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| About HP – DP Administration? |
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| Task are hp-dp backup config , basic troubleshooting , IDB backup etc.. |
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| Explain about the HP-DP admin ? |
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| Hp-DP is the backup tool. we can take oracle , RMAN , exchange , FS type of backup. |
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| What is unique in HP-DP when compared to other backup software? |
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| All backup type have all the features same, If u ask me unique. Let me explain with one scenorio. for EG:- we have EMC networker on prod as well the DR. you need to restore the producation backup in dR setup we need to move the tape from prod site to DR site den we need to put catalog in DR site it will take more time depends upon the backup s/f. it may take days also. but in HP-DP there is one option avail as RFA file whether you can do the catalog within 15 mints per tape. it will save more time when compare to other backup tools. |
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| If media pool has expired, either we need to increase the duration or better to create new pool. |
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| If tape expired & tape not formatted you can run the command & extent the tape retention. cmd:-omnidb -session -change_protection week |
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| Usually catalog wont take much time as we will be backing up only configuration and other meta data info.., even it wont take much time in other backup software as well, is this the only unquiness in this software. |
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| All backup tools have the same features. In hp-dp itself without using that option if you do normal catalog i am sure for one tape it will take 5 hrs. I tried in real time |
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| Can you explain the difference between HP-DP Admin and other backup tools? |
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| Hp-DP is the backup tool from HP. It have all the features which other tools have |
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| Why we need to suggest customer to go for this software, Could you please give few strong points on this..? |
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| Its depends upon your customer setup. If you have more oracle , RMAN , sap for oracle , os backup means go for Hp-dp because the restoration and backup configuration is very easy when compare to that tools… issue in hp-dp when compare to other tools are less |
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| Does HPDP support synthetic backup . |
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| Yes it will support |
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| Whether this software supports backup for cirtix enviornment? |
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| yea it will support |
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| Tape is in good condition, only the media pool has expired. the same i have increased to extend the validity, but no use still it’s showing the same. |
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| Try to create to new media pool and try |
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| In Real environment, we observe that the backup speed is slow then other backup tool. as in other can we also tune the backup speed in HPDP as well. |
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| Backup speed is purely depends upon your lan speed , backup server load… please cross verity both with the other backup tool |
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| How san or lan-free backup can be achived? |
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| Same as the other tools. you can zone the TL to the server and configure the SAN backup |
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| How can we configure NDMP backup in hpdp. |
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| please go through te=he guide http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.BINARYPORTLET/public/kb/docDisplay/resource.process/?spf_p.tpst=kbDocDisplay_ws_BI&spf_p.rid_kbDocDisplay=docDisplayResURL&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&spf_p.rst_kbDocDisplay=wsrp-resourceState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c03012260-2%257CdocLocale%253D&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken |
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| What is the pre-requsition for upgrading this software to next higher version? |
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| You need to check the compartability of the servers which configured in Hp-DP & backup agent compartability |
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| If we found an error , where we found the detailed logging for the error. |
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| In session logs itself you can see the overview of the error. we can check the full logs in the logs folder under installation path , you can set the debug mode when running the backup and check the debug logs too |
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| How cost effective is it and what are the licensing options available? |
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| It is not capacity based license. you need to procure license as per the servers & which type of backup |
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| Can we take Hypervisor backup with this software like ESX, VIO etc..? |
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| yeah we can take |
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| what should be the default block size in LTO5 drive settings. if we increased, the backup speed will increase or not.? |
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| Yes it will to the some extent please check the same with the harware team. for backup speed we need to check on the LAN speeed , server load |
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| What is rfa file and what is catalog ? |
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| rfa will the the information about the media used , drive used , which server details… catalog will hold all the infomation of our backup server , backup taken , restoration done, If catalog corrupted backup tool wont work |
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| What is synthetic backup ? |
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| A synthetic backup is identical to a regular full backup in terms of data, but it is created when data is collected from a previous, older full backup and assembled with subsequent incremental backups. The incremental backup will consist only of changed information. A synthetic backup would be used when time or system requirements do not allow for a full complete backup. The end result of combining a recent full backup archive with incremental backup data is two kinds of files which is merged by a backup application to create the synthetic backup. Benefits to using a synthetic backup include a smaller amount of time needed to perform a backup, and system restore times and costs are reduced. This backup procedure is called “synthetic” because it is not a backup created from original data. |
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| What is location of the catalog file in hp dp |
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| It will be under the hp-dp installation path |
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| We have created a new catalog file in DP. any services need to restart in cell manager? |
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| restart the omni servers |
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| What extent we can play role in HPDP. |
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| If you taking RMAN backup using hp-dp. there is no need of oracle admin. because backup admin will take care of everything. for configuring new RMAN backup then the details need to provide by oracle admin |
