Hp Storageworks Data Protector Express; Licenses And Upgrades; Registering Your Data Protection Storage Server; Expanding The Data Protection Storage Server To Support Additional File Servers - HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Administration Manual

HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express

Data Protector Express is available for the Data Protection Storage Server running Windows Storage
Server 2003 R2. This software offers open file backup, disk-to-disk-to-any (D2D2Any) backup and
recovery, and bare metal disaster recovery support.
Data Protector Express uses the same three-tier architecture as the enterprise-scale HP OpenView Storage
Data Protector:
• Backup Server—Includes the Data Protector Express catalog and acts as a Media Server. A
Backup Server is the minimum configuration for a Data Protector Express installation and makes
up a minimum Data Protector Express Storage Management Domain. Being a Media Server
allows the Backup Server to back up data to any supported locally attached storage device.
• Network clients—Allows the Backup Server to protect the machines and data on the network.
File servers, application servers, and desktops can be added to the Data Protector Express
Storage Management Domain for protection. The Data Protector Express Agents installed on the
source networked machines push selected data and machine information to the Backup Server
for protection.
• More Media Servers—Each additional Media Server adds performance to the Storage
Management Domain since they operate in parallel. Media Servers can also fail over backup
processes to other devices on the same Media Server or to other Media Servers in the Storage
Management Domain to add resilience against hardware failure thereby increasing the
proportion of successful backups.
For more information on HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express, see
products/storage/software/datapexp/index.html.

Licenses and upgrades

This section contains information about how to register your Data Protection Storage Server and how to
obtain licenses for additional network file servers.

Registering your Data Protection Storage Server

IMPORTANT:
If you purchased the Data Protection Storage Server from an HP Authorized reseller, you need to register
the product with HP within 10 days of purchase to receive phone-in support and software update services.
Registration information is provided by the registration letter that came with your product.
Expanding the Data Protection Storage Server to support additional file servers
Your Data Protection Storage Server ships with a full copy of Microsoft System Center Data Protection
Manager 2006, which includes licenses to back up three network file servers. Each file server in the
DPM protection group must have a valid license.
To be licensed to back up more than three file servers, you must order an additional Microsoft System
Center Data Protection Management License 2006 (DPML). Each DPML allows you to back up an
additional server. For example, to support six additional servers, order six additional DPMLs. This would
license you to support a total of nine file servers.
You can obtain additional DPMLs from your authorized HP sales channel. When you expand the Data
Protection Storage Server to support additional network file servers, keep in mind the maximum amount
of data that the storage server can handle during each backup session. HP and Microsoft recommend
implementing 1.5 times the available capacity on your disk-to-disk backup target; however, this multiplier
varies based on the rate that data changes on your network. For example, if you need to protect 1 TB of
data, you will require 1.5 TB available capacity on your Data Protection Storage Server.
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