HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide for Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition SRM Software (July 2008)

Managing Backups572
• Media Manager Application — A backup application functioning as a server to control the
media in a backup hierarchy. A media manager application can be responsible for managing
different types of hardware, such as tapes and drives.
• Media Manager Host — A host that has the backup application running as the media manager
application. A media manager application and its host can be discovered through the backup
manager host (similar to the way that hosts are detected through a switch). If a media manager
host is discovered through a backup manager host, the media manager host is considered to be
“unmanaged,” meaning that the management server has discovered it, but cannot obtain
additional information about the element. If the IP address of the media manager host is
specified in Step 1 of discovery, the media manager host will be considered “managed.”
• Media — Any device that is used to store backup data, such as tape.
• Media Pool — A logical grouping of the backup media
• Sessions — Scheduled and executed backup sessions
• Tape Library — A device hosting a collection of tapes
• Robot — An automated device inside the tape library; responsible for manipulating the tapes
• Backup Client — A host that is being backed up by a backup application. A backup client can
be managed as a non-generic element if its IP address appears in the discovery list. Otherwise,
backup clients that are identified through the backup application are considered generic
elements.
NOTE: In the Backup Manager feature, only a single click on an element in the topology is
required to obtain more information about the element.
Requirements for Using Backup Manager
IMPORTANT: The CIM extension supports only one backup solution on a host. For this reason,
Backup Manager does not support both NetBackup Master Server and HP Data Protector Cell
Manager on the same host. If NetBackup Master Server and Data Protector Cell Manager are
installed on the same host, by default only Data Protector Cell Manager is discovered. NetBackup
Master Server is ignored by the CIM extension.
Before you can use the Backup Manager feature, you must take the following actions:
1. Install a CIM extension on the host running the backup application. See the installation guide for
information about installing CIM extensions.
2. Discover the host running the backup application, selecting the Include backup details option.
See ”Step 1 — Discovering Your Hosts and Backup Manager Hosts” on page 83. It is
recommended that you also select the Include infrastructure detail option, so you can also
monitor and manage the host itself.