HP B6960-90078 manual About the Data Protector Internal Database, Used?

Managing the Data Protector Internal Database

About the Data Protector Internal Database

About the Data Protector Internal Database

What Is the Data The Data Protector internal database (IDB) is an embedded database, Protector Internal located on the Cell Manager, which keeps information regarding what Database (IDB)? data is backed up; on which media it resides; the result of backup,

restore, and media management sessions; and what devices and libraries are configured.

Why Is the IDB There are three key reasons for using the IDB:

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•Fast and convenient restore

The information stored in the IDB enables you to browse the files and directories to be restored. You can quickly find the media required for a restore and therefore make the restore much faster.

•Backup management

The information stored in the IDB enables you to verify the result of backup sessions.

•Media management

The information stored in the IDB enables you to allocate media during backup, track media management operations and media attributes, group media in different media pools, and track media location in tape libraries.

How to Manage One of the important steps in setting up your Data Protector backup

the IDBenvironment is to configure the IDB. Once the IDB is configured as described in “Configuring the IDB” on page 388, you will be notified if you need to perform any of the IDB maintenance tasks.

The IDB maintenance tasks, and the cases when they need to be performed, are described in “Maintaining the IDB” on page 402.

If you receive error messages, refer to “Troubleshooting the IDB” on page 592 and “Recovering the IDB” on page 417.

For information on IDB limitations, refer to the HP OpenView Storage

Data Protector Software Release Notes.

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