Integrating HP Data Protector 6.1 with SAN Virtualization Services Platform

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Figure 1: Concepts
During the ZDB the following actions take place:
1. Session pre-exec script is executed.
a. (Optional) The database on the application host goes into Backup mode.
Note
: This should be done from within the application host through scripts which are
not covered in this document.
b. Point in time of the application host’s volume is created.
c. (Optional) Database goes back into normal mode through DB client (as above, also
not covered in this document).
d. Snapshot is created from the PiT.
e. Snapshot is mounted on the backup host.
2. Media agent is prepared for the (local) backup.
3. Disk agent backs up the snapshot.
4. Session post-exec script is executed.
a. The snapshot is un-mounted from the backup host.
b. Snapshot is deleted.
c. Point in Time is deleted.
Data Path Module (DPM)
-- 2 per SVSP Domain
Virtualization
Services Managers
(VSM)
-- 2 per Domain
SAN
Application Host
Backup Host
SAN