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OpenText Data Protector Demo - DP Report Dashboard 01

A high level at-a-glance dashboard instantly alerts you to any issues with your backup processes and shows exactly what is being protected.

OpenText Data Protector Demo - DP Report Dashboard 02

The report dashboard can be customized to focus on the key areas of most interest or concern and provide deep dive when required.

OpenText Data Protector Demo - DP Media Usage 01

Verify and track the media usage to enable optimization of resources.

OpenText Data Protector Demo - DP Scheduler API 01

As well as the GUI Scheduler which shows monthly or daily schedules the Scheduler API allows integration into the customer’s tools of choice.

OpenText Data Protector Demo - DP Session Errors

Checkout the session errors to understand where there are issues in the environment. The error reports help pin-point areas of concern quickly and efficiently.

OpenText Data Protector Demo - DP Transfer Size Predict 01

Optimize storage and bandwidth usage and plan for future expansion with the advanced prediction tools.

Kunal G.

Senior Manager

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/2/2017

"Reliable and trustworthy back-end backup soltion"

4/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

Integrations is easy

Easy to install and set up cell manager, deploy clients and configure backup devices

Licensing is easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

Granular Recovery Extensions for VMware and Exchange and reports Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/2/2018

"Does the job right the first time"

5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

I love how easy it is to use and I never had to get help with it or ask any questions. It is very user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

I have yet to find something I dont like Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/9/2016

"HP data protector"

2.5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

HP data protector has many integration components for all sorts of systems, SQL , exchange, Sharepoint, etc.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

all the different components needed to make it work with various system can sometimes be confusion and often one component or another will not work properly and due to this you have to TRY many different paths to get the proper support person who knows the component you are dealing with. many time I had to rely on GOOGLE search to find the solution because HP support took too long to get to the right person. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenText Data Protector:

make sure you include everything you will need and all components in your quote-- we found we needed several additional and COSTLY licenses in addition to what we were originally told Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenText Data Protector solving and how is that benefiting you?

it does provide a backup solution for multiple systems over large WAN environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/23/2017

"we are using solution for more than 10 years"

4.5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

easy to use GUI, flexible licencing, enhanced feature for backup, solid price, stable product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

sometimes not so good support, troubleshooting is quite hard Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenText Data Protector:

make a good test with demo licences to verify if it fulfill all backup demands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenText Data Protector solving and how is that benefiting you?

we assure proper backups for all group of companies- Yearly we made about 50 restores of data - so far are restores were succesfull. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daniel H.

Senior Storage Architect

Hospital & Health Care

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/15/2015

"Storage Engineer with 6 years experience using Data Protector as the sole backup software."

3.5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

Data Protector is very easy to use and once you get the hang of it it becomes second nature. It works really well with standard OS backups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

We have had difficulties with various database backups. We had problems with writing multiple stream backups to D2D, than copy that backup to tape for DR. At the DR site we were not able to restore any of the multi stream backups and our DR test failed because of it. To get around this issue we had to switch to single stream backups and backups were taking upwards to 18 hours to complete (not good). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenText Data Protector:

It's a good product and when used with HP StoreOnce you'll see significant benefits with its speed and ease of use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenText Data Protector solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our shop has been using DP for over 15 years. It's what we know and hard to get rid of something you're so used to. We are using DP for all of our standard OS backups and write all backups to HP's StoreOnce deduplication device. These backups run very fast and we have great success with this method. We also do object copy jobs across the country to fulfill our offsite and DR requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Oil & Energy

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/27/2015

"DP Review"

5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

Backup and Restore very realiable and easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

I have anything to say for dislike, and there is nothing to say Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/28/2015

"Clunky"

3/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

Easy to use interface and not much complicated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

Clunky and outdated, crashing and terrible support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenText Data Protector:

Data Protector software isnt too bad after all, however you need to remember the traingle, GOOD-CHEAP-FAST.

If something is cheap is probably not very good and not to fast :) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenText Data Protector solving and how is that benefiting you?

Backup/Restore Solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

4.2 out of 5 stars

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