HP DATA PROTECTOR V6.0 User Manual

HP OpenView Storage Data Protector

Product Announcements,

Software Notes, and References

for

OpenView Operations and

OpenView SIP and Reporter Integrations

Version: 6.0

Manufacturing Part Number: B6960–96018

July 2006

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OpenView Operations for UNIX Integration

New Features

1 OpenView Operations for UNIX

Integration

New Features

Version A.06.00 of the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Integration for OpenView
Operations (UNIX) has the following new features:

• Support for HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 6.0.

— Includes support for HP-UX 11.23 (PA and IA), Solaris 10, SUSE Linux Enterprise

Server 9 (x64) Cell Manager platforms

• Added support for OVO UNIX 8.2.

• Support for Self-Healing Services. The Self-Healing process is the capability of our
software to automatically detect when it suffers a problem and to automatically take steps
to remedy that problem. HP OpenView Self-Healing Services provides the framework to
implement the Self-Healing process.

• A new SNMP event handles the new file library event added to Data Protector.

• The Data Protector SPI can detect the version of Data Protector and deploys the
appropriate DPSPI templates on managed nodes.

• Support for new versions of OVPA for HP-UX, Solaris and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 platforms. The new versions of OVPA are C.03.86.00 for HP-UX, C.03.82.00 for Solaris,
and C.03.86.00 for SUSE Linux.

Recognized Issues and Workarounds

There are no recognized issues and workarounds in version A.06.00 of the HP OpenView
Storage Data Protector Integration for OpenView Operations (UNIX).

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OpenView Operations for UNIX Integration

Patches and Fixes in This Version

Patches and Fixes in This Version

The following issues are resolved in version A.06.00 of the HP OpenView Storage Data
Protector Integration for OpenView Operations (UNIX):

• SPI nodegroups, applications, and message group icons remain in the GUI after
uninstallation. (Change Request: QXCR1000312773)

— A new executable has been added to remove the SPI icons automatically during the

uninstall process.

• obspisetup dumps the core in the case of a Solaris cell manager on OVO Windows 8.x.
(Change Request: QXCR1000313303)

— Fixed by linking with the updated OpenView library.

• opccfgupld failed during Data Protector SPI installation if OVOLocalized is used.
(Change Request: QXCR1000301234)

— The post-install script has been modified to obtain the LANG correctly and upload the

configuration information.

• DPSPI: Build Service Tree application for more than one cell server.

(Change Request: QXCR1000312773)

— Fixed by using the -replace option instead of the -add option of the opcservice

executable.

Software Availability in Native Languages

Version A.06.00 of the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Integration for OpenView
Operations UNIX software is internationalized. This means that you can install the
integration and it will work correctly on, for example, Japanese systems, but the messages
will appear in English.

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OpenView Operations 7.1x/7.2x for Windows Integration

New Features

2 OpenView Operations 7.1x/7.2x for

Windows Integration

New Features

Version B.06.00 of the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Integration for OpenView
Operations (Windows) 7.1x or 7.2x has the following new features:

• Support for HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 6.0.

— Includes support for HP-UX 11.23 (PA and IA), Solaris 10, SUSE Linux Enterprise

Server 9 (x64) Cell Manager platforms

• Support for automatic deployment of Instrumentation.

• A new SNMP event handles the new file library event added to Data Protector.

• Support for new versions of OVPA for HP-UX, Solaris and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 platforms. The new versions of OVPA are C.03.86.00 for HP-UX, C.03.82.00 for Solaris,
and C.03.86.00 for SUSE Linux.

• New reports in the ReporterLite integration:

— Backup Volume Usage Trend

— Media Pools Usage Trend

— Number of Files Backed Up Trend

— Successful Backup Trend

Recognized Issues and Workarounds

There are no recognized issues in version B.06.00 of the OpenView Storage Data Protector
Integration for OpenView Operations (Windows) 7.1x or 7.2x.

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OpenView Operations 7.1x/7.2x for Windows Integration

Patches and Fixes in This Version

Patches and Fixes in This Version

The following issues are resolved in version B.06.00 of the OpenView Storage Data Protector
Integration for OpenView Operations (Windows) 7.1x or 7.2x:

•DP-SPI DP_CheckDB_XX issue (Change Request: QXCR1000318065)

— The monitor has been modified to handle all database files and not just fnames.dat.

Software Availability in Native Languages

Version A.06.00 of the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Integration for OpenView
Operations (Windows) 7.1x or 7.2x software is internationalized. This means that you can
install the integration and it will work correctly on, for example, Japanese systems, but the
messages will appear in English.

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OpenView Operations 7.5 for Windows Integration

New Features

3 OpenView Operations 7.5 for Windows

Integration

New Features

Version B.06.00 of the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Integration for OpenView
Operations (Windows) 7.5 has the following new features:

• Support for HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 6.0.

— Includes support for HP-UX 11.23 (PA and IA), Solaris 10, SUSE Linux Enterprise

Server 9 (x64) Cell Manager platforms

• Support for clustered OVOW 7.5 management servers.

• Support for Self-Healing Services. The Self-Healing process is the capability of our
software to automatically detect when it suffers a problem and to automatically take steps
to remedy that problem. HP OpenView Self-Healing Services provides the framework to
implement the Self-Healing process.

• Support for automatic deployment of Instrumentation.

• A new SNMP event handles the new file library event added to Data Protector.

• Support for new versions of OVPA for HP-UX, Solaris and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 platforms. The new versions of OVPA are C.03.86.00 for HP-UX, C.03.82.00 for Solaris,
and C.03.86.00 for SUSE Linux.

• New reports in the ReporterLite integration:

— Backup Volume Usage Trend

— Media Pools Usage Trend

— Number of Files Backed Up Trend

— Successful Backup Trend

Chapter 3 7

OpenView Operations 7.5 for Windows Integration

Recognized Issues and Workarounds

Recognized Issues and Workarounds

There are no recognized issues in the HP OpenView Operations 7.5 for Windows integration,
version B.06.00.

Patches and Fixes in This Version

The following issues are resolved in version B.06.00 of the OpenView Storage Data Protector
Integration for OpenView Operations (Windows) 7.5:

•DP-SPI DP_CheckDB_XX issue (Change Request: QXCR1000318065)

— The monitor has been modified to handle all database files and not just fnames.dat.

Software Availability in Native Languages

Version B.06.00 of the OpenView Storage Data Protector Integration for OpenView
Operations (Windows) 7.5 software is available in the English language only.

Software Availability in Native Languages

Version A.06.00 of the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Integration for OpenView
Operations (Windows) 7.5 software is internationalized. This means that you can install the
integration and it will work correctly on, for example, Japanese systems, but the messages
will appear in English.

Chapter 38

OpenView SIP Integration

New Features

4 OpenView SIP Integration

New Features

Version A.06.00 of the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Integration for OpenView
Service Information Portal (SIP) has the following new features:

• Support for HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 6.0

• Support for HP OpenView Service Information Portal 3.2

Recognized Issues and Workarounds

There are no recognized issues in the HP OpenView SIP and Reporter integration, version
A.06.00.

Patches and Fixes in This Version

There are no patches or fixes in HP OpenView SIP and Reporter integration, version A.06.00.

Software Availability in Native Languages

The HP OpenView SIP and Reporter integration software is available in the English language
only.

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OpenView SIP Integration

Software Availability in Native Languages

Chapter 410

OpenView Reporter Integration

New Features

5 OpenView Reporter Integration

New Features

Version A.06.00 of the HP OpenView Service Information Portal (SIP) and Reporter
integration has the following new features:

• Support for HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 6.0

• Support for HP OpenView Reporter 3.6

• New reports:

— Backup Volume Usage Trend

— Media Pools Usage Trend

— Number of Files Backed Up Trend

— Successful Backup Trend

Recognized Issues and Workarounds

There are no recognized issues in the HP OpenView SIP and Reporter integration, version
A.06.00.

Patches and Fixes in This Version

The following issues have been resolved in the HP OpenView Reporter integration, version
A.06.00:

• OpenView Reporter causes the Data Protector database to hang (Change Request:
QXCR1000233534)

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OpenView Reporter Integration

Software Availability in Native Languages

—The DPGather.exe query to the Data Protector Cell Manager has been modified to

fix this problem.

Software Availability in Native Languages

The HP OpenView SIP and Reporter integration software is available in the English language
only.

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