HP releases the new version of Data Protector – version 7.0. starting on 2012/04/16. The download will be available as usual from the HP DP site, orders for DVD media can be placed starting on 2012/05/01. As always, customers with a valid system handle are able to get the new version without additional costs (Passport account required), current licenses will work with the new version.
Version 7.00 is a complete installation (compared to the patch bundle with 6.21) and the most important feature is client side deduplication. The deduplication in version 7.00 is independent from the type of backup, no matter if you backup a filesystem or a database. An additional feature – GRE for Exchange was added which allows you to recover single items from Exchange. Last but not least, the integration of the Autonomy tools into Data Protector is build into this version of Data Protector.
Is there any detailed information on how the source based deduplication works?
Hi Chris,
do you had a chance to try the target side deduplication introduced in 6.21? Basically, source side dedup in DP works nearly the same. The new thing is that the mediaagent on the source can “talk” to to StoreOnce library to get the info about already stored chunks on disk…
Best regards
Daniel
I’m having trouble finding the download for DP7. Does anyone know the ftp link for it?
Hi Daniel,
Dedup is working fine but if a media expires it will not delete after the housekeeping job was done. Media with status “Expired” stay in place. Media with status “none” will delete. You have to recycle the epired medias and the job will work.
NDMP Restore problem will still exist at DP 7.0 at the moment. Is fixed in DP6.21.
Thomas
Hello Thomas,
do you still have the problems with the NDMP restores, we also have this issue with 7.01 we have a Netapp FAS6240 and use NDMP v4, which version of NDMP you’re using?
Jordan
Hat noch jemand ausser mir Probleme mit Tape Devices unter 7.0? Liefen die Laufwerke und Libs problemlos unter 6.X durch melden die nun unter 7.0 permanent Sie seien verdreckt oder markieren Medien als Poor.
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