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1 RecoverPoint Fundamentals
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This coursecoversoverviewoftheRecoverPointarchitecture,features,andfunctionality.
2 RecoverPoint Fundamentals
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This modulefocusesonexplainingthebasicsoftheRecoverPointReplicationSolutionandhowit
canbenefitITinfrastructuresneedingareplicationanddisasterrecoverysolution.
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Asyouinvestigatevariousreplicationsolutions,younoticethatwitheachapproachtoreplication,synchronousor
asynchronous,severalkeyareasmustbeunderstood.EMCtypicallyreferstotheseasthepainpointsofremote
replication.Theyare:
Theimpactonresponsetimeofyourproductionapplication.Forexample,witharemotesynchronoussolution,
yourapplicationmustwaitfortheacknowledgementfromtheremotesystembeforeproceedingwiththenext
dependentwrite.Youalsohavespeedoflightissues,whichimpactthemaximumdistanceyourlocationscanbe
fromeachother.
Theinfrastructure Whatadditionalequipmentdoyourequiretosupportthereplicationprocess?
Thecommunicationlinks Howbigandhowexpensivewillthecommunicationlinkneedtobeinordertosupport
theprocess?
And,mostimportantly,whatistherecoverypointatthetarget?Thatis,howmuchdataexposuredoyou
experienceaspartoftheoperation;none,seconds,minutes,hours?
Eachofthesepainpointsmustbecarefullybalanced.Withoutchoiceandflexibility,youcannotbegintoarchitecta
solutionthatmeetsyourparticularreplicationservicelevels.OneofthebestwaystoappreciateRecoverPointisto
lookathowthesepainpointsareaddressedbythistechnology.
RecoverPointoffersthefollowingcapabilities:
Integrationwithexisting(heterogeneous)storagearrays,switches,andserverenvironments noripand
replace.
Intelligentuseofbandwidthanddatacompressionthatenablessupportingdatacentersthat,duetoregulatory
requirements,haveestablishedalargephysicalseparationbetweentheirprimaryandsecondarysites,without
requiringexpensive,highbandwidth,longdistanceWANconnections.
Apolicydrivenenginethatsupportsmultipleapplicationswithdifferentdataprotectionrequirements(recovery,
corruption,testing,etc.).
Truebidirectionallocalandremotesupport,enablingflexibleprotectionandrecoveryschemesthatcanbe
tailoredtobusinessprocesses.
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Keycustomersissuestodayareworkingwithin abudgetandcontainingcosts.Thecostof
maintainingaproductionanddisasterrecoverysiteissignificant.Additionally,youarebeingasked
todeliverthesameorbetterservice.Ensuringthatdisasterrecoveryplansmeettheservicelevels
establishedforRTOandRPOrequirementsrequiresresourcesandaccesstotheenvironment.
Additionally,youhavetobeabletotestyourplanstodemonstratetothebusinessthatyoudo
havetherightsolution.
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EMCRecoverPointisanenterprisescalesolutiondesignedtoprotectapplicationdataon
heterogeneousSANattachedserversandstoragearrays.RecoverPoint providesmanyfeaturesthat
makeitauniqueandtestedsolutionforbackupandrecovery.
RecoverPointallowsfortheaccessofapointintimeimage,eitherlocallyoratanothersite,while
stillperformingreplication.Theabilitytoaccessdatafromacopyallowsfortestingwithout
sacrificingprotection.Thisfeaturealsoisintegratedwithvariousapplications,suchasExchange,
SQL,andVMware.Thisallowsforapplicationdrivenpointintimecopies.RecoverPointalsocanbe
usedwithVMAXsSRDFfeaturetocreateadditionalprotection.
Pointintimecopiescanbecreatedforeachwrite,ortheusercanchoosetheamountofdatalag
thatcanbetoleratedforan application.Thisoptionisconfigurableforeachgroupofvolumes,and
canbeeditedatanytime.
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Therightremotereplicationsolutioncanlimityourexposuretoplannedandunplanneddowntime,
enablingnonstopoperation.Perhapsyoualsoneedtoprovideyourorganizationwithefficient
datareplicationtomeetcorporateorgovernmentalstandards,whilestillmeetingyourtotalcost
ofownershiprequirements.Inaddition,youneedaflexiblesolutionthatchangesasyourneeds
change.
Nomatterwhatyourchallengeis,thereisoneunderlyingtheme:dataprotectionandfaster
businessrestartintheeventofadisasterorunplannedoutagearecriticalacrosstheorganization.
Usingreplicationsoftwaretomaintainacompletecopyofthedatainaremotelocationallowsfor
businesscontinuityandincreasedfunctionality.Whendisasterrecoveryisrequired,remote
replicationsoftwareandremoteclustersensurethatallyourmissioncriticalinformationhasbeen
captured.Usingreplicasratherthantapemeansyoucanbeupandrunninginhoursasopposedto
days.Inaddition,thesecondclustercanbeusedforapplicationtestingandremotebackups.
Replicationenablesnonstopoperationwithfullaccesstotheproductiondataandthereplicas.
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RecoverPointprovidesmanyfeaturesandbenefitsthatbuild onpreviousRecoverPointversions.
The multiplesitesfeatureallowsyoutokeepuptofourindividuallyjournaled copiesofyour
productiondata,enablinggreaterdataprotection, increasedaccesstodifferentpointintime(PIT)
copies,andawiderrangeofDR,testing,andbackuptopologies.Andwithsynchronousreplication
overIP,oneoftheseremotecopiescanbeasynchronouscopywithouttheneedforremotefibre
connectivity.Theintroduction ofvRPAs relievestheneedforphysicalRPAs.
TheintroductionofUnisphereforRecoverPointallowsforconsistentmanagementinterfacesand
methodologiesacrossEMCtechnologies.
TheRecoverPointRESTAPIinterfaceenablescustomscriptingandapplicationsviastandardRESTful
protocols.
ImprovedintegrationwithVMwareSiteRecoveryManager(SRM)allowsfortestingandfailoverto
anypointintimecopy.IntegrationofRecoverPointlocalreplicationandSRDFallowsforlocal
journalcopiesinconjunctionwithremoteSRDFcopies.Thisenablesaccesstolocalanypointin
timecopies,whilestillmaintainingSRDFfunctionality.
CompleteFIPS1402complianceensuresthattheRecoverPointenvironmentissecure.Other
performanceandscalabilityenhancements,suchas400MB/sreplicationforasynchronous
distributedconsistencygroups,enableevenmoreefficiencywiththesamephysicalconfiguration.
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RecoverPointgivesyouachoiceofthephysicallocationofthecopiesoftheproductiondata. Local
copiesforoperationalrecoveryorremotefordisasterrecovery.WithRecoverPoint4.0andabove,
recoverablecopiescanexistinmultiplephysicallocationssimultaneously.
RecoverPointisintegratedwithallofEMCsblockstorage,including VMAX(10K/20K/40K),VPLEX,
VNXseriesandtheVblock 300/700.WhenusingtheVPLEXwritesplitter,whichcomesinstalledin
theVPLEXGeosynchrony code,RecoverPointsupportsnonEMCstorage.
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RecoverPointprovideslocaldataprotectionandreplicationforvirtual machines.Itusescontinuous
datacaptureforlocalSANdataprotectiontoprotectthevirtualmachinesaswellastheVMware
ESXserverplatformfromdatacorruption,andguaranteesrecoverabilitylocallywithnodataloss.
RecoverPointalsosupportsvirtualtovirtualreplicationbetweenequivalentstorageconfigurations,
suchasVMFStoVMFSorRDM/PtoRDM/P.ThissupportusestheVNXseriesorCLARiiON array
basedwritesplitteroranintelligentfabricwritesplitter.Similarly,RecoverPointsupportsphysical
andphysicaltovirtualreplication. Italsosupports virtualtovirtualreplicationusinghostbased
RecoverPointwritesplittersinstalledineachguestoperatingsystem.PhysicalRDM(RDM/P)
attachedvolumesarereplicatedlocallyand/orremotely.
RecoverPoints VMwaresupportcanbeusedtoenhanceexistingVMwarevMotion andStorage
vMotion solutions.RecoverPointintegrateswithvCenter ServertoallowtheRecoverPoint
administratortoquicklyviewvirtualmachinesfullyprotectedbyRecoverPoint. Forthosenotfully
protected,itallowsthe administrator toseewhichofthevirtualmachinesLUNs/datastoresare
notprotected.Additionally,RecoverPointisintegratedwithVMwarevCenter SiteRecovery
ManagertosimplifyandautomatedisasterrecoveryinVMwareInfrastructure.RecoverPointalso
hasavCenter ServerpluginthatautomatesfailbackforSRMconfigurations.
TheRecoverPointmanagementGUIcanbeusedtomonitorvirtualmachineprotectionstatusas
wellasphysicalLUNs.Thisabilitytomonitorphysicalandvirtualstorageextendstoheterogeneous
storage.
IfyouareconsideringMicrosoftHyperV,RecoverPointcanfullyprotectanyHyperVvirtualized
applicationaslongasitsdataresidesonaSAN.RecoverPointsupportsMicrosoftVSSandVDI,
WindowsServerCore,aswellasClusterEnablerversion4underHyperV.
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EMChas deliveredadisasterrecoverysolutionwithVMAX10KandRecoverPointwhichensures
youareabletomeetyourservicelevelagreements.Enginuity withEMCRecoverPointsplitter
enablesheterogeneousreplicationforsiterecovery andDVRlikerecoveryforbusinesscontinuity.
Additionally,EMCisabletoleverageintegrationwithVMwarevCenter SiteRecoveryManagerto
bettersupportVMwareenvironments.
EMCRecoverPointhelpsyoureducecostsasyouareabletouseoneproductacrossyourstorage
environment,whetheritisEMCornot.Thishelpsyoufurtherreducecostsasyouareableto
increasetheproductivityofyourworkforce;theydonthavetolearnanewproductforeverypiece
ofhardwareyouhave itisthesametoolagainandagain.
YouareabletoreducesetuptimeandmeetyourservicelevelsbyleveragingEMCsintegration
withVMwarevCenter SiteRecoveryManager.
Youareabletoautomate site failover and site failback, ensuringapplicationavailability.
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Here, wehaveanoverviewofthearchitecture.ItincludesasingleproductionOracle11g database
onaSymmetrix VMAX10K.EMCRecoverPointsplitterisleveragedforcontinuouslocaland
remotereplication.Therecoverysite isbuiltonanEMCVNX5700.VMwarevCenter SiteRecovery
ManagerwithEMCSiteRecoveryManagerAdapterforRecoverPointisleveraged,andenables
managementacrossthetwosites.
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RecoverPointisalsointegratedwithVMwarevCenter SiteRecoveryManager.Virtualmachinescan
bebroughtbackonlinerapidlywithnodatalosswhenRecoverPointisusedwithVMwarevCenter
SiteRecoveryManagertoorchestrateandstreamlinedataprotectionandfailoverprocesses.
RecoverPointisthemostflexibleapproachtoprotectingvirtualizeddata replicatingVMware
vStorage VMFStoprotectandrecoverasinglevirtualmachineortheentireVMwareESXserver.
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ThismodulecoveredanintroductiontoRecoverPoints solutiontoReplicationchallenges.
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This modulefocusesonthearchitectureandcomponentsoftheRecoverPointsolution.Thegoalof
thismoduleisforyoutounderstandthebasicconceptsthatallowRecoverPointtodowhatitdoes.
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ARecoverPointsystemisalloftheRecoverPointcomponentsthatareusedtoreplicateand
protectdata.AsystemcanincludeasingleRecoverPointclusterormanyconnected
together.ARecoverPointsystemconsistsof:RecoverPointappliances(physicalorvirtual),
RecoverPointClusters,Writesplitters,andRecoverPointvolumes.
WithRecoverPoint4.0andlater,aRecoverPointsystemcanreplicatedatatouptofourremote
copies.Shownhereisanexamplewithallfourcopiesinfourdifferentremoteclusters.Eachof
thesecopieshasitsownjournalandcanbeindividuallyaccessed.Ifwehadalocalcopy,wecould
haveuptothreeremotecopies.Havingtworemotecopiesinthesameremoteclusterisalsoa
supportedconfiguration.PleasenotethatRecoverPoint/SEsupportsamaximumoftwoclusters.
Additionally,RecoverPoint4.0supportssynchronousreplicationtoaremotecopyoverIP.
Previously,thiswasonlysupportedwithfibre connectivity.Regardlessofwhetheroverfibre orIP,
onlyoneremotecopyperRecoverPointconsistencygroupcanbereplicatedsynchronously.Sincea
localcopycanalsobesynchronous,thismeansthatRecoverPointcanmaintaintwosynchronous
copiesatthesametime.AgeneralguidelineforsynchronousreplicationoverIPisforthelinkto
havealatency(roundtrip)lessthan10ms.
Multiclusterconfigurationsallowforgreaterprotection,increasedaccesstoPiT copies,and
implementationofawiderangeofdisasterrecovery,testing,andbackuptopologies.Italsoenables
asinglepointofmanagementandminimizesthenumberofRPAsrequiredcomparedwithprevious
sharedsplittersolutions.
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RecoverPointusessoftwarerunningontheCPUsofthearraystoperformWriteSplitting. This
softwarecopiesallincomingwritesforvolumesprotectedwithRecoverPoint.Acopyiswrittento
theproductionvolumeandacopyissenttotheRecoverPointappliance.Previousversionsof
RecoverPointusedWriteSplitterslocatedon theHostorSAN.RecoverPoint4.0andaboveonly
usesthearraybasedversionofWriteSplitters.
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TheVNX/CLARiiON splitterrunsineachstorageprocessorofaVNX,CLARiiON CX3orCX4
arrayandsplits(mirrors)allwritestoaVNX/CLARiiON volume,sendingonecopytothe
originaltargetandtheothercopytotheRecoverPointappliance.
BothRecoverPointandRecoverPoint/SEsupporttheVNX/CLARiiON splitter.The
VNX/CLARiiON splitterissupportedonVNXarrays,CLARiiON CX3UltraScalearraysaswell
asCLARiiON CX4UltraFlexarrays.
TheVNX/CLARiiON splitterissupportedonbothiSCSIandFCattachedvolumes.
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TheRecoverPointsupportstheRecoverPointSymmetrix writesplitterontheVMAXfamily
ofarrays.VMAXhelpscustomersachieveenterpriseclassreliability,availabilityand
serviceability.Customerswhoneedtoprotecttheirapplicationdatalocallyorremotelycan
useVMAXwithRecoverPoint.
Forexistingorprospectivecustomers,theSymmetrix splitterforVMAXoffersan
embedded,costeffective,andsimpleRecoverPointsolutionforthosethatusetheVMAX
Array.
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StartingwithRecoverPoint3.5,theVPLEXwritesplitterprovidesanypointintimebusiness
continuityrecoverytoprotecttheVPLEXplatformacrossamixtureofEMCandnonEMC
arrays.Inaddition,RecoverPointcantestreplicateddataonvirtualvolumeswithoutimpact
toproductionapplications.
BeforeRecoverPoint3.5therewerethreetypesofavailablewritesplitters:host,arrayand
intelligentfabricsplitters.AVPLEXSplittercontainsawritesplitterthatisbuiltintothe
VPLEXengine.ThisisasimplemethodtoimplementaRecoverPointbusinesscontinuity
solutiontoprotectthemobility,availability,andcollaborationofVPLEXAccessAnywhere
forbothdataandenterpriseapplicationswithVPLEX.
TheVPLEXwritesplittersupportslocalandRemoteReplicationusinganysupportedarray
type.TheRecoverPointVPLEXsplittersupportsvirtualizedenvironmentsandclustering
environments.TheseenvironmentsincludeVMwareHA,MicrosoftMSCS/Failover
clustering,OraclestretchedRAC,OracleOVMandAIXstretchedclusters.
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TheRecoverPointAppliance(RPA) isthedataprotectioncontrollerforRecoverPoint.RPAnodes
utilizeprivateLANandsharedRPAvolumesforcommunicationsusingstandardTCPprotocol.No
FC/IPconvertersareneededtoreplicateacrosstheWAN.ThesetofRPAsateachcluster
constitutesanRPAcluster,whereeachclustercanincludebetweenoneandeightRPAs,asset
duringRecoverPointsysteminstallation.
Theclustersizemustbethesameatallclustersinaninstallation.Innormaloperation,allRPAsina
clusterareactiveallofthetime.Consequently,ifoneoftheRPAsinaclustergoesdown,the
RecoverPointsystemsupportsimmediateswitchoverofthefunctionsofthatboxtoanotherRPAin
thecluster.
Generation5RPAsperformhardwarestatusnotifications.Ifaharddriveorpowersupply
ontheRecoverPointappliancefails,ahardwareeventnotificationwillberaisedinthe
systemlogs.Ifconfigured,theeventwillalsocreateacallhomeevent,sendingasystem
requesttoEMCCustomerService.
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RPAsaredeployedinatwotoeightnodeclusterconfigurationthatallowsactiveactivefailover
betweenthenodes.The RecoverPointenvironmentcanconsistofuptofiveclusterswhichcan
eitherbelocaloratdifferentlocations.
EachRPAhasthefollowinginterfaces:
FourFibre Channelportsusedfordataexchangewithlocalhostapplicationsandstorage
subsystems,providingredundantconnectivitytotheSANattachedstorageandthehosts.
OneEthernetinterfaceusedtotransferdatatootherclusters.
OneEthernetinterfaceusedtomanagetheRecoverPointsystem
FourEthernetconnections(onemanagementLANconnectionandonedataWANconnection
pernode)
FiveIPaddresses(2nodesx2Ethernetconnections+ 1 floatingIPaddressformanagement)
EightFibre Channelconnections(Gen4:2nodesx1HBAspernodex4portsperHBA Gen3:2
nodesx2HBAspernodex2portsperHBA)
InpreparationforRecoverPointdeployment,ensurethatthereisoneRPAFibre Channelport
availableperRPAperfabric.Thisensureshighavailabilitybyprovidingredundancybetweenall
componentsatthecluster.
AdualfabricconfigurationisrequiredatallclustersforRPA,host,andstorageconnectivity.
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Thenetworkconnectionconsistsofamanagementnetworkandareplicationnetwork.The
managementnetworkhasastaticIPaddressforeachapplianceandafloatingstaticIPaddressfor
eachcluster.Themanagementnetworkmanagestheappliancesaswellasaccesstothe
replicationsmanagementCLIandGUI.
ThereplicationnetworkconsistsofastaticIPaddressforeachappliance.Itcommunicatestothe
appliancesontheoppositeclusterandreplicatesdatabetweentheclusters.AnNTPserverensures
propertimesynchronizationwiththeoutsideworld.Itislocatedonlyontheprimarycluster,since
theapplianceshaveaninternalsynchronizationmethodtoensureallappliancesaresynchronized.
AnNTPserverisrecommendedbutnotrequiredandistypicallyconnectedthroughthe
managementnetwork.
TheRecoverPointreplicationsolutioncontainsaSANDiscoveryfeaturethatenablestheappliances
toautomaticallydetectanddisplayinformationabouttheLUNsthattheappliancescanseeonthe
storage.Thisinformationincludes:WWN,LUN,size,andstoragetype.TodeterminewhichLUNs
areassociatedwithwhichreplicationvolume,theWWN,LUN,andsizemustbedeterminedahead
oftime.Volumereplicationpairsareamatchofreplicationvolumesthatwillbereplicating
betweeneachother.OncethereplicationvolumeshavebeendeterminedbasedontheWWN,
LUN,andsize,theyneedtobeassociatedintothesereplicationpairs.
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RecoverPoint 4.0introducestheVirtual RecoverPointAppliance(vRPA).vRPAsarevirtualmachines
thatruntheRecoverPointsoftware.Theyaccesstherepository,journal,production,andcopy
volumesviatheiSCSIprotocol,andthereforedonotrequireanyFCinfrastructure.vRPAsarea
greatwaytogetmanyofthebenefitsofRecoverPointwithouttheneedforphysicalappliancesora
SANinfrastructure.OneimportantconsiderationisthatvRPAsareonlyavailableforusewiththe
VNXstoragearray.AnotherimportantconsiderationisthatsinceRP4.0supportssynchronous
replicationoverIP,iftheWANissufficientlyrobust,vRPAscanbeusedforremotesynchronous
replication.vRPAscanreplicateanyblockdata,regardlessofhowthehostsareconnectedtothe
VNX.
SincethevRPAsaccesstherepository,journal,production,andcopyvolumesviatheiSCSIprotocol,
iSCSISLICsarerequiredfortheVNXarrays.
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AspecialvolumemustbededicatedontheSANattachedstorageforeachRPAcluster.Thisvolume
storesconfigurationinformationabouttheRPAs,thecluster,andconsistencygroups.Thisenables
aproperlyfunctioningRPAtoseamlesslyassumethereplicationactivitiesofafailingRPAfromthe
sameRPAcluster.
ThereisaRepositoryvolumeforeveryRecoverPointcluster.ThevolumeispresentedtoeachRPA,
eitherviatheSANorusingiSCSIforvirtualRPAs.
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Eachcopyofdatainaconsistencygroupmustcontainoneormorevolumesthatarededicatedto
holdingpointintimehistoryofthedata.Thetypeandamountofinformationcontainedinthe
journaldiffersaccordingtothejournaltype.
Thereare2typesofjournalvolumes:
Copy Journals
ProductionJournals
Journalvolumesholdsnapshotsofdatatobereplicated.EachJournalvolumeholdsasmanypoint
intimeimagesasitscapacityallows,afterwhichtheoldestimageisremovedtomakespacefor
thenewest.Journalsconsistof1ormorevolumespresented toalltheRPAsforthecluster.Space
canbeadded,toallowalongerhistorytobestored,withoutaffectingreplication.
ThesizeofaJournalvolumeisbasedseveralfactors:
Thechangerateofthedata beingprotected.
Theamountoftimebetween pointintimeimages(couldbeassmallaseachwrite).
Thenumberofpointintimeimagesthat arekept.
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Consistencygroupsdefineprotectionforasetofvolumes.Iftwodatasetsaredependentonone
another(suchasadatabaseandadatabaselog),theyshouldbepartofthesameconsistency
group.consistencygroupsmaintainwriteorderbetweenthedatasets.Settingsandpoliciesfor
dataprotectionaredefinedforeachconsistencygroup.Examplesoftheseparametersare:
compression,bandwidthlimits,andmaximumlag.
Imagineamotionpicturefilm.Thevideoframesaresavedononevolume,theaudioonanother.
Neithervolumewillmakesensewithouttheother.Thesavesmustbecoordinatedsothattheywill
alwaysbeconsistentwithoneanother.Inotherwords,thevolumesmustbereplicatedtogetherin
oneconsistencygrouptoguaranteethatatanypointintime,thesaveddatawillrepresentatrue
stateofthefilm.Theconsistencygroupensuresthatupdatestotheproductionvolumesarealso
writtentothecopiesinconsistentandcorrectwriteordersothecopycanalwaysbeusedto
continueworkingfrom,ortorestoretheproductionsource.
Thetermslocalcopyandremotecopyarealwaysrelativetotheproductioncopy.
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Inthecaseofadisasterintheproductionstorage,thelagofdatabetweentheproduction
copyandtheremotereplicawillcausedataloss.Therefore,theabilitytominimizeor
eliminatedatalossforthemostimportantdataisakeyfeatureofarobustreplication
environment.PrioritizingconsistencygroupsinRecoverPoint4.0isdonebychoosingthe
prioritylevelfromadropdownmenu.TheoptionsareIdle,Low,Normal,High,andCritical.
Thismakesiteasytoensurethatthemostimportantdatahastheleastpossibilityofdata
loss.
PleasenotethatthisfeaturehasreplacedtheSystemOptimizedLagandRPOlagsettings
foundinpreviousRecoverPointversions.
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RecoverPointcopiesareallofthevolumesofaconsistencygroupthatareeitherasourceora
targetofreplicationatagivenRPAcluster
Thefollowingtypesofcopiesexistinaconsistencygroup:
Theproductioncopy Theproductioncopyconsistsofallofthevolumesthatarethesourcesof
replicationofaconsistencygroup,aswellastheproductionjournalvolumes
Localcopies Alocalcopyconsistsofallofthevolumesthatarethetargetsofreplication,fora
specificconsistencygroup
Thefollowinglimitationsapplytocopies:
Amaximumofoneproductioncopyanduptofournonproductioncopiescanbeconfiguredper
consistencygroup.
Inlocalreplication,therecanbeonlyoneproductioncopyandonelocalcopy.
Inremotereplication Ifalocalcopyexiststherecanbeuptothreeremotecopies.Ifalocalcopy
doesnotexist,therecanbeuptofourremotecopies.
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Consistencygroupsarecomprisedofoneormorereplicationsets.Eachreplicationsetconsistsofa
productionvolumeandanylocalorremotecopyvolumestowhichitisreplicating.Thenumberof
replicationsetsinyoursystemisequaltothenumberofproductionvolumesbeingreplicated.
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TherearethreemajorphasesperformedbyRecoverPointtoguaranteedataconsistencyandavailability
(RTOandRPO)duringreplication.
TheRecoverPointreplicationphasesare:
Thewritephase(thesplittingphase)
Thetransferphase
Thedistributionphase
EachofthesephasesareprocessesperformedbyeachconsistencygroupsPrimaryRPA,andarecontrolled
bythepoliciesandsettingssetbytheuser,throughUnisphereforRecoverPointortheRecoverPointCLI.
ThewritephaseistheRecoverPointreplicationphaseinwhichhostwritesareinterceptedbythesplitter
andreceivedbythelocalRPA,priortotransfer.Ageneraldescriptionoftheflowofdataforwrite
transactionsisasfollows:
1.Theproductionhostwritesdatatotheproductionvolumes,butisfirstinterceptedbythesplitter.The
splittersendsthewritedatatotheRPA.
2.Immediatelyuponreceiptofthewritedata,thelocalRPAreturnsanACKtothesplitter.
3.Thesplitterthenwritesthedatatotheproductionstoragevolume.
4.ThestoragesystemreturnsanACKtothesplitteruponsuccessfullywritingthedatatostorage.
5.ThesplittersendsanACKtothehostthatthewritehasbeencompletedsuccessfully.
Thesequenceofevents15canberepeatedmultipletimes,andinparallel,formultiplewrites.Thesewrites
aregroupedtogetherandreadiedforthenextphase,whichisthetransferphase.Thenumberofwrites
thataregroupedtogetherisaconfigurablesetting.Itcanbeoneormany.Thissettingisreferredtoasa
snapshot.Snapshotsdeterminetheamountofdatathatislost(RPO).Thesesnapshotsaresavedinthe
copyjournalvolume,aswewillseeduringthedistributionphase.
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ThetransferphaseistheRecoverPointreplicationphaseinwhichhostwritesaresentfroma
sourceRPAtoatargetRPA,afterThewritephaseandbeforeThedistributionphase.The
transferphasediffersslightlydepending onvariousconsistencygroupSettings.Here,wewill
explaintheNonDistributedGroupsetting.
Fornondistributedconsistencygroups,theflowofdataduringthetransferphaseisasfollows:
1.Afterprocessingthedata(forexample,applyingthevariouscompressiontechniques),the
sourceRPAsendsthedatatothetargetRPA.
2.ThetargetRPAwritesthedatatothejournal.
3.Uponthesuccessfulwritingofthedatatothejournal,thetargetRPAreturnsanACKtothe
sourceRPA.
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ThedistributionphaseistheRecoverPointreplicationphaseresponsibleforthewritingofthe
productionsnapshotstothecopystorage,anditisperformedbythetargetRPA,afterThetransfer
phase.Sincethecopystorageisbeingwrittentoduringthisprocess,duringdistribution,thestate
ofthecopyStorageisNoAccess.
Thecopyjournalhistoryconsistsofsnapshotsthathavealreadybeendistributedtothecopy
storageandsnapshotsthatarestillwaitingfordistributioninthequeueofsnapshotswaitingfor
distribution.WhendataisreceivedbytheRPAfasterthanitcanbedistributedtothecopystorage
volumes,itaccumulatesinthequeueofsnapshotswaitingfordistributioninthecopyjournal.This
canbeavoided byproperdesign,butRecoverPointallowsforthiscondition.
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RecoverPoint4.0simplifiesRecoverPointlicensing.LicensingdetailsforthethreeRecoverPoint
productsareshowninthistable.Pleasenotethatalllicensesarebasedonwhetherthereplication
typeislocalorremote.
RecoverPoint/SElicensesarebasedperarrayandcanonlybepurchasedviaVNXsoftwaresuites.
RecoverPoint/EXlicensesarebasedperarrayfortheVNXandperregisteredcapacityforthe
VMAX,VMAX10K,andVPLEX.Registeredcapacitymeanstheamountofdataonthearraythatis
beingprotected.
RecoverPoint/CLlicensesarebasedonthereplicatedcapacity,whichsimplymeanstheamountof
datathatisbeingreplicated.RP/CLlicensesarenottiedtoanyarrays.Thismakesthereplication
environmentveryflexible,sinceadding,changing,andrefreshingarraysdoesnotrequireany
changetotheRecoverPointlicense.RecoverPoint/ClusterEnabler(RP/CE)isincludedwithallRP
4.0offerings.
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WithRecoverPoint/EX andCL,aRecoverPointsystemcanconsistof upto5clusters.
RecoverPoint/SEsupports1or2clustertopologiesonly.Multiclusterconfigurationsallowfor
greaterprotection,increasedaccesstoPITcopies,andimplementationofawiderangeofdisaster
recovery,testing,andbackuptopologies.Italsoenablesasinglepointofmanagementand
minimizesthenumberofRPAsrequired.RecoverPoint4.0supportssynchronousreplicationtoa
remotecopyoverIP.Previously,thiswasonlysupportedwithfibre channelconnectivity.
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ThismoduleprovidedanoverviewoftheRecoverPointarchitecture.
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This modulefocusesonthecapabilitiesofRecoverPointandhowtousesomeofitsmost
commonlyusedfeatures.
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Akey featureofRecoverPointistheabilitytotestpointintimeimagesoftheproductiondata.
Whenreplicatingnormally,ahost writestotheproductionvolumesofaconsistencygroup.These
writesarealsowrittentothejournalateachcopy.Theyarecompiledintoan image,whichis
storedinthejournal.Animageorsnapshotcouldconsistofoneormanywrites;thisdependson
policessetfortheconsistencygroup.
Totestacopytoverifythatitisareliableandconsistentcopyoftheproductionstorageimage,itis
necessarytoselectacopytotest,thenenableaccessfora hosttotestthatdata.Afterapointin
timeimageisselected,thatimageisdistributedtothecopyandismadereadyforahosttotest.
Thiscanbedonewhilestillcontinuingwritingtoproductionandmakingpointintimecopies.
Fordetailedproceduresonhowtotestacopy,alwaysrefertothelatestRecoverPoint
AdministratorsGuide.
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RecoverPointallowsfortherecoveryofproductiondataafterfileorlogicalcorruptionoccurs.The
productiondatacanberolledbacktoapreviouspointintime.
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Failingoveraconsistencygrouptoalocalcopyoraremotecopyallowssystemoperationsto
continueasusualfromthecopy.Hostsattachedtothecopycontinueoperationsbyrunning
applications.Snapshotsarenowtransferredfromthe(former)copytothe(former)production
journalandfromtheproductionjournaltotheproductionstorage.Thesamefailoverprocedure
canbeusedforplannedmaintenanceattheproductionsitewhilethecopysitetakesovernormal
operations.Whentheproductionstoragehasbeenrestoredortheplannedmaintenance
complete,systemoperationscanberesumedattheoriginalproductionsourcebyfailingover
again.
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WithRecoverPoint4.0,aRecoverPointsystemcanreplicatedatatouptofourremotecopies.
Shownhereisanexamplewithallfourcopiesinfourdifferentremoteclusters.Eachofthese
copieshasitsownjournalandcanbeindividuallyaccessed.Ifwehadalocalcopy,wecouldhave
uptothreeremotecopies.Havingtworemotecopiesinthesameremoteclusterisalsoa
supportedconfiguration.PleasenotethatRecoverPoint/SEsupportsamaximumoftwoclusters.
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TheVSIRecoverPointManagementpluginisaplugintothevSphere clientthatenables
RecoverPointManagementintegrationwithvSphere.TheVSIsoftwareisfreeandisavailableat
support.emc.com.ThesoftwareisinstalledonthevSphere clientasshownhere.Installingand
configuringtheVSIpluginenablestheVMwareadministratortotestandfailoverSiteRecovery
Managerprotectiongroupstoanypointintime.Theseprotectiongroupsmustbebasedon
datastores accessedbytheESXi server(s)witheithertheFibre Channel,FCoE oriSCSIprotocols.
NFSdatastores cannotbeprotectedusingVSIRecoverPointManagement.Installationwillonly
succeedonhoststhatalreadyhavethevSphere clientinstalled.ThevSphere clientcannotbe
openedatthetimeofinstallation anerrorwillappearandtheinstallationwillterminate.
AlthoughphysicalRPAsareshownhere,thisfunctionalityisavailablewithvirtualRPAsaswell.
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RecoverPoint4.0integrationwithSRMenablesuserstotestorfailoverSRMprotection
groupstoanypointintime.ThisisdoneusingthevSphere clientandtheVirtualStorage
Integrator(VSI)RecoverPointManagement.VSIisfreeofchargeanddownloadablefrom
support.emc.com.Installation,configuration,andusageofVSIRecoverPointManagement
isquick,easy,andverysimilartoallotherVSIproducts.
Theprocessissimple.ApplythepointintimecopytousewithSRM,runtheSRMtestor
failoverprocedureandthetestorfailoverwilloccurusingthepointintimespecified.
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StartingwithRecoverPoint 4.0,SRDFandRecoverPointaresupportedwiththesamesourcedevice.
SRDFR1devicescanbereplicatedlocallywithRecoverPointlocalreplicationatthesametimethat
theR1isbeingreplicatedviaSRDFtotheR2device.TheanypointintimefeatureofRecoverPoint
enablesprotectionagainstlocalcorruption,whileSRDFprovidesthedisasterrecoverysolution.If
SRDFisalreadyconfigured,onecanaddtheRecoverPointlocalprotection.IfRecoverPointlocal
protectionisalreadyconfigured,onecanaddSRDFforremoteprotection.
Typicalusageforthissolutionwouldbeacustomerthatcurrentlyhasadatabase
applicationsetupwithsynchronousSRDFforcompliancereasons.SRDFcanprotectagainst
sitefailure,butnotagainstlogicalcorruptionofthedatabase.ByaddingCDPtotheR1
devicethecustomergetsDVRlikerecoverywithminimalorzeroRPOincaseofdata
corruption.
ThissolutionwillalsoprovideabetterRPOandRTOwhencomparedwithlocalreplication
solutionssuchasTimeFinder SnapandCloneswithbackupofdatabaselogs.
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RecoverPointsupportsvirtualprovisioning.Virtualprovisioningistheabilitytopresentan
applicationwithmorecapacitythanisphysicallyallocatedtoitinthestoragearray.Thephysical
storageisthenallocatedtotheapplicationondemandasitisneededfromasharedpoolof
capacity.RecoverPointreplicatesonlytheallocatedspacethatisinusebytheapplication.For
example,theapplicationmaybelieveithas8GBallocated,butmayonlyhave2GBinuse.
RecoverPointreplicatesonlythe2GB.
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SomeadditionalfeaturesofRecoverPointincludethesimplifiedprioritizationof
consistencygroups,fullFIPS1402compliance,andarobustRESTAPIinterface.
Thesimplifiedprioritizationofconsistencygroupsmakesiteasytoensurethatthemost
importantdatahastheleastpossibilityofdataloss.
FullFIPS1402complianceensuresthattheenvironmentissecurebyfullycomplyingwith
theUSDepartmentofCommerceFIPS1402specification.ArobustRESTAPIinterface
enablescustomscriptingandapplicationsviastandardRESTful protocols.
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Thismodulecoveredfeatures,functions,andcapabilitiesof RecoverPoint.
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This modulefocusesonUnisphere forRecoverPointandhowtouseit.
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Unisphere forRecoverPointprovidesasinglepointofmanagementfortheentireRecoverPoint
system.UsersfamiliarwithanyoneofthemanyotherUnipshere interfaceswillfinditeasyand
intuitivetonavigatethroughUnisphereforRecoverPoint.Thissignificantlyreducesthelearning
curvefornewusers.YoucanrunUnisphereforRecoverPointonanysupportedwebbrowserfrom
anysystemthathasTCP/IPconnectivitytotheRecoverPointappliances.Checkthereleasenotes
forRecoverPointtofindalistofthesupported browsers.
Usehttps://<RecoverPointsitemanagementIP>toaccessUnisphere forRecoverPoint.
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RecoverPoint 4.0introducestheUnisphere forRecoverPointuserinterface,awebbasedclientthat
replacestheRecoverPointManagementApplicationavailablewithpreviousversionsof
RecoverPoint.UsersfamiliarwithanyoneoftheEMCCommon UserInterfaceToolkit(ECUIT)
based interfaceswillfinditeasyandintuitivetonavigatethroughtheUnisphere forRecoverPoint
GUI.Thissignificantlyreducesthelearningcurveforusers. Whenloggedin,usersareimmediately
presentedwithatopologyoftheirRecoverPointsystem,aswellashealthandtrafficinformation.
Allprotectionandrecoveryoperationsarewizardbasedwithclearlydefined,intuitivesteps.
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RecoverPointoffersacommandlineinterfaceforusewithboth replicationandsystem
maintenancetasks.ThisinterfaceallowsformultipleuserstoaccesstheRecoverPointclusterat
thesametime.Replicationtasks,suchasfailovercommands,canbescriptedusingthisinterface.
Themaintenanceusercapabilityallowsforcheckingsystemhealthandforlogcollection.
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RecoverPoint4.0alsointroduceseLicensing.FornewRecoverPoint4.0installations,once
thelicenseauthorizationcode(LAC)isreceived,simplylogintosupport.emc.com,fillout
thenecessaryinformation,anddownloadthelicensefile.Everythingisselfserviceand
doesnotrequireaservicerequest.AllRPlicensingrecordswillbeavailableonline,which
makesitquickandeasytoverifylicensingpurchasesandprovecomplianceduring
companyaudits.
PleasenotethatupgradesfrompreviousRecoverPointlicensestoRecoverPoint4.0will
requireaservicerequest.Aftertheinitialupgrade,allfurtherupgradesandchangescanbe
doneusingtheeLicensing service.
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RecoverPoint4.0 alsointroduces DeploymentManager2.0.WiththisversionofDM,onecan
install,maintain,orupgradetoRecoverPoint4.0.Thistoolcanbeusedforbothphysicalandvirtual
RPAs.DeploymentManagercanalsobeusedtoinstallandmaintainearlierversionsof
RecoverPoint.
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Thismodulecoveredthetopicslistedhere.Ifinterestedinlearningmoreaboutanyofthesetopics
pleaserefertotheEducationServicescatalogtoseewhatotherRecoverPointtrainingweoffer.
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ThiscoursecoveredanoverviewoftheRecoverPointProductandthesolutionsitprovides.
Thisconcludesthetraining.
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