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HP Data Protector
Hewlett-Packard Data Protector (HPDP) is a comprehensive automated backup and recovery software solution primarily used in enterprise IT environments to safeguard data across servers, applications, and storage devices. Port 5550 facilitates agent communication and management tasks, enabling streamlined backup schedules, recovery operations, and monitoring..
Hewlett-Packard Data Protector uses port 5550 predominantly for internal communication between the Data Protector Cell Manager and its agents. The Cell Manager coordinates backup and restore operations across multiple servers, employing this port to dispatch commands, exchange status updates, and manage backup media. Communication on this port typically involves control messages and metadata exchanges rather than direct high-volume data transfer.
HPDP supports a variety of backup mediums — including disk, tape, and cloud storage providers — enabling flexible data protection strategies. Integration with major enterprise applications (like Oracle, Microsoft Exchange, and SAP) allows consistent backups of application data, with port 5550 ensuring proper scheduling and status communication.
Although primarily a TCP port, occasionally ancillary tools or integrations might attempt to use other protocols, but the principal operation is TCP-based control messaging. Since SCTP is seldom used in backup software solutions, this port is not SCTP enabled by default.