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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.

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

Backup restoring Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

OpenText Data Protector Overview

What is OpenText Data Protector?

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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Data Protector is the industry's first unified meaning based data protection solution that utilizes an intelligent data management approach to seamlessly protect and harness data based on its meaning from edge to datacenter and across physical, virtual and cloud environments.


Seller Details
Seller
OpenText
Year Founded
1991
HQ Location
Waterloo, ON
Twitter
@OpenText
21,943 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
22,114 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ:OTEX
Phone
-7842
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$3,109
Description

OpenText software applications manage content or unstructured data for large companies, government agencies, and professional service firms. OpenText aims its products at addressing information management requirements, including management of large volumes of content, compliance with regulatory requirements, and mobile and online experience management.


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Recent OpenText Data Protector Reviews

Marco Antonio P.
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Marco Antonio P.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Microfocus Data protector the best frendly backup tool"
micro focus Data protector is a more easy and friendly to management backup and recovery tools, have a great interface, compatibility and integra...
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4.5 out of 5
"Micro Focus Data Protector review"
Relatively easy to configure backups, multiple integration component options (Oracle, SQL, SharePoint, Exchange, etc).
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Overall good product."
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 ...
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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.
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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.

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

micro focus Data protector help us to can backup a enterprise enviroments integrate with MSSQL, ORACLE Databases and vmware enviroments, add linux, solaris and windows backups Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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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.

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

Standard (Disaster recovery, Database migration, Legal storage requirement backups (SOX), Dev/ITG database backup/restores for testing before going to Prod). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

While I was searching for a software to protect my data which was very important on Linux, I couldn't find a software better than Data protector. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jose Adan O.
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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.

Recommendations to others considering OpenText Data Protector:

Best integration for online backup and restore for Databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We can cover data retention and fast recovery for any kind of enterprise applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about OpenText Data Protector?

No bugs, excellent customer support, overall a great product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenText Data Protector?

Hold times for customer support other than that nothing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Protecting data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kunal G.
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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.

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

We are not using HPE Data protector as enterprise wide backup, it is installed on one of our plant to backup our legacy operating systems, Oracle and MSSQL databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.