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Data Protector enables you to meet the needs for continued business operations
around the clock. In today's globally distributed business environment,
company-wide information resources and customer service applications must
always be available. Data Protector enables you to meet high availability needs
by:
• Integrating with clusters to ensure fail-safe operation with the ability to back
up virtual nodes. For a list of supported clusters, see the HP Data Protector
product announcements, software notes, and references.
• Enabling the Data Protector Cell Manager itself to run on a cluster.
• Supporting all popular online database Application Programming Interfaces.
• Integrating with advanced high availability solutions like EMC Symmetrix, HP
StorageWorks Disk Array XP, HP StorageWorks Virtual Array, or HP
StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array.
• Providing various disaster recovery methods for Windows and UNIX platforms.
• Offering methods of duplicating backed up data during and after the backup
to improve fault tolerance of backups or for redundancy purposes.
• Easy Restore
Data Protector includes an internal database that keeps track of data such as
which files from which system are kept on a particular medium. In order to restore
any part of a system, simply browse the files and directories. This provides fast
and convenient access to the data to be restored.
• Automated or Unattended Operation
With the internal database, Data Protector keeps information about each Data
Protector medium and the data on it. Data Protector provides sophisticated media
management functionality. For example, it keeps track of how long a particular
backup needs to remain available for restoring, and which media can be (re)used
for backups.
The support of very large libraries complements this, allowing for unattended
operation over several days or weeks (automated media rotation). Additionally,
when new disks are connected to systems, Data Protector can automatically detect
(or discover) the disks and back them up. This eliminates the need to adjust backup
configurations manually.
• Service Management
Data Protector is the first backup and restore management solution to support
service management. The integration with Application Response Management
(ARM) and Data Source Integration (DSI) enables powerful support of Service
Level Management (SLM) and Service Level Agreements (SLA) concepts by
providing relevant data to management and planning systems.
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