EMC Solutions for Disaster Recovery

EMC Solutions for Disaster Recovery EMC RecoverPoint Daniel Golic, Technology Consultant Banja Luka, May 27 th 2008 1

RecoverPoint 3.0 Overview 2

The CIO s Information Storage and Management Requirements Protection/ recovery Matching availability to a range of service level requirements Simplicity Hundreds of informationmanagement tools Lower TCO Utilization, consolidation, automated management Access and availability IDC forecasts a six-fold information growth increase from 2006 to 2010 Compliance More than 16,000 regulations worldwide The right local- or remote-replication solution will help you overcome these challenges 3

Data Replication Pain Points in Heterogeneous Environments Application platform support Local site Application response time Oracle Exchange SQL Applicationconsistent recovery Remote site Oracle Exchange SQL Corruption protection SAN SAN Existing infrastructure Communications cost Disaster-recovery testing IBM HDS EMC HP Sun Heterogeneous storage IBM HDS EMC HP Sun 4

Replication Benefits Protect against local and regional site disruptions Continuous data availability ensures operational availability Remote recovery sites ensure protection against disaster Meet regulatory requirements Support multiple service levels with tiered storage Provide near-instant recovery from local or remote copies of data Migrate, consolidate, or distribute data across heterogeneous storage platforms Data center consolidations Technology refreshes Enable non-stop operations Application restart across volumes or arrays Application recovery across sites 5

Decision Drivers to Consider Business Considerations Cost Functionality, availability Recovery time objectives Technical Considerations Recovery and consistency Capacity Bandwidth Recovery point objectives Performance PRIMARY DECISION DRIVERS 6

EMC RecoverPoint 3.0 RecoverPoint: Integrated replication and data protection solution Host-based, CLARiiON-based, or fabric-based splitter New CLARiiON-based splitter for existing EMC CLARiiON CX3 systems Heterogeneous server and storage support AIX, Solaris, Windows, and VMware using host splitter Linux, Solaris, Windows, and VMware using CLARiiON splitter AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, and VMware using fabric splitter New CLR Technology in RecoverPoint Concurrent local and remote (CLR) data protection 7

RecoverPoint Configuration and EMC Integration RecoverPoint configuration RecoverPoint versus RecoverPoint/SE VMware disaster recovery integration EMC Replication Manager integration EMC NetWorker integration 8

RecoverPoint Continuous Remote Replication (CRR) ❶ ❶ ❶ ❶ ❶ ❶ ❶ SAN ❷ ❹ WAN ❷ ❶ SAN ❺ ❸ ❸ ❺ ❶ RecoverPoint splitter drivers Mirrors writes to RecoverPoint appliance Resides on host, on CLARiiON, or in fabric ❷ RecoverPoint appliance Runs RecoverPoint software Performs all bi-directional replication Handles monitoring, management, and control Maintains write-order fidelity ❸ Journal Tracks all data changes to every protected LUN Utilizes bookmarks for application-aware recovery ❹ Provides advanced functionality 3 15x data compression No need for expensive Fibre Channel/IP converters ❺ Supports heterogeneous environments Works with EMC and third-party storage* True any-to-any volume replication * Refer to the latest "EMC Support Matrix" on EMC.com for the complete list of supported third-party storage platforms 9

RecoverPoint Continuous Data Protection (CDP) Application servers Database servers Messaging servers File and print servers ❶ ❶ ❶ ❶ ❶ SAN Heterogeneous disk systems ❹ ❶ ❷ Local CDP Journals ❸ ❶ RecoverPoint splitter driver Mirrors server writes to RecoverPoint appliance Resides on host, on CLARiiON, or in fabric ❷ RecoverPoint appliance Runs RecoverPoint software Writes changes to CDP Journal Distributes changes to target volumes Maintains write-order consistency across all volumes ❸ Journal Tracks all data changes to every protected LUN Stores bookmarks for application-aware recovery Stores historic data for LUNs to roll back to any point in time ❹ Supports heterogeneous environments Works with EMC and third-party storage Fabric splitters support Brocade Fabric Application Platform (FAP) and Cisco SANTap 10

RecoverPoint Concurrent Local and Remote (CLR) Data Protection Oracle Exchange SQL Oracle Exchange SQL SAN RecoverPoint WAN RecoverPoint SAN Production LUN LU N Local CDP Copy Local CDP Journal Remote CRR Journal LU N Remote CRR Copy Create CDP and CRR copies of the same LUNs Local copy is a CDP replica tracking all changes to the production LUN Remote copy is a CRR replica tracking significant changes to the production LUN Can independently recover from local site (any point in time) and remote site (significant point in time) Local copy for operational recovery with single write recovery point objective (RPO) to any point in time Application recovery using local point-in-time image Remote copy enables disaster recovery with customer-selected RPO to any significant point in time Disaster-recovery failover using either local or remote point-in-time image 11

RecoverPoint Environments* Supported Platforms Management Host operating systems Database and application support Intelligent fabric splitter Storage arrays (qualified for both production and recovery storage) Cross-platform Java GUI (requires JVM V1.5 Patch 11+) Interactive and programmatic CLI Full remote-monitoring and -support capabilities AIX, Solaris, Windows, and VMware using host splitter AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, and VMware using CLARiiON splitter AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, and VMware using fabric splitter Oracle 9i on Solaris 9 (RBA/SCN bookmarking) Microsoft Exchange Server (VSS), Microsoft SQL Server (VDI) Any other application with scripting capabilities Cisco MDS-9000 series with SANTap protocol Connectrix AP-7600B and AP-48K-AP4-18 with SAS protocol EMC CLARiiON and Symmetrix Third-party, SAN-attached array support iscsi host volumes supported on CLARiiON CX3 with CLARiiON splitter * Refer to the "EMC Support Matrix" on EMC.com for the latest platform and storage qualification and support details 12

RecoverPoint Configuration RecoverPoint is a multi-node cluster Active-active configuration Load distribution across nodes Nodes can be added to live system Multiple appliances (2 8 per site) Protects LUN across appliance failures Support for switch upgrades (hardware and firmware) Host-, array- or fabric-based write splitter Lightweight driver on host OR CLARiiON splitter OR Brocade and Cisco fabric-based splitters Intercepts writes to protected LUNs only Sends writes to local appliance Supports mirrored SAN Two separate SANs for reliability Supports nondisruptive fabric upgrades Provides high availability for RecoverPoint configurations through fault isolation Hosts Layer 2 SAN (A/B fabric) Storage arrays Supports iscsi and 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel RecoverPoint appliances now include native 4 Gb/s optical support CLARiiON splitter supports Fibre Channel and iscsi volumes Host, CLARiiON CX3, or fabric splitter 13

Disaster Recovery for a VMware Virtual Infrastructure Windows KDriver installed in guest operating system Supports virtual-to-virtual replication Replication of physical RDM volumes between local or remote virtual machines Replication of guest operating system boot volumes Up to 16 replicated volumes per VMware ESX Server if using host splitter VMware VMFS replication requires CLARiiON splitter or intelligent fabric splitter CLARiiON splitter and intelligent fabric splitter (Brocade, Cisco) Supports physical-to-virtual and virtual-to-virtual replication Replication of physical SAN-attached volumes to virtual RDM Replication of RDM volumes between virtual machines Replication of guest operating system boot volumes Up to 256 replicated volumes per VMware ESX Server for CLARiiON and fabric splitter VMware VMFS replication locally and/or remotely Supports physical LUN failover Enhances VMware VMotion and Storage VMotion 14

EMC Replication Manager Support for RecoverPoint V2.4 Replication Manager simplifies management of RecoverPoint V2.4 CDP Automates the creation, management, and usage of RecoverPoint consistency group images for applicationaware usage Maps applications on the host to RecoverPoint infrastructure Enables Storage Managers to delegate replication tasks to multiple human resources Replication Manager Orchestrates Replicas from the Context of the Application Production Application-aware SQL production Exchange production SQL copy Exchange copy Auto-discovery of applications and their replication configuration during each replica cycle Replicas Continuity Backup Repurpose ILM Built-in intelligence places applications into proper state for consistent restart versus crash recovery VSS for Exchange and VDI for SQL Supports Exchange log management and ESEUTIL checks 15

Replication Manager for RecoverPoint V2.4 RecoverPoint CDP Application servers Database servers File and print servers SAN EMC EMC Transaction-level CDP data recovery True CDP (any point in time) Out-of-band network-based architecture Application bookmarks for local recovery Local CDP replica management Host-based splitter version Supported on CLARiiON and Symmetrix in Windows environments Supported on RecoverPoint V2.4 CDP 16

RecoverPoint CDP V2.4 Integration with EMC NetWorker PowerSnap Supports RecoverPoint image tracking within the NetWorker catalog Recover directly from CDP images (daily/weekly ) Allows use of CDP images for backup to disk/tape targets for longer-term protection Centralizes management through NetWorker console Supports Windows File Systems and Microsoft SQL Server Requires RecoverPoint CDP V2.4 and greater Application servers Tape Library NetWorker Microsoft SQL Server SAN File/print servers CLARiiON or Symmetrix Systems NetWorker PowerSnap Local CDP Journal 17

Meridian Bank - Serbia Use Case Overview SQL production databases on Symmetrix DMX3 Replicating 100 kilometers across 2 Mb/s link to disaster-recovery location with Symmetrix DMX3 storage Pain points 60-minute recovery point objective, quarterly disaster-recovery tests Narrow WAN link Other solutions wouldn t work on existing WAN (SRDF) Implementation Continuous replication, seven-minute lag policy, WAN compression Leveraged target-side processing for disaster-recovery tests Customer: Meridian Bank asynchronous replication 18

Federated Database Protection with Disaster Recovery Data Center Remote Disaster Recovery Site Compression used to reduce bandwidth Database Instances RecoverPoint Database Instances RecoverPoint WAN Progress Database SQL Database Group Sets: bookmarking across both Progress and SQL databases SQL Repository Separate databases managed across two consistency groups Independently recover and test data from remote site 19

Cacanska Bank Serbia (Competitive win) Use Case Overview SQL production databases on EMC CLARiiON Replicating 150 kilometers across 50 Mb/s link (20 Mb/s dedicated for RecoverPoint) to disaster-recovery location with EMC CLARiiON storage Pain points 15-minute recovery point objective, quarterly disaster-recovery tests Replication must be flexible to accommodate lower bandwidth if necessary) Implementation Continuous replication, near synchronous, less than a second lag, WAN compression Leveraged target-side processing for disaster-recovery tests Customer: Cacanska Bank near synchronous replication 20

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