HP Data Protector integration with Oracle Tutorial

HP Data Protector integration with Oracle:


For this oracle integration we need the following information.

1. Add oracle components in the oracle database server.
2. RMAN information
    Target database (which you want to take a backup) dba user and password.
    Catalog database dba user and password.


First add the components to the client and check.

Create a new Backup Specification for oracle Database.

Select the target database which you want to take a backup.

Specify the DBA username and password (Both Target and Catalog DB)

Because HPDP invokes the RMAN script only.

Now select which component you want to take backup(controlfile, entire DB, tablespace   etc)

Select the device where you want to store.

Set the schedule for this backup.

Save this backup Specification and start the specification interactively.

The backup session invokes the RMAN, and excutes the RMAN scripts.

Session completed successfully.

Now you can restore from the backup sets.

Restore starts and it invokes the RMAN script.

HP Data Protector integration with MS Exchange Mail Server Tutorial

HP Data Protector integration with MS Exchange Mail Server:

1. HPDP integration with single mail box recovery.

For this integration mandatory information required:


     a. Mail server domain name.
     b. Domain admin username and password.

First, install MS Exchange component in the exchange mail server.

Then go to context menu, create a new backup specification for single mail box recovery.

Select your mail server host name.

Select which user's mail box to be backup.

Set the schedule and save this backup specification.

Start the interactive backup.

Session completed successfully.

Now login to mail server for the particular user and i am deleting the mails.

Now you don't have any mails in your inbox. 

Now from HPDP Manager go for restore, select the backup set and start the restore.

Restore process initiated.

Restore completed successfully.

Now you login to your mail server and check. You have a new restore folder in your mail server with the data.

Now you have all your mails.

HP DataProtector report Group Tutorial

HP Data Protector Report Group:


1. Select the report group and type. Go to the properties.

2. Set the delivery methods like email(SMTP).

And add the recipient email addresses.

3. Report already has the schedule. Even you can run as an interactive mode whenever you you need.

Start the report.

4. It will ask for your confirmation.

5. Now go and check in the recipient's mail box.
You have received the mail from Data Protector.

6. You can set this delivery method for notifications also.

All the Best ....

iscsi initiator configuration steps in Linux -- Tutorial

iscsi initiator configuration steps:



Download the iscsi-utils rpm.

Using winscp tool , copy the downloaded iscsi-utils rpm to the remote Linux server.

Login to the remote Linux server and check the rpm was copied.

Now it was successfully copied to a remote server.

Now we need to install the iscsi-utils rpm using rpm -ivh command.

And also check rpm -qa | grep iscsi, whether it is installed.

The daemon is used for this iscsi located in /etc/init.d/iscsi

Check the status of the daemon using /etc/init.d/iscsi status

If it is not running, start using the following command.

/etc/init.d/iscsi start

/etc/iscsi/iscsi-name file contains the iqn value of the initiator.

Check the fdisk -l to list the available disks and partitions.
We have only /dev/sda alone.

For the iscsi storage server, we are using starwind iscsi storage server.

We have create a 1GB LUN .

Now in the remote linux server, discover the iscsi targets with the following command.

iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p <ipaddress>

Then you have to restart the iscsi service.

Now you can able to get a new disk from the iscsi server.

Now if you check with fdsik -l command, you can see the new disk which doesn't have the valid partition.

Even you can check the with the location and the following file have the scsi id information.

cat /proc/scsi/scsi

Now you go the partitioning the new disk with the following command 

fdisk /dev/sdc

Once the partition got created, then you need to create a file system on the device.

mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdc1

Once the file system created you have to mount the file system in one mount point.

mkdir /storage_san

mount -t ext3 /dev/sdc1  /storage_san

check with mount command.

Check with disk free command also. Now you have 1GB space is available.

Now you can able to create a new files and directories.

All the Best ..............