HP Data Protector 6.

20
Getting Started Guide

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Published: December 2011
Edition: Second
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Contents
1 Installation.................................................................................................4
Installing on Windows systems...................................................................................................4
Prerequisites........................................................................................................................4
Installing Cell Manager........................................................................................................5
Prepare for installation.....................................................................................................5
Install Data Protector........................................................................................................5
Run Data Protector...........................................................................................................6
Installing clients...................................................................................................................6
Prerequisites...................................................................................................................6
Installing remotely, from the Cell Manager GUI...................................................................6
Installing locally, on the intended system.............................................................................6
Installing on UNIX systems.........................................................................................................7
Installing Cell Manager........................................................................................................7
Prerequisites (HP-UX)........................................................................................................7
Prerequisites (Solaris).......................................................................................................7
Prerequisites (Linux).........................................................................................................7
Procedure......................................................................................................................7
Running Data Protector....................................................................................................8
Installing clients...................................................................................................................8
Prerequisites...................................................................................................................8
Remote installation..........................................................................................................8
Local installation.............................................................................................................8
Next steps...............................................................................................................................9
Configuring backup devices..................................................................................................9
Configuring a file library device........................................................................................9
Configuring a standalone drive.......................................................................................10
Autoconfiguration.....................................................................................................10
Manual configuration................................................................................................10
Formatting media...............................................................................................................10
2 Backing up your system.............................................................................11
Defining a schedule for a simple backup routine.........................................................................11
3 Restoring from a backup............................................................................13
4 More information.....................................................................................14
Data Protector documentation map...........................................................................................14
Documentation map...........................................................................................................14
Abbreviations...............................................................................................................14
Map............................................................................................................................14
Integrations..................................................................................................................15
Licensing...............................................................................................................................16
For more information...............................................................................................................16

Contents 3
1 Installation
NOTE:
This guide applies to the full Data Protector product. If you have a Single Server Edition, some of
the platforms and features mentioned do not apply.

This guide is designed to help you get started quickly. Using the default settings, you can quickly
and easily install the software, create a backup, and do a restore.

Installing on Windows systems

NOTE: For full installation details, see the HP Data Protector Installation and Licensing Guide in
the Docs directory of the top level of the Windows installation DVD-ROM.

Prerequisites
• Management server (Cell Manager):
◦ 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended)
◦ 190 MB of disk space +2% of the size of planned backup data
• Backup client (Disk Agent):
◦ 64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended)
◦ 10 MB of disk space
• Device server (Media Agent):
◦ 64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended)
◦ 20 MB of disk space
• Original user interface (GUI):
◦ 256 MB of RAM
◦ 150 MB of disk space
• Java user interface (Java GUI):
◦ 1000 MHz Intel Pentium or equivalent (2.6 GHz Intel Pentium IV or equivalent
recommended)
◦ 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)
◦ 40 MB of disk space (60 MB recommended)
◦ For a Java GUI Client, a supported Java Runtime Environment (JRE) (see the HP Data
Protector Product Announcements, Software Notes, and References for details)
• Guides
◦ 85 MB for guides in PDF format
If you plan to install all the components on the same system, the system must have 305 MB of disk
space and at least 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended).
These figures are the requirements for the components only. They do not include space allocation
for the operating system, its paging file, and other applications.

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Installing Cell Manager
For details of supported platforms, see the latest support matrices at http://www.hp.com/support/
manuals.

Prepare for installation

1. On the system that is to be your Data Protector Cell Manager:
a. For a standalone tape drive, connect the tape drive to the Data Protector Cell Manager
and power it on.
b. Enable TCP/IP protocol and hostname resolution.
To check if they are enabled:
1) Verify that name resolution is working properly by finding the name of the computer:
• Open Command Prompt (on Windows systems) or Terminal (on UNIX systems).
• Run: hostname
The name of your computer will be displayed.
2) Verify name resolution and reachability:
• Run: nslookup Hostname
• Trigger a reverse DNS lookup, by running: nslookup IPAddress
The network is set up properly when you get the same hostname and IP address from
both commands.
If you have problems with your network, see the HP Data Protector Troubleshooting
Guide.
c. Assign a static IP address.
d. Deactivate the Windows tape device and changer drivers (recommended). Only use
these drivers in exceptional cases, for example, when other applications access this tape
device.
2. Log on to the system as Administrator (on Windows systems) or root (on UNIX systems).
3. Set up a separate operating system account for use with Data Protector, such as dpadmin.
On Windows systems, ensure that:
• The user is a member of Administrators and Backup Operators user groups.
• The user has logon rights as service (Windows advanced rights).
This user account is needed solely to provide the required services. It will not be used to log
on to an individual’s system.
The account should be used as the Data Protector service account in server and client
installations. In a Windows domain, you only need to set up the account on the Primary
Domain Controller.

Install Data Protector

1. Insert the Windows installation DVD-ROM and start the wizard:
• 32-bit systems: \i386\setup.exe
• 64-bit AMD64/Intel EM64T systems: \x8664\setup.exe
• 64-bit Itanium systems: \ia64\setup.exe
2. Select Cell Manager and follow the wizard using the default values.
3. In the Account information window, enter the user name and password for the user account
you created in step 3 of the installation preparation procedure.

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Run Data Protector
Start > Programs > HP Data Protector > Data Protector Manager
For further information, see the documentation in the Docs directory in the top-level directory of
the DVD-ROM.

Installing clients
See http://www.hp.com/support/manuals and search for “Data Protector”. Select version 6.20
to find out about supported platforms with this release.

Prerequisites
• Cell Manager installed
• Administrator rights and password
• TCP/IP protocol and node name resolution enabled
RAM and disk space—minimum and recommended

Client system component RAM (MB) Disk space (MB)

Original GUI 2561 1502

Java GUI3 512 (1,000 recommended) 40 (60 recommended)

Disk Agent 64 (128 recommended) 10

Media Agent 64 (128 recommended) 20

Integration Modules 64 (128 recommended) 20

English Documentation (Guides, Help) n/a 85

1
Depends on the number of elements that need to be displayed at a time.
2
The page file alone needs to be able to grow to about 3 times the physical memory
3
The Java GUI also requires at least a 1 GHz Pentium III processor (2.6 GHz Pentium IV recommended)

Installing remotely, from the Cell Manager GUI

1. Log on to the system as Administrator.
2. Click Start > Programs > HP Data Protector > Data Protector Manager.
3. In the Data Protector Manager, switch to the Clients context.
4. In the Scoping Pane, right-click Clients and select Add Clients to start the wizard.
5. Follow the wizard instructions.

Installing locally, on the intended system

1. Log on to the system as Administrator.
2. Verify network connection between the Cell Manager system and the client system by running
the following command: ping CellManagerHostname
3. Run:
• 32-bit systems: \i386\setup.exe
• 64-bit AMD64/Intel EM64T systems: \x8664\setup.exe
• 64-bit Itanium systems: \ia64\setup.exe
4. Select Client.
5. Follow the wizard instructions.
6. In the Cell Manager system dialog box, enter the name of your Cell Manager.

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Installing on UNIX systems
NOTE: For full installation details, see the HP Data Protector Installation and Licensing Guide in
the /DOCS/C directory of the UNIX installation DVD-ROM.

Installing Cell Manager

NOTE: For supported platforms, see http://www.hp.com/support/manuals.
The following is an example of a Cell Manager installation with backup device locally attached
using the default configuration.

NOTE: On all UNIX platforms, only the Java GUI is supported. This requires 75–200 MB of disk
space, depending on which online Help languages are installed. For English, only 75 MB is
required. The disk space figures below include the Java GUI, Disk Agent, and Media Agent.

Prerequisites (HP-UX)
• A supported Java Runtime Environment (JRE) (see the HP Data Protector Product Announcements,
Software Notes, and References for details)
• HP-UX 11.x
• 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended)
• 350–550 MB of disk space +2% of the size of planned backup data

Prerequisites (Solaris)
• A supported Java Runtime Environment (JRE) (see the HP Data Protector Product Announcements,
Software Notes, and References for details)
• Solaris 8/9/10
• 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended)
• 350–550 MB of disk space +2% of the size of planned backup data
• root permissions on every target system
• ksh shell (provided by default)

Prerequisites (Linux)
• A supported Java Runtime Environment (JRE) (see the HP Data Protector Product Announcements,
Software Notes, and References for details)
• 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended)
• 300–550 MB of disk space +2% of the size of planned backup data
• For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, there are prerequisites
concerning libstdc++. For details, see “Installation requirements” in the HP Data Protector
Product Announcements, Software Notes, and References.

Procedure
On your Data Protector Cell Manager:
1. Mount the UNIX installation DVD-ROM to a mount point, for example:
mkdir/cdrom
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mount/dev/dsk/c0t0d0/cdrom
2. Run omnisetup.sh. To run the command from the DVD-ROM:
cd /cdrom/LOCAL_INSTALL
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./omnisetup.sh -CM
3. Follow the instructions when prompted.
Install clients either from the Cell Manager or locally.

Running Data Protector

Enter /opt/omni/bin/xomni to start the Data Protector GUI.

Installing clients
See http://www.hp.com/support/manuals and search for “Data Protector”. Select version 6.20
to find out about supported platforms with this release.

Prerequisites
• root permissions on every target system
• ksh shell
RAM and disk space—minimum and recommended

Client system component RAM (MB) Disk space (MB)

Java GUI 512 (1,000 recommended) 40 (60 recommended)

Disk Agent 64 (128 recommended) 10

Media Agent 64 (128 recommended) 20

Integration Modules 64 (128 recommended) 20

English Documentation (Guides, Help) n/a 80

Remote installation
Distribute the software to clients using the Data Protector user interface. Cross-platform client
installation is supported.
1. Enter /opt/omni/bin/xomni to start the Data Protector GUI.
2. In the Data Protector Manager, switch to the Clients context.
3. In the Scoping Pane, right-click Clients and select Add Clients to start the wizard.
4. Follow the instructions. Refer to the online Help for details on each wizard page.
After the Media Agent is installed, check your configuration files (/kernel/drv/st.conf). See
“Installing Solaris clients” in the HP Data Protector Installation and Licensing Guide for specifics.
Finally, connect a backup device to the system.

Local installation
1. Insert the HP-UX installation DVD-ROM.
2. Mount the installation DVD-ROM to a mount.
3. Change directory to Mount_Point/LOCAL_INSTALL and run:
omnisetup.sh [-source directory][-server name][-install component
list]
See the HP Data Protector Installation and Licensing Guide for a list of Data Protector component
codes.
4. omnisetup informs you if the installation was completed and if the client was imported to
the Data Protector cell. The CORE and CORE-INTEG components are automatically installed.
If you specified the name of the Cell Manager, the client will be imported to the cell. If not, import
it using the Data Protector GUI.

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Next steps
You can now run the Data Protector Manager.
Start the Data Protector Manager. The Data Protector Manager will open, displaying the Clients
context and Next Step wizard:

1 Menu bar 2 Context list 3 Tool bar 4 Scoping pane

5 Results area 6 Navigation tabs 7 Results tabs 8 Status bar

NOTE: The Java GUI looks slightly different from this.

Configuring backup devices

Configuring a file library device
These instructions are for a simple file library device configuration on a local or shared drive using
mostly default options. For other possibilities see the online Help index: “configuring backup
devices”.
Before you start: On Windows, disable the compression option.
1. Create a directory on a local or shared disk.
Example: C:\FileLibrary
2. Start Data Protector Manager.
3. Select Devices & Media from the Context List.
4. Right-click Devices and select Add Device to open the device definition pane.
5. Enter details:

Device name Example: File Library Device 01

Description optional

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 Client Select the client to which the device is connected.

Device type Select File Library.

Click Next.
6. Specify the directory for the file library device you created in step 1 and click Add.
7. Click Next. In the Results Area, select the media type: File.
8. Click Finish.

Configuring a standalone drive

Autoconfiguration
1. Select Devices & Media from the Context List.
2. Right-click Device.
3. Select Autoconfigure Devices.
4. Select your system from the list and click Finish.
Your device is configured automatically.

Manual configuration
Follow the instruction for a file library device above, up to step 4. Then:
1. Enter details:

Device name Example: LTO-3 Tape Drive

Description optional

Client Select the client to which the device is connected.

Device type Select Standalone.

Click Next.
2. Enter the SCSI address by expanding the field and selecting one of the options. Click Add.
3. Click Next. In the Results Area, select the correct media type, such as LTO.
4. Click Finish.

Formatting media
Data Protector writes its own header on each tape so it can be recognized later. This can be done
manually, as described in this section, or automatically. Before tapes can be used with Data
Protector they need to be formatted. Skip this section if you want Data Protector to format the tape
automatically.

CAUTION: Formatting deletes all data on the media.

1. In the Devices & Media Context expand Pools.
2. Right-click the appropriate media pool.
3. Select Format.
4. In the Results Area select the drive and click Next.
5. Keep default settings and click Next.
6. Click Force Operation and Default Medium Size then Finish. Data Protector formats the media.

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2 Backing up your system
The following steps show how to create a backup specification and perform a simple backup.
1. In the Context List, click Backup.
2. In the Scoping Pane, expand Backup and then click Backup Specifications.
3. In the Results Area, right-click the Filesystem item and select Add Backup.
4. Select the Blank Filesystem Backup template and click OK.
5. In the Source page that appears in the Results Area, browse for and select the checkboxes
next to the directories and files that you want to back up, then click Next. If you do not have
a tape device connected, select just a few small directories.
6. Use the default backup specifications options or select the desired backup options and click
Next.
7. Use the predefined schedule options or select the desired backup options and then click Next.
See “Defining a schedule for a simple backup routine” (page 11) for an example.
8. The backup specification summary is displayed in the Results Area. Click Next.
9. Click Save As to save the backup specification for later use.
10. Click Start Backup to run the backup.
11. When the Start Backup window opens, click OK to start the backup using the default
specifications.
12. The Backup window shows you the progress of the backup session. The Session Information
window will tell you when the backup is finished.

Defining a schedule for a simple backup routine

As an example, suppose you want to define a schedule with a full backup every Friday and
incremental backups on other weekdays, all at 21:00h and retained for 4 weeks, plus a full backup
each month retained for 12 months.
Data Protector has several predefined schedules. “Weekly full” is close to what is needed—full
every Friday and Incr1 every weekday at 21:00h. Incr1 backups back up all changes since the
last full backup.
To create the defined schedule:
1. When defining your backup specification, at step 3 in “Manual configuration” (page 10), go
to the Schedule tab.
2. Click Predefined.
3. Select Weekly full and click OK.
4. Click Add.
5. Under Recurring, select Monthly.
Under Time options, specify the time for the monthly backup.
Under Session options, from the Backup protection drop-down list, select Weeks and enter the
number of weeks in the box below (1 year = 52 weeks).

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 6. Click OK.
7. Click Apply.

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3 Restoring from a backup
By default, the backup object is restored to the same path from which it was backed up. The
following steps show how to perform a simple restore.
1. In the Context List, click Restore.
2. Browse the Filesystem item and select the client object that you want to restore. The Restore
view appears in the Results Area.
3. Browse for and select the check-boxes next to the directories/files to be restored.
4. Select the Destination tab to choose where you want to restore to. If you do not select anything,
the selected directories/files will be restored to the original path.
5. Click the Start Restore button. The restore wizard appears.
6. Follow the proposed defaults in the wizard (click Next and Finish).
7. The Start Restore Session window opens, showing you the progress of the selected objects
being restored to the system.

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4 More information
Data Protector documentation map
Documentation map
Abbreviations
Abbreviations in the documentation map that follows are explained below. The guide titles are all
preceded by the words “HP Data Protector.”

Abbreviation Guide

CLI Command Line Interface Reference

Concepts Concepts Guide

DR Disaster Recovery Guide

GS Getting Started Guide

GRE-SPS Granular Recovery Extension User Guide for Microsoft SharePoint Server

GRE-VMware Granular Recovery Extension User Guide for VMware vSphere

Help Online Help

IG-IBM Integration Guide for IBM Applications: Informix, DB2, and Lotus Notes/Domino

IG-MS Integration Guide for Microsoft Applications: SQL Server, SharePoint Server, and
Exchange Server

IG-O/S Integration Guide for Oracle and SAP

IG-OMU Integration Guide for HP Operations Manager for UNIX

IG-OMW Integration Guide for HP Operations Manager for Windows

IG-Var Integration Guide for Sybase, Network Node Manager, and Network Data Management
Protocol Server

IG-VirtEnv Integration Guide for Virtualization Environments

IG-VSS Integration Guide for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service

Install Installation and Licensing Guide

MO GS Media Operations Getting Started Guide

MO RN Media Operations Product Announcements, Software Notes, and References

MO UG Media Operations User Guide

PA Product Announcements, Software Notes, and References

Trouble Troubleshooting Guide

ZDB Admin ZDB Administrator's Guide

ZDB Concept ZDB Concepts Guide

ZDB IG ZDB Integration Guide

Map
The following table shows where to find information of different kinds. Shaded squares are a good
place to look first.

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Integrations
Look in these guides for details of the integrations with the following software applications:

Software application Guides

HP Network Node Manager (NNM) IG-Var

HP Operations Manager IG-OMU, IG-OMW

IBM DB2 UDB IG-IBM

Informix Server IG-IBM

Lotus Notes/Domino Server IG-IBM

Media Operations MO User

Microsoft Exchange Server IG-MS, ZDB IG

Microsoft Hyper-V IG-VirtEnv

Microsoft SharePoint Server IG-MS, ZDB IG, GRE-SPS

Microsoft SQL Server IG-MS, ZDB IG

Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) IG-VSS

Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) Server IG-Var

Oracle Server IG-O/S, ZDB IG

SAP MaxDB IG-O/S

SAP R/3 IG-O/S, ZDB IG

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 Software application Guides

Sybase Server IG-Var

VMware vSphere IG-VirtEnv, GRE-VMware

Look in these guides for details of the integrations with the following families of disk array systems:

Disk array family Guides

EMC Symmetrix all ZDB

HP P4000 SAN Solution ZDB Concept, ZDB Admin, IG-VSS

HP P6000 EVA Disk Array Family all ZDB, IG-VSS

HP P9000 XP Disk Array Family all ZDB, IG-VSS

Licensing
Data Protector comes with an instant-on license for 60 days after installation. Within this period
you can request a permanent password from the HP Password Delivery Center (PDC) and install
it.
The permanent password permits you to configure a Data Protector cell with regard to your backup
policy, provided that you have purchased all required licenses.
To obtain a password, visit the password delivery homepage at http://www.webware.hp.com or
consult the HP Data Protector Installation and Licensing Guide, “Data Protector licensing” section,
for more information.

For more information

For more information about HP Data Protector, visit http://www.hp.com/go/dataprotector or call
your local HP reseller or HP sales office.

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