Category Archives: SCD

During the last days the web site data-protector.org has been migrated to a new server and now uses a secured connection. So all communication is encrypted. All http requests are redirected to https. It is recommended to update your bookmarks and favorites. In case of any problems please send me an email.

Greg Baker (see link) has released two new books about Data Protector 9. These are up-to-date for version 9.02.

The first is a book for operators: “Operating, running and supporting HP Data Protector 9”. This is designed for people who need to learn how to do restores, log support calls, monitor backups and so on. It’s the kind of book that you can give as part of your hand-over documentation when you have completed a new implementation. It’s also very appropriate for someone just starting in a role where they are supporting Data Protector.

The second book is for a more general audience: “Planning, Deploying and Installing Data Protector 9: For the datacentre, the cloud and remote offices”. It is a much larger book, and covers many topics not otherwise mentioned anywhere else. For example: how to backup servers that already are in the cloud; using HP’s backup-to-Helion service; the schema of the internal database; results of surveys on what customers buy Data Protector for, and so on. It covers many common designs (e.g. backing up to disk, low-bandwidth site-to-site copies) and lots of basic set up (what agents to install where, what installation servers you will need, best practices for media pool management).

Both books are available in paperback, Kindle, PDF and EPUB. While they weren’t written specifically to help with the certification exam, most of the Data Protector 9.x (HP0-A113) content is covered if you have bought both books (as well as other topics).

Pick up a copy at http://www.ifost.org.au/books

Please note: the books will not replace any official class room training provided by HP for HP Data Protector.

Today I got three nice videos for the HP MSL 6480 library. Worth to share…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlQj-e2XBbo
http://www.hpstoreevermsl6480.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59NWz1UdNFs&feature=youtu.be

And the link to the MSL 6480 blog: http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Around-the-Storage-Block-Blog/HP-StoreEver-MSL6480-the-new-gold-standard-in-mid-range-tape/ba-p/175068#.VOcyVnl0yM8

It again was a very successfully 2014. The Blog was visited 185.000 times (Page Views with about 85.000 visitors) and 54 new articles were released. In total about 185 articles are available. The most popular day was on 06.11.2014 with 1119 visitors. The most popular articles viewed covered the support matrices, Data Protector migration and of course older articles from 2011 to 2013. The most popular pages are Downloads, BRICK and Video Tutorials. The visitors are located in 173 countries, from Germany, US and Europe. Worldwide approx. 20 countries never visited data-protector.org so far. More than 275 people are subscribers of data-protector.org. The most people are referred by Google, which is not a surprise; data-protector.org is at least within the first 10 results when searching for “Data Protector”. Thanks to all valued readers for supporting the site.

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