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Massimo Della VedovaSenior Sales ManagerNT Nuove Tecnologie
Falconstor Premier Business Partner
Storage Virtualization and DR solutions
Falconstor NSS in Desktop and Server virtualization
E.N.A.I.P. FVG Case History
Marco MazzuccoSolution ArchitectFalconstor Italy
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• 23 in country offices• 24/7 follow the sun support• Development in Asia and
US• Localized Marketing• Local Sales
World View – Local Presence
• Founded in 2000
(NASDAQ:FALC)• Leader and innovator of:
• Virtual Tape Library (VTL)
• Storage Virtualization (NSS)
• Continuous Data Protection (CDP)
Company Snapshot
Company Overview
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Our Business is Protecting Your Business
STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION
& DATA MIGRATION
FalconStor® Network
Storage Server (NSS)
DATA DEDUPLICATION
FalconStor® Virtual Tape
Library (VTL)
FalconStor® File-interface
Deduplication System (FDS)
BACKUP & DISASTER
RECOVERY
FalconStor® Continuous
Data Protector (CDP)
FalconStor® Network
Storage Server (NSS)
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Leading global firms, from hedge
funds to Tier 1 Financial Institutions
GovernmentGovernmentEnergyEnergyHealthcareHealthcare
Manufacturing/DistributionManufacturing/DistributionHigher EducationHigher EducationTechnology and ServicesTechnology and Services
Financial ServicesFinancial Services
Diverse Base of 30,000 Customers Worldwide
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Business Continuity – NSS
Optimized Storage – Dedupe
Storage Virtualization/Data Migration – NSS
Disaster Recovery – CDP/NSS
A Complete and Manageable Stack
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Chi è NT Nuove Tecnologie ?www.ntonline.it
ProduzionePC
Workstation
Server
Storage
VirtualizzazioneServer
Desktop & Workstation
Storage
NetworkingLAN, WAN, WLAN
Bandwidth Management &
Compression
Wireless Solutions
SecurityFirewall, Virus Protection,
Antispam , Content
filtering, Unified Threat
Management, EndPoint
protection,Data
Encryption..
Backup & Disaster
RecoveryCluster Deduplication
Systems
Cluster Virtual Tape Library
Tape Library
Servizi post venditaProactive Monitoring NSO
HW & SW On-Site Italia
www.e-Pro.it
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IN QUESTA SEDUTA ANALIZZEREMO COME FALCONSTOR NSS SUPPORTA:
• la virtualizzazione Server • la virtualizzazione del Desktop
• il business continuity e il Disaster Recovery
Nella soluzione sviluppata da NT Nuove Tecnologie per ENAIP FVG
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• ENAIP Friuli Venezia Giulia è un’impresa sociale senza fini di lucro fondata nel 1979 che aderisce ad ENAIPNazionale, promosso dalle ACLI nel 1951. Ha come obiettivo la valorizzazione delle risorse umane e come areeprioritarie di intervento la formazione, l’orientamento, l'assistenza all’inserimento lavorativo ed alla creazioned’impresa.
• ENAIP FVG si avvale della professionalità di oltre 160 dipendenti suddivisi tra progettisti e coordinatori, orientatori etutor, responsabili di progetto e formatori, personale tecnico e amministrativo. Collabora inoltre con più di 2000consulenti esterni tra progettisti, formatori, tecnici aziendali, docenti universitari, ricercatori e con circa 4000 aziende
• I servizi offerti:› Attività di formazione a catalogo e personalizzata› Attività di formazione in base alle esigenze aziendali› Attività di prima formazione› Consulenza ed analisi dei fabbisogni formativi di imprese, associazioni, Enti Pubblici e Privati› Progetti di stage individuali in azienda› Servizi per l’e-learning
Case study
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Conoscere …
• Le risorse informatiche attuali, distribuzione sul territorio e loro interazione
Direzione generale e 6 centri distribuiti uno per provincia più le sedi di Codroipo, Tolmezzo,Cervignano
• Ogni sede indipendente con proprio Hardware server e desktop, nessuna virtualizzazione oparziale virtualizzazione ( server).
• I centri di Udine (Pasian di Prato) e Trieste sono dotate di figure professionali per il supporto ITdelle proprie sedi e dei centri periferici
• Particolarità della produzione: Offerta formativa dinamica, corsi di prima formazione condidattica su varie materie generali, corsi professionali anche su progettazione/grafica (Autocad,Solidworks Photoshop., ecc..) e utilizzo dell’infrastruttura IT per gli uffici amministrativi
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Problematiche esistenti
• Desktop/Workstations: difficoltà nel manutenere e mantenere aggiornata l’offertaformativa in un ambiente particolarmente dinamico da personale debitamente qualificato
• Costi continui per la sostituzione/smaltimento causa obsolescenza Hardware/Software;
• Interruzione dei servizi dovuti a guasti o problematiche software
• Assorbimento elettrico spesso elevato e non considerato
• La sicurezza dei dati locali e della macchina è spesso involontariamente lasciata aisingoli utenti
• L’adeguamento tramite personale qualificato agli standard aziendali per il provisioningdei sistemi sull’intera area geografica, la movimentazione del personale tecnico verso levarie sedi;
• Tempi lunghi per la predisposizione di nuovi laboratori alle attività formative, l’utilizzo diaule informatiche per corsi diversi durante la giornata;
• Attività di teledidattica assente o limitata
• Server: necessità di consolidare la parte server in una infrastruttura più sicura, gestibile edinamica rispetto a quella esistente distribuita prevalentemente su varie unità fisiche.Business continuity.
• Storage: mancanza di una SAN, sicurezza dei dati demandata ai sistemi di BackUp deisingoli server, impossibilità di assegnazione di storage «on demand», impossibilità digarantire maggiori performances per applicazioni + esigenti, storage obsoleti noncompat. vSphere 5/VAAI
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Desktop & Server virtualization VMWareView 5.0 e vSphere 5.0
• Riduzione di risorse locali (le elaborazioni vengono eseguite sui
servers) con conseguente allungamento della vita delle postazioni di
lavoro
• Riduzione dell’impegno economico, i Thin Client hanno prezzi
d’acquisto inferiori ai PC e sono meno soggetti ad obsolescenza,
guasti o usura. Riutilizzo PC obsoleti. Riduzione dei costi energetici
• Semplificazione della gestione globale degli uffici e in particolar modo delle aule
didattiche. Distribuzione semplificata e immediata di aggiornamenti software e delle
policy degli accessi.
• Riduzione dei tempi di manutenzione in caso di guasto: più semplice il rimpiazzo di una
unità Thin Client (o di PC come client virtuale)
• Consolidamento della gestione della rete informatica dei punti formativi regionali,
permettendo la manutenzione o il provisioning dei sistemi da remoto.
• Permettere l’accesso ai docenti ed agli studenti alla piattaforma formativa da postazioni
remote di altre sedi ENAIP oppure direttamente da casa.
• Garantire uniformità dell’offerta formativa tra tutte le sedi regionali.
• Server consolidation: HA Server Host, vMotion, gestione centralizzata, Backup & DR
… quale storage ???
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Server, 20 VM
Performances I/O, VAAI
Storage dinamico
eterogeneo per risorse
esistenti e future certifiche
VMWare /VAAI
Business continuity
HA/vMotion server e
fault tolerant storage
Desktop
Backup/Replica/Mirror
?Server & application
Backup/Repliche,
quiescenti, RPO/RTO
Disaster recovery
server, desktop
ENAIP FVG Pasian di Prato (Direzione Generale)
Versatilità e Scalabilità
futura
Desktop, 500 VDI
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FALCONSTOR NSS H.A. GATEWAY
• Architettura H.A. a doppio nodo Attivo/Attivo• Snapshots, journaling (CDP), remote replication• Scalabile oltre PB+ e 64TB per LUN • Scalabilità con supporto storage eterogeneo• Connettività iSCSI, Fibre Channel (FC), and
FCoE• Supporto server fisici o virtuali Microsoft
Windows, Linux, Unix, Solaris, HP-UX• Mirror volumi sync-asyncronous• Fino a 1000 Snapshots con consistenza
dell’applicazione (TimeMark®/TimeView®) per LUN e CDP, alta granularità dei recovery points
• Ottimizzazione delle repliche via WAN via MicroScan™ compressione & encryption con riduzione dell’ampiezza di banda e sicurezza
• Recovery agents• Recovery automatizzato di VM o interi siti
mezzo RecoverTrac™ tool.• Supporta P2P, P2V, and V2V recovery• Data tiering, suddivisione in pool per
prestazioni e affidablità delle unità disco
• Thin provisioning
• Ottimizzazione I/O performance storage per applicazioni mission-critical
• Alternate-READ mirror dei volumi, tecnologie HotZone® and SafeCache™ incrementano le performances READ/WRITE
• Supporto VMware VAAI per lo storagevMotion, data mobility tra differenti storageprotocols e vendor arrays.
• Integrazione certificata con VMware Site Recovery Manager 5 (Storage Replication Adapter)
• Amministrazione semplificata (int. Grafica)
• SNMP Integration
• capacity-based pricing
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storage virtualization ?
• Creazione di singoli o multiplivolumi:
Da singole unità disco
Dall’unione di diverse unità disco
– LUN fisiche e virtuali fino a
64TB
– Espansione delle LUN online on demand
– Indipendenza da tecnologia o
brand
– Compatibilità software..
Virtual disks
Physical disks
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NSS gateway High Availability
• H.A. NSS Gateway configurabili
in doppio nodo Attivo/Attivo o
Attivo/Passivo
• Ogni nodo NSS supporta ilproprio set di client durante la
normale attività
• In caso di fail di uno dei due nodiil secondo nodo prende in carico
tutti i clients e le attività del nodo
inattivo
Shared Storage Failover
SAN
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Mirroring
• Disponibile per ogni risorsa creata (Disco, snapshot, timeview, cache ecc. )
• Sincrono
• Asincrono
• Throttle configurabile
• Mirror performance monitoring
• “Alternative Read Mirror“
• Migrazione semplificata - “Service mode“
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Boosting performance:
• Falconstor NSS può virtualizzare dispositivi di memoria quali SSD interni o utilizzare sistemi flash array esterni per ottimizzare le prestazioni delle
applicazioni più esigenti
• SafeCache: write cache & read
• HotZone: read cache
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Modelli di applicazione per Virtualized memory
Specific/Fixed
Allocation for Database
Virtualized spinning disk Virtualized memory storage
Logs Data
General Allocation
for any Application
“Hot” disk
sectors identified
and moved to
memory device
Write cache
Automatic Allocation
for any Application
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SafeCache, boost mirror & application disks
Primary disk Secondary slow disk
Seq. write
Rnd. Write
Slow performance disk
High performance disk
Rnd. Write
SafeCache
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HotZone
• VMWare view storming:
Linked Clone
Master Disk
Replica Disk
SSD HotZone
• Rimappa automaticamente i settori
maggiormente utilizzati su dispositivi
con maggiori prestazioni (SSD,
RAMDisk ecc.)
• Riduce l’utilizzo di dispositivi costosi
ad alte prestazioni
• Meccanismo configurabile (read/write,
retain time)
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HotZone configuration
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Falconstor Hotzone & VMWare View storming
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Improving vSphere Performance
VM VM VM
VMware vSphere v4.1/v5
VM VM VM
VMware vCenter Server
Thin/Full
Provisioning
Virtualization
Storage
Data
integrity
Snapshot
Fibre iSCSI (1G/10G)
Generic StorageSSD Storage
SafeCache on SSD
VAAI Main Primitives
1. Hardware Assisted Locking
2. Full Copy
3. Block Zeroing
Extend the value of
VAAI to any storage
Infrastructure
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Example: Cloning VM between 2 LUNs from different SAN Arrays without FalconStor NSS
VM VM VM
VMware vSphere v4.1/v5
VM VM
VMware vCenter Server
VM
Clone
VM
Array1 (even with VAAI support)
High Read/WriteIO traffic between
vSphere server andStorage controller
Array2 (even with
VAAI support)
VMVM
WRITE
READ
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How FalconStor NSS extends the value of VAAI to any Storage
VM VM VM
VMware vSphere v4.1/v5
VM VM
VMware vCenter Server
Thin/Full
Provisioning
Virtualization
Storage
Data
integrity
Snapshot
Fibre iSCSI (1G/10G)
VAAI features enabled by FalconStor NSS on any downstream storage
VM
Clone
VM
Vendor A Storage (non-VAAI support)
Vendor B Storage (non-VAAI support)
Reduced the utilization of server resources and minimized the IO traffic
between vSphere server and FalconStor NSS
FASTER VMClone/Migration Speed
FalconStor VAAI
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Falconstor Data Protection: Enaip FVG
• Snapshot Agents• SDVA (VA Snap. Director)• Snap Scheduler• Replica
• Snap Scheduler• Replica
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Snapshots agents per applicazioni
• Fino a 1.000 snapshots for
volume
• Recovery immediato da un
qualsiasi “point in time”
• Volumi per il recovery
montabili in modalità
read/write
• Application agents per una
integrità delle transazioni al
100%
MS Exchange Oracle VMware
DB2 Informix SAP MS SQL Sybase
Notes/Domino Progress Pervasive SQL
8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00
1:00 5:00 9:00
1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30
Schedulazioneconfigurabile per ogni singolovolume
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Timemark (Snapshots) configuration
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FalconStor Application
Snapshot Agent
Application
FalconStor VMware
Application Snapshot
Director
VMware ESX
1
2
3
4
1. Initiate snapshot request
2. Coordinate with application agent
3. Notify NSS that system is ready
4. Take snapshot
FC or iSCSI
Application Snapshot Director
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Where Do the Pieces Fit?
FalconStor NSS
ESX server
Application Snapshot Director is a separate virtual machine
Application-specific agents install within the virtual machine
Network Storage Server provides virtualized storage and replication services
VMware Service Console
Microsoft Exchange, OracleMicrosoft SQL Server
IBM Lotus Notes/Domino, Sybase, Informix, DB2, SAP, Pervasive SQL
Application Snapshot
Agent
OS
Virtual Machine
Application
File system Agent
Application Snapshot
Agent
OS
Virtual Machine
Application
File system Agent
Application Snapshot
Agent
OS
Virtual Machine
Application
File system Agent
File system agent installs on the hosted OS
Windows File System, Linux File System
Snapshot Director Virtual Appliance
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2
1
Snapshot Sequence of Events
1. SD puts the application into a hot backup mode
i. Application holds up processing, flushes cache
2. Application agent informs file system agent
i. Agent ensures file system cache flushed to disk
3. SD initiates VMware snapshot
4. Transactionally complete snapshot taken across the virtual LUN
5. All systems releasedFalconStor NSS
ESX server
Application Snapshot
Agent
OS
Virtual Machine
Application
File system Agent
Application Snapshot
Agent
OS
Virtual Machine
Application
File system Agent
Application Snapshot
Agent
OS
Virtual Machine
Application
File system Agent
3
4
VMware Service Console
Snapshot Director Virtual Appliance
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Disaster Recovery for VMware
• NSS replication fully supports VMware environments
• All WAN optimization, compression and encryption features are supported
• Supports virtual-to-virtual replication
• Supports physical-to-virtual replication
– Lower costs for DR site by using VMware
– No need to duplicate primary servers on a one-to-one basis
• NSS is certified for use with VMware Site Recovery Manager
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WAN Optimized Disaster Recovery
• Easily configured any-to-any remote replication
• Continuous or periodic modes
Full replicas
Copy to tape
DR Site… …
Snapshots
• WAN optimized out of the box
• Includes WAN data encryption,
compression and QoS
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WAN-optimized Data Replication:Falconstor Microscan
• Applications and file systems write far more data to disk than
actual changes
• FalconStor CDP scans the changes at a 512 byte level and
replicates only the changed data
– Avoids constant re-sending of duplicate data
512 byte
= empty disk sector
= data written by application or file system
= sector with actual data change
A typical 8k write of data. Many systems send all 8k or more.
FalconStor CDP sends only the truly
changed sectors.
512 byte
Disk sectors
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Integration with Site Recovery Manager
• FalconStor Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) integrates FalconStor replication with Site Recovery Manager
• NSS provides replication engine
• Virtual disk assignments are automatically coordinated with associated virtual machines with the help of SRA
• Disaster recovery scenarios can be tested at any time
– A TimeView snapshot image is created and mounted to a virtual machine being tested
– The virtual machine is started
– Recovery is validated and TimeView image removed
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Automate Disaster Recovery with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
VM VM VM
VMware vSphere v4/v5
VM VM VM
VMware
vCenter Server
Site Recovery
Manager
FalconStor
SRA
VM VM VM
VMware vSphere v4/v5
VM VM VM
VMware
vCenter Server
Site Recovery
Manager
FalconStor
SRA
R RR
Thin/Full
Provisioning
Virtualization
Storage
Data
integrity
Snapshot
Thin/Full
Provisioning
Replica
Data
integrity
Snapshot
R R R R
Fibre iSCSI (1G/10G) Fibre iSCSI (1G/10G)
VM VM VM
Storage Storage
Optimized Replication byMicroScan technology
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VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Reprotection Feature Support
VM VM VM
VMware vSphere v4/v5
VM VM VM
VMware
vCenter Server
Site Recovery
Manager
FalconStor
SRA
VM VM VM
VMware vSphere v4/v5
VM VM VM
VMware
vCenter Server
Site Recovery
Manager
FalconStor
SRA
Fibre iSCSI (1G/10G) Fibre iSCSI (1G/10G)
VM VM VM
Storage Storage
Automated Reverse Replicationfor reprotection operation
Thin/Full
Provisioning
Replica
Data
integrity
Snapshot
R R R R Thin/Full
Provisioning
Virtualization
Storage
Data
integrity
Snapshot
R RR
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The FalconStor / VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Advantage
• Provide heterogeneous replication for VMware environments
• Full automation of failover and failback operations with Site Recovery Manager
• Enables VMware DR deployments on any HCL certified storage platforms
• Enables customers to use their current infrastructure to implement Site Recovery Manager and DR for VMware
• Provides cost-effective DR strategy implementation
• Disaster recovery solutions that protect infrastructure investment and provide flexibility
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ENAIP FVG: Riqualifica personale IT
• Corsi formazione riguardanti:
- Active Directory
- VMWare vSphere & View
- Falconstor/Storage Area Network
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La soluzione FalconStor e VMware implementata da NT Nuove Tecnologie ha portato
grandi vantaggi alla nostra infrastruttura e al nostro lavoro, semplificando la gestione di
un ambiente articolato e complesso tramite la virtualizzazione e garantendone la totale
sicurezza, con tempi di ripristino decisamente ridotti, efficienza energetica e importanti
tagli nei costi di manutenzione. Oggi, il nostro personale ed i nostri "utenti/allievi" sono in
grado di operare da qualsiasi sede, con la garanzia di un ambiente evoluto, uniforme e
sicuro e con importanti vantaggi sul piano della gestione didattica. “
Mauro Zompicchiatti, Direttore Sistemi Informativi di E.N.A.I.P. FVG
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Falconstor partner
RecoverTrac
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Addressing Common Challenges
� Our budget was cut this year, but we need a good disaster recovery plan. What can we do?
� How do I protect physical machines? Do I have to recover to the identical
physical machine at the disaster recovery site? Can I use a VM as the
disaster recovery standby machine?
� I have a handful of business-critical applications that need to recover in
minutes, not hours. Is there a rapid recovery solution available for select
systems and applications?
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Addressing Common Challenges
� I can’t implement VMware SRM because of various hardware/environmental reasons. We need complete recovery coverage
� Most solutions I have looked at only guarantee crash-consistent data.
Can I make sure that after failover my tier-one database will be mounted cleanly without wasting time repairing inconsistencies?
� During a site outage, I may want to temporarily move my protected workloads, physical machines, and VMs to the disaster recovery site.
Can this process be automated? How can we automate the entire
failback process back to the production site?
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What is RecoverTrac?
� A disaster recovery tool that maps servers, applications, networking storage, and failover procedures from source sites to recovery sites,
automating the logistics involved in resuming business operations at the
recovery site.
� Extends the functionality of FalconStor CDP/NSS solutions and operates
in all environments, independent of server, network, application, or
storage vendor
� Allows creation of recovery jobs
� Single server or multiple servers (groups)
� Can use dependencies: order of start, delays, network re-mapping
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Why Use RecoverTrac?
� Provides business continuity lifecycle management
� Allows for planning and validation of the disaster recovery strategy by scheduling recovery jobs periodically
� Choose from a multitude of recovery methods
� Performs local and remote site recovery
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RecoverTrac Overview
� RecoverTrac automates the recovery process for existing servers protected by CDP or NSS (including OS and data LUNs) to a new location
� RecoverTrac supports multiple recovery scenarios:� Physical-to-virtual (P2V)� Virtual-to-virtual (V2V) � Physical-to physical (P2P)� Virtual-to-physical (V2P)
Server in
Production
RecoverTrac Server w/NSS
or CDP
Recovery
ServerDuplication of the server
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RecoverTrac Architecture
Server in
Production
RecoverTrac
Server
Recovery
Server
NSS or CDP
Data Protection Data Recovery
Recovery Control Recovery Control
Recovery Control
Recovery Control: RecoverTrac
performs all the actions required by all
components involved in the disaster
recovery process to validate recovery
servers and associate the appropriate
TimeView disks.
Data Recovery: NSS/CDP assigns
production server Point in Time images
as TimeViews to the recovery servers
as required.
Data Protection: NSS/CDP servers
create consistent Point in Time images
of production servers for data
protection.
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RecoverTrac Process Overview
Server in
Production
Recovery
Server
DiskSafe
NSS or CDP
Data Protection Data Recovery
Recovery Control Recovery Control
1 – Start the recovery process
from the RecoverTrac console
3 –RecoverTrac requests
NSS/CDP to create
TimeView(s) corresponding
to the Production Server
4 –RecoverTrac mounts
TimeView corresponding
to the OS and converts it
to the Recovery Server
format
5 –RecoverTrac requests
NSS/CDP to present
the TimeView for the
Recovery Server
2 –RecoverTrac checks
that the Production
Server is stopped
6 –RecoverTrac starts
Recovery Server
RecoverTrac
Server
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Production Site Recovery Site
P2P (Data)
V2V (Host Volume)
V2V (Per VM)
P2V (Windows Server)
P2V (Windows Cluster)
Recovery Planning Process
1 Service Network
(Naming Allocation)
Thin/Full
Provisioning
storage
Data
integrity
Snapshot
R R RR Data
integrity
Snapshot
Thin/Full
Provisioning
Replica
2 CDP/NSS Server
Registration
(Getting the
protected
data)
3 Machine and
Devices
(Defining
recovery source
and destination)
4 RecoverTrac
Job Creation
(Predefining
Recovery
Procedure ) Windows
Failover
Cluster
Windows
Server
vShere/
Hyper-V AIX
(UNIX)
CDP/NSS CDP/NSS
RecoverTrac
Server
RTRT
RecoverTrac
Server
(Optional)
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Initializing RecoverTrac Configuration
•Each step in the configuration wizard can be manually performed or later modified from the console
Identify Sites 1
Register Storage Servers 2
Register the VMware vCenters if any are used 3
Register Hypervisor Servers 4
Define Source and Recovery Machines 5
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Recovery Scenarios
RecoverTrac supports the following recovery scenarios:
�Physical to Physical (P2P)� Recoveries to different physical hardware on Dell, IBM, and HP
are supported initially
� Leverage the Machine Profile Utility to add more hardware profiles
� Confirm supported hardware with the certification matrix on the FalconStor website. See Supported Server Hardware for RecoverTrac
�Physical to Virtual (P2V)
�Virtual to Physical (V2P)
�Virtual to Virtual (V2V)
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Recovery Methods
� Test Mode Restore (Default Selection): quickly creates an accessible, mounted snapshot image of the disk for instant recovery without duplicating an entire volume
� Clone Mode Restore: Creates a new virtual drive from a recovery snapshot and assigns it to the host for use
� Recovery Mode Restore: Reverses the replication – the roles of the replica and primary disks are switched
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Production
server
1
Stop production
server
NSS NSS
Virtual server
P2V –Recovery Mode Process (Remote)
4
NSS receives RT
request to unassign
LUNs from production
server
5
NSS receives RT
request to reverse the
replication
9
Virtual server receives
RT request to start vm
RecoverTrac
8 Virtual server receives RT
request to detect the LUNs
and assign them to the vm6
NSS receives RT request
to rollback the LUNs to
the selected snapshot
Recovery
VM
2
Start the failover process
3
RT mounts TimeView with OS and
converts it to recovery server format
7
NSS receives RT
request to present
the LUNs to the
virtual server
Recovery Time: ~5 minutes
Production Environment Recovery Environment
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