On 2014/12/22 HP released patch bundle 9.02 for Linux, HP-UX and Windows and introduced a lot of new features. It is strongly recommended to read the full description of the bundle.
If you own a valid support contract you can download the patches from https://softwaresupport.hp.com. For login you need the HP Passport account.
Direct link:
– Windows – DPWINBDL_00902 – Patch Bundle
On 2014/12/16 HP released new patches for Linux, HP-UX and Windows. As a requirement you need to have Patch Bundle 8.13 installed – for details, please see article
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2014/10/data-protector-patch-bundle-8-13/. The patches will address 33 problems or new features. It is strongly recommended to read the full description of each patch. Hint: The core patch is available for Windows only.
If you own a valid support contract you can download the patches from https://softwaresupport.hp.com. For login you need the HP Passport account.
Direct link:
– Windows Cell Server – DPWIN_00764
– Windows Cell Console – DPWIN_00767
– Windows StoreOnceSoftware – DPWIN_00765
– Windows Media Agent – DPWIN_00768
– Linux Cell Server – DPLNX_00349
– Linux Cell Console – DPLNX_00351
– Linux StoreOnceSoftware – DPLNX_00350
– Linux Media Agent – DPLNX_00352
– HP-UX Cell Server – DPUX_00061
– HP-UX Cell Console – DPUX_00063
In older articles I often wrote about Bare Metal Recovery, a feature included in Data Protector without any additional costs and called Enhanced Automated Disaster Recovery (EADR) – see https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?s=eadr. To recover the Cell Server (see link) I always told to use tape devices with a block size of 64K. With Data Protector 9.0X and Windows 2008 / Windows 2012 this is no longer required, the limitation is no longer listed in the Data Protector handbooks. Sebastian Köhler (see http://www.syncer.de) has tested EADR for a Cell Server with a higher block size. He made the tests with SAS / FC libraries, StoreOnce and file libraries. So, you no longer need separate tape drives to backup your Cell Server, this makes the administration more easier.
And an additional comment from Sebastian, the parameter -anyobj for the command omniiso is back and available with Data Protector 9.0X. For additional details, please review the article https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2014/04/eadr-cell-server-dp-8-1x-windows-2012-r2/.
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During HP Discover 2014 Barcelona a new game changing StoreOnce feature was introduced: Recovery Manager Central. It allows to backup your storage snapshots without backup ISV. This is “must have”, so watch the videos and read additional information listed below.
Videos
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