EMC Solutions for Disaster Recovery
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EMC RecoverPoint
Daniel Golic, Technology ConsultantBanja Luka, May 27th 2008
RecoverPoint 3.0 – Overview
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The CIO’s Information Storage and Management Requirements
Lower TCOUtilization, consolidation, automated management
Protection/recovery
Matching availability to a range of service level
Access and availability
IDC forecasts a six-fold information growth increase
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The right local- or remote-replication solution will help you overcome these challenges
ComplianceMore than 16,000
regulations worldwide
to a range of service levelrequirements
information growth increase from 2006 to 2010
SimplicityHundreds of information-
management tools
Data Replication Pain Points in Heterogeneous Environments
Local site Remote site
Oracle Exchange SQLOracle Exchange SQL Application-consistent recovery
Corruption protection
Application response time
Application platform support
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SANSAN
SunIBM HPHDSEMC
SunIBM HPHDSEMC
Existinginfrastructure
Disaster-recovery testing
Communicationscost
Heterogeneousstorage
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
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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
Decision Drivers to Consider
BusinessConsiderations
TechnicalConsiderations
Cost
Capacity
Recovery and consistency
Functionality,
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Recovery point
objectives
PRIMARY DECISION DRIVERS
Recovery time
objectives
Performance
Bandwidth
CapacityFunctionality,
availability
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
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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
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RecoverPoint Configuration and EMC Integration
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RecoverPoint configuration
RecoverPoint versus RecoverPoint/SE
VMware disaster recovery integration
EMC Replication Manager integration
EMC NetWorker integration
RecoverPoint Continuous Remote Replication (CRR)
SAN WAN SANSAN
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� RecoverPoint splitter drivers– Mirrors writes to RecoverPoint
appliance
– Resides on host, on CLARiiON, or in fabric
� RecoverPoint appliance– Runs RecoverPoint software
– Performs all bi-directional replication
– Handles monitoring, management, and control
– Maintains write-order fidelity
� Journal– Tracks all data changes to every protected LUN
– Utilizes bookmarks for application-aware recovery
� Provides advanced functionality– 3–15x data compression
– No need for expensive Fibre Channel/IP converters
� 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
RecoverPoint Continuous Data Protection (CDP)
� RecoverPoint splitter driver– Mirrors server writes to RecoverPoint appliance
– Resides on host, on CLARiiON, or in fabric
� RecoverPoint appliance– Runs RecoverPoint software
– Writes changes to CDP Journal
– Distributes changes to target volumes
– Maintains write-order consistency across all volumes
Journal
Applicationservers
Databaseservers
Messagingservers
File andprint servers
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� 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
� Supports heterogeneous environments– Works with EMC and third-party storage
– Fabric splitters support Brocade Fabric Application Platform (FAP) and Cisco SANTap
Heterogeneous disk systems
Local CDP Journals
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RecoverPoint Concurrent Local and Remote (CLR) Data Protection
SAN WAN SANSAN
Oracle SQLExchange Oracle SQLExchange
RecoverPoint RecoverPoint
LUN
LUN
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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
ProductionLUN
Local CDP Copy
Local CDP
Journal
N NRemote
CRR Copy
Remote CRR
Journal
RecoverPoint Environments*
Supported Platforms
Management Cross-platform Java GUI (requires JVM V1.5 Patch 11+)Interactive and programmatic CLIFull remote-monitoring and -support capabilities
Host operating systemsAIX, Solaris, Windows, and VMware using host splitterAIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, and VMware using CLARiiON splitterAIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, and VMware using fabric splitter
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AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, and VMware using fabric splitter
Database and application support
Oracle 9i on Solaris 9 (RBA/SCN bookmarking)Microsoft Exchange Server (VSS), Microsoft SQL Server (VDI)Any other application with scripting capabilities
Intelligent fabric splitterCisco MDS-9000 series with SANTap protocolConnectrix AP-7600B and AP-48K-AP4-18 with SAS protocol
Storage arrays (qualifiedfor both production and recovery storage)
EMC CLARiiON and SymmetrixThird-party, SAN-attached array supportiSCSI 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
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)
Hosts
Layer 2 SAN
(A/B fabric)
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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
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
Storage
arrays
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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)
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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
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 application-
Replication Manager Orchestrates Replicas
from the Context of the Application
Replicas– Continuity
– Backup
– Repurpose
– ILMApplication-aware
Production
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group images for application-aware usage
Maps applications on the host to RecoverPoint infrastructure
Enables Storage Managers to delegate replication tasks to multiple human resources Auto-discovery of applications and their replication
configuration during each replica cycle
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
SQLproduction
Exchangeproduction
SQL copy
Exchangecopy
Replication Manager for RecoverPoint V2.4
RecoverPoint CDP
Applicationservers
Databaseservers
File andprint servers
SAN
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Local CDP replica management
Host-based splitter version
Supported on CLARiiON and Symmetrix in Windows environments
Supported on RecoverPoint V2.4 CDP
Transaction-level CDP data recovery
True CDP (any point in time)
Out-of-band network-based architecture
Application bookmarks for local recovery
EMC EMC
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
Applicationservers
Microsoft SQL Server
File/print servers
NetWorker PowerSnap
SANTape Library
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protection
– Centralizes management through NetWorker console
– Supports Windows File Systems and Microsoft SQL Server
– Requires RecoverPoint CDP V2.4 and greater
CLARiiON or Symmetrix Systems
Local CDP Journal
NetWorker
Meridian Bank - Serbia
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
Customer:
Meridian Bank
Use Case
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– 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
Meridian Bank asynchronous
replication
Remote Disaster Recovery Site
Data Center
RecoverPointRecoverPoint
Federated Database Protection with Disaster Recovery
DatabaseInstances
DatabaseInstances
Compression usedto reduce bandwidth
WAN
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Separate databases managed across two consistency groups
Progress Database
SQL Database
Group Sets: bookmarking across both Progress and SQL databases
Independently recover and test data from
remote site
SQL Repository
Cacanska Bank – Serbia (Competitive win)
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
Customer:
Cacanska Bank
Use Case
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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
Cacanska Bank
near synchronous
replication
Q&A
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