HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96056, November 2006)

Managing Backups396
• Backup Manager Application - A backup application serving as the master in a backup
hierarchy is referred to as a Backup Manager Application. A Backup Manager Application is
responsible for managing other media managers.
• Backup Manager Host - The managed host that has the backup application running as the
Backup Manager Application is referred to as the backup manager host. The IP address of the
backup manager host must be specified in Step 1 of Discovery before the Backup Manager
Application can be discovered.
• Media Manager Application - A backup application serving as a server controlling the media
in a backup hierarchy is referred to as a Media Manager Application. A Media Manager
Application can be responsible for managing different types of hardware, such as tapes and
drives.
• Media Manager Host - The host that has the backup application running as the Media
Manager Application is referred to as the media manager host. A Media Manager Application
and its host can be discovered through the Backup Manager Host (similar to how 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 generic, 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 - Media can be any device that is used to store backup data, such as tapes.
• Media Pool - logical grouping of the backup media.
• Sessions- scheduled and executed backup jobs.
• 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 Backup Client is a host being backed up by one or more master servers. A
backup client can be managed if its IP address appears in the discovery list. Otherwise, backup
clients that are identified through the master servers are considered generic elements.
NOTE: In Backup Manager you do not need to double-click an element in the topology to obtain
more information about it. Only a single click is required.
Requirements for Using Backup Manager
IMPORTANT: Backup Manager does not support Net Backup Master Server and HP Data Protector
Cell Manager on the same host. The CIM Extension only supports one backup solution on a host. If
Net Backup Master Server and Data Protector Cell Manager are installed on the same host, only
Data Protector Cell Manager is discovered by default. Net Backup Master Server is ignored by the
CIM Extension.
Before you can use Backup Manager, you must do the following: