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OpenText Data Protector

OpenText Data Protector
Formerly Micro Focus Data Protector

Overview

What is OpenText Data Protector?

OpenText Data Protector standardizes and consolidates backups across multiple platforms. It provides secure, comprehensive backup protection for business-critical data and applications whether virtual, physical, or online in the cloud.

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Popular Features

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  • Multiple backup destinations (9)
    8.8
    88%
  • Deduplication and file compression (9)
    8.2
    82%
  • Business application protection (9)
    7.9
    79%
  • Instant recovery (8)
    7.7
    77%
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What is OpenText Data Protector?

OpenText Data Protector standardizes and consolidates backups across multiple platforms. It provides secure, comprehensive backup protection for business-critical data and applications whether virtual, physical, or online in the cloud.

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  • Setup fee optional

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Features

Data Center Backup

Data center backup tools send data to a secure storage location after encryption and de-duplication

8.2
Avg 8.1
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Product Details

What is OpenText Data Protector?

OpenText Data Protector standardizes and consolidates backups across multiple platforms. It provides secure, comprehensive backup protection for business-critical data and applications whether virtual, physical, or online in the cloud.

OpenText Data Protector Features

Data Center Backup Features

  • Supported: Universal recovery
  • Supported: Instant recovery
  • Supported: Business application protection
  • Supported: Multiple backup destinations
  • Supported: Backup to the cloud
  • Supported: Deduplication and file compression
  • Supported: Snapshots
  • Supported: Flexible deployment
  • Supported: Management dashboard
  • Supported: Platform support
  • Supported: Retention options
  • Supported: Encryption

OpenText Data Protector Screenshots

Screenshot of Reporting Dashboard

OpenText Data Protector Videos

Data Protector’s ease-of-use and flexible licensing helps DATAGROUP reliably backup and recover their customers’ diverse IT environments
Iskratel's use of Data Protector supports cost optimization through streamlining and simplifying physical and virtual data protection and storage.
Micro Focus Data Protection with SAN backup enables travel industry service provider Atcore Technologies to reduce backup times and increase customer satisfaction.
With Micro Focus Data Protection, American Digital's Backup as a Service meets recovery SLAs and reduces customers' costs. Data Protector's ability to support a wide range of operating systems, bare metal, virtual machines and databases are key to success.

OpenText Data Protector Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, HP- UX, CentOS
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported LanguagesEnglish, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Frequently Asked Questions

OpenText Data Protector standardizes and consolidates backups across multiple platforms. It provides secure, comprehensive backup protection for business-critical data and applications whether virtual, physical, or online in the cloud.

Veeam Data Platform, Cohesity, and Druva Data Resiliency Cloud are common alternatives for OpenText Data Protector.

Reviewers rate Recovery verification highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of OpenText Data Protector are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Micro Focus Data Protector is a versatile backup tool that users rely on for various environments and workloads. Customers have successfully used this product to backup SQL Server, Oracle Database, VMWare, and file systems. With the ability to handle backups of large environments, Data Protector has become the go-to backup solution for many users. The intuitive management console allows users to perform various actions easily, making it a user-friendly choice for backup tasks.

One of the key use cases is the backup of critical production systems and databases. Users can confidently backup and restore core enterprise applications such as SAP, SAP HANA, Oracle Databases, PostgreSQL Databases, SQL-Server, SharePoint, and Windows and Linux file systems. The product also offers enterprise-wide backup and recovery solutions for different platforms and applications. Additionally, customers have utilized Data Protector for billing information, telephone call appraisals, and future business projections.

The flexibility provided by Micro Focus Data Protector is highly appreciated by users. They can have multiple cell managers to support both legacy and latest operating systems and databases simultaneously. This allows organizations to ensure a valid backup of critical systems while also supporting newer technologies. Some users are even planning to add cloud workloads and containers to be backed up with Data Protector in the future.

Despite its benefits, some users have faced limitations with efficient disk writing and deduplication technology. However, overall, users find Micro Focus Data Protector to be a reliable backup solution with a simple interface that caters to their diverse needs across different environments and workloads.

Users have made several recommendations based on their experiences with the product:

  • It is important to set up the software carefully. Users suggest taking the time to properly configure the software to ensure its optimal functioning.

  • Testing with servers in production is recommended to ensure proper performance. Users advise running tests with actual production servers to verify that the software works effectively in real-world scenarios.

  • Considering a demo and inviting the company for a demonstration is suggested. Users recommend evaluating the product firsthand by inviting the company for a demo to determine if it meets their specific needs and requirements.

Overall, users highly recommend the product, finding it very useful and acknowledging its potential. They also advise conducting thorough tests, including demo licenses, to assess if it fulfills all backup demands. Additionally, users warn against unexpected additional licenses by ensuring that everything needed and all components are included in the quote. The product is particularly praised when used with HP StoreOnce, offering notable benefits in terms of speed and ease of use. Lastly, users suggest considering the trade-off between cost, quality, and speed when evaluating this product.

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Reviews

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is the appropriate software for large companies, where hundreds of backup tasks are handled. It is the stage where it shows all its power. It is enterprise software. The least appropriate would be a small virtual environment, where much power is not required, although it could be used just as well.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Suitable and stable for backups of Databases and other online information. Suitable and stable for platforms based on virtual environments. Easy to configure for devices where the information is saved.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Micro Focus Data Protector is strong in enterprise application integrations and has a great variety of supported storage and backup target devices. The integration of cloud-based applications and services is brand new and not fully integrated into the existing solution.
Markus Pernek | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Micro Focus Data Protector can be used in pretty much any physical and virtual environment as it has a wide range of integrations, including SAP HANA, MaxDB, Oracle, etc. It is also supported on almost any operating system, whether Windows, Linus, or AIX.Also, a large number of storage arrays are supported which can be used as backup targets (on-premise and in the cloud). There is still room for improvement in the integration of cloud workloads into the DP GUI. Like the backup of Exchange Online, the other workloads should also move to the HTML5 GUI (complete MS365 suite, Proxmox, OpenShift, etc.).Likewise, the possibility of SAP HANA restores should migrate to the GUI, e.g. to ensure system copies.
John Glenn | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I believe it is very well suited for the Unix/Linux brands but once you get into the Windows side of things there are much better options out there. The other problem is that the data is in a format that only works with HP Data Protector and cannot be migrated to another system should things go that direction in the future. Once you are locked into HP Data Protector you are truly locked in.
Kevin Loeffler | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
HP Data Protector is suited for medium to large environments that are mixed platform shops, it can handle backup and restores of most major databases and MS applications along with Unix and Linux. It has de-duplication and backup to disk functionality which can be licensed as needed. The virtual environment backup options cover the major players in that area.
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