Storage Management Catalog - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User Manual

store the media in a secure location, a complete network backup system will help prevent
unauthorized users from accessing confidential or classified information.
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disk by manually searching through a stack of disks, this approach is unworkable for large networks.
Without the appropriate software, locating a given occurrence of a file may be impossible, since there
may be hundreds of thousands of files backed up on hundreds of media created over weeks or months.
To solve the problems of security and tracking files, Data Protector Express creates and manages a
storage management catalog commonly referred to as the Data Protector Express catalog. The Data
Protector Express catalog keeps track of used and available backup media and each file that is stored on
that media. For each media, the catalog contains detailed information about the media, such as when it
was created and who created it and about the files on the media, such as when they were backed up and
on which media files are stored. For more information, see Tips for Managing the Catalog on page 160.
The Data Protector Express catalog also addresses issues surrounding security. Included in the catalog is
information about which users can use or view which files. The catalog prevents unauthorized users from
accessing files for which they have insufficient security rights. It tracks each user and ensures that only
approved users have access to backup devices and files stored on the backup media. The following
illustration shows the Security view of the Data Protector Express catalog.
While a single user may be able to find a file copied onto a CD or floppy