Solution components include:
• Heterogeneous operating systems such as Windows®, HP-UX, Linux, Tru64, NetWare, Solaris, and AIX • Hardware platforms including Network Attached Storage (NAS), Intel, and AMD-based ProLiant servers, blade servers, and RA-RISC based servers
• SAN interconnects such as Fibre Channel switches, host bus adapters, and Fibre Channel to SCSI tape drive interconnects
• Fibre Channel disk storage such as the HP EVA, XP, MSA, and VA
• Tape libraries such as the HP ESL-E Series, EML, and MSL
• HP Data Protector
• SAN interconnects such as Fibre Channel switches, host bus adapters, and Fibre Channel to SCSI tape drive interconnects
• Fibre Channel disk storage such as the HP EVA, XP, MSA, and VA
• Tape libraries such as the HP ESL-E Series, EML, and MSL
• HP Data Protector
Data Protector
The Data Protector cell is a network environment that includes a Cell Manager and client systems that run agents. The Cell Manager is the "traffic cop" that controls the activities and Internal Database (IDB) within the Data Protector cell. It is not necessary to administer the backup and restore activities directly from the Cell Manager itself, because any client within the cell (as supported) can connect to the Cell Manager over the network and be used to administrate the activities of the cell. Client systems are imported into a cell and belong to a single Cell Manager. Multiple cells may exist, each with their own Cell Manager. This environment may be managed by a single Manager of Managers or "MoM."
The Data Protector cell is a network environment that includes a Cell Manager and client systems that run agents. The Cell Manager is the "traffic cop" that controls the activities and Internal Database (IDB) within the Data Protector cell. It is not necessary to administer the backup and restore activities directly from the Cell Manager itself, because any client within the cell (as supported) can connect to the Cell Manager over the network and be used to administrate the activities of the cell. Client systems are imported into a cell and belong to a single Cell Manager. Multiple cells may exist, each with their own Cell Manager. This environment may be managed by a single Manager of Managers or "MoM."
Client systems run agents that are allocated according to what the client needs to do. For example, in a typical EBS environment a client is installed with a Media Agent and a Disk Agent. The Media Agent is installed on a server if that server is going to have direct access to a tape device for backup and restore. The tape devices can be directly attached or allocated over a SAN. The Disk Agent is allocated to a server if that server is going to read data from a disk device, whether local or remote.
Important terms
• Cell Manager—The Cell Manager is the main system in the cell. The Cell Manager:
• Manages the cell from a central point
• Contains the Internal Database (IDB)
• Runs core Data Protector software
• Runs Session Managers that start and stop backup and restore sessions and write session information to the IDB
• Disk Agent—Install the Disk Agent on client systems you want to back up. The Disk Agent reads or writes data from a disk on the system and sends or receives data from the Media Agent. The Disk Agent is also installed on the Cell Manager, allowing you to back up data on the Cell Manager, the Data Protector configuration, and the IDB.
• Media Agent—(For servers that have direct access to tape drives.) During a backup session, the Media Agent receives data from the Disk Agent and sends it to the device for writing to the medium. During a restore session, the Media Agent locates data on the backup medium and sends it to the Disk Agent. The Disk Agent then writes the data to the disk. The Media Agent also manages the robotics control of a library.
• Drive Servers—Client systems with connected backup devices and the Media Agent installed.
• Installation Server—The Installation Server holds a repository of the Data Protector software packages for a specific architecture. The Cell Manager, by default, is also an Installation Server.
Zoning
Zoning is a fabric management service used to create logical device subsets within a SAN. Zoning enables resource partitioning for management and access control.
One or more Fibre Channel switches create the Fibre Channel fabric, an intelligent infrastructure that serves as a backbone for deploying and managing information technology (IT) resources as a network. With zoning, you can arrange fabric connected devices into logical groups over the physical fabric configuration.
Zoning provides automatic and transparent management for the SAN, and allows you the flexibility to allocate pools of storage in the SAN to meet different closed user group objectives. By creating zones of storage and computers, you can set up barriers between different operating environments to:
• Deploy logical fabric subset
• Create, test, and maintain separate areas within the fabric
Zoning also provides the following benefits:
• Increases environmental security
• Optimizes IT resources
• Customizes environments
• Easily manages a SAN
Zoning refers to the ability to partition the switch into multiple logical SANs. This feature is primarily supported for disk and tape configurations. Shared access to tape drives is handled by the backup application software running on each host. As such, generally any tape-related zones need to be configured to allow all hosts to see all tape drives and libraries.
Overlapping zones refer to a configuration where a single switch port or device WWN participates in more than one zone.
Important terms
• Cell Manager—The Cell Manager is the main system in the cell. The Cell Manager:
• Manages the cell from a central point
• Contains the Internal Database (IDB)
• Runs core Data Protector software
• Runs Session Managers that start and stop backup and restore sessions and write session information to the IDB
• Disk Agent—Install the Disk Agent on client systems you want to back up. The Disk Agent reads or writes data from a disk on the system and sends or receives data from the Media Agent. The Disk Agent is also installed on the Cell Manager, allowing you to back up data on the Cell Manager, the Data Protector configuration, and the IDB.
• Media Agent—(For servers that have direct access to tape drives.) During a backup session, the Media Agent receives data from the Disk Agent and sends it to the device for writing to the medium. During a restore session, the Media Agent locates data on the backup medium and sends it to the Disk Agent. The Disk Agent then writes the data to the disk. The Media Agent also manages the robotics control of a library.
• Drive Servers—Client systems with connected backup devices and the Media Agent installed.
• Installation Server—The Installation Server holds a repository of the Data Protector software packages for a specific architecture. The Cell Manager, by default, is also an Installation Server.
Zoning
Zoning is a fabric management service used to create logical device subsets within a SAN. Zoning enables resource partitioning for management and access control.
One or more Fibre Channel switches create the Fibre Channel fabric, an intelligent infrastructure that serves as a backbone for deploying and managing information technology (IT) resources as a network. With zoning, you can arrange fabric connected devices into logical groups over the physical fabric configuration.
Zoning provides automatic and transparent management for the SAN, and allows you the flexibility to allocate pools of storage in the SAN to meet different closed user group objectives. By creating zones of storage and computers, you can set up barriers between different operating environments to:
• Deploy logical fabric subset
• Create, test, and maintain separate areas within the fabric
Zoning also provides the following benefits:
• Increases environmental security
• Optimizes IT resources
• Customizes environments
• Easily manages a SAN
Zoning refers to the ability to partition the switch into multiple logical SANs. This feature is primarily supported for disk and tape configurations. Shared access to tape drives is handled by the backup application software running on each host. As such, generally any tape-related zones need to be configured to allow all hosts to see all tape drives and libraries.
Overlapping zones refer to a configuration where a single switch port or device WWN participates in more than one zone.
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