HP StorageWorks EBS with HP OpenView Storage Data Protector V5.1 Implementation Guide (October 2003)

11EBS with HP OpenView Storage Data Protector v5.1 Implementation Guide

Introduction

Overview of Enterprise Backup Solutions

Properly setting up a Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) backup solution

can be challenging. Typically components are purchased at different times and

arrive separately or the components are purchased from different vendors. Each

piece of hardware arrives with its own documentation for setup and deployment.

These challenges may require additional time and money. HP is committed to

keeping these challenges to a minimum by providing the HP StorageWorks

Enterprise Backup Solution Design Guide and this implementation guide.

History

HP engineering teams have developed a comprehensive approach to ensuring that

all hardware, firmware, and software components are properly fitted into an

Enterprise Backup Solution (EBS). The teams test the supported configurations

and they have developed many Best Practices to follow when setting up your own

EBS. The teams also test backup solution software and provide many Best

Practices to ensure that your EBS runs at optimum efficiency.

Documentation Goal

This guide is intended to address many of the integration issues that you may

encounter when setting up your EBS, and to provide suggestions for the best

solution. What this guide does not do is provide specific documentation for

installing and configuring your data protection software. Within this document,

HP will point you to the appropriate documentation when necessary. The guide

covers areas where special configuration issues that might not be covered in the

vendor documentation will help in your goal of setting up an efficient EBS.

Refer to the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solutions Design Guide for

proper hardware setup and configuration.