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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