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Figure 11 Manager-of-Managers environment
Manager-of-Managers provides the following features:
• Centralized licensing repository
This enables simplified license management. This is optional but useful for very
large environments.
• Centralized Media Management Database (CMMDB)
The CMMDB allows you to share devices and media across several cells in a
MoM environment. This makes devices of one cell (using the CMMDB) accessible
to other cells that use the CMMDB. The CMMDB, if used, must reside in the MoM
cell. In this case, a reliable network connection is required between the MoM cell
and the other Data Protector cells. Note that it is optional to centralize the Media
Management Database.
• Sharing libraries
With the CMMDB, you can share high-end devices between cells in the multi-cell
environment. One cell can control the robotics, serving several devices that are
connected to systems in different cells. Even the Disk Agent to Media Agent data
path can go across cell boundaries.
• Enterprise reporting
The Data Protector Manager-of-Managers can generate reports on a single-cell
basis as well as for the entire enterprise environment.
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