HP Data Protector 6.1 software VMware Integration Installation Best Practice

Executive summary

This white paper provides information on how to plan and install the HP Data Protector VMware

Integration in different ways.

Introduction

HP Data Protector software is a backup and disaster recovery application that provides reliable

data protection and high accessibility for your fast-growing business data. Data Protector offers

comprehensive backup and restore functionality specifically tailored for enterprise-wide and

distributed environments. Data Protector can be used in environments ranging from a single

system to thousands of systems on several sites. Due to the network component concept of Data

Protector, elements of the backup infrastructure can be placed in the topology according to user

requirements. The numerous backup options and alternatives to setting up a backup infrastructure

allow the implementation of virtually any configuration you want.

HP Data Protector enables you to perform backup to a large number of backup devices

simultaneously. It supports high-end devices in very large libraries. Various backup possibilities,

such as local backup, network backup, online backup, disk image backup, synthetic backup,

backup with object mirroring, and built-in support for parallel data streams allow you to tune your

backups to best fit your requirements.

Since HP Data Protector 6.1, a fully automated integration for backing up VMware virtual

machines is available. To enable the snapshot backup feature, you need to install the VMware

Integration on the ESX server. This can be done in different ways, for example, if a network is

already in place or if a Data Protector UNIX Installation Server is available.

This white paper discusses the different ways for installing the Data Protector package and shows

the pros and cons of each method. You can choose the method which fits your requirements.

At the end of this white paper, a troubleshooting chapter lists error messages and necessary steps

for fixing these problems.