HP B6960-90078 Manager-of-Managers, NOTE, Chapter, Manager-of-Managers, Centralized licensing, Centralized management of all tasks, Centralized Media Management Database

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Manager-of-Managers Environment

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The Data Protector Manager-of-Managers (MoM) allows administrators to centrally manage a large environment consisting of several Data Protector cells, also known as MoM clients, from a single point. Refer to the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Concepts Guide for further details about the enterprise environment.

Each MoM client and the MoM Manager need to run the same version of Data Protector.

The Data Protector MoM is flexible enough to expand the backup environment as the enterprise grows. It provides the following features:

Centralized management of all tasks

Enables configuration, management, and control over the enterprise environment from a single point. This includes configuring backup, media management, restoring, and monitoring; and reporting about the status of the whole backup environment.

Centralized Media Management Database

Optionally, all the cells in the environment can share a common, central database to manage devices and media within the enterprise. The Centralized Media Management Database (CMMDB) enables you to share high-end devices between cells. This means that any device in a cell using the CMMDB is available to all cells using the CMMDB.

Centralized licensing

Data Protector enables you to configure centralized licensing for the whole MoM environment. All Data Protector licenses are installed and kept on the MoM Manager and can be allocated to specific cells as needed.

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