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HP Data Protector Software

Overview

Introduction

HP Data Protector software automates high-performance backup and recovery with scalable data protection from disk or

tape to enable 24x7 business continuity while providing a compelling price to performance ratio.

As an important component of the fast-growing HP Software portfolio, HP Data Protector software is an integral part of HP's

Business Continuity and Availability (BC&A) strategy. Appropriate for medium and large companies in any industry, Data

Protector is the ideal solution to reduce IT costs and complexity while remaining reliable and scalable to grow from single

server environments to the largest distributed enterprise infrastructures. Data Protector Software responds to the pressure

for lower IT costs and greater operational efficiency by offering acquisition and deployment costs which are 30 - 70 % less

than the competition. The licensing model is simple and easy to understand, helping to reduce complexity. Extensive

scalability and features for continuous backup and recovery operations enable growth with a single product.

What's New

Improving Support for Virtualization

Data Protector 6.1 now offers enhanced support for VMware environments, through a fully integrated VMware application

agent. With this new application agent, the user can initiate or schedule a snapshot-based, on-line backup of virtual

machines at any time - and it can all be managed through the Data Protector GUI.

The new VMware application agent fully supports key VMware infrastructure components, such as VMotion and DRS.

VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) is also supported, so that the backup can be completely offloaded from the ESX server

and VMs if desired. The user can simply choose whether they would prefer to utilize the agent on the ESX server itself, or a

VCB proxy server - providing maximum flexibility to meet the needs of every environment. Within this VMware-based backup

methodology, incremental snapshots are also now supported, to further minimize the impact on both the ESX servers and

the network.

Additionally, the user has to option to combine the versatility of the new VMware agent with the power of Data Protector's

Zero Downtime Backup and Instant Recovery components. In such a configuration, the snapshots can first be taken to

protect the VM itself, and then the application data is protected using Zero Downtime Backup/Instant Recovery (supported

on any HP EVA or XP disk array). This combination is a unique solution in the industry, and provides the best of both worlds:

Impact-free backup at all layers

No load on the ESX servers or VMs

Instantaneous recovery of all application data

HP Data Protector Software also supports several other virtualized environments, such as Microsoft Virtual Server 2005,

Windows 2008 Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, and HP Integrity VM. For Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer, users can load the Data

Protector agents directly on the virtual machines for single object backup and recovery, leveraging the rich and seamless

Data Protector application integrations - and providing the ability to restore those applications to virtually any point in time.

And with other operating systems, such as HP Integrity VM and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 (now with VSS support), users

now have the additional option of loading a Data Protector agent directly on the hosting OS - enabling SAN-based backups,

and enabling robust disaster recovery by providing the capability to protect and restore an entire VM with crash-consistent,

snapshot-based backups at the click of a button.

So… choose your hypervisor, and Data Protector will be there to back you up!

Optimizing Storage Capacity

With HP Data Protector 6.1, you can now optimize the storage capacity of your environment in a number of ways. The

synthetic and virtual full features of Data Protector are unique in the industry, and offer a seamless way to consolidate a

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series of incremental backups on to virtually any disk or tape-based media destination quickly and easily. Best of all, this can

be accomplished without placing any additional burden on the network, or on the systems themselves.

For virtual tape libraries offering de-duplication capabilities, Data Protector takes full advantage of those features - allowing

companies to store up to 50 times as much data in the same amount of disk space (see www.hp.com/go/dataprotector, and

click "Support Matrices" for the latest list of supported devices). And with products like the HP Virtual Library System, Data

Protector achieves a tighter level of integration than any competitor through its newly added support for the Smart Copy

feature. This new feature provides automated and transparent movement of data between the VLS and physical tape

libraries.

Data Protector's support of Smart Copy is another example of a customer benefit that is entirely unique in the industry. By

offloading the copy operations to the VLS, traffic on the SAN is reduced, and gives users the option to free up additional

space on the VLS for disk backups. The feature is completely managed and controlled through Data Protector, and also

provides the improved performance of disk backup. Cost efficiency is another important benefit provided by HP Smart Copy -

no drive or library licensing is required in Data Protector for the physical tape libraries that are connected to a VLS via Smart

Copy. These libraries are considered an "extension" of the VLS storage from a licensing perspective.

Lowering Total Cost of Ownership

From licensing and support pricing, to automated agent installation and easy-to-use software, HP Data Protector has always

led the industry in delivering an enterprise solution with extremely low cost of ownership. Data Protector advances its

leadership in this area even further with the version 6.1 release, through the following enhancements.

Ensuring Security Compliance - Keeping your data secure is now easier than ever with the new centralized key management

feature in Data Protector 6.1. With a Data Protector solution, users have the choice of client-based encryption for end-to-end

security of their data, or they can take advantage of the encryption functionality in LTO4 tape drives for encryption with no

performance impact on backup speeds.

Either way, the data is completely secure with AES 256-bit encryption (the most advanced available), ensuring full

compliance with all government and regulatory requirements. And most importantly, all encryption keys are managed

centrally within Data Protector.

Enabling Continuous Data Protection - For systems running Windows 2000 and above, HP Data Protector Software now has

the ability to utilize the built-in Microsoft Windows Change Journal to quickly generate a list of files that have been altered

since the last backup was performed. This option avoids the need for timely "tree walks" to identify files that have changed,

which can be especially time-consuming on systems with many small files. This allows incremental backups to run much

faster and more frequently than with previous versions.

When combining this feature with the power of Data Protector's synthetic and virtual full, and backups that can now be

scheduled with granularity down to the 1 minute level, Data Protector is now capable of providing near-continuous data

protection - at no additional cost to the user.

Enhancing Application and Platform Coverage - HP Data Protector Software 6.1 continues to add to its broad list of

supported hardware, applications, and platforms. Recent additions include Windows 2008 and Vista support, Exchange

2007 enhancements, and new versions of SAP, Oracle, Informix, DB2, along with many others. Check the Data Protector

support matrix for more details (available at www.hp.com/go/dataprotector).

Data Protector has also been expanded to offer its full set of functionality on additional platforms. For example, with version

6.1, the management GUI can now be run on Linux systems. Bare Metal Disaster Recovery is now supported on Windows

Vista. And several other changes have been made to the performance and usability of Data Protector - reporting

improvements, scheduler enhancements, and even an increase to the scalability of the internal database - to confirm its

place as the most versatile and cost-effective data protection solution in the industry today.

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Business Problems

Enterprises must protect their application data, ensuring 24x7 availability, failover and quick

disaster recovery for the entire enterprise. In addition, data loss must be prevented.

In light of this, the enterprise must also optimize the infrastructure and control costs. To optimize

the infrastructure, the enterprise must improve system performance, eliminate congestion, and

meet all Service Level Agreements (SLAs). To control costs the enterprise must lower the total

cost of ownership (TCO) and accommodate data growth within existing budgets.

Stated in another way, the enterprise must balance business objectives against operational

challenges. The business objectives are ensuring 24x7 availability, meeting Recovery Point

Objectives (RPOs) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), and controlling costs. The operational

challenges are performance degradation, unplanned data loss and inefficient infrastructures.

Additional factors complicating the situation are the information explosion and the growing number

of regulatory mandates.

Unique Value

Broad Interoperability

Data Protector is a mature, enterprise-class data protection platform that provides broad

interoperability across all leading IT environments and is uniquely best in class in its integration

with HP storage hardware.

HP Data Protector software supports the fast backup and recovery of dozens of major applications

used by enterprises. Not only does it fully integrate with the HP Software Portfolio, but also

provides multi-vendor support for heterogeneous environments, including support for dozens of

non-HP vendor's hardware. Within the HP Software portfolio, HP Data Protector software enables

customers to manage data protection as an integral component` of an overall IT service.

HP Data Protector software offers flexibility and choice through best-in-class integration with HP

storage hardware. Unlike many of HP's competitors who offer partial or incomplete solutions, HP

offers the advantage of sourcing integration solution hardware and software from a single, trusted

vendor.

Industry-leading Functionality

HP Data Protector offers a wide range of industry-leading capabilities. These include:

Management of both the physical and virtual environments, with support for all leading

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virtualized server environments

Automated backup and recovery procedures, including software distribution, device

configuration, library detection, and more

Unique virtual and synthetic full backups for space reduction

User interface-driven replication management which fully integrates with HP storage and

with unique Zero Downtime Backup (ZDB) capabilities and Instant Recovery (IR)

functionality

Multiple Recovery Point Objectives / Recovery Time Objectives

Data Protector provides all the building blocks to satisfy the various business recovery point and

recovery time objectives by giving customers an additive model to select methods that meet the

needs of their various classes of data; in some cases this means tape for general data, backup to

disk for more business-critical data and for their highest requirements, methods of continuous data

protection.

HP Data Protector provides extensive scalability and features for continuous backup and recovery

operations. Companion archiving solutions offered within the HP Software portfolio augment these

benefits by shrinking backup data volumes for faster backups, faster recoveries and greater scale.

Simple and Inexpensive

HP Data Protector software is simple to implement, use and maintain, and is inexpensive,

especially when viewed against the broad set of backup and recovery features it offers. With the

simplest and most flexible licensing model in the industry, HP Data Protector software requires no

client licensing. It is a scalable solution that grows from a single server to an enterprise, and is the

ideal solution for remote and distributed environments via distributed architecture with multi-site

management. The centralized multi-site management easily allows implementing multi-site

changes, adapting in real time to changing business requirements.

Customer Benefits

HP Data Protector software provides customer benefits that add value by meeting performance,

capacity and compliance requirements, reducing IT costs and complexity, and ensuring data

protection and availability. These benefits are:

With synthetic and virtual full backups, and support for the de-duplication capabilities of the

HP Virtual Library System along with other vendors' VTLs, Data Protector offers a variety of

options for minimizing the data footprint in your environment. The file-level single instancing

features of the HP Integrated Archive platform are also supported through a new IAP

Backup agent.

Centralized encryption key management provides a powerful way to ensure that data is

secured end-to-end in a large environment - from transmission over the network to the

offsite storage of backup media.

Data Protector Software now supports a variety of virtual environments - VMware ESX

Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Windows 2008 Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, and HP

Integrity VM - and in a number of ways. Users have the option of loading agents on the VM

directly, or on the hosting OS - enabling disaster recovery for an entire VM/local zone * .

* not supported on XenServer or Hyper-V

Data Protector Software is designed for the most demanding 24x7 environments and offers

automated high performance backup and recovery from disk or tape.

Data Protector Software delivers backup/recovery innovation, performance, and functionality

at a much lower cost, up to 30-70% lower than competitive solutions. This is accomplished

through a simple and flexible licensing model.

Data Protector Software is an integral component of the fast-growing HP Software portfolio,

which also includes storage resource management, archiving, and device management

software. HP offers the unique advantage of sourcing hardware, software, and service from

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a single, trusted vendor.

Data Protector Software is both easy to deploy and use. Installation is simple and has a

fully-automated software distribution of agent software to all connected clients, including a

centralized licensing interface that reduces complexity. Competitive solutions fail to deliver

this level of automation.

Centralized multi-site management capabilities enable customers to automate routine tasks

and easily implement changes. Simple wizards and clear navigation makes these

management features easy to configure. In addition, role-based user rights can be defined

so that responsibilities can be safely distributed.

Data Protector Software enables you to respond to the needs for 24x7 application

availability, by integrating techniques to eliminate backup windows. These include Online

Backup, Open File Backup, Zero Downtime Backup (local and remote replication) or

Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service support.

With Instant Recovery, Data Protector Software meets the demands of the most complex

enterprises for specific recovery time and recovery point objectives, and enables critical data

to be recovered within minutes.

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