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OpenText Data Protector Reviews & Product Details

Data Protector is your fully integrated enterprise grade backup and disaster recovery solution for large, complex, and heterogeneous IT environments. Built on an adaptive architecture that combines security and analytics, it enables customers to meet their continuity needs reliably and cost-effectively. Available in two editions for virtual environments only or for full heterogeneous enterprise environments. Data Protector is the complete backup solution providing data protection for traditional storage infrastructure through to hybrid cloud environments, for the data center and remote locations. Advanced security features, including Common Criteria Certification, further enhance the protection of critical data and applications including cyber threats such as ransomware attacks. The integrated reporting allows full visibility to backup operations, providing confidence your data is backed up, meets compliance requirements, and enables resource and operational optimization for overall cost saving benefits.

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OpenText

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OpenText Data Protector Community

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David Shephard (Digital Customer Advocacy Manager, OpenText)

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OpenText Data Protector Media

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.

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Marco Antonio P.

Arquitecto de soluciones de TI Data center Senior

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/26/2023

"Microfocus Data protector the best frendly backup tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

micro focus Data protector is a more easy and friendly to management backup and recovery tools, have a great interface, compatibility and integration with the most common system operations, applications and databases engines too, provide a great integration to backup and recovery vmware enviroments offer granulary recovery Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

When HPE was a owner to data protector pass a lot time without developer more functions, missing deduplication and compressing functions, but now with micro focus Data Protector come back to challenger Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/31/2017

"Micro Focus Data Protector review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

Relatively easy to configure backups, multiple integration component options (Oracle, SQL, SharePoint, Exchange, etc). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

Licensing is pretty complex for this app. RMAN restores can be a pain (but later versions of DP have fixed quite a bit of that as an issue). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Architecture & Planning

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/21/2018

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Overall good product."

3.5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

When it's installed, the most valuable feature is ease of use. It's a bit tricky to install straight out of the box and set up, because of the way the licensing module works. Otherwise t's very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

It is a bit slow when you use it for long periods of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenText Data Protector:

Set it up carefully Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We do not use it the way it's supposed. It's kind of like a back stop. For example, if an engineer accidentally deletes something, he raises a ticket and with a request to get his file back. Normally, the backup routines are more complicated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Legislative Office

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/20/2018

"simple and usefull"

4.5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

Very simple to install and operate; we review the satus (mantenience) of the hadwareonce every 2 years aprox. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

It takes a lot of time to backup virtual machine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenText Data Protector:

If you use virtual machine make some test with servers in productions, it could take more time than you spect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Backups and prevent data loss for human mistake, we have recovered few times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mehdi T.

Senior ETL Developer

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/12/2018

"MicroFocus Data Protector REVIEW"

5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

Great performance, stable product, flexibility with licensing, easy to configure backups and wide integration options such as oracle, sql, sharepoint, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

Restore of RMAN can be difficult. also, the multiple stream backups is not as smooth as single stream backups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenText Data Protector:

It is a very good product ofcourse depending on the company's requirements. It is definitely worth inviting them for a demo and have all your questions answered which would help you evaluate if it is a good fit for your company. This product can fit most of the environments though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Local storage requirements, database testing in the development environment. The backups run fast and performance wise the managementis very happy with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/9/2018

"Micro Focus Review "

5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

I liked the instant recovery and emphasis on data protection. My company handles sensitive data and we need ways to make sure everything from our end is protected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

There was not much I disliked about the product. I thought it was very useful and I'd recommend to another company for sure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenText Data Protector:

I would definitely recommend this product. In my trial I found it very useful and can see its potential Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Data protection. I am looking for a secure hassle free way to ensure our data is protected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sikandar G.

Digital Marketing Specialist

Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/19/2018

"Protecting me from a huge loss"

4.5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

It's ability to work other Operating systems besides Microsoft Windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

It get slow sometimes on Linux, not always. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/17/2018

"Perfect time rendition"

4.5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

It's a perfect software to manage backups and restore security backups Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

I don't like the UX interface installed in the system, but it's pretty funcional Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jose Adan O.

DevOps Ambassador

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/19/2018

"Centralized Data Storage solution."

5/5

What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

I think what makes Data Protector a winner solution is its core and arquitecture. Data Protector can cover a lot of backup requeriments through its "Cell" arquitecture. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

I don´t like Notebook backup solution, i think Data Protector is server oriented. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.