Delivers robust, advanced security features, and easy to manage protection for entry-level customers allowing backup of a single machine to the HP tape product it came with.
Upgrading Data Protector Express Basic Software to Data Protector Express
Why upgrade?
Reasons to upgrade from Data Protector Express Basic to Data Protector Express include:
All-inclusive licensing scheme makes Data Protector Express outstanding value. Upgrade to get all the features of Data Protector Express for one machine then add more all-inclusive licenses to protect additional machines.
Online Application protection is enabled after you upgrade to Data Protector Express so users can continue to access Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server while it is backed up.
Network backup is enabled, once upgraded, by adding licenses as needed to consolidate the backup of all machines on your network, share backup devices and manage data protection centrally. Data Protector Express Basic enables protection of one machine, upgrade to move to multi-server protection.
Encryption enables backups to any device to be encrypted so backup media can be stored and moved without compromising its security. Data Protector Express Basic supports writing to devices with an encryption capability such as HP LTO-5 Ultrium tape drives. Upgrading to Data Protector Express enables backups to be encrypted to any supported backup target.
Unlimited disk backup capacity and support for a wide variety of other backup targets is enabled by upgrading. Data Protector Express Basic allows you backup to HP StorageWorks tape devices, upgrading extends this to disk and other devices, including multi-drive libraries with no restrictions on slots, drives or capacity.
D2Any2Any automated copy jobs are enabled by upgrading to make it easy to implement disk-to-disk-to-tape backup and recovery.
Increased backup scheduling frequency enabled by upgrading allows backups hourly or even each minute to minimize exposure to data loss. Using Data Protector Express Basic you can schedule daily backups.
Windows XP, Vista and 7 machines can be protected with no additional licenses required once upgraded.
Added performance because Data Protector Express allows up to 8 data streams to be written or read from a backup device in parallel compared to 4 parallel data streams with Data Protector Express Basic.
Open file backup on Windows through the support for Microsoft Volume Copy Shadow Service (VSS) on NTFS that is included with Data Protector Express.
How?
Register your copy of Data Protector Express Basic and enter the free license key received.
Purchase HP part number TC333AAE. This is a discounted way to purchase Data Protector Express for 1 Server that is available only for registered Data Protector Express Basic users.
Register the upgrade to Data Protector Express and enter the new license key into the Data Protector Express GUI.
You can now use all the functionality of Data Protector Express for 1 Server.
What next
It is recommended, that if you have not already done so you purchase a Care Pack to provide technical support for your upgrade to Data Protector Express and entitlement to product updates as they are released.
Add additional licenses to protect more servers as needed.
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