When using the StoreOnce Software Store in Data Protector for jobs an error might be displayed: There are no available connections on gateway
. This can occur when there are locked devices in the media managemt database of Data Protector. Normally the devices are released automatically or when the Data Protector Services are restarted. This rarley warning can be solved using the command omnidbutil -free_locked_devs
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Data Protector 7.0
HP releases the new version of Data Protector – version 7.0. starting on 2012/04/16. The download will be available as usual from the HP DP site, orders for DVD media can be placed starting on 2012/05/01. As always, customers with a valid system handle are able to get the new version without additional costs (Passport account required), current licenses will work with the new version.
Version 7.00 is a complete installation (compared to the patch bundle with 6.21) and the most important feature is client side deduplication. The deduplication in version 7.00 is independent from the type of backup, no matter if you backup a filesystem or a database. An additional feature – GRE for Exchange was added which allows you to recover single items from Exchange. Last but not least, the integration of the Autonomy tools into Data Protector is build into this version of Data Protector.
Data Protector 6 – Patch Bundle 6.21
For coming christmas days HP delivers the next Data Protector version. Version 6.2 becomes 6.21
The new version 6.21 is a patch bundle you need to install on your existing DP 6.2 installation. Most important feature is deduplication, which might be known from the HP D2D systems or the StoreOnce initiative. For this feature aother article will be posted. Other features from the new version are a more modern Disaster Recovery, SQL 2012 support (standalone database instances), enhanced VMware features, changes on Hyper-V, enhancements for P9500 and of course bug fixes.
Important: Because of the size of the patch bundle the changed documentation was separated to a patch – see below, the patch must be installed after the patch bundle. Within the documentation patch you will also get the documentation regarding deduplication – StoreOnceSoftwareDeduplication.pdf
Download the patch bundle and patch for the documentation as usual, you will need your Passport account.
– Windows – DPWINBDL_00621.exe + DPWIN_00551.EXE
– Linux – DPLNXBDL_00621.tar + DPLNX_00183.tar
– HP-UX – DPUXBDL_00621.tar + PHSS_42652
– Solaris – DPSOLBDL_00621.tar + DPSOL_00477.zip