Troubleshooting The Catalog; How Do I Select The Location Of The Catalog In A Network Installation; How Do I Create A Data Protector Express Management Domain; When Recovering From A Backup Server Failure, Does Data Protector Express Recover All Of The Catalog Information - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User Manual

SCSI errors: Try checking the SCSI termination.
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Driver errors: Try checking to see that you are not using a real mode ASPI drive. Check your
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config.sys file for something like:
device=ASPI4DOS.SYS, ASPI8DOS.SYS...

Troubleshooting the Catalog

The network location of the catalog can be very important. On larger networks, to minimize the time
required to perform disaster recovery, install the catalog on a dedicated backup server. This server
performs no operations except the storage management processing. Then install the tape devices to the
servers to be backed up. If the storage manager server fails, no data is lost and recovery of the server can
proceed in a non-critical manner. If any other server fails, recovery can be quickly performed because the
backup server is still operational.
On smaller networks, you can install the catalog on the same server as the tape devices. Recovery does
not take as much time because the catalogs are smaller.
For additional information, see Tips for Managing the Catalog on page 160.
When you install Data Protector Express, you can choose to either join an existing Data Protector Express
management domain or create a new one. The Data Protector Express management domain is associated
with the same computer on which its catalog is installed.
To create a new Data Protector Express management domain, run the Data Protector Express installer.
When prompted, enter the name for the storage domain and the disk location for the catalog. The default
location is the Data Protector Express directory on your system, e.g., c:\Program Files\HP\Data Protector
Express on a Windows computer.
For additional information, see the Data Protector Express Installation Guide.
Most of the catalog information is restored when you restore the catalog. The only thing that will not be
restored is the complete log of the job that was running when the catalog was backed up. The reason for
this is that the log is not written until after the job has completed. Jobs are not completed until the catalog
is written to the media.

Troubleshooting Error Messages