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Some of you probably already know my Best Practice Guide for Data Protector. I had created the document in 2013 (before I joined HP), and made it available to HP partners and some customers. The document covers all the essential aspects of a Data Protector environment. Topics such as installation, configuration and optimization are presented in very clear way, including practical tips. My colleagues now have translated the guide into English and expanded somewhat. The guide is now available to all interested readers. I look forward to suggestions and feedback to further expand this guide.

Download link – Best Practice Guide (Passport Account required): https://h20229.www2.hp.com/partner/protected/assets/Products/DataProtection/HP_Data_Protector_Best_Practice_Guide.pdf

Download from here – please note – the English version is more current:

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HP Data Protector - Best Practice Guide 20150521 English

I often get questions whether it makes sense to use HP Backup Navigator or BRICK for monitoring and reporting of HP Data Protector environments. Many users are already familiar with the tool “Backup Related Information Collector and Keeper” and use it on a regular basis in their environment. What benefits and advantages can HP Backup Navigator offer compared with BRICK?

The most important difference is that HP Backup Navigator is an integrated web-based solution for analyzing, trending, troubleshooting and reporting on Data Protector for both physical and virtual infrastructures. BRICK statically collects information about the Data Protector environment using a command line interface and presents the information graphically.

Executive Summary: HP Backup Navigator provides a quick and easy way to implement analytics, trending and reporting for HP Data Protector backup environments. For more information, quick specs, white papers and documentation, see: http://www.hp.com/go/dataprotector and http://www.autonomy.com/adaptivebackup/backup-navigator. Additionally, HP Backup Navigator is offered with an Instant-On 60 day license, allowing customers to immediately put HP Backup Navigator into operation and evaluate its fit within the overall business assurance strategy of the organization.

In order to demonstrate the differences, the table below compares the features of both solutions.

	HP Backup Navigator	BRICK
Purpose	Highly interactive and intuitive web-based reporting application Combines strong visualization and real-time operational analytics to simplify and optimize the backup and recovery experience for HP Data Protector environments Provide business assurance insight for both physical and virtual environments	Application to document the backup and recovery environment Statically collect information on the environment
Use Case	HP Backup Navigator is suitable for clients with enhanced requirements for reporting End-to-end insight into the physical and logical data protection infrastructure make it possible for the administrator and also a company’s executive to make smarter decisions in implementing a backup and recovery process	BRICK is suitable for customers who want to use a static snapshot of their environment and the generated result as system documentation The tool is intended for administrators of a Data Protector environment
Intelligent Dashboards	Intelligent interactive dashboards Multi-user; users can customize their own dashboards to filter, change and modify views Dashboard reports are based on more than 75 key performance indicators of the backup and recovery process	3 static dashboards (reports) included
Real-Time Predictive Analytics	Delivers foresight into the backup and recovery process based on trending, forecasting and modeling algorithms HP Backup Navigator’s foresight algorithms reveal future performance deficiencies, capacity gaps and requirements specific to the data set characteristics, infrastructure capabilities, and organizational requirements	Not available
Rapid Root-Cause Analysis and Problem Solving	Proactively detect and address potential resource conflicts and systematic/systemic issues before they cascade into outages and data loss that negatively impact business operations Evaluate data protection issues for both physical and virtual environments	Root cause analysis is not available Can show systematic/systemic issues, but expertise from a Data Protector expert required to interprets these issues Does not reveal data protection issues specific to virtual environments
Collaboration and Cross-System Support	Automates the report creation process, allowing them to be scheduled and shared with stakeholders within the organization, or securely isolated and made available to external customers relying on the backup and recovery service The same information can be exported in a variety of formats (PDF, XLSX, CSV, DOCX, PPTX und HTML) for inclusion into other organizational systems	Reports are pre-canned and cannot be modified Reports cannot be shared with stakeholders or isolated for external access Reports cannot be converted into other formats. Results are generated as HTML only
Flexible Reporting	Extensible reports can be customized and tailored to match the specific needs of the operator, organization or customer Flexible reports include the data protection details necessary for decision-making and taking appropriate and decisive action New reports, not shipped with the solution, can be created and added easily to support unique business needs and requirements	Reports are pre-canned and cannot be modified Pre-canned reports offer very limited customization New reports are not user created and require developer support from the creator
“What-if” Scenario Evaluation	Get intelligent insights into current backup and recovery operations before new datasets are included into the process Use insights to determine whether or not service-level agreements remain achievable, the impacts to the backup infrastructure and the best ways to balance the demands of new datasets within the existing infrastructure Model and compare the impacts of using dataset reduction features (i.e. deduplication) on existing data without enabling the feature	Data protection scenario modeling and reports are not available Statically collected information from various reports could be used for modeling, with expertise from a Data Protector expert
Automation	Automated data gathering for one to many backup and recovery environments E-mail subscription for reports available; reports are sent automatically without user interaction required	Automation using “cron” or “task scheduler” is possible No support for e-mail subscription for specific parts in BRICK
Number of Reports	> 100 predefined and customizable reports available Custom reports can be easily created and integrated into the solution	< 20 static reports available
Multi-Cell Support	All reports support Multi-Cell environments	Not Available, limited to one Data Protector cell only
Multi-User Support	Support for user defined dashboards and favorites HP Backup Navigator as a commercial reporting package allow multiple user roles, such as admin, management, and executive real time report access	Not supported and not available
Licensing	Capacity-based licensing model Single Cell Manager Edition available Evaluation with Instant-On 60 day license possible	No license required
Hardware / Software	Requires additional server (virtual or physical) and includes different components	One binary, no installation nor additional hardware required
Support	Provided by HP based on customer support agreement	Best effort / community based support

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