Solution Scenarios; Scenario 1 -Client Based Backup Over The Wan Using Hp Data Protector Synthetic Full Functionality - HP StoreOnce B6000 Use Manual

Solution Scenarios

The scenarios discussed below cover a wide range of implementations that are possible using HP
Virtual Tape Libraries and HP Data Protector software, from a small business that has several outlets to
a major corporation that has hundreds of remote/branch offices, several regional data centres and
multiple main data centers.
Scenario 1 –Client based backup over the WAN using HP Data
Protector synthetic full functionality.
Figure 2: Client based backup over the WAN using HP Data Protector Synthetic Full functionality
Key Message: Cost effective Remote Office Backup with low WAN traffic
In this first scenario we follow a basic client agent backup process, suitable for a large number of
ROBO sites where relatively small amounts of data need to be protected. In order to minimize the
amount of data that needs to be transmitted over the WAN we can use the "synthetic full" feature of
HP Data Protector. After the initial full backup we only need to perform incrementals thereafter. The
backup data is sent to a "File Library" device ( in this case a NAS share with deduplication on the
D2D4000 unit), where a "synthetic full" can be created at any time for a restore. Alternatively there is
another feature in HP Data Protector called virtual full that is similar to synthetic full but uses less
storage space, but can only be implemented on a file library device such as an HP MSA2000 disk
array. Finally again under data protector control the synthetic fulls can be copied to physical tape for
long term archiving.