{"id":2213,"date":"2015-01-14T15:13:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T14:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.data-protector.org\/wordpress\/?p=2213"},"modified":"2015-12-09T17:43:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T16:43:58","slug":"hp-backup-navigator-brick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.data-protector.org\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/hp-backup-navigator-brick\/","title":{"rendered":"HP Backup Navigator and BRICK"},"content":{"rendered":"

I often get questions whether it makes sense to use HP Backup Navigator or BRICK for monitoring and reporting of HP Data Protector environments. Many users are already familiar with the tool \u201cBackup Related Information Collector and Keeper\u201d and use it on a regular basis in their environment. What benefits and advantages can HP Backup Navigator offer compared with BRICK?<\/p>\n

The most important difference<\/i><\/b> is that HP Backup Navigator is an integrated web-based solution for analyzing, trending, troubleshooting and reporting on Data Protector for both physical and virtual infrastructures. BRICK statically collects information about the Data Protector environment using a command line interface and presents the information graphically.<\/p>\n

Executive Summary:<\/b> HP Backup Navigator provides a quick and easy way to implement analytics, trending and reporting for HP Data Protector backup environments. For more information, quick specs, white papers and documentation, see: http:\/\/www.hp.com\/go\/dataprotector<\/a> and http:\/\/www.autonomy.com\/adaptivebackup\/backup-navigator<\/a>. Additionally, HP Backup Navigator is offered with an Instant-On 60 day license, allowing customers to immediately put HP Backup Navigator into operation and evaluate its fit within the overall business assurance strategy of the organization.<\/p>\n

In order to demonstrate the differences, the table below compares the features of both solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 <\/th>\nHP Backup Navigator<\/th>\nBRICK<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Purpose<\/b><\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Highly interactive and intuitive web-based reporting application<\/li>\n
  • Combines strong visualization and real-time operational analytics to simplify and optimize the backup and recovery experience for HP Data Protector environments<\/li>\n
  • Provide business assurance insight for both physical and virtual environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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    \n
  • Application to document the backup and recovery environment<\/li>\n
  • Statically collect information on the environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Use Case<\/b><\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • HP Backup Navigator is suitable for clients with enhanced requirements for reporting<\/li>\n
  • End-to-end insight into the physical and logical data protection infrastructure make it possible for the administrator and also a company\u2019s executive to make smarter decisions in implementing a backup and recovery process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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    \n
  • BRICK is suitable for customers who want to use a static snapshot of their environment and the generated result as system documentation<\/li>\n
  • The tool is intended for administrators of a Data Protector environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intelligent Dashboards<\/b><\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Intelligent interactive dashboards<\/li>\n
  • Multi-user; users can customize their own dashboards to filter, change and modify views<\/li>\n
  • Dashboard reports are based on more than 75 key performance indicators of the backup and recovery process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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    \n
  • 3 static dashboards (reports) included<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Real-Time Predictive Analytics<\/b><\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Delivers foresight into the backup and recovery process based on trending, forecasting and modeling algorithms<\/li>\n
  • HP Backup Navigator\u2019s foresight algorithms reveal future performance deficiencies, capacity gaps and requirements specific to the data set characteristics, infrastructure capabilities, and organizational requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\n
    \n
  • Not available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rapid Root-Cause Analysis and Problem Solving<\/b><\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Proactively detect and address potential resource conflicts and systematic\/systemic issues before they cascade into outages and data loss that negatively impact business operations<\/li>\n
  • Evaluate data protection issues for both physical and virtual environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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    \n
  • Root cause analysis is not available<\/li>\n
  • Can show systematic\/systemic issues, but expertise from a Data Protector expert required to interprets these issues<\/li>\n
  • Does not reveal data protection issues specific to virtual environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Collaboration and Cross-System Support<\/b><\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Automates the report creation process, allowing them to be scheduled and shared with stakeholders within the organization, or securely isolated and made available to external customers relying on the backup and recovery service<\/li>\n
  • The same information can be exported in a variety of formats (PDF, XLSX, CSV, DOCX, PPTX und HTML) for inclusion into other organizational systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\n
    \n
  • Reports are pre-canned and cannot be modified<\/li>\n
  • Reports cannot be shared with stakeholders or isolated for external access<\/li>\n
  • Reports cannot be converted into other formats. Results are generated as HTML only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flexible Reporting<\/b><\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Extensible reports can be customized and tailored to match the specific needs of the operator, organization or customer<\/li>\n
  • Flexible reports include the data protection details necessary for decision-making and taking appropriate and decisive action<\/li>\n
  • New reports, not shipped with the solution, can be created and added easily to support unique business needs and requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\n
    \n
  • Reports are pre-canned and cannot be modified<\/li>\n
  • Pre-canned reports offer very limited customization<\/li>\n
  • New reports are not user created and require developer support from the creator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
“What-if” Scenario Evaluation<\/b><\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Get intelligent insights into current backup and recovery operations before new datasets are included into the process<\/li>\n
  • Use insights to determine whether or not service-level agreements remain achievable, the impacts to the backup infrastructure and the best ways to balance the demands of new datasets within the existing infrastructure<\/li>\n
  • Model and compare the impacts of using dataset reduction features (i.e. deduplication) on existing data without enabling the feature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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    \n
  • Data protection scenario modeling and reports are not available<\/li>\n
  • Statically collected information from various reports could be used for modeling, with expertise from a Data Protector expert<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Automation<\/b><\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Automated data gathering for one to many backup and recovery environments<\/li>\n
  • E-mail subscription for reports available; reports are sent automatically without user interaction required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\n
    \n
  • Automation using \u201ccron\u201d or \u201ctask scheduler\u201d is possible<\/li>\n
  • No support for e-mail subscription for specific parts in BRICK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of Reports<\/b><\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • > 100 predefined and customizable reports available<\/li>\n
  • Custom reports can be easily created and integrated into the solution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\n
    \n
  • < 20 static reports available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Multi-Cell Support<\/b><\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • All reports support Multi-Cell environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\n
    \n
  • Not Available, limited to one Data Protector cell only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Multi-User Support<\/b><\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Support for user defined dashboards and favorites<\/li>\n
  • HP Backup Navigator as a commercial reporting package allow multiple user roles, such as admin, management, and executive real time report access<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\n
    \n
  • Not supported and not available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Licensing<\/b><\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Capacity-based licensing model<\/li>\n
  • Single Cell Manager Edition available<\/li>\n
  • Evaluation with Instant-On 60 day license possible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\n
    \n
  • No license required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hardware \/ Software<\/b><\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Requires additional server (virtual or physical) and includes different components<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\n
    \n
  • One binary, no installation nor additional hardware required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Support<\/b><\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Provided by HP based on customer support agreement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\n
    \n
  • Best effort \/ community based support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I often get questions whether it makes sense to use HP Backup Navigator or BRICK for monitoring and reporting of HP Data Protector environments. Many users are already familiar with the tool \u201cBackup Related Information Collector and Keeper\u201d and use it on a regular basis in their environment. 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