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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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- Multiple backup destinations (9)8.888%
- Deduplication and file compression (9)8.282%
- Business application protection (9)7.979%
- Instant recovery (8)7.777%
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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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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
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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.
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OpenText Data Protector Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, HP- UX, CentOS |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Languages | English, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese |
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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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The most common users of OpenText Data Protector are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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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:
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It is important to set up the software carefully. Users suggest taking the time to properly configure the software to ensure its optimal functioning.
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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.
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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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July 19, 2022
Micro Focus Data Protector review
81.66666666666666%
8.2
July 18, 2022
"How to promote continuous improvement in Micro Focus Data Protector's business and support strategy?"
54.54545454545454%
5.5
July 15, 2022
Micro Focus Data Protector - a very nice backup tool
82.5%
8.3
86.66666666666666%
8.7
July 15, 2022
Easy to play with it
96.66666666666666%
9.7
July 14, 2022
Reliable Data Protection, a partner you can trust
85.83333333333334%
8.6
November 02, 2017
HP Data Protector does the job well.
76.66666666666667%
7.7
December 05, 2015
Data Protector better for Unix than Windows
35.55555555555556%
3.6
December 04, 2015
Experienced in Data Protector
61.25%
6.1
November 20, 2015
Don't buy it
16.666666666666668%
1.7