The IDB on the Windows Cell Manager ....................................................... 188
The IDB on the UNIX Cell Manager ............................................................. 189
The IDB in the Manager-of-Managers environment ......................................... 189
IDB architecture ............................................................................................... 189
Media Management Database (MMDB) ...................................................... 190
Catalog Database (CDB) ........................................................................... 191
Detail Catalog Binary Files (DCBF) .............................................................. 192
Session Messages Binary Files (SMBF) ......................................................... 193
Serverless Integrations Binary Files (SIBF) ...................................................... 194
IDB operation ................................................................................................. 194
During backup .......................................................................................... 194
During restore ........................................................................................... 195
During object copying or object consolidation .............................................. 195
Exporting media ....................................................................................... 195
Removing the detail catalog ...................................................................... 196
Filenames purge ....................................................................................... 196
File versions purge .................................................................................... 196
Overview of IDB management ........................................................................... 196
IDB growth and performance ............................................................................ 197
Key IDB growth and performance factors ..................................................... 197
IDB growth and performance: key tunable parameters ................................... 198
Logging level as an IDB key tunable parameter ...................................... 199
Catalog protection as an IDB key tunable parameter ............................... 201
Recommended usage of logging level and catalog protection .................. 201
IDB size estimation ................................................................................... 203
6 Service management ..................................................... 205
In this chapter ................................................................................................. 205
Overview ....................................................................................................... 205
Data Protector and service management ...................................................... 206
Native Data Protector functionality ..................................................................... 207
Application Response Measurement version 2.0 (ARM 2.0 API) ....................... 208
Integration with HP Operations Manager software ........................................ 210
SNMP traps ............................................................................................. 210
The monitor .............................................................................................. 210
Reporting and notification .......................................................................... 211
Event logging and notification .................................................................... 212
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Data Protector log files ........................................................................ 213
Windows application log ........................................................................... 213
Java-based online reporting ....................................................................... 213
Data Protector checking and maintenance mechanism ................................... 214
Central management, distributed environment ............................................... 214
Using the data provided by Data Protector ................................................... 214
Service management integrations ...................................................................... 215
Data Protector OM-R integration ................................................................. 215
Data Protector OM SIP .............................................................................. 217
7 How Data Protector operates .......................................... 219
In this chapter ................................................................................................. 219
Data Protector processes or services ................................................................... 219
Backup sessions .............................................................................................. 220
Scheduled and interactive backup sessions ................................................... 221
Backup session data flow and processes ...................................................... 221
Pre-exec and post-exec commands .............................................................. 223
Queuing of backup sessions ....................................................................... 224
Mount requests in backup sessions .............................................................. 224
Backing up with disk discovery ................................................................... 225
Restore sessions ............................................................................................... 225
Restore session data flow and processes ...................................................... 226
Queuing of restore sessions ........................................................................ 227
Mount requests in a restore session .............................................................. 228
Parallel restores ......................................................................................... 228
Fast multiple single file restore .................................................................... 229
Object copy sessions ....................................................................................... 229
Automated and interactive object copy sessions ............................................ 230
Object copy session data flow and processes ............................................... 230
Queuing of object copy sessions ................................................................. 232
Mount requests in an object copy session ..................................................... 232
Object consolidation sessions ........................................................................... 233
Automated and interactive object consolidation sessions ................................ 233
Object consolidation session data flow and processes ................................... 233
Queuing of object consolidation sessions ..................................................... 234
Mount requests in an object consolidation session ......................................... 235
Media management sessions ............................................................................ 235
Media management session data flow ......................................................... 235
8 Integration with database applications ............................. 237
In this chapter ................................................................................................. 237
Overview of database operation ....................................................................... 237
Concepts guide 9
Filesystem backup of databases and applications ................................................ 239
Online backup of databases and applications .................................................... 239
9 Direct backup ............................................................... 243
In this chapter ................................................................................................. 243
Overview ....................................................................................................... 243
Direct backup ........................................................................................... 244
Direct backup benefits ......................................................................... 245
How direct backup works ........................................................................... 245
Environment ....................................................................................... 246
About resolve ..................................................................................... 247
About XCopy ..................................................................................... 247
XCopy + Resolve ................................................................................ 248
Direct backup process flow ......................................................................... 248
Backup stages for data files ................................................................. 248
Restore .............................................................................................. 249
Requirements and support ................................................................................ 249
Supported configurations .................................................................................. 250
Three hosts: CM, application, Resolve .......................................................... 250
Two Hosts: Cell Manager/Resolve Agent and application .............................. 251
Basic configuration: single host ................................................................... 251
10 Disk backup ................................................................ 253
In this chapter ................................................................................................. 253
Overview ....................................................................................................... 253
Disk backup benefits ........................................................................................ 254
Data Protector disk-based devices ...................................................................... 255
11 Synthetic backup .......................................................... 257
In this chapter ................................................................................................. 257
Overview ....................................................................................................... 257
Synthetic backup benefits ................................................................................. 258
How Data Protector synthetic backup works ........................................................ 258
Synthetic backup and media space consumption ........................................... 260
Restore and synthetic backup ............................................................................ 260
How data protection periods affect restore from synthetic backup .................... 262
12 Split mirror concepts .................................................... 265
In this chapter ................................................................................................. 265
Overview ....................................................................................................... 265
Supported configurations .................................................................................. 269
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Local mirror - dual host .............................................................................. 269
Local mirror - single host ............................................................................ 270
Remote mirror ........................................................................................... 270
Local/remote mirror combination ................................................................ 272
Other configurations ................................................................................. 273
13 Snapshot concepts ....................................................... 275
In this chapter ................................................................................................. 275
Overview ....................................................................................................... 275
Storage virtualization ................................................................................. 275
Snapshot concepts .................................................................................... 276
Snapshot backup types .............................................................................. 278
Instant recovery ........................................................................................ 279
Replica set and replica set rotation .............................................................. 279
Types of snapshots .................................................................................... 279
Supported configurations .................................................................................. 281
Basic configuration: single disk array - dual host ........................................... 281
Other supported configurations ................................................................... 282
Other configurations ................................................................................. 286
14 Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy service .......................... 289
In this chapter ................................................................................................. 289
Overview ....................................................................................................... 289
Data Protector Volume Shadow Copy integration ................................................. 293
VSS filesystem backup and restore ..................................................................... 295
A Backup scenarios .......................................................... 297
In this appendix .............................................................................................. 297
Considerations ......................................................................................... 297
Company XYZ ................................................................................................ 299
Environment ............................................................................................. 299
Backup strategy requirements ..................................................................... 302
Proposed solution ...................................................................................... 303
Company ABC ................................................................................................ 313
Environment ............................................................................................. 313
Backup strategy requirements ..................................................................... 315
Proposed solution ...................................................................................... 317
B Further information ........................................................ 331
In this appendix .............................................................................................. 331
Backup generations ........................................................................................ 331
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Examples of automated media copying .............................................................. 332
Example 1: automated media copying of filesystem backups ........................... 333
Incr1 backup ..................................................................................... 333
Full backup ........................................................................................ 335
Example 2: automated media copying of Oracle database backups ................ 338
Full backup ........................................................................................ 339
Internationalization .......................................................................................... 340
Localization .............................................................................................. 340
File name handling ................................................................................... 341
Background ....................................................................................... 341
File name handling during backup ........................................................ 342
Browsing file names ............................................................................ 342
File name handling during restore ......................................................... 342
Glossary ......................................................................... 345
Index .............................................................................. 403
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Figures
Data Protector graphical user interface ............................................... 33 1
Backup process ............................................................................... 39 2
Restore process ............................................................................... 39 3
Network backup .............................................................................. 40 4
The Data Protector cell (physical view and logical view) ....................... 41 5
Backup or restore operation .............................................................. 43 6
Backup session ................................................................................ 44 7
Restore session ................................................................................ 44 8
Large Data Protector enterprise environment ........................................ 45 9
Single-point management of multiple cells ........................................... 46 10
Manager-of-Managers environment .................................................... 47 11
How backup specifications, devices, and media pools are related ......... 49 12
Using the Data Protector user interface ............................................... 50 13
Original Data Protector GUI .............................................................. 52 14
Data Protector Java GUI ................................................................... 52 15
Data Protector Java GUI architecture .................................................. 53 16
Backup session with AES 256-bit encryption ........................................ 77 17
Backup session with drive-based encryption ........................................ 78 18
Typical cluster ................................................................................. 80 19
Cell Manager installed outside a cluster ............................................. 84 20
Cell Manager installed outside a cluster, devices connected to the cluster
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nodes ............................................................................................ 86
Cell Manager installed in the cluster, devices connected to cluster
22
nodes ............................................................................................ 89
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Incremental backups ........................................................................ 95 23
Leveled incremental backups ............................................................. 95 24
Media needed to restore from simple and leveled incremental
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backups ......................................................................................... 98
Media needed to restore from leveled incremental backups ................... 98 26
Backup session .............................................................................. 102 27
Full backup with daily simple incremental backups ............................. 108 28
Full backup with daily level 1 incremental backups ............................. 109 29
Full backup with mixed incremental backups ..................................... 110 30
Object copy concept .................................................................... 114 31
Freeing media .............................................................................. 117 32
Demultiplexing a medium ............................................................... 118 33
Disk staging concept ..................................................................... 119 34
Object mirroring ............................................................................ 121 35
Free pools .................................................................................... 138 36
A simple one device/one media pool relation ................................... 140 37
Configuration of media pools for large libraries ................................. 141 38
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Multiple devices, single media pool ................................................. 142 39
Multiple devices, multiple media pools ............................................. 143 40
Multiple objects and sessions per medium, sequential writes ................ 149 41
Multiple objects and sessions per medium, concurrent writes ............... 149 42
Multiple media per session, multiple media per object ........................ 149 43
Each object written on a separate medium ........................................ 150 44
Data format .................................................................................. 158 45
Device locking and device names .................................................... 160 46
Connecting drives to multiple systems ............................................... 165 47
Sharing a SCSI library (robotics attached to a Data Protector Client
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System) ........................................................................................ 168
Sharing a SCSI library (robotics attached to an NDMP Server) ............ 169 49
Sharing an ADIC/GRAU or StorageTek ACS library ........................... 170 50
Storage Area Network ................................................................... 172 51
Loop initialization protocol .............................................................. 174 52
Example multipath configuration ...................................................... 176 53
Indirect Library Access ................................................................... 179 54
Direct Library Access ...................................................................... 180 55
IDB parts ...................................................................................... 190 56
The influence of logging level and catalog protection on IDB growth .... 199 57
Service management information flow .............................................. 207 58
Example of an IT service provider environment with service management
59
access through the client portal ....................................................... 215
Data Protector Reporter example ..................................................... 216 60
Operational error status report ........................................................ 217 61
Direct SIP integration example ......................................................... 218 62
Backup session information flow (1) .................................................. 222 63
Backup session information flow - multiple sessions ............................. 223 64
Restore session information flow ...................................................... 227 65
Parallel restore session flow ............................................................. 229 66
Object copy session information flow .............................................. 232 67
Relational database ....................................................................... 238 68
Data Protector integration with databases ......................................... 240 69
Direct backup architecture .............................................................. 246 70
Basic three host configuration .......................................................... 251 71
Synthetic backup ........................................................................... 259 72
Virtual full backup .......................................................................... 260 73
Full and incremental backups .......................................................... 261 74
Synthetic backup ........................................................................... 261 75
Regular synthetic backup ................................................................ 262 76
Synthetic backup and object copy .................................................... 262 77
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Split mirror backup concept ............................................................ 266 78
Local mirror - dual host (full performance, Zero Downtime Backup) ....... 269 79
Split mirror - remote mirror (LAN-free remote backup - data HA) ........... 271 80
Local/remote mirror combination (disaster recovery integrated backup
81
[Service HA - HP-UX only]) .............................................................. 272
Snapshot backup ........................................................................... 277 82
Single disk array - dual host (full performance, Zero Downtime
83
Backup) ........................................................................................ 281
Multiple disk arrays - dual host ........................................................ 282 84
Multiple application hosts - single backup host .................................. 283 85
Disk array(s) - single host ................................................................ 284 86
LVM mirroring - HP StorageWorks Virtual Array only .......................... 285 87
Campus Cluster with LVM Mirroring - HP StorageWorks Virtual Array
88
only ............................................................................................. 286
Actors of the traditional backup model ............................................. 292 89
Actors of the VSS backup model ...................................................... 292 90
Current XYZ backup topology .......................................................... 300 91
Proposed XYZ backup topology ....................................................... 305 92
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Input parameters ........................................................................... 306 93
Results .......................................................................................... 306 94
Current ABC Cape Town backup topology ........................................ 314 95
ABC enterprise environment ............................................................ 318 96
ABC Cape Town enterprise backup environment ................................ 321 97
Input parameters ........................................................................... 322 98
Results .......................................................................................... 322 99
Backup generations ....................................................................... 332 100
Incr1 backup and automated media copying .................................... 335 101
Full backup and automated media copying ....................................... 337 102
Overview of backup and automated media copy sessions ................... 338 103
Full database backup and automated media copying ......................... 339 104
Overview of backup and automated media copy sessions ................... 340 105
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Tables
Edition history ................................................................................. 21 1
Document conventions ...................................................................... 31 2
Backup behavior ............................................................................. 85 3
Backup behavior ............................................................................. 87 4
Backup behavior ............................................................................. 90 5
Comparison of full and incremental backup ........................................ 91 6
Relative referencing of backup runs .................................................... 95 7
The staggered approach ................................................................ 107 8
Data Protector data duplication methods .......................................... 112 9
Required Data Protector Media Agent for drive control ....................... 166 10
Required Data Protector Media Agent for robotic control ..................... 167 11
Data Protector predefined user groups .............................................. 185 12
ARM functionality .......................................................................... 209 13
Benefits of using VSS ..................................................................... 293 14
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Hardware and software environment of XYZ ...................................... 299 15
Proposed environment .................................................................... 303 16
The staggering approach ................................................................ 308 17
Remote full backups to the HP DLT 4115 library .................................. 309 18
Size of backup environment ............................................................ 313 19
Maximum acceptable downtime for recovery .................................... 315 20
How long data should be kept ........................................................ 316 21
Amount of data to be backed up ..................................................... 316 22
Amount of data to be backed up in five years ................................... 317 23
ABC cell configuration ................................................................... 319 24
ABC’s Media Pool Usage ............................................................... 325 25
The Staggering Approach for ABC Cape Town .................................. 326 26
ABC’s backup specification configuration ......................................... 327 27
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Publication history
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Table 1 Edition history
Product Guide edition Part number
Data Protector Release A.05.00 August 2002 B6960-90059
Data Protector Release A.05.10 May 2003 B6960-90080
Data Protector Release A.05.50 October 2004 B6960-90105
Data Protector Release A.06.00 August 2006 B6960-96001
Data Protector Release A.06.10 November 2008 B6960-96035
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Publication history 22
About this guide
This guide describes Data Protector concepts. Read this manual to fully understand
the fundamentals and the model of Data Protector.
Intended audience
This guide is intended for users interested in understanding the concepts of Data
Protector operation and for people who plan company backup strategies. Depending
on the required level of detail, you can also use this manual together with the Data
Protector online Help.
Documentation set
Other documents and online Help provide related information.
Guides
Data Protector guides are available in printed format and in PDF format. Install the
PDF files during the Data Protector setup procedure by selecting the English
Documentation & Help component on Windows or the OB2-DOCS component
on UNIX. Once installed, the guides reside in the Data_Protector_home\docs
directory on Windows and in the /opt/omni/doc/C directory on UNIX.
You can find these documents from the Manuals page of the HP Business Support
Center website:
http://www.hp.com/support/manuals
In the Storage section, click Storage Software and then select your product.
• HP Data Protector concepts guide
This guide describes Data Protector concepts and provides background information
on how Data Protector works. It is intended to be used with the task-oriented
online Help.
Concepts guide 23
• HP Data Protector installation and licensing guide
This guide describes how to install the Data Protector software, taking into account
the operating system and architecture of your environment. This guide also gives
details on how to upgrade Data Protector, as well as how to obtain the proper
licenses for your environment.
• HP Data Protector troubleshooting guide
This guide describes how to troubleshoot problems you may encounter when
using Data Protector.
• HP Data Protector disaster recovery guide
This guide describes how to plan, prepare for, test and perform a disaster
recovery.
• HP Data Protector integration guides
These guides describe how to configure and use Data Protector to back up and
restore various databases and applications. They are intended for backup
administrators or operators. There are four guides:
• HP Data Protector integration guide for Microsoft applications: SQL Server,
SharePoint Portal Server, Exchange Server, and Volume Shadow Copy Service
This guide describes the integrations of Data Protector with the following
Microsoft applications: Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and
Volume Shadow Copy Service.
• HP Data Protector integration guide for Oracle and SAP
This guide describes the integrations of Data Protector with Oracle, SAP R3,
and SAP DB/MaxDB.
• HP Data Protector integration guide for IBM applications: Informix, DB2, and
Lotus Notes/Domino
This guide describes the integrations of Data Protector with the following IBM
applications: Informix Server, IBM DB2, and Lotus Notes/Domino Server.
• HP Data Protector integration guide for VMware Virtual Infrastructure, Sybase,
Network Node Manager, and Network Data Management Protocol Server
This guide describes the integrations of Data Protector with VMware Virtual
Infrastructure, Sybase, Network Node Manager, and Network Data
Management Protocol Server.
• HP Data Protector integration guide for HP Service Information Portal
This guide describes how to install, configure, and use the integration of Data
Protector with HP Service Information Portal. It is intended for backup
administrators. It discusses how to use the application for Data Protector service
management.
About this guide 24
• HP Data Protector integration guide for HP Reporter
This manual describes how to install, configure, and use the integration of Data
Protector with HP Reporter. It is intended for backup administrators. It discusses
how to use the application for Data Protector service management.
• HP Data Protector integration guide for HP Operations Manager for UNIX
This guide describes how to monitor and manage the health and performance of
the Data Protector environment with HP Operations Manager and HP Service
Navigator on UNIX.
• HP Data Protector integration guide for HP Operations Manager for Windows
This guide describes how to monitor and manage the health and performance of
the Data Protector environment with HP Operations Manager and HP Service
Navigator on Windows.
• HP Data Protector integration guide for HP Performance Manager and HP
Performance Agent
This guide provides information about how to monitor and manage the health
and performance of the Data Protector environment with HP Performance Manager
(PM) and HP Performance Agent (PA) on Windows, HP-UX, Solaris, and Linux.
• HP Data Protector zero downtime backup concepts guide
This guide describes Data Protector zero downtime backup and instant recovery
concepts and provides background information on how Data Protector works in
a zero downtime backup environment. It is intended to be used with the
task-oriented HP Data Protector zero downtime backup administrator's guide and
the HP Data Protector zero downtime backup integration guide .
• HP Data Protector zero downtime backup administrator's guide
This guide describes how to configure and use the integration of Data Protector
with HP StorageWorks Virtual Array, HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array,
EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility and TimeFinder, and HP StorageWorks
Disk Array XP. It is intended for backup administrators or operators. It covers the
zero downtime backup, instant recovery, and the restore of filesystems and disk
images.
• HP Data Protector zero downtime backup integration guide
This guide describes how to configure and use Data Protector to perform zero
downtime backup, instant recovery, and standard restore of Oracle, SAP R/3,
Microsoft Exchange Server, and Microsoft SQL Server databases. The guide also
describes how to configure and use Data Protector to perform backup and restore
using the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service.
• HP Data Protector MPE/iX system user guide
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This guide describes how to configure MPE/iX clients and how to back up and
restore MPE/iX data.
• HP Data Protector Media Operations user's guide
This guide provides tracking and management of offline storage media. It describes
the tasks of installing and configuring the application, performing daily media
operations and producing reports.
• HP Data Protector product announcements, software notes, and references
This guide gives a description of new features of HP Data Protector A.06.10. It
also provides information on supported configurations (devices, platforms and
online database integrations, SAN, and ZDB), required patches, and limitations,
as well as known problems and workarounds. An updated version of the supported
configurations is available at http://www.hp.com/support/manuals.
• HP Data Protector product announcements, software notes, and references for
integrations to HP Operations Manager, HP Reporter, HP Performance Manager,
HP Performance Agent, and HP Service Information Portal
This guide fulfills a similar function for the listed integrations.
• HP Data Protector Media Operations product announcements, software notes,
and references
This guide fulfills a similar function for Media Operations.
• HP Data Protector command line interface reference
This guide describes the Data Protector command-line interface, command options
and their usage as well as provides some basic command-line examples.
Online Help
Data Protector provides context-sensitive (F1) Help and Help Topics for Windows
and UNIX platforms.
You can access the online Help from the top-level directory on the installation
DVD-ROM without installing Data Protector:
•
Windows:
•
UNIX:
system through DP_help.htm .
Unzip DP_help.zip and open DP_help.chm .
Unpack the zipped tar file DP_help.tar.gz , and access the online Help
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Documentation map
Abbreviations
Abbreviations in the documentation map that follows are explained below. The guide
titles are all preceded by the words “HP Data Protector”.
Guide Abbreviation
Command line interface reference CLI
Concepts guide Concepts
Disaster recovery guide DR
Getting started guide GS
Online Help Help
IG-IBM
IG-MS
IG-PM/PA
IG-Var
Integration guide for IBM applications: Informix, DB2, and Lotus
Notes/Domino
Integration guide for Microsoft applications: SQL Server, SharePoint
Portal Server, Exchange Server, and Volume Shadow Copy Service
Integration guide for Oracle and SAP IG-O/S
Integration guide for HP Operations Manager for UNIX IG-OMU
Integration guide for HP Operations Manager for Windows IG-OMW
Integration guide for HP Performance Manager and HP Performance
Agent
Integration guide for HP Reporter IG-Report
Integration guide for HP Service Information Portal IG-SIP
Integration guide for VMware Virtual Infrastructure, Sybase, Network
Node Manager, and Network Data Management Protocol Server
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Guide Abbreviation
Installation and licensing guide Install
Media Operations getting started guide MO GS
Map
MO RN
Media Operations product announcements, software notes, and
references
Media Operations user guide MO UG
MPE/iX system user guide MPE/iX
Product announcements, software notes, and references PA
Troubleshooting guide Trouble
ZDB administrator's guide ZDB Admin
ZDB concepts guide ZDB Concept
ZDB integration guide ZDB IG
The following table shows where to find information of different kinds. Shaded squares
are a good place to look first.
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Integrations
Look in these guides for details of the following integrations:
Guide Integration
IG-OMU, IG-OMW HP Operations Manager for UNIX/for Windows
IG-PM/PA HP Performance Manager
IG-PM/PA HP Performance Agent
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Guide Integration
IG-R HP Reporter
IG-SIP HP Service Information Portal
all ZDB HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP
all ZDB HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA)
all ZDB HP StorageWorks Virtual Array (VA)
IG-IBM IBM DB2 UDB
IG-IBM Informix
IG-IBM Lotus Notes/Domino
MO User Media Operations
MPE/iX MPE/iX system
IG-MS, ZDB IG Microsoft Exchange Server
IG-MS Microsoft Exchange Single Mailbox
IG-MS, ZDB IG Microsoft SQL Server
IG-MS, ZDB IG Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
IG-Var NDMP Server
IG-Var Network Node Manager (NNM)
IG-O/S Oracle
ZDB IG Oracle ZDB
IG-O/S SAP DB
IG-O/S, ZDB IG SAP R/3
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