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EMC RECOVERPOINT TECHNICAL REVIEWNetwork-based intelligent data protection

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Business Continuity Considerations• What are your company’s most

critical processes and data needs?

• How much data can you afford to lose?

• How quickly do you need to restore your critical processes?

• How vulnerable are your operations to disasters?Answer these questions with the

right solution to mitigate these risks

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Overview and Systems Architecture

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Family OverviewReplication independent of host and storage platforms

• Replicate data bi-directionally across different storage arrays from the same vendor—or different vendors

– RecoverPoint/SE supports a single CLARiiON or unified array per-site

– RecoverPoint supports multiple EMC and non-EMC storage arrays

• Creates independent local and/or remote copies of data

• Automates production rebuild/restart for testing, business continuity, and disaster recovery

RecoverPointSAN FC/WAN

RecoverPointSAN

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Family DetailsRecoverPoint—One solution for data protection, replication, and disaster recovery in mixed storage environments• Heterogeneous storage array support

• Integrated with intelligent fabric from Brocade and Cisco

• Supports up to 600 TB of production data

RecoverPoint/SE (for EMC CLARiiON)—One solution for data protection, replication, and disaster recovery for CLARiiON environments• Supports Microsoft Windows host-based

and CLARiiON array-based splitting only

• Single CLARiiON or Celerra Unified per site

• Supports up to 150 TB of production data

Common functionality Continuous data protection (CDP) for one set of

LUNs in one SAN

Continuous remote replication (CRR) between LUNs in two SANs

Continuous local and remote (CLR) data protection that combines CDP and CRR

Heterogeneous operating system support

Flexible point-in-time recovery without production impact

Wizards automate production rebuild/restart from any point in time

Snapshot consolidation enables application-based recovery point objective (RPO)/recovery time objective (RTO); near-instant recovery reduces RTO

Application integration for Microsoft Exchange and SQL, other applications and databases

Integrated consistency groups support federated servers and storage

Synchronous or asynchronous local and/or remote replication with optional dynamic selection policies

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Bi-directional Local and Remote Replication

SAN

OPTIONAL DISASTER RECOVERY SITEPRODUCTION SITE

Prod

LUNs

FC/WAN

Local copy

Application servers

SAN

RecoverPointappliance

RecoverPoint bi-directional replication/recovery

Remote copy

Standby servers

RecoverPointappliance

Production and local journals

Remote

journal

Storagearrays

StoragearraysHost-based splitter

Fabric-based splitter

CLARiiON-based splitter

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Components and Topology• RecoverPoint appliance (RPA)

– Connects to LAN and FC/WAN for replication management and replicating data over FC/IP

– Connects to Layer 2 FC SAN for storage access

– Sold and supported with RecoverPoint– Installed as two to eight appliances per

side

• Application servers– Accesses data that needs to be

replicated

• Heterogeneous storage– Source or Target for replicated data

• RecoverPoint appliance cluster– A group of inter-linked RPAs, working

together closely, to provide replication services

– RPAs in a RecoverPoint cluster are called nodes

RecoverPoint nodes

EMC LSIIBM HDS HP

Layer 2Fibre Channel

SAN

Heterogeneous storage

Application servers

FC/WAN

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Performance and Scalability• Each RecoverPoint cluster

– Supports up to 128 consistency groups– Replicates up to 2,048 LUNs

• Each RecoverPoint appliance (RPA)– Has a steady state rate of 75 MB/s– Eight RPAs with one consistency group

each supports an aggregated write rate of 600 MB/s

– Four RPAs (maximum number for a distributed consistency group) will provide a distributed consistency group with a >240 MB/s steady-state rate for asynchronous replication

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Architecture and Packaging RecoverPoint appliance (RPA)

based on a Dell R610 1u server– Hosts RecoverPoint software– Two to eight appliances per side– Rack in EMC Titan rack or third-party

rack– Cannot be racked in EMC Connectrix

rack

Management application– Any server with SSH and IP connectivity

to a RecoverPoint appliance– Java-based RecoverPoint GUI for

Windows– Installation and configuration

management– Monitoring and recovery management

Storage– RecoverPoint/SE: one CLARiiON array

per side– RecoverPoint: multiple CLARiiON,

Symmetrix, and third-party arrays per side

SymmetrixCLARiiON Third party

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RecoverPoint Appliance High Availability

• Platform– No single point of failure

• Function– Automatic RecoverPoint

appliance failover– External repository for status

ensures no data loss during appliance failover

• Service– Non-disruptive software

updates– Remote maintenance, call-

home, and automatic diagnostics

– Hardware monitoring

Storagearrays

Hosts

Layer 2 SAN(A/B fabric)

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Distributed Consistency Group Architecture• Handles more write activity (‘throughput’) than a

single RPA

• Spread LUN write activity across multiple RPAs

• Avoids any bottlenecks caused by a single WAN connection

Replica volumesRecoverPoint appliances:

Primary and three secondary

Application servers

Production volumes

DISTRIBUTED CONSISTENCY GROUP OPERATION DURING ASYNCHRONOUS REPLICATION

SAN/WAN

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Distributed Consistency GroupsSample display

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Write Splitters• Host-based, fabric-based, and CLARiiON-based write

splitters

• Intercepts writes from the host and splits each write

• Managed through RecoverPoint; installed and upgraded independently of RecoverPoint

Splitter Type How Deployed Overhead

Host-based In I/O stack just above the multi-path software

Adds write traffic at the HBA; no other impact

Fabric-basedIn intelligent storage services hardware on a Brocade- or Cisco-based switch

Operates at wire speeds; no impact

CLARiiON-based

In FLARE operating system; active in both storage processors No impact

RecoverPoint/SE only supports a Windows host-based write splitter and the CLARiiON-based write splitter.

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Host-Based Write Splitters• Supported on AIX*,

Solaris*, and Windows

• Lightweight code that installs on each server that accesses a replicated LUN

• Splits or ‘Duplicates’ writes to production LUNs and sends a copy to the RPA

*AIX and Solaris host-based write splitters are not supported by RecoverPoint/SE

HOST (WINDOWS)User Space

HBA

Kernel

File System

Partition Manager

Kshsplit.sys

Disk Class Driver(e.g., Disk.sys)

Multipath Driver

HBA Miniport/Storport Driver

Monitor the splitter process

Listen for Log Request, collect and transfer to RPA over IP

Communicationwith the RPA

over FC

HBA NIC

Watchdog Service

Splitter User Space

HIC/HLR

Various application processes

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Fabric-Based Write Splitters• RecoverPoint leverages

intelligent fabric services

• Supports Brocade Fabric Application Platform

• Supports Cisco SANTap

• Supports EMC and non-EMC Storage arrays

• Full support for VMware, including VMFS

Not supported by RecoverPoint/SE

Applications

Target

APIs

Copy of write (split write) Appliance

Not in primary data path

Original write

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Brocade Fabric-Splitter Platforms• Department and Director versions

– Connectrix AP-7600B for department – PB-48K-AP4-18 switching module for

Connectrix B-series ED-48000B and ED-DCX-B directors

• Features– High-performance storage processor– 16 4 Gb/s ports– 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports

• No RecoverPoint or Brocade license required

PB-48K-AP4-18

Connectrix AP-7600B

Not supported by RecoverPoint/SE

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Cisco Fabric-Splitter Platforms• MDS-9000 uses the 18/4

blade

• 9222i can use the 18/4 blade and has native fabric splitting support

• Both MDS and 9222i require a Cisco Storage Services Enabler (SSE) license, no RecoverPoint license required

Connectrix MDS-9222i Native support or with MDS 18/4 Multi-Services blade

Not supported by RecoverPoint/SE

Connectrix MDS-9000 Serieswith MDS 18/4 Multi-Services blade

MDS 18/4 Multi-Services

Blade

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CLARiiON-Based Write Splitter• RecoverPoint splitter

included at no charge with FLARE 26 and later

• Supports CLARiiON CX3 and CX4 arrays

• Supports Celerra NS arrays (Celerra Unified)

• Supports open systems

• Can be mixed with other RecoverPoint splitters

• Easiest to use and configure

• Can be shared by up to four RecoverPoint clustersSolarisVMware SolarisVMware

CLARiiON splitter runs on each CLARiiON; no host or fabric agent

required—can share between clusters

Solaris VMwareLinuxWindows

PRODUCTION A

PRODUCTION DISASTER RECOVERYSolaris VMwareLinuxWindows

RecoverPointSAN SAN/WAN

RecoverPointSAN

RecoverPointSAN FC/WAN

RecoverPointSAN

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Splitter guidelines• Different splitter types can be intermixed

• Multiple instances of a splitter type is supported

• CLARiiON-based write splitter can be shared

• The Cisco-SANTap Intelligent-Fabric splitter can be shared with an RPQ

• Multiple versions of splitters are supported

Splitter Host-based

Brocade

Cisco-SANTap

CLARiiON

Host-based Yes Yes Yes Yes

Brocade Yes Yes No Yes

Cisco-SANTap

Yes No Yes Yes

CLARiiON Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Splitter Support by OS

OS/Splitter Type Host-based Brocade Cisco CLARiiON

AIX 5.2, 5.3 Yes Yes Yes

HP-UX No Yes Yes Yes

Hyper-V Hyper-V and Hyper-V R2 Yes Yes Yes

Linux No Yes Yes Yes

Solaris 10, 11 Yes Yes Yes

VMware VM with Windows RDM/P only Yes Yes Yes

VMware VM with other No Yes Yes Yes

Windows32 and 64 bit, Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2

Yes Yes Yes

Other OS No See ESM See ESM See ESM

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Stretched CDP over Fibre Channel

Stretched CDP

PRIMARY SITE REMOTE BUNKER SITE

Productionvolumes

Productionjournal

Supports synchronous CDP replication to secondary site (such as a bunker site)

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

All RecoverPoint resources installed at remote site

Dual fabric extended

to remote site Servers and splitters

must be at both sites

Reversing replication by promoting CDP replica to production is not supported

Replicajournal

Replicavolumes

Not supported by RecoverPoint/SE

File andprint servers

Applicationservers

Databaseservers

SAN

RecoverPoint

ManagementIP WAN

File andprint servers

Applicationservers

Databaseservers

SANFibre Channel

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Cascaded Replication• CLR replication for a three-site disaster restart solution

– Replicates data from a primary site to a secondary site – Also replicates data from a primary site to a tertiary site– Improves RPO and RTO at tertiary site over standard CRR– Provides disaster restart by converting secondary site into

production– Provides disaster recovery from the tertiary site

• Requires stretched fabric between primary and secondary

• Uses secondary site as bunker for replication data

• Retains recoverability at the tertiary site – Survive a regional disaster that incapacitates both the primary

and bunker site– Protects latest and all earlier consistent point-in-time images

Not supported by RecoverPoint/SE

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TERTIARY SITESECONDARY SITE

Cascaded Replication TopologyLocal and remote data protection minimizes data loss

PRIMARY SITE

Productionvolumes

Production CDP

journal

CRR journal

CRR replica

volumes

Near-Synchronousor Synchronous*

Synchronous over Fibre Channel limited by distance*Asynchronous over Fibre Channel or WAN not limited by distance*

* Refer to the EMC Support Matrix for the maximum distance for your configuration.

CDP journal

CDP replica

volumes

Not supported by RecoverPoint/SE

SANSANSAN

WAN

(for adminfunctions)

WAN/FCFibre

Channel

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Cluster Enabler 4.0 for RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint/SE

• Supports Microsoft Cluster Server on Windows Server 2003

• Supports Microsoft Failover Clusters on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2

• Supports synchronous and asynchronous replication

• Not needed for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

File Share Witness with

RecoverPoint/CE installed

RecoverPoint RecoverPoint

CG1: Devices forCluster Group1

CG2: Devices forCluster Group2

Cluster nodes with Cluster Enabler 4.0 installed

Fibre Channel/

WAN

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/ A / C/ B

r A r Cr B

Local Protection Process—Continuous Data Protection (CDP)

1. Data is split and sent to the RecoverPoint appliance in one of three ways

4. The appliance writes data to the journal volume, along with time stamp and application-specific bookmarks

5. Write-order-consistent data is distributed to the replica volumes

Production volumes Replica volumes Journal volume

2a. Host splitter

3. Writes are acknowledged back from the RecoverPoint appliance

2b.Intelligent-fabric splitter

2c. CLARiiON splitter

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r A r Cr B/ A / C

/ B

Remote Protection Process—Continuous Remote Replication (CRR)

Local site

2a. Host splitter

2b.Intelligent-fabric splitter

7. Data is written to the journal volume

Remote site Journal volume

5. Data is sequenced, checked, compressed, and replicated to the remote appliances over IP or SAN

1. Data is split and sent to the RecoverPoint appliance in one of three ways

8. Consistent data is distributed to the remote volumes

2c. CLARiiON splitter

3. Writes are acknowledged back from the RecoverPoint appliance

4. Appliance functions• Fibre Channel-IP conversion• Replication• Data reduction and

compression • Monitoring and

management

6. Data is received, uncompressed, sequenced, and verified

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Synchronous Remote Replication: Zero RPO

• Replication only supported over Fibre Channel network

• Dynamically switches between synchronous and asynchronous

• Waits for acknowledgement from the remote site

• All synchronization will be asynchronous

• Supports RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint/SE

Productionsite

Out-of-regionsite

TargetProd

Synchronous

Fibre Channel

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Dynamic Switching Between Synchronous and AsynchronousSet in a policy for each consistency group

Switch based on latency

Switch based onproduction throughput

Throttleproductionapplication

Synchronous replication

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Synchronous ReplicationConsistency group members indicate synchronization state

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RecoverPoint Integration with Server Virtualization

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Virtualization Platform Support• Supports Windows

Server 2008, 2008 R2, and Hyper-V, Hyper-V R2 (RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint/Cluster Enabler 4.0)

• Supports VMs running on ESX 3.x and ESX 4.0, ESX 4.1, and Hyper-V, Hyper-V R2

• Integrates with vCenter Server for discovery, SRM, and automation of SRM failback

ResourcePool

VMware ESX

Hardware

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VMware AffinityvCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM)

• VMware SRM consistency groups – Can only be monitored– Require maintenance mode for

snapshot access, but failover cannot occur in this mode

• SRM 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)

• EMC developed adapter integrates with VMware SRM and supports VMware vCenter Server

– Supports ESX 3.5 and ESX 4.x

EMC RecoverPoint

Servers

Heterogeneous Storage

PRODUCTION

VMware Infrastructure

Virtual Machines

Servers

Heterogeneous Storage

RECOVERY

VMware Infrastructure

Virtual Machines

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Automated Failback After SRM Failover

• Integrates into vCenter Server

• Automates failback by:– Powering down VMs at

recovery site– Replicating LUNs from

recovery to protected site – Reestablishing replication

between protection and recovery sites

– Registering VMs – Powering on VMs at protected

site

• Provides real-time status

• Controlled in vCenter Server

• Available in the “Recent Tasks” area of the vCenter Server

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VMware Integration with vCenter Server• RecoverPoint queries vCenter Servers for list

of VMs

• Protection status is shown on RecoverPoint GUI

• Protection status is available from RecoverPoint CLI

• RecoverPoint issues an alert for unprotected VMs

– Existing VM not protected by RecoverPoint– Existing VMs storage moved (e.g., Storage

vMotion)– New VM created that is not protected by

RecoverPoint

• Optional filtering (e.g., ignore checking protection status) by ESX server, VM or LUN

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VMware AffinitySample display

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Continuous Replication and Application Recovery

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Snap and Clone ComparisonRecoverPoint compared to array

snaps/clonesRecoverPoint Snaps/Clones

Multiple point-in-time images

Limited number of predefined point-in-time images

All writes captured continually

Images taken every few hours

Journal contains point-in-time images

Number determined by user, disk space

Significant bandwidth reduction for remote replication

Limited bandwidth reduction when replicated

Specify different RPO/RTO and policies per application

RPO/RTO changes require scripting per application

Consolidation saves storage space

Storage requirements grow depending on image type

TRADITIONAL SNAPS/CLONES

Production Fullcopy

Original production

data

Deltacopy

RECOVERPOINT

Production Replica Journal

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Significantpoints in time

Any pointin time

Yesterday

Daily backup

Snapshots

RecoverPoint

Daily backup

Snapshot

Midnight Now

Daily recovery points—from tape or disk

More frequent disk-based recovery points

24 hours

Continuous Recovery Points

Databasecheckpoint

Pre-apppatch

Post-apppatch

Databasecheckpoint

Quarterlyclose

Any user-configurable event

Any point in time

Significant point in timeAll recovery points

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DISASTER RECOVERY SITEPRODUCTION SITE

WAN

VSS Support of Microsoft Exchange ServerExample

Exchange 2003 Cluster

5. Latest Image sent to disaster recovery site (VSS IMAGE3) + VSS Bookmark

2. Every three hours run KVSS to place Exchange into VSS backup mode

4. VSS backup complete—return Exchange to normal operations

Exchange 2003Recovery Servers

6. Latest image distributed

IMAGE 24---IMAGE 13VSS IMAGE 2 IMAGE 12--- ---IMAGE 2VSS IMAGE 1IMAGE 1

3. When Exchange is ready for VSS backup, close latest RecoverPoint image and tag as a VSS image

1. Group EX1 (SGs + Logs) continuously replicated to disaster recovery site with a 15-minute guaranteed RPO

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Journaling for Application-Aware RecoveryJournal includes replicated data plus metadata

• Time/date:– Exact time (down to milliseconds)

that the image was stored

• Size:– Size of image

• Image bookmark details:– System-, EMC-, or user- generated

bookmarks

• Bookmark consolidation options

– System decides (blank)– Survive a daily, weekly, or monthly

consolidation– Never consolidate

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Recovery ConsolidationJournal recovery point timeline

Two days ago Now

ContinuousWeeklyMonthly Daily

Continuous recovery points

Daily recovery points

Weekly recovery points

Monthly recovery points

Provides longer recovery windows with same storage

Optimizes usage of journal storage

Helps eliminate concerns for backup windows

RecoverPoint snapshot consolidation…

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Recovery Process• Multiple use cases:

– Testing of production failover – Starting new application

development – Surgically repairing data – Fast production resynchronization– Source for backup, data analysis,

disaster recovery, and development/test

• Request recovery via GUI, CLI, or through integrations with NetWorker, Replication Manager, SRM, or Cluster Enabler 4.0

• Image recovered as read/write

• Any change to image saved in journal

Recoveryrequest

Target volumesJournal

RecoverPoint appliance

Servers at recovery site

vLUN

SAN

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Overview on Data Consistency• Applications and data are

interrelated (federated)

• All data movement must be stopped/ started at the same point in time

• To restart applications, you must have all the data—not parts of it

• Recovery requires dependent-write consistency across all volumes and systems

Systems share information…RecoverPoint captures a consistent view

Order Entry

SCM

CRM

DB DB

DB

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Consistency Groups (CG)• RecoverPoint ensures

consistency across production and targets

• Application recovery can be independent of SLAs

• RecoverPoint enables independent replication of various applications

• RecoverPoint utilizes consistency groups to organize data

CG 3

CG 1

CG 2

E-mail CRR

CRRCDPSCM

CRROE

CRRCRM CDP

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Group Sets protect Federated Environments

• Each tier may have different service level agreements

• Enforces write-order across tiers

• Used for functions such as upgrades, backups, and data mining

2: Windows (CRM)

1: Linux (Web OE)

Consistencygroup

Consistencygroup

3: UNIX (SCM, Financials…)

Consistencygroup

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Defining Group Sets

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Order Entry:Web OE

Supporting Federated Environments

BUSINESS APPLICATION

High-end storage

Mid-tier storage

Customer X added

1

1 2 3

4 5 6

Journal

Customer Yadded

3

Receivable X1added

5

Receivable Y1 received

6

Order Y1 received

4

Order X1 received

2

2 4

Customer Records: SQL

13 5

6

Supply Chain:Oracle

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Systems Monitoring, Management, and Security

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Monitoring and Alerting for Limits • Lets users quickly see their protection limits

• RecoverPoint GUI shows where the user’s current configuration stands relative to the system limits

• RecoverPoint CLU lets the user receive a list of items, their limits, and their current values

• Crossing thresholds triggers events and a call home which improves supportability

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Management RecoverPoint Management

• Not a replacement for other element tools

• Java-based interface

• Command line interface

• Script interface

• Internal notices sent via SNMP, syslog, and e-mail

• Dial home capability

Element Tool

Servers Server-management tools

SAN fabric SAN-management tools

RecoverPoint

RecoverPoint CLI and GUI, Replication Manager, SRM, NetWorker, Cluster Enabler

Intelligent switches

Brocade: Fabric ManagerCisco: Fabric Manager

ArraysUnisphere with RecoverPoint 3.3 SP1 or other array-management tools

IP network Network-management tools

Element-Management Tools

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Management Application GUI• Administration and

management

• Update configuration

• Monitoring and diagnostics

• Java-based, does not require a dedicated management server

• LDAP with access control list-based authentication

• Simultaneous access across enterprise

Network

Administrator

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Online Help for Management Application

• Accessed via “Help > Help Contents” from the main RecoverPoint GUI

• The contents are based on existing RecoverPoint documentation

• Content is downloaded to the local computer

• Users can view, search, bookmark, and print sections

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Management Using UnisphereUnisphere Management for RecoverPoint/SE

• Manage RecoverPoint/SE from the same management console used to provision CLARiiON

• Requires FLARE 30

• Supported on RecoverPoint/SE 3.3 SP1 or later

• Requires installation via Deployment Manager

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Virtual Provisioning Support Available for CLARiiON CX4 and Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3

RecoverPoint understands allocated storage

Reported capacity

Common storage

pool

Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3

Allocated

Data devices

CLARiiON CX4

Allocated

Data devices

• RecoverPoint is thin aware– RecoverPoint recognizes thin LUNs– Preserves allocation of thin LUNs—during

initial synchronization, resynchronization– Allows mixing of thin and thick LUNs

Replication between CLARiiON CX4 and non-CX4

Replicate between different Engunity versions

– Virtual-to-virtual (thin-to-thin) replication

• RecoverPoint is licensed by LUN capacity presented to the SAN

SAN/WAN

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RecoverPoint Security• Appliance runs as a hardened

configuration

• DMZ and firewall compliant

• Login and authentication enforced and logged

• Event logging for audit purposes

• Multiple administrative roles

• LDAP authentication

• ACLs and role-based controls

• No customer root access

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Systems Integrity• An RPA is not general

purpose, it:– Runs RecoverPoint

software – Does not run customer

binaries– Is supported as a single

unit

• RecoverPoint appliance GUI

– Secure management path– Administrator

communicates through GUI or CLI

– RecoverPoint appliances exchange health and status

Securenetwork

Administrator

RPA

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Administrative Security• Supports local or LDAP/AD

user authentication

• Security role to add/edit/delete users

• Role-based access controls

• Users can be limited to specific consistency groups and/or by responsibility

• User create and modify performed in LDAP/AD; settings imported by RecoverPoint

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Event Logging• Warnings and error events

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• Information, warning, and error messages viewable through GUI

• All events logged by RecoverPoint

• All events can also be filtered and then sent via SMTP, e-mail, or syslogs

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The Industry-Leading Network-Based Replication Solution

RecoverPoint/SECLARiiON onlyEasy to deploySimple to manage

RecoverPointHeterogeneous storageExpanded protection capacitySupports intelligent fabric

Availability Failover Advanced clustering

Number of RecoverPoint appliances

2–8 per side 2–8 per side

Write splitting Windows host, CLARiiON CX4 or CX3

IBM AIX, Sun, Windows host, CLARiiON CX4 and CX3, Brocade and Cisco APIs

Storage Single CLARiiON per side

Multiple CLARiiON, Symmetrix, third-party per side

Journal compression None None, medium, high

Maximum replicated storage 150 TB 600 TB

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A Heterogeneous, Multi-Vendor, Standards-Based Solution

Industry leaders as partners

Robust heterogeneous system qualification

Oracle Solaris

Microsoft Windows

Red Hat/SUSE Linux

IBM AIX

HP-UX

VMware

Consult the “EMC Support Matrix” on EMC.com for qualification and support details.

IBM

HDS

HP

EMC

OpenVMS

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Summary• Lowest total cost of

ownership

• Integrated CLARiiON support

• Intelligent SAN-switch integration

• Any point-in-time recovery

• Highest availability, highest performance

• Heterogeneous support for interoperability

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