HP Data Protector Express Basic-Software User Manual

Data Protector Express User’s Guide

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Contents

Beforeyoubegin ......................... 9

Intendedaudience..................................... 9

Editions ......................................... 9

Relateddocumentation................................... 9

Documentconventionsandsymbols ............................. 9

Releasenotes....................................... 10

HPtechnicalsupport.................................... 10

1Overview ........................... 13

Concepts......................................... 13

ASimple,ImmediateBackup ................................ 15

RestoretoaDifferentLocation................................ 16

2 Administering Backup ...................... 19

UsingtheAdministrator................................... 19

DataProtectorExpressAdministrator ........................... 19

Propertypages .................................... 20

Openingpropertypages.............................. 20

Missingfeatures.................................... 20

UsingQuickAccessfromTaskbar .............................. 21

ViewingDataProtectorExpressstatus........................... 21

AccessingDataProtectorExpressfunctions ........................ 22

Jobs....................................... 22

Alerts ...................................... 22

Logs....................................... 22

SettingsandOtherCommands ............................. 23

Settings ..................................... 23

OtherCommands ................................. 23

AbouttheDataProtectorExpressService ........................... 24

MicrosoftWindowsandtheDataProtectorExpressService ................. 24

LinuxandtheDataProtectorExpressDaemon ....................... 24

3BackupJobs .......................... 25

SelectingFiles....................................... 25

Marking ﬁles ..................................... 25

SelectingDevices ..................................... 26

Encryption ........................................ 26

Conﬁguration....................................... 26

ScheduleSettings ................................... 26

Scheduletype................................... 26

Starttime..................................... 26

RotationtypeandSets ............................... 27

Type of ﬁxedrotation................................ 27

ModeSettings..................................... 27

Backupmode................................... 27

AutoVerifymode ................................. 28

Writemode.................................... 28

SplitFile ..................................... 28

ScheduledDates.................................... 29

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IntervalSettings .................................... 29

Mediatobeused ................................... 29

Autoformat...................................... 29

Autoformatmode................................. 29

Newmedialocation................................ 30

Movemediatonewmedialocationonoverwrite.................... 30

Renamemediatonewmedianameonoverwrite.................... 30

NewMediaName ................................ 30

AdvancedSettings..................................... 30

AdvancedOptions................................... 30

Settingsforallplatforms .............................. 31

SettingsforWindows................................ 31

LogOptions ..................................... 31

Execution....................................... 31

BarcodeFilter..................................... 32

CopyPolicies ..................................... 32

4RestoreandVerifyJobs...................... 33

SelectingFiles....................................... 33

SelectingFiles..................................... 33

SelectingVersions................................... 33

Restoring folders compared with restoring ﬁles..................... 34

RestoringFileswithNewNamesandLocations....................... 34

Restoring a ﬁlewithanewname........................... 34

Restoring ﬁlesandfolderstoadifferentfolder ..................... 35

SelectingDevices ..................................... 35

Conﬁguration....................................... 35

AdvancedSettings..................................... 35

AdvancedOptions................................... 35

AdvancedRestoreOptions ............................. 35

AdvancedVerifyOptions.............................. 36

LogOptions ..................................... 37

Execution....................................... 37

BarcodeFilter..................................... 37

5WorkingWithDevices . ..................... 39

SelectingDevicesinJobs.................................. 39

DeviceProperties ..................................... 39

DeviceCommands..................................... 40

SharingstoragedevicesonaSAN.............................. 43

6WorkingwithTapeLibraries ................... 45

Installation and Conﬁguration................................ 45

BarcodesandMIC(memoryincartridge)........................... 46

BarcodeFilters ...................................... 46

InitializationProcess .................................... 46

MediaManagement.................................... 47

7Scheduling,Rotations,andMediaManagement........... 49

BackupScheduleConsiderations............................... 50

SchedulingConcepts.................................... 50

MediaSets...................................... 50

Intervals ....................................... 50

ImplicationsforRestoringData............................ 51

MediaRotationTypes ................................... 52

NoRotationType ................................... 52

FixedRotationTypes .................................. 52

DailyAppend..................................... 52

SimpleandGFSRotationTypes ............................. 53

Custom........................................ 53

Comparingrotationtypes................................ 53

RunningJobswithRotations................................. 53

8EncryptionandCompression ................... 55

Encryption ........................................ 55

CryptographicAlgorithms................................ 55

Passphrase ...................................... 56

EncryptionOptions .................................. 56

Compression ....................................... 57

KeyManagement ..................................... 57

9WorkingwithThird-PartyApplications ............... 59

MicrosoftExchangeServer ................................. 59

ConﬁguringaMicrosoftExchangeServer ......................... 59

BackingupMicrosoftExchangeServer .......................... 60

RestoringMicrosoftExchangeDatabases ......................... 61

DisasterRecoverywithMicrosoftExchangeServer ..................... 62

WorkingwithMicrosoftSQLServer.............................. 64

MicrosoftSQLserverconcepts.............................. 64

ConﬁguringtheMicrosoftSQLServer........................... 65

BackupingupMicrosoftSQLServer............................ 66

MicrosoftSQLServerDatabasesandthebackupmode ................. 66

UsingDataProtectorExpresswithSQLServer’sBackupRoutine.............. 66

RestoringMicrosoftSQLServer ............................. 67

RestoringMicrosoftSQLServeruserdatabases....................... 67

RestoringMicrosoftSQLServermasterdatabases...................... 69

ProtectingMicrosoftWindowsSharePointServices ....................... 69

WindowsSharePointServicesprotectionconcepts ..................... 69

ProtectingWindowsSharePointServices ......................... 69

RestoringSharePointServices .............................. 70

UsingDisasterRecoverywithWindowsSharePointServices ................. 71

Working with CertiﬁcateServices .............................. 71

10 Disast er Re cove ry ....................... 73

Bootabledevices ..................................... 73

Importantguidelines .................................... 74

Media........................................ 74

Replacinghardware .................................. 74

CreatetheDisasterRecoveryBackup............................. 74

Createfullbackup................................... 75

Createbootablemedia................................. 75

Whentocreatenewbootablemedia........................... 76

TestingDisasterRecoveryMedia............................... 76

RecoveringFromaDisaster ................................. 77

DisasterrecoveryforolderWindowsandLinux....................... 77

DisasterRecoverywithLibraries ........................... 79

RecoverSystemState(Windowsonly)......................... 79

RecoverWindowsActiveDirectory(Windowsonly)................... 80

DisasterrecoveryfornewerWindows........................... 80

Limitations ........................................ 82

11AdvancedJobOptions ..................... 83

JobLogoptions ...................................... 83

LogType....................................... 83

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Log ﬁleformats .................................... 83

Save log to a ﬁle ................................... 83

E-maillog ...................................... 84

Auditing ....................................... 84

Execution......................................... 84

PreExecutionCommands................................ 84

PostExecutionCommands................................ 84

Logs......................................... 85

DomainLevelBarcodeFilters ................................ 85

Filterrules ...................................... 85

12 B a cku p D o main C o nﬁguration .................. 87

E-mailSettings....................................... 87

ExecutionOptions..................................... 87

BarcodeFilter....................................... 87

PerformanceSettings.................................... 87

AlertSettings ....................................... 88

ClientUpgradeSettings .................................. 88

DomainSecurity...................................... 88

Options ....................................... 88

SettingaUserPassword ................................ 88

Index .............................. 91

Figures

BasicArchitecture................................ 13

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Tables

Iconviewingstatus ............................... 21

Creatingjobs ................................. 22

Elementstatus ................................. 40

Log ﬁleformats................................. 83

Before you begin

Intended audience

This guide is intended for new and experienced users of Data Protector Express and Data Protector Express Basic. For new users, chapter 1 introduces the concepts and architecture of Data Protector Express and Chapter 2 demonstrates the process of completing the ﬁrst backup job and ﬁrst restore job. Subsequent chapters explain the more advanced features of D ata Protector Express.

Editions

This guide de feature edit Data Protector Express Basic.

NOTE:

Data Protector Express Basic can be upgraded to Data Protector Express with the purchase of the appropriate license key from your HP partner.

Related documentation

scribes the features of Data Protector Express. Data Protector Express Basic is a reduced

ion of Data Protector Express. Not all of the features described in this guide are available in

The /doc directory on the Data Protector Express CD-ROM contains the following printable documentation:

• AShortGuidetoSuccessfulTapeBackup

• ESD and Webware License Mangement Guide

NOTE:

To view or print this documentation, Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 4.0 or higher) must be installed on your Windows or X Window (Linux) computer. If not currently installed, you can install it from the Adobe Acrobat Reader website at h

You can ﬁnd these documents from the Storage Software pag e of the HP Business Support Center website:

ttp://www.hp.com/support/manuals

ttp://www. adobe.com.

Document conventions and symbols

Convention

Blue text: Document conventions and symbols Cross-reference links and e-mail a ddresses

Blue, underlined text: http://www.website.com

Bold text

Element

Website addresses

• Keys that are pressed

• Text typed into a GUI element, such as a box

• GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such as

menuandlistitems,buttons,tabs,andcheckboxes

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Convention

Italic text Text emphasis

Monospace text

Element

• File and directory names

• System output

• Code

• Commands, their arguments, and argument values

Monospace, italic text

WARNING!

Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in data loss.

CAUTION:

Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data.

IMPORTANT:

Provides clarifying information or speciﬁc instructions.

NOTE:

Provides additional information.

TIP:

Provides helpful hints and shortcuts.

• Code variables

• Command variables

Release notes

Release notes are included with every release and service pa ck. Before using Data Protector Express, please read the release notes for additional information. The release notes are available in HTML format in the root directory of the Data Protector Express CD-ROM.

HP technical support

For worldwide technical support information, see the HP support website:

ttp://www.hp.com/support

Before contacting HP, collect the following information:

• Product model names and numbers

• Technical support registration number (if applicable)

• Product serial numbers

• Error messages

Before you begin

• Operating system type and revision level

• Detailed questions

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Before you begin

1Overview

In this chapter

•Concepts

• A Simple, Immediate Backup

• Restore to a Different Location

WARNING!

Data Protector Express security is disabled at installation to simplify the evaluation process. When installing the product in a production environment we recommend, at a minimum, that you set a user password for the Admin user. Doing so will result in the Administrator prompting the user for a password before starting. See Setting a User Password for details.

Concepts

Data Protector Express is designed to operate within your existing network to protect your vital data. Each machine that will be protected must have Data Protector Express installed. One machine acts as the Backup Server which houses the catalog andestablishesaBackupDomain. Othermachinesbecome clients of the Backup Domain by identifying themselves as clients of the Backup Server during installation.

DataProtectorExpresscanbackupdatafromclientsoveranetworktoabackupdeviceattachedtoa remove machine. A client with an attached device acts as a Media Server.

When a machine is being backed up or restored it is operating the client role. When it is providing access to a backup device it is operating as a Media Server. And when a machine is hosting the catalog it is operating as the Backup Server. A single machine can operate in one or more roles at the same time.

Data on client machines is read and written with agents such as the File System, Windows System State, Microsoft SQL, and Microsoft Exchange agents. The conﬁguration of agents is done on a client by client basis.

A typical installation of Data Protector Express may look like Figure 1 below.

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Terminology

The following terminology is used throughout this document ...

• Clients—Aclie

Server. This includes ﬁle servers, application servers, and user PCs (desktops and laptops). All client computers must have Data Protector Express installed. For licensing purposes, clients are classiﬁed as being server or workstation class machines. All clients are considered to be server class client

• Backup Domain— A Backup Domain is a collection of computers and backup devices that is

managed together as a group. A Backup Domain can encompass an entire company or ea ch department c resources i centrally managed from a single Data Protector Express interface. Each ﬁle server, application server, user PC, and attached peripherals such as backup devices can be the member of only one Backup Domain. Each Backup Domain has one and only one Backup Server.

NOTE:

A Backup Domain is completely independent of any Windows Active Directory domain.

The Data Protector Express administrator can administer more than one Backup Domain from asinglecomputer. However,theDataProtectorExpressinterfacecannotmanagemorethan one Backup Domain at the same time. The administrator must log off of one Backup Domain and log into another.

• Backup Server— Each Backup Domain has one and only one Backup Server. The Backup Server

is responsible for coordinating the backup activities of all other machines in the Backup Domain. All license information is also contained on the Backup Server.

• Catalog— A catalog is a special-purpose database that c ontains all the information about a

Backup Domain. There is one and only one catalog for each Backup Domain. The catalog must reside on the Backup Server machine.

• Job— A job is an object stored in the catalog that represents the settings for a task the user has

conﬁgured. Jobs come in one of four types: backup, restore, verify, and copy media.

• Backup devices— A backup device is any device to which ﬁles can be backed up. This includes

tape drives, tape libraries, hard disks (as virtual tape libraries), and Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. Backup devices are attached to media servers. Each Backup Domain must have at least one backup device, such as a tape device, tape library, virtual library, or CD device. This backup device can belong to only one Backup Domain; it cannot be shared among multiple domains. However, a Backup Domain could have multiple backup devices.

• Media Server— A media server is any machine in the Backup Domain to which a backup device

is attached. Any machine in the Backup Domain can act as a m edia server. There can be multiple media servers in a Backup Domain. The media server allows its attached backup devices to be shared by all the machines in the same Backup Domain

• Media—Backedupﬁles are written to media. Media can be a physical tape or a virtual “tape”

in a virtual tape library on a disk drive. Media cannot be used in another Backup Doma in without importing the media into the other Backup Domain.

• Media Rotation — Rotations are a means of efﬁciently using you available media to maintain

data history. When using a rotation your backups alternate among a set of multiple media, reusing older media when necessary. The type of media rotation you select is based on how often you want to back up your data, how long you want to retain the data, and the number of media you want to use.

• Disaster Recovery (D R) — Disaster Recovery is the process of restoring a machine that has suffered

a catastrophic failure such as hardware failure or critical system data loss. The recovery process entails reformatting the affected system’s hard drive and restoring the operating system, system settings, applications, and data from a backup. This feature replaces the traditional tedious task

Figure 1 Basic Architecture

nt is any computer (or Machine) in the Backup Domain other than the Backup

s unless they are running Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7.

ould be a separate domain, even though they are all on the same network. All

n a Backup Domain can be accessed by all members of the Backup Domain and

Overview

of ﬁnding installation disks, installing operating systems and applications, patching them and restoring data with a simple restore process directly from backups.

• Full System Recovery — Full system recovery is the process of recovering all of the data on a

machine. ItdiffersfromDRinthatafullsystemrecoverydoesnotreformatthedisksprior to restoring the data.

A Simple, Immediate Backup

We will do a simple backup of selected ﬁles to a local backup device. This will illustrate many of the backup featu this may be all that is needed. Organizations with more complex needs can use this simple backup as a starting point for exploring the other capabilities of Data Protector Express.

1. Make sure the device is powered up and insert a blank piece of media. You do not need to format

the media. Data Protector Express will do that, if necessary, when it runs the job.

2. Start the A

Backup icon to start creating a backup job.

3. Enter a job name, such as “My First Backup” and click OK. The job name is simply a friendly

name used to identify each job.

4. Now you ar

and ﬁle sy to be backed up. By checking the box next to a folder we are selecting all its subfolders and the ﬁles in them.

res available in Data Protector Express. For many organizations, a simple backup such as

dministrator. The initial view will show a list of tasks to choose from. Double-click the

e ready to select folders and ﬁles for backup. Navigate down the network, machine

stem to locate the ﬁles that you wish to back up. Check the box to select the ﬁles/folders

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The top l tasks av values s

5. Now you need to select your device for backup. Click on the Devices link in the Task bar.

You can click on the + to the left of a device type (e.g., Tape Devices) to display all available devices of that type. If not already selected, select the device you want to use for this backup by clicking the associated checkbox. The D evice View allows you to locate and select devices by type, regardless of where they are in the network. The Network view allows you to locate select devices on speciﬁc machines. Select a class of decide, like Tape Devices, will conﬁgure the job to use all tape devices available when the job runs even in the drive was not available when the job was created.

6. Click on the Encryption link in the Task bar if you want to change the default encryption or

compression settings. By default, encryption is off and compression is on. For more information, see Chapter 8.

NOTE:

This option should be used with care. It requires an encryption passphrase. If you lose the passphrase, you will not be able to recover your data.

eft section of the property page is called the Task bar. It shows the different conﬁguration ailable to fully conﬁgure a job. Default values are supplied for many of the conﬁguration o you don’t have to visit all of them. Your current position is highlighted by a bold label.

7. Click on the Conﬁguration link to see the job settings, the media that the job will use and how the

media will be formatted. For this example, accept the default settings. For more information on backup job options, see Conﬁguration.

8. You may ignore the Advanced options for this example.

9. Click OK to complete the backup job conﬁguration. Click Yes at the prompt to see the new job

(command) in your Home folder.

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10. Select the new job object and click the Run button on the Command bar to start the job. Hold the

cursor over the Data Protector Express icon (the Quick Access program) in the Windows System tray, normally in the bottom right corner of your screen. You can see that the job is running.

NOTE:

During execution of the job you may notice a ﬂashingredbuttoninthelowerrightportionofthescreen. This indicates an that requires your intervention. Click the button to open the alert details and resolve the issue.

NOTE:

The Quick Access program is installed and available on all clients but it only runs automatically on the Backup Server.

11. The status of th

Alternately, click on the Status and Logs link in the top left hand area — the Navigation bar.For more detailed information click on Status in the Command bar. The job’s property page will o pen and show the status of the running job.

12. It is a good practice to check the logs after a job runs to ensure that there were no problems. Click

Status and Logs in the Navigation bar. Locate your job in the list, click on the + sign to expand the job and select the most recent run. The property pane will show the ﬁrs page of the job log. To see theentirel

13. Select the l

that every when you ha

14. You h ave n

Once you have created your backup (or any) job, it can be quickly and easily located again in your Home folder.

NOTE:

With the settings in this tutorial, this job will overwrite the media when you run it again. If you do not wish this to happen, you need to select a Write Mode of Append to all media in the Modes section of the Conﬁguration page.

e job is visible in the lower left hand pane, the Info bar, of the Administrator.

og, click the View Log button in the Command bar.

og entry for the backup job and double-click to open it. Scroll through the log to check

thing is O K. If the Next button is bold, there are additional pages to check. Click Close

ve ﬁnished reading the log.

ow created and run your ﬁrsttapebackupjob.

Restore to a Different Location

We will do a simple restore of selected ﬁles from the backup media we created in the previous step. This will illustrate many of the restore features available in Data Protector Express.

1. Makesurethedeviceispoweredupandinsertthebackupmediaintoit.

2. Select Tasks in the Navigation bar and double click the Restore icon.

3. Enter a name for the restore job, such as “My First Restore” and click OK.

4. Now you are ready to select folders and ﬁles for restore.

Navigate down the network, machine and ﬁle system to locate the ﬁles that you included in your ﬁrst backup. In this view, only ﬁles and folders that have b een backed up will appear. Check the b ox to select the ﬁles/folders to be restored. By checking the box next to a folder, we are selecting all its subfolders and the ﬁles in them.

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5. For this ﬁrst restore job, we want to restore the ﬁles to a different location. This will allow you to

compare the original ﬁles with the restored ﬁles.

To do this task, we need the m ove functionality. Click on the Move icon in the Tool bar.

We recommend that you create a new folder to hold the restored ﬁles. In the Select destination for move operation dialog, select the C: drive, click on the New command, enter a name for your newly restored folder and click OK.

Select the new folder as the destination for the move operation a nd click OK.

Your new folder is now visible under the C: drive. Expand the folder to see how the ﬁles will be visible af ter the restore job is ﬁnished. You can reﬁne the restore selection by clicking in the boxes to select or deselect the required folders and ﬁ les. Only the selected folders and ﬁles will be restored.

Asyounavigatetherestoreviewyouwillseealistofﬁle and folder versions at the bottom of the view. That list represents each backup that the selected object was backed up in. When multiple versions of a ﬁle have been backed up, they will appear in this list and can be selected. If you don’t select an item in the version list, the most recently backed up version will be restored.

6. Selectthedevicecontainingyourbackup. ClickontheDevices link in the Task bar as in the

conﬁguration of the backup job.

7. You may ignore the Conﬁguration and Advanced links for this example.

8. Click OK to complete the job conﬁguration. Click Yes attheprompttoseethenewjob(command)

in your Home folder.

9. Select the new job object and click the Run b utton on the Command bar to start the job. If you have

installed the Quick Access Control, hold the cursor over the Data Protector Express icon in the Windows System tray, normally in the bottom right corner of your screen. You can see that the job is running.

NOTE:

10. The status of the job is visible in the lower left hand pane, the Info bar, of the Administrator.

11. It is a good practice to check the logs after a job runs to ensure that there were no problems. Click

Status and Logs in the Navigation bar. Locate your job in the list, click on the + sign to expand the job and select the most recent run. The property pane will show the ﬁrst page of the job log. To see theentirelog,clicktheView Log button in the Command bar.

12. Select the log entry for the restore job and double-click to open it. Scroll through the log to check that

everything is OK. If the Next button is bold, there are additional pages to check. Click Close when you have ﬁnished reading the log.

13. You have now created and ru n you r ﬁrst restore job.

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2 Administering Backup

In this chapter

• Using the Administrator

• Using Quick Access from Taskbar

• About the Data Protector Express Service

The entire Backup Domain can be managed and monitored centrally. The Administrator is the primary interface for administering the Backup Domain. The program displays a n icon in the system taskbar and gives you a quicker way to perform the most comm on administrative operations.

Using the Administrator

Data Protector Express is designed to be easy to use. This section will familiarize you with the Data Protector Express user interface and service.

Data Protector Express Administrator

The Data Protector Express Administrator is a graphical user interface that manages and monitors your backups. The Administrator can be run on any machine on the same network as the machines in the Backup Domain. All machines in the Backup Domain are managed centrally from the Administrator.

The Administrator window consists of a...

1. Menu bar — The menu bar is located at the top of the screen and contains several menus

that group together similar comm a nds. To invoke a command from a menu, open the menu and then select a command.

2. Command bar — The command bar is a context sensitive set of command buttons running along

the top of the window below the menu bar. As the selected o bject changes the commands in the command bar will change to reﬂect the current selection.

3. Navigation Bar — The navigation bar is located in the top section of the left hand column of the

Administrator. It contains links to the major views of the product:

a. Tasks View —thisviewcontainsshortcutsforcreatingjobsandothercommontasks. b. Jobs and Media View — this view shows the User’s Home folder which contains all of

his conﬁgured jobs and the media associated with them as well as media that has been imported or formatted. From this view you can run the jobs, modify their settings, and view their logs.

c. Status and Logs View — this view contains a listing tasks and jobs that have happened in

the Backup Domain

d. Devices View — this view provides a view of all the devices in the Backup Domain. To

perform media operations like identifying or importing media, use this view to navigate to the device containing the media in question and select the command you want from the command bar.

e. Advanced Views — the Advanced link contains links to the more advanced views explained

later in this document.

4. Info bar — the info bar contains a summary of the object’s most important properties like current

status. It also contains command and control links for runnable jobs.

5. View Pane —Themainpartofthescreenisthedetailarea. Thelayoutofthispanewillvary

based on the view selected from the navigation bar.

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a. Object Layout —withthislayout,theviewpanecontainsasetofobjectsdisplayedaslarge

icons. This view typically contains command objects as in the case of the Tasks View or objectsasinthecaseoftheAdvancedSecurityView.

b. Object Detail Layout — with this layout, the panel is divided into a top and bottom portion.

The top portion contains a list of objects. The bottom contains detailed information relevant to the object selected in the top portion. An example of this layout is the Status and Logs View.

c. Tree View Layout — with this layout the panel is divided into a left and a right section. The

left hand side contains a tree view showing an organizational folder hierarchy and the right side contains a list of objects in the currently selected folder. Examples of this layout are the Jobs and Media View and the Devices View.

6. Status bar — The Status bar displays the current user’s name, the Backup Domain to which the

user is logged in, and the name of the m achine at which the user is working. An Alert button appears in the lower right corner of the status bar when alerts are generated. This button ﬂashes when there is an issue that requires attention.

Property pages

Every object in the Data Protector Express catalog has a set of property pages associated with it. Use these property pages to modify settings for an object and to view logs, messages, diagnostics or information that Data Protector Express generates.

Opening property pages

Displaying the property page of an object can be accomplished several ways:

• Selecttheobjectwiththemouseorkeyboard,andthenclickProperties on the Command task

pane.

• Right-click the object to display a context menu, then select Properties.

• Select the object, and then select Properties from the File menu.

• With the object selected, type Alt-Enter.

TIP:

Opening the property page for an object will open a non-modal dialog. You can leave property pages open when you return to working in the main Data Protector Express window and you can have several property pages open at once.

The Property window consists of a...

1. Navigation bar — The navigation bar is located in the top section of the left hand column of

window. It contains links to the various groups of properties of the object.

2. Info bar — the info bar contains a summa ry of the object’s most important properties like current

status. It also contains command and control links for runnable jobs.

3. Property pane — the property pane contains the actual properties that belong to the property

group selected by the navigation bar.

4. Command bar — the command bar runs along the bottom of the dialog and contains the

buttons for committing or cancelling changes made to the object and for dismissing the dialog.

Missing features

If an option is not listed on a screen, for example Disaster Recovery or the SQL Agent, it may be for one of the following reasons ...

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• The evaluation license for the option has expired. Optional features are installed automatically

when you install Data Protector Express. Once the evaluation license expires, you can no longer use an optional feature without purchasing and installing a license.

• The option is not available in the edition of Data Protector Express you have installed.

• An error occurred when starting Data Protector Express. Review the alerts to see if an option

failed to start properly when you started the application.

Using Quick Ac

The Data Prot Protector Express. Typically, though, only a subset of these features are used. The Quick Access taskbar icon allows fast access to these most commonly used features without needing to open the Administrator. The Q uick Access application displays an icon in the system tray, usually at the bottom right of the screen. You can mouse over the icon to display status information or right click it to display a menu.

With the Quick Access right-click menu, you can ...

• Manage job

• Manage media

• View alerts

• View logs

• Open the Administrator

The Quick Access starts automatically on the Backup Server. On other client machines, it is installed but does not s start aut

tart automatically. You can launch through the system star t menu. It can also be conﬁgured to

omatically on a client machine if desired.

cess from Taskbar

ector Express Administrator is very powerful and allows access to all the features of Data

Viewing Data Protector Express status

The appearance of the Quick Access icon changes to indicate the state of Data Protector Express, thus providing continuous feedback. Two or more states can occur at the same time, such as a job in progress and a pending alert. The icon can indicate only one state at a time, so it follows this order of precedence in which items earlier in the list take precedence over items later in the list:

Table 1 Icon viewing status

Icon Overlay

No overlay Idle

When you mouse over the Quick Access icon, a tool tip is displayed that contains additional status information.

Meaning

Disconnected

Job failure

Pen ding aler ts

Job in progress

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Accessing Data Protector Express functions

When you right-click the Quick Access icon, a menu is displayed.

Jobs

Click the Jobs menu item to create a new job or to view a list of the jobs that you have currently deﬁned. If there are more jobs that aren’t displayed, More is displayed below the list. Click More to open the Administrator to the Jobs and Media View, which contains the jobs and folders that you have deﬁned.

In the Settings window, you can set the maximum number of jobs that you see in the list. For more information, see Maximum number of menu items for Jobs, Alerts, or Logs submenus

Creating jobs

When you selec

Table 2 Creating jobs

Choice

Backup Create a job to back up ﬁles.

Restore

Verify

Monitoring jo

Foreachjobthatyouselect,youcan:

• View and change the job’s properties

• View the job’

• Run, pause, or stop the job, depending on the job’s status

Alerts

Click the Alerts menu item to view a list of unhandled Data Protector Express aler ts. If there are more alerts that aren’t displayed, the More menu item is displayed below the list. Click More or the Open Alerts

Window menu item to view all alerts. Selecting a n alert will open a dialog with the alert details. Click the Clear Evaluation Alerts menu item to remove all alerts having to do with the use of an evaluation license.

ttheNew menu item, you can create the following types of jobs:

Description

Create a job to restore speciﬁc ﬁles.

Create a job to compare a ﬁleonaPCorservertothebacked-up versions of the ﬁle.

sstatus

Logs

In the Settings window, you can set the maximum number of alerts that you see in the list. For more information, see Maximum number of menu items for Jobs, Alerts, or Logs submenus

Select the menu item is displayed below the list. Click More or the Open Logs Window menu item to view all logs.

Thelogsinthelistcanbefrommultiplejobs. Thelogsinthelistarenamedusingthedateoftherunand thenameofthejob.Toviewthelogsforaspeciﬁc job, go to the Data Protector Express Administrator, open the job, and select the Logs page.

In the Settings window, you can set the maximum number of logs that you see in the list. For more information, see Maximum number of menu items for Jobs, Alerts, or Logs submenus

Logs m enu item to view a list of recent logs. If there are more logs that aren’t displayed, the More

Administering Backup

Settings and Oth

er Commands

Settings

Click the Settings menu item to change the settings for the Quick Access taskbar icon or for the Data Protector Express service.

Use the Hostname ﬁeld to change the Backup Server to use. Enter the hostname or IP address of the server.

Use the User name and Password ﬁelds to log in under a different user name.

Icon appearance

The tray icon will show a ﬂashing overlay in the following situations:

• When alerts are pending

• When a job is running

• When a job has failed.

DeselecttheboxforeachsituationwhichyoudonotwanttheQuickAccessicontoﬂ ash.

Automatically start this application when the operating system starts

Deselect this check box if you want to manually start the Quick Access application.

To manually start the Quick Access application, switch to the Data Protector Express installation directory, and run dpwin from the star

gqa for Windows or dplingqa for Linux. Or on Windows, select the Quick Access link

tmenu.

Automatically log in on startup

Deselect this check box if you do not want to automatically log into the application, using the user name and password provided here. A logon window will appear at startup if this box is deselected.

Maximum num

Service settings

ber of menu items for Jobs, Alerts, or Logs submenus

Select the m

Use the Service Settings window to manage the Data Protector Express service on the local machine. These settings have the same meaning as those found in the operating system’s service manager program. The Manual choice is not available on Linux.

aximum number of jobs, alerts, or logs that you want to see.

Other Commands

Click the O using the logon information from the Quick Access application.

Click the Logout menu item to log out from the Quick Access app lication. The application will disconnect from Data Protector Express. Click Login to log back into the application.

Click the Exit menu item to exit the Quick Access application. If the Data Protector Express service is still running, the application will continue to run. To restart the application, access the application in the Star

pen Administrator menu item to open the main Data Protector Express Administrator window

t menu.

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About the Data Protector Express Service

The Data Protec Administrator can be closed, enhancing security. The service makes sure your scheduled backup jobs run even when the machine reboots after a power loss.

NOTE:

The Data Protector Express Service runs as a service on Windows and as a daemon on Linux platforms.

tor Express Service lets you run backup jobs automatically and unattended. The

Microsoft Windows and the Data Protector Express Service

You can manage the Data Protector Express service from the Windows Services screen. For an explanation of managing Windows services, please refer to the Microsoft documentation for the Service Control Manager

CAUTION:

Changing the Startup type for the Data Protector Express service to Manual or Disabled means that other machines will not have access to this machine to perform backups unless Data Protector Express is actually running. This m eans that ﬁlesonthismachinewillnotbebackedupduringroutinebackups for this machine. Before disabling the service, you should evaluate the impact that this decision will have on your company’s backup and restore policies

LinuxandtheDataProtectorExpressDaemon

On Linux platforms, the Data Protector Express service, or daemon, is designed to run automatically each time the system is restarted.

The daemon program (dplinsvc) is located in the Data Protector Express directory. To access the service in the default installation directory you would

typecd /usr/local/hp/dpx/ dplinsvc

and press Enter.

If you have disabled this automatic startup of the service, you can use one of the following commands to manage the service:

Install service type ./dplinsvc –I

and press Enter to start the Data Protector Express service automatically when your computer starts up. Your selection takes effect the next time your computer starts up.

Tostartorstoptheserviceifitisalreadyinstalled,useoneofthefollowingcommandstomanage the service:

Start service type ./dplinsvc –s

and press Enter to start the Data Protector Express service.

Stop service type ./dplinsvc –x

and press Enter to stop the Data Protector Express service.

Administering Backup

3BackupJobs

In this chapter

•SelectingFilesforBackupJobs

•SelectingDevices

•Encryption

•Conﬁguration

• Advanced Settings

Backup jobs can be created from the Tasks view or the Jobs and M edia view using the New command. When a new job is created the Administrator will open the job’s Property page to allow conﬁguration of the job. The Property page can be reopened at any time, even when the job is running. If the job is running the settings pages will not be editable.

Selecting

You use the provides p update your selection when the job is run.

Marking ﬁles

Files, folders, and other containers (e.g., volumes and computers) are displayed in a tree view on the Selection page. All containers act similarly regarding selection, so any discussion about folders applies equally to any other container unless otherwise noted.

You can select or deselect a ﬁle or folder by checking or clearing the selection box next to the folder. When you select a folder or other container, you automatically select everything within it including all ﬁles within all subfolders. If the checkbox for a folder is clear, no ﬁles and subfolders within that folder are selected. If the checkbox for a folder is shaded, some, but not all, of the ﬁles or subfolders within it are selected.

You can select the contents of a folder in one of two ways: either by individually checking each ﬁle in that folder one-by-one or by checking the folder itself. Which method you choose is important because it affects which ﬁles Data Protector Express included in the selection list after changes have been made to that folder.

CAUTION:

If you select each ﬁle in the folder individually , when new ﬁles are added to the folder, Data Protector Express automatically selected for backup. However, if you select the folder created in that folder, they are automatically selected for backup.

Files

Selection property page of a job to select the ﬁles to be backed up. Da ta Protector Express

owerful selection ﬁlters that allow you to select exactly the ﬁles you want and to automatically

itself

,whennewﬁles are

In general, when selecting ﬁles for backup, especially for jobs designed for disaster protection, begin by selecting containers at the top of the hierarchy. Then deselect containers or ﬁles lower in the hierarchy that you do not need to back up.

For example, you could begin by selecting the network icon at the top of the hierarchy. This will automatically select all of the machines on the network and all of the volumes on those machines. If there are machines, volumes or folders you do not want backed up, clear their check boxes. When new machines or volumes are added to the network (that is to the current Backup Domain), these new machines and volumes will automatically be selected for backup.

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By default, Data Protector Express backs up all volumes, folders and ﬁles that have been marked for the job. Selection ﬁlters let you identify speciﬁc criteria for excluding one or more of these marked objects. The ﬁlter criteria is applied when the job runs, in effect unmarking any objects that do not meet the criteria. Selection ﬁlters are optional. If no selection ﬁlter is speciﬁed, all of the ﬁles and folder that have been marked will be backed up per the job conﬁguration settings. For further information, see the Data Protector Express Technical Reference Guide.

Data Protector Express can be conﬁgured to include mapped drives during backup. By default they are excluded. Once conﬁgured, these drives will appear on the Selec tion page of a job. For further information, see the Data Protector Express Technical Reference Guide.

Selecting D

Selecting this link displays the Device view and allows you to select the device(s) to use in the job. See

Selecting Devices for Jobs for more information about using the Device view.

evices

Encryption

This step is optional. Data is neither encrypted nor compressed by default. If you would like to change these options, see Chapter 8.

Conﬁguration

In th is sec tion

•Schedule

• Mode Settings

• Media to be used

•Autofor

Schedule Settings

The Schedule Settings box contains several settings that control when jobs are run and how the jobs use media.

mat

Settings

Schedu

le type

Start time

tting is the ﬁrst step in choosing when the job will run. Once scheduled, the Data Protector

This se

s service will ensure the job is started. If one or more job runs are missed because the service is

Expres not running at the scheduled time, the service will determine the backup mode with the largest interval setting (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly) that was missed and run it.

heduled

Not sc

Runonselecteddays The job will run only on a selected day (or days) at a speciﬁed time. When this

option is selected an additional setting, Sch eduled Dates, will appear.

peatedly

Run re

ion. When this option is selected an additional set of options, Interval Settings, will appear. For

rotat

nformation see Chapter 7.

more i

This setting is only visible for jobs that will be run on a schedule. It speciﬁes the time of day that the job should start. For jobs that are scheduled to run more than once, all runs will happen at the same time of day.

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bwillberunmanuallybytheuserwhendesired.

The jo

b will run on a regular interval. Use this setting to set up a job with media

The jo

Rotation type and Sets

This setting is controls allow case. It unloc about setting up rotations, see Chapter 7.

Type of ﬁxed rotation

This setting is only available when creating a custom rotation. For more information about setting up rotations, see Chapter 7.

Mode Setting

The Mode box c performed, Man of these set tings are set automatically when a schedule rotation is in effect. When a rotation controls theses settings they become disabled in the Administrator.

how used media will be treated, and what to do when a ﬁle won’t ﬁt on the current m edia.

Backup mode

Data Protector Express supports the back modes listed below. For scheduled automatic rotation jobs, Data Protector Express uses the backup mode for each backup set as indicated on the Sc hedule page; for unscheduled or manual jobs, Data Protector Express uses the settings set by the user.

Full This setting instructs Data Protector Express to back up all selected ﬁles.

Differential This setting instructs Data Protector Express to back up all selected ﬁles that have changed

since the last full backup.

Incremental This setting instructs Data Protector Express to back up all selected ﬁles that have changed

since the last full, differential, or incremental backup.

only available when the job is scheduled to run repeatedly. The Rotation type and Sets

you to specify a set of preconﬁgured rotations. The Custom Rotation type is a special

ks the user interface to allow the user to conﬁgure his own rotation. For more information

ontains several settings the control the type of backup and automatic verify that will b e

Copy This setting instructs Data Protector Express to back up all selected ﬁles,butithasnoeffectonany

future scheduled job. Use this op tion when you wish to make a record of ﬁles or systems at a particular time, but do not wish to disrupt the normal backup schedule.

CAUTION:

Incremental jobs are the shortest and smallest jobs to run, but they present some issues related to full data recovery. The difference between an incremental and a differential backup is important -- incremental backup jobs back up only ﬁles that have changed since the last full, differential or incremental backup,

full

while differential backup jobs back up all ﬁles changed since the last media sets are overwritten or recycled before another full backup is performed, this can create a gap in available data if you need to recover ﬁles from the overwritten media.

Exclusive use of incremental backup jobs to ensure full data recovery after a disaster is not recommended,

backup. If incremental backup

unless you are using a schedule that retains one full backup and all subsequent incremental backups

before overwriting any media. However, to ensure successful data recovery with incremental jobs, follow these guidelines:

Have at le ast as many incremental media as there are days between full or differential backup jobs. For example, if you run full backup jobs every ﬁve days, have at least four incremental media; if you run full backup jobs every seven days, have at least six incremental media.

Never recycle incremental media between differential or full backup jobs. If you run more than one incremental job in a row, be certain to not recycle any of the media used during this string of incremental jobs.

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Auto Verify mod

After Data Prot Data Protector Express reads the ﬁles from the media and performs the selected veriﬁcation type. If any discrepancies between the two ﬁles are found, the ﬁle is reported in the job log.

Full Verify This setting instructs Data Protector Express to compare every selected ﬁle stored on the media

with the original ﬁle from the PC desktop or ﬁle or application server. If the ﬁle has changed since it was backed up, the full verify process will report that the ﬁle on the media do es not match the ﬁle on disk. This does not

Quick Verify This setting instructs Data Protector Express to be certain that every ﬁlebackedupontothe

media is in readable condition. It does not verify that the data matches the ﬁle, only that the data stored on the media can be read.

No Verify This setting

TIP:

Verifying th program. Al

Write mode

For automatic rotation jobs, Data Protector Express overwrites all media. For other jobs, Data Protector Express uses the write m od e settings set by the user. This mode determines whether the old data on the media is overwritten with new data or whether the new data is appended to the end of the old data. When media is overwritten, all of the data previously stored on it is lost. Appending data will preserve the old data.

ector Express backs up a set of data, it can verify that the data was backed up correctly.

mean that the backup was unsuccessful.

instructs Data Protector Express to skip the veriﬁcation step. It is not recommended.

at data has be en correctly written to the media is an essential part of a comprehensive backup

so, verifying the ﬁles ensures that the media and the media drive are working correctly.

Split File

Append to all media This setting instructs Data Protector Express to append all data to the end of the

media. No data is overwritten. Select this setting for permanent storage.

Append to ﬁrst media, overwrite others This setting instructs Data Protector Express to ap pend data to

the end of the ﬁrst media, but to overwrite all media that follows. For example, Data Protector Express will not overwrite the ﬁrst media inserted, but will overwrite the second, third and later media. This setting is useful if you have a set of media with old data you no longer need. By selecting this option, Data Protector Express preserves your most recent data on the ﬁrst media, but overwrites older, unneeded media.

Overwrite all media This setting instructs Data Protector Express to overwrite all media. All data on

media that is overwritten is lost. Use this option for media that are going to be recycled.

The Split File mode determines how Data Protector Express will handle a ﬁle if the ﬁle is too large to ﬁt on the current media. Selecting this option to instruct Data Protector Express to split a ﬁle across two media if it will not ﬁt on the current backup media. If this option is not selected then ﬁle that don’t ﬁton the media will be restarted on the next media.

WARNING!

If you use the split ﬁle option, ﬁles that span two media will require both media for restore. If one is lost then the ﬁle cannot be recovered.

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