HP Data Protector Operations Guide

Short-term maintenance checklist
Control
Objective
Procedure Result
Backup
maintenance
Check the Data Protector Event log for daily
notifications.
Restart failed backup sessions.
Resume failed sessions.
Media
maintenance
Verify media and pool usage.
Resolve poor media issues.
Long term maintenance checklist
Control
Objective
Procedure Result
Database
maintenance
Run the IDB purge operation.
Analyze DCBF directories’ capacity usage.
Check the size of the tablespaces.
Verify IDB notifications and reporting.
Log files Monitor log file sizes.
Off-site vaulting
Control
Objective
Procedure Result
Distance of
off-site
storage
Physically visit the off-site storage facility, if it is
within reasonable distance of the site, or use
alternative review techniques. Describe the
location of the off-site storage facility.
Off-site
backup tape
While at the off-site storage facility, verify that the
proper backup media including all incremental
and full image backups identified above as being
retained off-site are safe, current, and readily
available in off-site storage.
Existence of
system
documentati
on in the off-
site storage
While at the off-site storage facility, verify that
appropriate systems documentation is retained in
off-site storage.
Environment
al control of
the off-site
storage
Determine that the off-site storage area is
reasonably removed from the computer room to
avoid simultaneous destruction resulting from a
likely natural or man-made disaster, is
environmentally safe for the type of media stored,
is adequately safeguarded to prevent the loss or
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