HP Data Protector Architecture

Following are major Data Protector features

• High-performance backup

Data Protector enables you to perform backup to several hundred backup devices simultaneously, with support for high-end devices in very large libraries. Various backup possibilities, such as local backup, network backup, online backup, disk image backup, synthetic backup, backup with object mirroring, and built-in support for parallel data streams allow you to tune your backups to best fit your requirements.

• Scalable and highly flexible architecture

Data Protector can be used in environments ranging from a single system to thousands of systems on several sites. Due to the network component concept of Data Protector, elements of the backup infrastructure can be placed in the topology according to user requirements. The numerous backup options and alternatives to setting up a backup infrastructure allow the implementation of virtually any configuration. Data Protector also integrates seamlessly with HP StoreOnce and HP StoreEver backup appliances.

• Easy central administration

Through its easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI), Data Protector allows you to administer your complete backup environment from a single system. To ease operation, the GUI can be installed on several systems to allow multiple administrators to access Data Protector via their locally installed consoles. You can even manage multiple backup environments from a single system. The Data Protector command-line interface (CLI) allows you to manage Data Protector using scripts.

HP Data Protector Architecture

• Data Protector Cell Manager

An HP Data Protector cell is a set of systems with a common backup policy existing on the same LAN/SAN. The Cell Manager is the main system that is the central point for managing this network environment. It contains the HP Data Protector internal database (IDB) and runs core HP Data Protector software and session managers. The Internal Database keeps track of backed up files and the cell configuration.

• Data Protector Client

A host system becomes a HP Data Protector client when one or more of the HP Data Protector software components are installed on the system. Client systems with disks that need to be backed up must have an appropriate Data Protector Disk Agent component installed. The Disk Agent enables you to back up data from the client disk or restore it. Client systems that are connected to a backup device must have a media agent component installed. This software manages backup devices and media.