EMC Recover Point and VCE vblock Solution for Continuous Data Protection-Replication in Heterogeneous Environments and integration with VCE vblock solution Dejan Živanović PreSales Manager EMC Technology Solutions Group 1
IT Challenges for Information Protection Local, Remote or Local & Remote? Business Considerations Cost Functionality, availability Recovery time objectives Recovery point objectives PRIMARY DECISION DRIVERS Technical Considerations Recovery and consistency Capacity Bandwidth Performance The right replication solution can overcome these challenges 2
Real Time Recovery Points & Recovery from Disaster Historical Backup: Recovery Point Every 24 Hrs Snapshots and Clones Continuous Data Protection Creates copies like time-lapse photographs Change-based VIDEO CAMERA with Snapshot / Clone Technology: Recovery Point Every 4-6 Hrs DVR-like roll back capabilities (A)Sync Replication with Gold Copy: Recovery Point 12-24Hrs CDP Either space efficient change-based Time snapshots based CDP: for Time backup indexed off-loading, but no event driven recovery points Or full copies or clones for test and development with minimal production impact CDP: Unlimited recovery points with application-aware aware I/O bookmarks Journal every change made and set the window for the amount of time to record Patch A Patch B Patch C Patch G Hot Backup VSS 3
RecoverPoint Configuration RecoverPoint is a multi-node cluster 2 nodes for RecoverPoint/SE 2 8 nodes for RecoverPoint All nodes in active-active configuration Loads can be distributed across nodes Nodes can be added to live system Host-, array- or fabric-based write splitter Lightweight driver on host OR CLARiiON splitter OR Cisco fabric-based splitters Intercepts writes to protected LUNs only Sends writes to local appliance RecoverPoint/SE only supports Windows and CLARiiON splitters Supports mirrored SAN Two separate SANs for reliability Supports nondisruptive fabric upgrades Provides high availability for RecoverPoint configurations through fault isolation Supports Cisco and Brocade (including M models) fabrics Supports iscsi and Fibre Channel RecoverPoint appliances include native 2/4/8 Gb/s optical support CLARiiON splitter supports Fibre Channel and iscsi volumes Hosts Layer 2 SAN (A/B fabric) Storage arrays EMC Host, Fabric, or CLARiiON splitter IBM HDS Sun HP Heterogeneous Storage 4
EMC RecoverPoint Overview Continuous Data Protection Continuous Remote Replication and Continuous Local & Remote CDP CRR and CLR SAN RecoverPoint SAN/WAN RecoverPoint SAN Third- Party Third- Party SAN Storage Local Journals Remote Journal SAN Storage Utilizes host, fabric, or array write splitting Local replication with any point-in-time recovery Remote replication with point-in-time recovery Supports EMC and third-party storage Local and remote write journals enable roll-back to a consistent point-in-time image Consistency groups ensure write-order fidelity within or across servers and virtual machines Map service level agreements using policy-based recovery point objective settings Block-level local protection for SAN, VMware Virtual Machine File System (VMFS), physical raw device mapping (RDM), SCSI/iSCSI (on CLARiiON CX4 or CX3 series volumes) Logical or physical access to replicated data 5
RecoverPoint Local Protection Process CDP 2a. Host splitter 1. Data is split and sent to the RecoverPoint appliance in one of three ways 2b. Intelligentfabric splitter 3. Writes are acknowledged back from the RecoverPoint appliance 2c. CLARiiON splitter 4. The appliance writes data to the journal volume, along with time stamp and applicationspecific bookmarks / A / C / B r A r B r C Production volumes Replica volumes Journal volume 5. Write-order-consistent data is distributed to the replica volumes 6
RecoverPoint Remote Protection Process CRR 2a. Host splitter 1. Data is split and sent to the RecoverPoint appliance in one of three ways 2b. Intelligentfabric splitter 3. Writes are acknowledged back from the RecoverPoint appliance 6. Data is received, uncompressed, sequenced, and checksummed 7. Data is written to the journal volume 2c. CLARiiON splitter / A / C / B Local site 4. Appliance functions Fibre Channel- IP conversion Replication Data reduction and compression Monitoring and management 5. Data is sequenced, checksummed, compressed, and replicated to the remote RecoverPoint appliances over IP or SAN r A r B Remote site r C 8. Consistent data is distributed to the remote volumes Journal volume 7
EMC RecoverPoint Features RecoverPoint/Cluster Enabler Integrates with Microsoft clusters to enhance application availability Snapshot consolidation Enables longer-term recovery with same storage consumption Stretched CDP Provides synchronous replication up to 200 kilometers Enables cascaded RecoverPoint for three-site multi-hop disaster recovery configurations Virtual Provisioning support Supports CLARiiON CX4 and Symmetrix DMX&V-MAX Replication of thin LUNs preserves storage allocation policies Replication over Fibre Channel Preserves existing financial investments Performance and scalability improvements Protects more applications with existing investments Protects more applications quicker New with RecoverPoint v3.2 Synchronous replication up to 200km over FC links Synchronous /Asynchronous dynamic mode change vmware Affinity MS Hyper-V Support Monitoring and Reporting on RPA limits 8
Simple Management, Monitoring and Alerts 9
Intelligent Fabric-Based Write Splitting RecoverPoint leverages intelligent fabric services Cisco SANTap MDS Storage Services Module (SSM) MDS 18/4 Multi-Service blade 9222i Native services Out-of-band architecture Intelligent fabric redirects I/O (write splitting) Eliminates need for host splitter APIs Initiators Initiator target I/O Copy of primary I/O Not in primary data path Appliance Target 10
Supported Fabric Splitter on MDS Platforms Connectrix MDS-9000 Series with MDS Storage Services Module (SSM) or MDS 18/4 Multi-Services blade MDS Storage Services Module MDS 18/4 Multi- Services Blade Connectrix MDS-9222i Native support or with MDS 18/4 Multi-Services blade or MDS Storage Services Module (SSM) 32 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel ports per SSM or 18 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel ports per 18/4 blade 16,384 initiator, target, LUN (ITL) triplets with NX-OS 4.1.1i or later Fits in any open slot in Connectrix MDS-9000 series modular chassis Mix and match intelligent and normal ports in same switch SANTap does not require use of front panel ports on SSM or 18/4 blade preserves initial cabling configurations SANTap uses Storage Services Enabler (SSE) license Different SSE licenses are required depending on the hardware (SSM, 18/4, or 9222i native) 11
Stretched CDP over Fibre Channel Primary Site Remote Bunker Site Application servers Database servers File and print servers Management IP WAN Application servers Database servers File and print servers SAN RecoverPoint SAN Production volumes Failover CDP journal Supports synchronous CDP replication to secondary site (such as a bunker site) Distance subject to specific configurations; refer to the EMC Support Matrix for guidance Enables survival of primary site outage Provides synchronous replication across distance Remote applications can access any point-in-time image as read/write without impacting production Fibre Channel Stretched CDP All RecoverPoint resources installed at remote site CDP target storage, journal RecoverPoint appliances RecoverPoint repository volume Standby/disaster recovery servers Dual fabric that is extended to remote site Servers and splitters must be at both sites Reversing replication by promoting CDP replica to production is not supported CDP replica volumes Primary journal 12
Cascaded Replication Topology Primary Site Secondary Site Tertiary Site SAN Management IP WAN SAN WAN Management IP WAN SAN Production volumes Fibre Channel CDP replica volumes CRR replica volumes Failover CDP journal CDP j journal CRR journal Near-Synchronous or Synchronous* Local and remote data protection minimizes data loss Synchronous over Fibre Channel limited* Asynchronous over Fibre Channel or WAN Unlimited* * Refer to the EMC Support Matrix for the maximum distance for your configuration 13
RecoverPoint/Cluster Enabler (RecoverPoint/CE) RecoverPoint Fibre Channel/ WAN RecoverPoint Each named cluster group s associated devices reside in a single RecoverPoint consistency group of the same name File Share Witness with RecoverPoint/CE installed CG1: Devices for Cluster Group1 CG2: Devices for Cluster Group2 Supports Microsoft Cluster Server on Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Failover Cluster on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Datacenter Editions Supports synchronous replication Supports RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint/SE Cluster nodes with RecoverPoint/CE installed 14
Recover Point Synchronous Replication Operates in two modes: static and dynamic Static fixed policies: 200 kilometer distance and 4 millisecond latency Dynamic user-specified policies: Set upper and lower thresholds for latency and/or throughput Exceeding upper threshold results in change to asynchronous Meeting lower thresholds results in change back to synchronous Synchronous performance slower than asynchronous Acknowledgement must travel roundtrip before next write can be processed Initial synchronization, resynchronization will be asynchronous During initial synchronization, during a sweep, and during recover production/resume production process Supports RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint/SE, all splitter types Requires stretched Fibre Channel network Synchronous Bandwidth Utilization Synchronous Replication Provides Zero RPO 15
RecoverPoint Synchronous to Asynchronous Mode Switch Use Case Synchronous Only Options Application performance is impacted Suspend replication and run unprotected or add more network bandwidth S/A Mode Change Benefits: Maintain application performance Remain protected via asynchronous Avoid adding more network bandwidth Synchronous Bandwidth Utilization Synchronous to asynchronous mode change Bandwidth Utilization Source Target Source Target I/O spike saturates network Switch to asynchronous avoids network saturation 16
Journaling for Application-Aware Recovery Journal includes data plus metadata Time/date Identifies the time image was saved Bookmarks: System-generated group bookmarks (e.g., failover snapshot) User-generated bookmarks Other EMC product bookmarks (e.g., EMC Replication Manager) System-event-generated bookmarks Microsoft SQL Server (VDI) Microsoft Exchange (VSS) 17
Understanding Data Consistency Grouping for a Consistent View Allows application recovery to be tiered by service level Multiple volumes per group Mixed recovery point objectives within same infrastructure Provides independent replication controls Recover by group, locally or remotely Start/stop by group Enables grouping of optimization Importance Resource usage Recovery point and recovery time objectives CRM SCM OE CDP CDP E-mail Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 CRR CRR CRR CRR 18
Grouping for Federated Environments Each tier has different service level agreements Consistency groups per tier Operational recovery of tier Parallel consistency across tiers Federated environments Recover to a known point for all applications Disaster recovery for tier or application Spans operating systems, applications, storage, and servers Enables advanced functions Full environment cloning Application upgrade testing Data mining Consistent production rebuild 1: Linux (Web OE) 2: Windows (CRM) Consistency group Consistency group 3: UNIX (SCM, Financials ) Consistency group 19
RecoverPoint Virtual Provisioning Support RecoverPoint Understands Allocated Capacity Reported capacity Allocated SAN/ WAN Allocated Common storage pool Data devices Symmetrix V-Max, DMX-4, DMX-3 RecoverPoint is thin aware RecoverPoint recognizes thin LUNs Retains allocation of thin LUNs during initial synchronization, resynchronization Allows mixing of thin and thick LUNs Replication between CLARiiON CX4 and non-cx4 Virtual-to-virtual (thin-to-thin) replication Data devices CLARiiON CX4 Available for CLARiiON CX4 and Symmetrix V-Max, DMX-4, DMX-3 20
Monitor Protection Levels of Virtual Machines from RecoverPoint GUI Integration with vcenter displays virtual machine status and details in RecoverPoint Consistency Groups Shows replication status of virtual machines Provides warning when a machine is not fully protected Protected Unprotected VMware Quick view of replication status and alerts of unprotected VMs 21
VMware Affinity: vcenter Site Recovery Manager Production Virtual Machines VMware infrastructure Servers Heterogeneous storage RecoverPoint Recovery Virtual Machines VMware infrastructure Servers Heterogeneous storage RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint/SE CRR and CLR consistency groups EMC-developed storage replication adapter integrates RecoverPoint with VMware vcenter Site Recovery Manager VMware vcenter Site Recovery Manager consistency groups Displayed as managed by SRM Can only be monitored Snapshot access requires move to maintenance mode vcenter Site Recovery Manager failover cannot occur for consistency groups in maintenance mode vcenter Site Recovery Manager uses latest image during its test or disaster failover A restriction on vcenter Site Recovery Manager not RecoverPoint CDP replica and journal not available during a real failover (only vcenter Site Recovery Manager test mode) Supports VMware vcenter Server 2.5 Only ESX 3.5 with vcenter Site Recovery Manager, not ESX 4.0 with vcenter Site Recovery Manager (a VMware limitation) 22
Case Study 1 Finance Environment & Background: IBM Unix Servers, SUN Solaris Servers, EMC Clariion Storage, MirrorView/S, AIX, vmware, Win, Linux, Solaris, SCO Unix 5, DB2, Informix Customer requested: DR solution over a long distance and 10Mbps IP link Server consolidation using vsphare4 platform DR Automation, fail-over/fail-back Proposed solution: 3-Site replication solution proposed EMC Recover Point CLR, 2TB Lic per site, 4xRP Appliances CISCO SAN equipment 2xMDS-9124 per site 2x CLARiiON CX4-240 23
Case Study 1 Solution Diagram Primary Secondary Tertiary VMware ESX Server SAN Management IP WAN 10km VMware ESX Server SAN 260km WAN Management IP WAN VMware ESX Server SAN Production volumes Fibre Channel CDP replica volumes CRR replica volumes CX4-240 CX500 for B2D CX500 CX4-240 Failover CDP journal CDP j journal CRR journal Synchronous over FC Asynchronous over 10 Mbps WAN link 24
Case Study 2 Public Environment & Background: A lot of small SANs, not consolidated, separate Backup environments, a lot of Physical servers / applications Operations became complex, expensive and started to face a lot of operational problems Customer requested: DR solution, Server consolidation, Virtualization Proposed solution: EMC Recover Point CLR, 6TB Lic, 4xRP Appliances CISCO SAN equipment 2xMDS-9124, 2xMDS-9134, 2xNEX-5020, 1xNEX-5010 CLARiiON CX4-960 w/efd,qos, VP for primary site, CX4-480 for secondary site EDL1500 w/ 8TB for backup 25
Case Study 2 Solution Diagram Primary Secondary VMware ESX Server Management IP WAN 12km VMware ESX Server SAN Fibre Channel SAN CX4-960 Production volumes Failover CDP journal CDP volumes EDL1500 CRR replica volumes CRR journal CX4-480 Synchronous over FC 26
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