HP Data Protector Express Basic-Software - Manual (Page 13)

1 Overview
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 and establishes a Backup Domain. Other machines become
clients of the Backup Domain by identifying themselves as clients of the Backup Server during installation.
Data Protector Express can back up data from clients over a network to a backup device attached to a
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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