HP Data Protector product announcements, software notes, and references

150 Pages·2009·1.56 MB·English

HP Data Protector A.06.11
Product announcements, software notes,
and references
B6960-90156
Partnumber:B6960-90156
Firstedition:September2009
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Contents
Publication version history ................................................... 13
About this guide ................................................................. 15
Intended audience ............................................................................................. 15
Document conventions and symbols ..................................................................... 15
Data Protector graphical user interface ................................................................. 16
General information .......................................................................................... 17
HP technical support .......................................................................................... 17
Subscription service ........................................................................................... 18
HP websites ...................................................................................................... 18
Documentation feedback .................................................................................... 18
1 Announcements .............................................................. 19
Upgrades ......................................................................................................... 19
What is supported? ........................................................................................... 19
Licensing .......................................................................................................... 20
Support for old agents ....................................................................................... 20
Updated information .......................................................................................... 21
2 Product features and benefits ............................................ 23
Data Protector A.06.11 product features and benefits .............................................. 23
Verification of backup objects ....................................................................... 24
Automatic operation ............................................................................. 24
Data verification ................................................................................... 24
Destination host .................................................................................... 24
Reporting ............................................................................................ 25
Enhanced Data Protector Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service integration
and support for new writers .......................................................................... 25
Microsoft Hyper-V VSS writer support ...................................................... 25
Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007 writer support .......................... 25
Enhanced Data Protector Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service
integration ........................................................................................... 26
Disaster recovery enhancements ................................................................... 26
Product announcements, software notes, and references 3
Disaster recovery support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 ................... 26
Support for disaster recovery functionality in the Data Protector Java
GUI .................................................................................................... 27
Object copy and object consolidation enhancements ....................................... 27
Enhanced Data Protector VMware Virtual Infrastructure integration .................... 28
Enhanced Data Protector Oracle Server integration ......................................... 29
Simplified configuration of Oracle databases ........................................... 29
Increased security ................................................................................. 29
Improved session handling ..................................................................... 29
Resume session functionality ................................................................... 29
Increased application integration coverage on Microsoft Windows Server
2008 ........................................................................................................ 30
Disk Agent enhancement for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server
2008 ........................................................................................................ 30
Improved device handling and robustness ...................................................... 30
Automatic tape drive swap .................................................................... 30
Automatic device discovery in MoM environments .................................... 31
Increased robustness of SCSI device operations ........................................ 31
Enhanced automatic restore device selection and automatic object copy
device selection ................................................................................... 31
Zero downtime backup and instant recovery on Microsoft Windows Server
2008 ........................................................................................................ 31
Encryption enhancements ............................................................................. 32
Information on encrypted objects and media ............................................ 32
Media management enhancements ............................................................... 32
Additional changes and improvements .......................................................... 32
VLS smart media copying enhancements ................................................. 32
Resume session functionality ................................................................... 33
Increased data segment size .................................................................. 33
Enhanced Device Flow report ................................................................. 33
Data Protector A.06.10 product features and benefits ............................................. 33
Encryption ................................................................................................. 34
AES 256-bit encryption ......................................................................... 34
Drive-based encryption .......................................................................... 34
Data Protector Java GUI .............................................................................. 35
Benefits of Java GUI ............................................................................. 35
Data Protector VMware Virtual Infrastructure integration ................................... 36
Backup ............................................................................................... 36
Restore ................................................................................................ 36
Scripting solution .................................................................................. 37
Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server integration ............................. 37
Support for new platforms ............................................................................ 38
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 ............................................................ 38
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Microsoft Windows Vista ....................................................................... 38
HP-UX 11.31 ......................................................................................... 39
Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) ...................................................... 40
Disaster recovery enhancements and support for new hardware platforms and
operating systems ....................................................................................... 40
New supported hardware platforms and operating systems ........................ 40
Disaster recovery enhancements ............................................................. 40
Enhanced Data Protector Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service
integration ................................................................................................. 40
Microsoft VSS integration enhancements for zero downtime backup (ZDB)
and instant recovery ............................................................................. 41
Support for new and improved support for existing writers ......................... 42
Enhanced Data Protector Microsoft SQL Server integration ............................... 43
Enhanced configuration ........................................................................ 43
Support for Windows x64 platform ......................................................... 43
Enhanced Data Protector Oracle Server integration ......................................... 43
Simplified configuration ......................................................................... 43
Enhanced Oracle integration on OpenVMS platforms ............................... 44
Enhanced Data Protector SAP R/3 integration ................................................ 44
Enhanced configuration ........................................................................ 44
Authentication improvements .................................................................. 44
SAP compliant ZDB sessions .................................................................. 44
Enhanced Data Protector Microsoft Exchange Server integration ........................ 45
Enhanced Data Protector Lotus Notes/Domino Server integration ...................... 45
Disk agent enhancements ............................................................................ 45
Data Protector A.06.10 Disk Agent enhanced Windows platform support
for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service ............................................. 45
Windows Disk Agent performance improvement ....................................... 45
Device enhancements .................................................................................. 46
SupportforSmartMediaCopyingUsingHPStorageWorksVirtualLibrarySystem
(VLS) ......................................................................................................... 46
Internal database enhancements ................................................................... 47
Flexible time frame filtering options in the Internal Database ....................... 47
DCBF limit ........................................................................................... 47
Improved reporting ..................................................................................... 48
Change Log Provider ................................................................................... 48
Additional changes and improvements .......................................................... 49
Enhanced HP AutoPass functionality ........................................................ 49
Scheduler enhancements ....................................................................... 49
Recycling of failed source objects ........................................................... 49
Single session restore from GUI .............................................................. 50
Debug log collector enhancements ......................................................... 50
Product announcements, software notes, and references 5
Separate English language documentation and online Help installation
package ............................................................................................. 50
3 Limitations and recommendations ...................................... 51
Size limitations ................................................................................................. 51
Internal database size ................................................................................ 51
Number of media ...................................................................................... 52
Size of file depots used for file library ............................................................ 52
Number of sessions in the database ............................................................. 52
Number of backups scheduled at one time .................................................... 52
Concurrent activities .................................................................................... 53
Number of cells in a MoM environment ........................................................ 53
Upgrade limitations ........................................................................................... 53
Migration limitations .......................................................................................... 53
Localization limitations ....................................................................................... 53
Platform limitations ............................................................................................ 54
UNIX and Linux limitations ........................................................................... 54
HP-UX limitations .................................................................................. 54
Solaris limitations ................................................................................. 55
Tru64 limitations ................................................................................... 55
SCO limitations .................................................................................... 55
Linux limitations .................................................................................... 55
Windows limitations .................................................................................... 56
32-bit Windows limitations .................................................................... 57
64-bit Windows limitations .................................................................... 57
Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) limitations .............................................. 58
Novell NetWare limitations .......................................................................... 58
MPE/iX limitations ...................................................................................... 58
HP OpenVMS limitations ............................................................................. 59
Limitations on disk array integrations .................................................................... 62
HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP limitations ..................................................... 62
EMC Symmetrix disk array limitations ............................................................ 63
HP StorageWorks Virtual Array limitations ...................................................... 63
HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array limitations ....................................... 64
NDMP limitations .............................................................................................. 65
NetApp filer ............................................................................................... 66
Celerra ...................................................................................................... 66
VLS automigration limitations .............................................................................. 66
Direct backup limitations .................................................................................... 67
Limitations on enhanced incremental backups using Change Log Provider ................. 67
Limitations on database integrations .................................................................... 67
General limitations ...................................................................................... 68
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Oracle limitations ....................................................................................... 68
SAP R/3 limitations ..................................................................................... 68
SAP DB/MaxDB limitations .......................................................................... 69
Informix Server limitations ............................................................................ 69
Microsoft Exchange Server limitations ............................................................ 69
Microsoft SQL Server limitations .................................................................... 69
VSS limitations ............................................................................................69
Common VSS limitations ....................................................................... 69
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 ............................................................ 69
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 ............................................................ 69
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 ................................................................ 69
VMware Virtual Infrastructure limitations ......................................................... 70
Limitations on clusters ......................................................................................... 71
MC/ServiceGuard limitations ....................................................................... 71
Limitations on object verification .......................................................................... 71
General functionality limitations .................................................................... 71
Application integration limitations ................................................................. 72
Limitations on encryption ................................................................................... 72
Other limitations ............................................................................................... 72
Reporting limitations .................................................................................... 75
Recommendations ............................................................................................. 75
Number of clients in a cell ........................................................................... 75
Large number of small files .......................................................................... 76
Synthetic backup – object consolidation frequency .......................................... 76
NDMP backup configuration ........................................................................ 76
Support for NIS+ ........................................................................................ 76
Microsoft Exchange single mailbox backup .................................................... 77
GUI on UNIX systems .................................................................................. 77
Large file support ........................................................................................ 77
Regular maintenance of the VSS part of the registry ........................................ 78
Allocation policy for DCBF directories ............................................................ 78
Windows Server 2008 recommendations ...................................................... 78
4 Recognized issues and workarounds .................................. 81
Known Data Protector issues and workarounds ...................................................... 81
Installation and upgrade related issues .......................................................... 81
User interface related issues ......................................................................... 83
Disk Agent related issues ............................................................................. 84
Media Agent related issues .......................................................................... 86
Integration related issues .............................................................................. 90
Common issues .................................................................................... 90
Microsoft Exchange Server .................................................................... 90
Product announcements, software notes, and references 7
Microsoft Exchange Single Mailbox ........................................................ 91
Microsoft SQL Server ............................................................................ 92
SAP R/3 ............................................................................................. 92
Oracle ................................................................................................ 92
Informix Server ..................................................................................... 93
NDMP ................................................................................................ 93
Disk array integrations .......................................................................... 93
Volume Shadow Copy Service ............................................................... 94
Disaster recovery issues ............................................................................... 94
Cluster-related issues ................................................................................... 95
Common issues .................................................................................... 95
Issues with MC/ServiceGuard ................................................................ 96
Issues with Microsoft Cluster Server ......................................................... 97
Other known issues ..................................................................................... 97
Known non-Data Protector issues and workarounds ............................................. 100
Non-Data Protector issues related to installation or upgrade ........................... 100
Non-Data Protector issues related to user interface ........................................ 102
Non-Data Protector issues related to Disk Agent ............................................ 102
Non-Data Protector issues related to Media Agent ......................................... 104
Non-Data Protector issues related to integrations ........................................... 106
Microsoft Exchange Server .................................................................. 106
Microsoft Exchange Single Mailbox ...................................................... 106
Microsoft SQL Server .......................................................................... 106
SAP R/3 ........................................................................................... 107
SAP DB/MaxDB ................................................................................. 108
Oracle .............................................................................................. 108
Informix Server ................................................................................... 109
Sybase .............................................................................................. 109
Disk array integrations ........................................................................ 109
Volume Shadow Copy Service ............................................................. 111
Non-Data Protector issues related to reporting .............................................. 111
Other non-Data Protector issues .................................................................. 113
5 Installation requirements ................................................. 117
Cell Manager requirements .............................................................................. 117
On systems running HP-UX ......................................................................... 117
On systems running Solaris ........................................................................ 118
On systems running Windows 2000 or Windows XP ..................................... 118
On systems running Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 ............. 119
On systems running Linux ........................................................................... 119
Operating systems supported by HP AutoPass ............................................... 120
Installation Server requirements ......................................................................... 120
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On systems running HP-UX ......................................................................... 120
On systems running Solaris ........................................................................ 121
On systems running Windows 2000 or Windows XP ..................................... 121
On systems running Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 ............. 121
On systems running Linux ........................................................................... 122
Client system requirements ................................................................................ 122
On systems running UNIX .......................................................................... 122
HP-UX systems .................................................................................... 123
Solaris systems ................................................................................... 123
Linux systems ..................................................................................... 124
On systems running Windows ................................................................... 124
Newer Windows operating systems and service packs ............................ 125
Java web reporting .......................................................................................... 125
Novell NetWare system requirements ................................................................. 126
Local client installation ..................................................................................... 126
Upgrade ........................................................................................................ 126
Requirements for Data Protector services on Windows Server 2003 and Windows
Server 2008 ................................................................................................... 126
Files installed in the %SystemRoot%\system32 folder ............................................ 127
6 Required patches .......................................................... 129
HP-UX system patches required by Data Protector ................................................. 129
HP-UX 11.11 .............................................................................................. 129
HP-UX 11.23 ............................................................................................. 130
HP-UX 11.31 ............................................................................................. 131
MPE/iX system patches required by Data Protector .............................................. 131
Solaris system patches required by Data Protector ................................................ 132
Novell NetWare patches required by Data Protector ............................................ 132
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server system patches required by Data Protector .................. 132
Red Hat Enterprise Linux system patches required by Data Protector ........................ 133
Tru64 system patches required by Data Protector ................................................. 133
7 Obsolete platforms and integrations ................................. 135
Obsolete integrations in Data Protector A.06.11 ................................................... 135
Removed third-party installation package ..................................................... 135
Obsolete integrations in Data Protector A.06.10 .................................................. 135
Obsolete integrations ................................................................................ 135
Obsolete original Data Protector GUI .......................................................... 136
8 Data Protector documentation ......................................... 137
Documentation set ........................................................................................... 137
Product announcements, software notes, and references 9
Guides .................................................................................................... 137
Online Help ............................................................................................. 140
Documentation map .................................................................................. 140
Abbreviations .................................................................................... 140
Map ................................................................................................. 142
Integrations ....................................................................................... 143
Localization .................................................................................................... 145
Errata ............................................................................................................ 145
Localization specific errata ......................................................................... 146
Last-minutechangesintheHPDataProtectorproductannouncements,software
notes, and references .......................................................................... 146
Documentation changes related to Windows Server 2008 ....................... 146
Updates in the VSS chapter of the Integration guide for Microsoft
applications ....................................................................................... 147
A List of enhancements and issues fixed in Data Protector
A.06.11 ........................................................................... 149
List of enhancements and issues fixed in Data Protector A.06.11 ............................. 149
List of defects resolved in Data Protector A.05.50, A.06.00, and A.06.10 but not
resolved in Data Protector A.06.11 .................................................................... 149
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