Requests for this software
update are due back to HP no later than April 15, 2009
We are pleased to be
offering the new release of HP Data Protector Express software. This release is
HP Data Protector Express 3.5 Service Pack 2.
All users of Data Protector Express with a
current support contract are entitled to this Service Pack and can download it
from the ‘Support & documentation’ link at http://www.hp.com/go/dataprotectorexpress.
All existing license keys are compatible with the new software.
This release has the
following added features and maintenance:
New features
·
Improved
copy policy (D2D2Any option)
This allows the user to configure a copy policy to automatically run at or
after completion of the backup job to create a copy of the backup media set.
·
Improved
library support (base product)
Multiple improvements to make it easier to manage and use tape libraries as
backup and recovery devices. These improvements include the use of media bar
codes to manage access to media.
·
Pre-job
and post-job execution of commands (base product)
Pre- and post-job commands are used to perform OS-specific commands before or
after a backup or recovery job. This new feature can be used to automate
preparation for a job, with commands such as stop/start a database.
·
New
rotation type “Daily append” (base product)
A new rotation type has been
added for used by small organizations with relatively small data volumes to
protect. It is simple rotation that uses just 4 media sets yet allows media to
be moved offsite and recovery to any day in the past 4 weeks.
·
New
schedule control command (base product)
It is now possible to manually
control the scheduler, overriding the clock-based scheduling. This allows quick
testing of rotation schemes, failed jobs to be easily re-run and a schedule to
be paused and later resumed.
·
Automatic
version upgrade of clients (base product)
To make updating all machines in the Data Protector Express Storage Domain
easier, this can now be automated. The Data Protector Express Backup Server can
be configured to automatically upgrade (or downgrade) all the other machines Storage
Domain to the same build as installed on the Backup Server.
·
User
controllable performance settings (base product)
Options are now available to allow the user to control backup performance and
backup impact. This is done by modifying parameters such as number of active
hosts and active Data Protector Express database selection list thresholds.
Backup modes can now be set to sequential or asynchronous on a Workgroup
folder.
New device
support
Support for the
following devices has been added in this release:
·
HP
StorageWorks DAT160 (DDS-6); USB, SCSI, SAS
·
Quantum
DAT160 (ID: Quantum*DAT***DAT160-000) ; USB, SCSI, SAS
·
HP StorageWorks
Ultrium 1840 (LTO-4); SCSI, FC, SAS
See notes on Data
Protector Express compatibility matrix here: http://www.hp.com/go/dataprotectorexpress
Maintenance (fixed
issues) and other Enhancements
|
Tracking
ID |
Description |
|
4741 |
An option to
pause the Task Scheduler has been added, preventing the next scheduled instance
of the job from executing. This is in addition to “pause” task command. |
|
5134 |
Disaster Recovery
can now be performed on Linux distributions with Xen based kernels without
additional configuration steps. |
|
5209 |
Media objects now
show last written, last read fields on media info pane with none when they
should be hidden. |
|
5234 |
Added the ability
for allocated device objects to report who has them allocated and in which
task. |
|
5439 |
Alerts generated
within the product are now reported to the application event log when running
on Windows and Linux platforms. |
|
5461 |
A job with an
active rotation, if renamed, automatically renames the underlying main
rotation folder. |
|
5477 |
Job names are no
longer referenced in the rotation folders. |
|
5482 |
The rotation set
of the job is now listed in a column, and in the info pane. |
|
3434 |
Tape IDs might are
not duplicated if there is more than one HP VLS |
|
4228 |
On systems with
SELinux enabled after DR is complete all services start on reboot. |
|
4716 |
Install &
Upgrade detect non-default installation on Linux. |
|
5118 |
If one or more
spanned media no longer exist, verify/restore jobs end up do not mark devices
as offline. |
|
5137 |
Format job of a
single media in a library does not run forever when the device is offline. |
|
5196 |
SAS devices can
be seen in non-DR mode with Windows 2003 SP2 on all systems. |
|
5394 |
Execution (Pre/Post/Fail)
scripts are running in correct order. |
|
5426 |
|
|
5457 |
Directories and
links are not restored if the other already exists with the same name. |
|
5464 |
|
|
5484 |
Temporary files do
not remain after |
|
5508 |
After |
|
5564 |
DR image creation
no longer fails on RHEL5 when service is started by system with SELinux
enforced. |
|
5608 |
Iomega REV 280
USB loader now shows up. |
If you have
specific questions, contact your local HP representative. Contact information
for a representative in your area can be found at "Contact HP" http://www.hp.com