The time has come, this month the support for Data Protector 7.0x and 8.0x Data Protector will end. Support for version 8.1x will end 30/06/2017. Of course, all customers with an active maintenance contract can upgrade to the current Data Protector version 9.0x. Data Protector 9.0x includes enhancements like:
- VMware virtual machine Power-on and Live Migrate
- Automated pause and resume of backup jobs
- VMware chached single file recovery from 3PAR or Smart Cache
- Accelerated VMware backup with 3PAR snapshot management
- 3PAR Remote Copy Support
- StoreOnce Catalayst over Fibre Channel and Federated Catalyst
- Automated Replication Synchronization
To read the complete article, please refer to https://softwaresupport.hpe.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM01701277.
The support matrices can be reviewed using this link https://softwaresupport.hpe.com/group/softwaresupport/support-matrices?lang=en&cc=us&hpappid=202392_OSP_PRO_HPE.
Additional FAQ’s regarding the EOL statement for DP 7.0x and 8.0x can be found here https://softwaresupport.hpe.com/group/softwaresupport/search-result/-/facetsearch/attachment/KM01701277/56aa06320017330381000180?fileName=DP_70_80_81_Customer_FAQ.pdf.