HP OpenView Storage Data Protector V 5.1
Data Protector can centrally manage the entire backup requirements of your enterprise through, at first appearances, a simple interface. There is of course a lot more complexity as you delve deeper. From the console, servers and devices can be administered remotely right down to installing clients and modules on remote servers.
Managing devices is not as intuitive as some other packages we have seen but it does not take overly long to come to grips with the overlying logic and there is quite a list of default devices provided.
Data Protector works by dividing your business into "cells" where a cell has a cell manager (who maintains the overall backup database), client systems, and backup devices. The client systems must have the backup agent installed to be managed by the cell manager but of course this can be remotely deployed.
So if you have a very large or geographically diverse company it can be divided up into a number of cells to provide logical groupings, separate administrative control, or based on performance considerations.
The product has very powerful media management and allows grouping of media into media pools so that devices do not need to be managed individually. Bar codes are supported and so media can be tracked, loaded and unloaded, rotated, and managed automatically.
Data Protector supports direct or serverless backups, split mirror backups--of which the product allows up to primary three mirrors that can be rotated--and snapshots or point-in-time copies of databases.
Although technically it may be defined as a "snapshot", Microsoft Windows Server 2003's Volume Shadow Copy service is supported along with Microsoft's Automated System Recovery.
The administration software runs on Windows NT to 2003, HP-UX 11.x, and Sun Solaris 7 and 8. Backup agents are available for a very wide range of OSes, including XP 64-bit and Compaq Tru64, Novell Netware, and various flavours of Unix and Linux. Application agent support is also extensive covering all of the major databases and backup device servers.
| Product | HP OpenView Storage Data Protector V 5.1 |
| Price | $1559 (single server edition for Windows); $2604 (starter pack for Windows) |
| Vendor | HP |
| Phone | 13 13 47 |
| Web | www.hp.com.au |
| Interoperability |  |
| Wide platform and database support. | |
| Futureproofing |  |
| Capabilities can grow with your enterprise with the addition of other OpenView components. | |
| ROI |  ½ |
| For basic network functionality, the starter pack is probably the one to pick. | |
| Service |  ½ |
| Unlimited phone support between 8am and 5pm and some software updates. Extended support packages are available at additional cost. | |
| Rating |  |
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