Data Sheet

Data Protector
Data Protector is an enterprise grade backup and disaster recovery solution for large, complex, andheterogeneous IT environments. Built on a scalable architecture that combines security and analytics, it enables customers to meet their continuity needs reliably and cost-effectively.
Product Highlights
An enterprise class, data centric backup anddisaster recovery solution, OpenText™ Data
Protector addresses the challenges of complexity, scalability and data security of today’s
dynamic and diverse IT environments. Basedon a unified, flexible multi-tier architecture, Data
Protector enables centralized data protection
across physical, virtual and cloud environments.
Data Protector is offered in two editions: Data
Protector Premium which supports hybrid
environments (virtual and physical), and Data
Protector Express designed for backup andrestore of virtual environments. Integrated
reporting includes reports on configurations,storage pools and media, compliance, sessions
in timeframe, backup settings, and many otheradvanced reports, allowing administrators toeffectively monitor their backup environment.
As storage and application usage has evolved
so too must its protection. Data Protector for
Cloud Workloads is a Data Protector extension that provides wider backup protection
in cloud, virtual, container, and on line application environments. It gives multiple options in the choice of hypervisors that can be
deployed and enables maximum flexibility inthe choice of cloud provider backup targets.
Online application data protection is provided
for Microsoft 365 suite of products including
Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive
for Business and Teams.
Data Protector also offers automation andorchestration capabilities which enable thecreation of workflows which can be implemented via content packs to automate a variety of backup and recovery processes.

Key Features

Key Benefits■ Advanced virtual server protection■ Standardized protection—a unified and■ Storage integrations

scalable architecture enables centralized
data protection across physical andvirtualized environments, disparate
operating systems, and criticalapplications from core data centersto remote sites.
– Data Protector’s comprehensive support
matrix enables data protection across a
range of locations, applications, formats,storage platforms, operating systems
and hypervisors to a range of backup
targets, including disk, tape and cloud.
■ Application consistent recovery—leadingbusiness application integrations extend
server backup, automated point-in-time
recovery, and granular restores toapplication owners, enabling them toservice their own backup and recovery
requirements based on the backup
infrastructure defined by IT.
– Backup extension agents for businessapplications including Microsoft
Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint,
Microsoft SQL, Oracle, SAP, SAP HANA,IBM Db2, Sybase ASE, PostgreSQL,
and MySQL provide application-aware
backup and recovery.
– Automated transaction log backup andtruncation enables application recovery
down to a specific point in time.

■ Standardized protection■ Application-consistent recovery■ Cloud as storage tier
■ Automated DR■ Information retention■ REST API access■ Security model■ Predictive analytics, automation andorchestration■ Extensive hypervisor backup■ Container protection■ Microsoft 365 Online backup and restore■ Flexible cloud storage provider targets

Data Sheet
Data Protector– The Granular Recovery Extension (GRE)feature enhances the application
management GUI with an administrator
option to search and recover individual
items.
■ Advanced virtual server protection—

hypervisor integrations and support offer
virtual machine protection inheritanceand instant recovery options for virtualenvironments.
– Native integrations with VMware andMicrosoft Hyper-V hypervisors deliveragentless backup and protection
policy inheritance.
– Hardware-assisted agentless backup
augments the standard hypervisor
backup capabilities by leveraging
storage snapshot integration tocomplete the backup operation.
By offloading the processing andmovement of backup data from thehypervisor layer, Data Protector
improves backup performanceand virtual machine availability.
– Advanced VMware restore optionsfor HPE StoreOnce and Dell
EMC Data Domain include:• Cached Granular Recovery, which allows the recovery of select files from a
VM backup image directlyfrom a supported backup target• Virtual Machine Power On allows
VMs to be powered on instantly from
Data Protector’s backup images that
reside on supported devices• Live Migrate powers on a VM
from a backup image residing on a
supported device, and simultaneously
starts the VM restoration to the specified destination.
– For more extensive hypervisor backup
support beyond VMware and Hyper-V,
read the information in the Data Protector
for Cloud Workloads section.
■ Storage integrations with 3rd party

storage arrays—array-based snapshot

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integrations provide zero-impact protection
and rapid recovery; compression andfederated deduplication deliver cost
efficiencies and better utilization of the
IT infrastructure.
– Zero Downtime Backup integration with
HPE storage and NetApp SnapMirror
enables Data Protector to create,backup,and catalog space-efficient, applicationaware snapshots. The Instant Recovery
feature meets the strictest levels ofservice and recovery expectations bystaging the desired number of snapshotson the storage array itself. With a storagearray being the first point of recovery,
applications can be restored instantly.
– Integration with HPE StoreOnce Catalyst
and Dell EMC Data Domain Boost enables
federated deduplication which can run
either on the application server, on the
media server, or on the target backup
appliance, reducing network bandwidthconsumption. Once the data is deduplicated, it is seamlessly moved acrossthe backup stack without rehydration.
– Certified with HPE Nimble Storage,
HPE SimpliVity and HPE Alletra.
– Integrations with other 3rd party storage
vendors such as Dell EMC, NetApp andHitachi for NDMP-based backup andrecovery and/or snapshot. Support for
3-way NDMP for NetApp, Dell EMC Isilonand Unity platforms.
– Nutanix AHV support for backup andrestore of VMs– HPE Cloud Volumes support forextending Disk Systems storage
capacity or offloading data into thecloud. Utilizes Backup Stores acting
like StoreOnce Catalyst devices.

and via a gateway. Cloud integrations havebeen greatly extended and more details
are available in the Data Protector for
Cloud Workloads section.
– Native integrations with the Microsoft
Azure and Amazon S3 storage cloudallows you to seamlessly use it as a
backup target.
– Integration via the Microsoft StorSimple
cloud gateway appliance delivers
enhanced performance and data
optimization for larger cloud backups.
– Data Protector integration with HPE
StoreOnce Cloud Bank enables
seamless data transfer between
on-premise backup data sets andcloud targets such as Amazon S3 andMicrosoft Azure without the need for aseparate appliance such as a gateway.
There is no need for data rehydration,and since all metadata is transferredto the cloud target, restores are
possible even after the loss of the
HPE StoreOnce device.
– HPE Cloud Volumes support forextending Disk Systems storage
capacity or offloading data into thecloud. Utilizes Backup Stores acting
like StoreOnce Catalyst devices.
■ Data Protector Deduplication (DPD)—

integrated software deduplication delivers
performance improvements over the
network and cost saving throughstorage optimization.
– Enterprise features normally only
found in dedicated deduplication
appliances.
– Deduplicate data at source and target
sides. Data stays deduplicated in transit
for better network bandwidth use.

■ Cloud target integrations—Data Protector– Highly scalable to over 1PB of source
data.

offers a choice of cloud solutions, both
native with Microsoft Azure and Amazon S3
and S3 API-compliant Ceph and Scality,– Support for Linux and Windows, andsupports multiple folders and mountpoints.

■ Automated disaster recovery (bare-metal

recovery)—centralized bare-metal
recovery from or to physical and virtual
systems from any backup set at no
additional cost.
– Enhanced Automated Disaster Recovery(EADR) provides backup of application
data as well as system data including
operating system files, drivers, and files
required for the initial boot process.
Enabled with a simple check box in the
Data Protector GUI, EADR includes thenecessary image information in fullbackups for a full system recovery.
– Disaster recovery images can becreated from any existing file systemor image backup including object
copies, without needing to create
a separate special backup for
system recovery.
■ Information retention—automatedretention and replication management
across different backup media, storage
tiers, and locations for compliance andefficient long-term data retention.
– Data Protector creates a tiered recovery
architecture by managing data protection(backup, recovery, and replication) on
primary storage devices, disk-based
backup appliances (both physical andvirtual), tape, and cloud.
– Automatic Replication Synchronization
automatically shares metadata
information between Data Protector
Cell Managers that are managing
two replicating backup devices (HPEStoreOnce or Dell EMC Data Domain
appliances) providing multiple options
for restoring data and applications.
■ REST API access—an authentication

and authorization layer enables seamlessintegration of data protection tasks withcustomers’ service portals or applications.
– Self service restore of File Systems,
SQL Server, SAP, Oracle, VMware

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Hyper-V, IDB Files, Disk image and
NDMP backups.
■ Security model—a secure and simplified

communication between the Data Protector
components creates a highly reliable
and secure backup environment withlow overhead.
– Protocols encrypt traffic over the wire.
– “Secure peering” sends all communication
between Installation Server and Data
Protector Cell Manager includingcommands via a secure Transport
Layer Security 1.2 channel.
– “Trust” verification for Cell Manager/
Installation Server relationships.
– Centralized Command Execution.
– Common Criteria Certified providing
assurance of the application ofrigorous processes, implementationand evaluation of software security.
■ Predictive analytics, automation andorchestration, and reporting—tools
for backup administrators to efficiently
manage the backup environment bygaining insight into key performanceindicators, conducting advanced
monitoring and reporting, and automating
and orchestrating backup processes.
– Dashboard reports provide valuable
insights into performance indicatorsof backup and recovery, allowing
IT administrators to filter, change,
and modify views.
– Advanced integrated reporting in Data
Protector Premium allows administrators
to view client backup statistics, licensing,sessions, schedules information, etc.,
in order to effectively monitor the
backup environment.

for influencers to monitor backup
processes.
– Operations Orchestration (OO) enables
creation of workflows which can be
implemented via content packs toautomate a variety of backup andrecovery processes.
– Rapid root-cause analysis identifies
issues before they escalate into outages
and data loss that hurt business
operations.
– Built-in predictive analytics engine
provides trends and scenario-basedmodeling, potential scheduling conflicts
and resource contentions, and theimpact of new workloads on backup
infrastructure (physical capacity,
network load, and device load)—enabling better management andplanning of backup resources.

Data Protector for Cloud Workloads
Modern workloads demand a new level of dataprotection to address their specific needs.
OpenText Data Protector for Cloud Workloads(DP4CW) provides a stable, agentless backup
and snapshot-management solution for virtual machines, containers, storage providers,and applications working on-premise and in
the cloud. DP4CW supports multiple backup
destinations for convenient data storage planning including local filesystem or an NFS/CIFS
share, or object storage (cloud providers), extending the already extensive backup capabilities of Data Protector.
■ Hypervisor integrations—a wide rangeof hypervisors are supported to extend
protection for virtual machines beyond
Hyper-V and VMware.

– Reporting Server is also available fortraditional licenses– Full and incremental backup protection
for KVM, Oracle VM, AWS EC2, Nutanix,
and Citrix Hypervisor.

– Business Value Dashboard (BVD)
provides point in time backup data
accessible anywhere from any device– File level restore with AWS EC2 andCitrix XEN, and including mountablebackups for KVM, and Oracle VM.

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– Depending on hypervisor, capabilities
also include application consistentsnapshots, option to exclude specificvolumes, changed block tracking (CBT),LVM thin-pool support– Option to exclude specific volumes andrestore individual files.
– Disk attachment backup strategy using
Cinder.

■ OpenStack and OpenShift—this scripted

solution enables VM Workloads in AWS EC2
to be snapshotted first then replicated into
AWS S3 storage. This offers the advantagethat backup data is separated from live
data and it is then possible to make useof Data Protector scheduling, reporting,and monitoring for your hybrid-IT
approach.

■ Containers—Backup support is provided

for Kubernetes, Proxmox and OpenShift.
■ Microsoft 365—Online applications offer

many advantages but they only provide
minimal data backup support. Data Protector
for Cloud Workloads’ backup capabilities
are extensive, offering many usablefeatures on a scalable architecture.

Connect with Us– Restore to cloud or to local systems.

– OpenShift backup of metadata and datain persistent volumes– Automatic synchronization of users.

– Automatic pause of running deployments
for consistent backup.

– Quick search and find.

Technical Specifications– Exchange Online: emails, contacts,
calendar, and events

The Data Protector Cell Manager software
can be installed on Windows, Linux, and HPUX systems. Data Protector for Cloud Workloads can be installed on Linux and CentOS
systems. For additional specifications, go
to QuickSpecs on www.microfocus.com/
dataprotector.

– Option to exclude specific persistent
volumes.

– Cross-account migration of files/mails.

– SharePoint Online: Sites– OpenStack backup of instance metadataand data in QCOW2 volumes.
– Full and incremental backup– OneDrive for Business: Files– Teams: Teams chats, 1on1 chats,
Teams document libraries and sites.

Data Protector Express and Premium are available with the following features.
For a breakdown on features and capabilities for Data Protector for Cloud Workloads,
see its specific data sheet.

Data Protector Express Data Protector Premium(Virtual)(Hybrid)Enterprise Scale and Security
Standardized protection across enterprise
Secure backup and restore

X (virtual only)

X

X

X

Application-Consistent Recovery

Licenses:
Data Protector and Data Protector for Cloud
Workloads each require a seperate license.
Licenses are available as capacity based
per TB, on front-end capacity. Subscription
licenses are also available. Data Protector
Express is a socket based license.
Languages Supported:
English, French, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese

Mission-critical applications and databases
support (agent-based)

X

Granular recovery

X

Learn more at
microfocus.com/dataprotector
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Backup and Recovery for Virtual Environments
Agentless VM consistent backup

X

X

Advanced restore operations

X

X

Comprehensive support matrix

X

X

Integrations with storage

X

X

Cloud integrations

X

X

X

X

Best-in-class Platform and Cloud Integrations

Disaster Recovery
Bare metal recovery for Windows and Linux
Bare metal recovery for UNIXX

Orchestration, Automation and Monitoring
Basic integrated reporting

X

Advanced monitoring and reporting

X
X

Business dashboards

X

X

Flexible orchestration and automation

X

X

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