Introducing HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 5.5
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector (DP) is software that manages backup and recovery from both disks and tapes, delivering maximum data protection while providing continuous 24x7 business operations. The software is designed to simplify and to centralize backup and recovery operations by integrating a variety of techniques to eliminate backup windows. These range from
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector simplifies the use of complex backup and recovery procedures with the fastest installation, automated routine tasks, and
The Advanced Backup to Disk feature improves the backup process with continuous backup of transaction log files, backup of slow clients without multiplexing, easy resource access and sharing, plus backup in
The following subchapters File Library and Object Copy give a short overview about the features required for Advanced Backup to Disk.
For further information on Advanced Backup to Disk, please refer to the
File Library
DP provides a device type called “File Library”. It focuses on low cost disk arrays, especially the current HP SATA disk array, which is positioned mainly as a backup device. In case the file library is running out of free space, new backup capacity can be assigned automatically.
The file library is configured by defining mount points where DP will create its “media” and optionally, the number of simultaneous “writers” that will be used. Then, DP can utilize this just like any other physical backup device and will
Object Copy
Object Copy provides the capability to copy from one type of media to another. This means that you can perform a backup to the file library, and then automatically (immediately after backup or at a scheduled time) copy the
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