Introduction - HP Data Protector A.06.11 Integration Manual

1 Introduction

This guide describes the integration of Data Protector with HP Service Information
Portal.
• HP Data Protector is a backup and recovery solution designed specifically for
enterprise-wide and distributed environments.
Data Protector provides information that can be used, through reports and mes-
saging tools, to help you monitor the status of processes, in addition to providing
backup and recovery functionality.
• HP Service Information Portal (SIP) creates a "portal" view into a customer's ser-
vices for a service provider. It allows you present data from your internal applic-
ations such as Data Protector, HP Internet Services, HP Reporter, and HP Opera-
tions Manager as reports on custom web pages for each of your clients.
This chapter describes how to install, configure, and use Data Protector with Service
Information Portal (SIP) to serve customer-defined reports in the portal.
The integration allows information from Data Protector to be used by SIP its portal
capabilities. With SIP, you can monitor and control Data Protector backup and
recovery processes. More details are given in the following sections.
The integration of Data Protector and Service Information Portal (SIP) assists Service
Level Management (SLM) to help you achieve a specific, consistent and measurable
level of service. It provides a simple, effective way for the following:
• Convenient data protection service monitoring through web access from any
machine.
• Specification of resource in terms of machine and group names.
• Segmentation of accessible data by different backup administrators.
• Information aggregation from other services (not related to Data Protector) to the
portal, using SIP's configuration mechanisms. Single presentation format for all
modules.
• Easy configuration: GUI configuration editor and XML document editing only.
• Stability and reliability. The integration modifies very little code and relies upon
SIP customization features and components.
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