Data Protector is an automated backup and recovery software solution, providing backup to disk and tape storage. It is herogenious in its platform support, with a wide range of support for applications and databases too.
Recovery Without Vendor
Data Protector data can be recovered using Tranzman, Tranzman can restore data from without needing the original backup software. Tranzman can read disk and tape media, importing the meta-data into its own internal index.
Recovery of, files, folders, application data and databases is possible, and Tranzman supports the following Data Protector data types.
- *nix Filesystems
- Windows Filesystems
- DB2
- Exchange
- MS SQL
- Oracle
- SAP Max DB
- SAP R3
- SAP Hana
- Lotus Notes/Domino
- Sybase
- OpenVMS
- VMware
Database and Application data are both restored as files. Stone Ram provide guided steps for then recovering the databases / application from the restored data.
Cross Vendor Transitioning
All Workloads, can be exported and converted.
Data Protector can be migrated from. Tranzman can read the following data types.
- *nix Filesystems
- Windows Filesystems
- DB2
- Exchange
- MS SQL
- Oracle
- SAP Max DB
- SAP R3
- SAP Hana
- Lotus Notes/Domino
- Sybase
- OpenVMS
- VMware
- MS Sharepoint
- NDMP (3 way)
Currently there are no planns to add Data Protector to the list of products Tranzman can migrate to, this doesn't mean that Tranzman can't help to transition to Data Protector, just that the full meta-data ingestion into Data Protector is not possible. Tranzman can still be used to index, and recovery other origins data using the "Recovery Without Vendor" option allowing for legacy backup products to be decomissioned.
Same Vendor Transitioning
Data Protector can be migrated between Operating systems, clustering technologies, and between different versions of Data Protector.