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17 Enterprise Backup Solution
One of the most significant benefits of a SAN is the ability to share the SAN infrastructure for both
disk and tape. With a SAN backup solution, you get all the benefits of the SAN, such as,
consolidated storage, centralized management, and increased performance. Additionally,
implementing a SAN backup solution lays the foundation for advanced data protection features
such as serverless backup and backup to disk. The HP solution is the HP Enterprise Backup Solution
(EBS).
The first step in deploying an EBS is to design the backup SAN configuration. Consult the HP Tape
Tools and the EBS compatibility matrices, which are available at http://h18000.www1.hp.com/
products/storageworks/tapecompatibility.html.
The second step is to configure your EBS using the HP Enterprise Backup Solution Design Guide,
available at http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/ebs/?
jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN.
It describes the supported EBS hardware configurations and how to configure shared tape library
backup in a heterogeneous SAN environment.
The third step is to install and configure your backup application. You can find rules and
recommendations for the backup applications in the application guide.
For more information about EBS, see http://www.hp.com/go/ebs.
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