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EMC Recover Point and VCE vBlock

Solution for Continuous Data Protection-Replication in Heterogeneous Environments and integration with VCE vBlock solution

Dejan ŽivanovićPreSales Manager

EMC Technology Solutions Group


IT Challenges for Information Protection

The right replication solution canovercome these challenges

Local, Remote or Local & Remote ?

Recovery point Recovery point objectivesobjectives

PRIMARY DECISION DRIVERSPRIMARY DECISION DRIVERS

Business Business ConsiderationsConsiderations

Technical Technical ConsiderationsConsiderations

CostCost

Recovery time Recovery time objectivesobjectives

PerformancePerformance

BandwidthBandwidth

CapacityCapacity

Recovery and Recovery and consistencyconsistency

Functionality,Functionality,availabilityavailability


Real Time Recovery Points & Recovery from Disaster

Historical Backup: Recovery Point Every 24 Hrs

Snapshot / Clone Technology: Recovery Point Every 4-6 Hrs

(A)Sync Replication with Gold Copy: Recovery Point 12- 24Hrs

Time based CDP: Time indexed , but no event driven recovery pointsCDPCDP

CDP: Unlimited recovery points with applicationCDP: Unlimited recovery points with application--aware I/O bookmarksaware I/O bookmarks

Patch A Patch B Patch C Patch G Hot Backup VSS

Snapshots and ClonesCreates copies like “time-lapse photographs”

• Either space efficient change-based snapshots for backup off-loading

• Or full copies or clones for test and development with minimal production impact

Continuous Data ProtectionChange-based “VIDEO CAMERA” with

DVR-like roll back capabilities

• Journal every change made and set the window for the amount of time to record


RecoverPoint Configuration

RecoverPoint is a multi-node cluster– 2 nodes for RecoverPoint/SE– 2–8 nodes for RecoverPoint– All nodes in active-active configuration– Loads can be distributed across nodes– Nodes can be added to live system

Host-, array- or fabric-based write splitter– Lightweight driver on host OR CLARiiON splitter

OR Cisco fabric-based splitters– Intercepts writes to protected LUNs only– Sends writes to local appliance– RecoverPoint/SE only supports Windows and

CLARiiON splitters

Supports mirrored SAN– Two separate SANs for reliability– Supports nondisruptive fabric upgrades– Provides high availability for RecoverPoint configurations

through fault isolation– Supports Cisco and Brocade (including M models) fabrics

Supports iSCSI and Fibre Channel– RecoverPoint appliances include native 2/4/8 Gb/s optical

support– CLARiiON splitter supports Fibre Channel and iSCSI volumes

Host, Fabric, or CLARiiON splitter

Storagearrays

Hosts

Layer 2 SAN(A/B fabric)

EMC SunIBM HDS HP

Heterogeneous Storage


Consistency groups ensure write-order fidelity within or across servers and virtual machines

Map service level agreements using policy-based recovery point objective settings

Block-level local protection for SAN, VMware Virtual Machine File System (VMFS), physical raw device mapping (RDM), SCSI/iSCSI (on CLARiiON CX4 or CX3 series volumes)

Logical or physical access to replicated data

Utilizes host, fabric, or array write splitting

Local replication with any point-in-time recovery

Remote replication with point-in-time recovery

Supports EMC and third-party storage

Local and remote write journals enable roll-back to a consistent point-in-time image

LocalJournals

Third-Party

RecoverPoint

SANStorage

SAN

EMC RecoverPoint Overview

CDP

Continuous Data Protection

SAN/WAN

Third-Party

RecoverPoint

RemoteJournal

SAN

SAN Storage

CRR and CLR

Continuous Remote Replication and Continuous Local & Remote


/ A / C/ B r A r Cr B

RecoverPoint Local Protection Process—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


r A r Cr B/ A / C/ B

RecoverPoint Remote Protection Process—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, checksummed, compressed, and replicated to the remote RecoverPoint 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 checksummed


EMC RecoverPoint Features

RecoverPoint/Cluster Enabler– Integrates with Microsoft clusters to enhance application

availability

Snapshot consolidation– Enables longer-term recovery with same storage

consumption

Stretched CDP– Provides synchronous replication up to 200

kilometers – Enables cascaded RecoverPoint for three-site

multi-hop disaster recovery configurations

Virtual Provisioning support– Supports CLARiiON CX4 and Symmetrix DMX&V-MAX– Replication of thin LUNs preserves storage

allocation policies

Replication over Fibre Channel– Preserves existing financial investments

Performance and scalability improvements

– Protects more applications with existing investments– Protects more applications quicker

New with RecoverPoint v3.2Synchronous replication up to 200km over FC linksSynchronous /Asynchronous dynamic mode changevmWare Affinity

MS Hyper-V SupportMonitoring and Reporting on RPA limits


Simple Management, Monitoring and Alerts


Initiators

Target

Initiator target I/O

APIs

Copy ofprimary

I/OAppliance

Not in primarydata path

Intelligent Fabric-Based Write Splitting

RecoverPoint leverages intelligent fabric services

– Cisco SANTap MDS Storage Services Module (SSM) MDS 18/4 Multi-Service blade 9222i Native services

– Out-of-band architecture– Intelligent fabric redirects I/O (write splitting)– Eliminates need for host splitter


Supported Fabric Splitter on MDS Platforms

32 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel ports per SSM or 18 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel ports per 18/4 blade

16,384 initiator, target, LUN (ITL) triplets with NX-OS 4.1.1i or later

Fits in any open slot in Connectrix MDS-9000 series modular chassis

– Mix and match intelligent and normal ports in same switch

– SANTap does not require use of front panel ports on SSM or 18/4 blade—preserves initial cabling configurations

SANTap uses Storage Services Enabler (SSE) license

– Different SSE licenses are required depending on the hardware (SSM, 18/4, or 9222i native)

Connectrix MDS-9000 Serieswith MDS Storage Services Module (SSM)

or MDS 18/4 Multi-Services blade

MDS StorageServices Module

MDS 18/4 Multi-Services Blade

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

MDS Storage Services Module (SSM)


Stretched CDP over Fibre Channel

Stretched CDP

Primary Site Remote Bunker SiteApplication

serversFile and

print serversDatabaseservers

Applicationservers

File andprint servers

Databaseservers

Management IP WAN

Fibre Channel

RecoverPoint

Productionvolumes

Failover CDP journal

Supports synchronous CDP replication to secondary site (such as a bunker site)− Distance subject to specif ic

configurations; refer to the EMC Support Matrix for guidance

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− CDP target storage, journal − RecoverPoint appliances − RecoverPoint repository

volume− Standby/disaster recovery

servers Dual fabric that is extended

to remote site Servers and splitters must

be at both sites Reversing replication by

promoting CDP replica to production is not supported

Primary journal

CDP replicavolumes

SAN SAN


Tertiary SiteSecondary Site

Cascaded Replication Topology

Local and remote data protection minimizes data loss

Primary Site

Productionvolumes


FibreChannel

CRR journal

CRR replica

volumes

Near-Synchronousor Synchronous*

Synchronous over Fibre Channel limited*Asynchronous over Fibre Channel or WAN Unlimited*

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

WAN SANSANSAN

Manage-ment

IP WAN

Manage-ment

IP WAN

CDP jjournal

CDP replica

volumes


RecoverPoint/Cluster Enabler (RecoverPoint/CE)

Each named cluster group’sassociated devices reside in a single RecoverPoint consistency group of the same name

Supports Microsoft Cluster Server on Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Failover Cluster on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Datacenter Editions

Supports synchronous replication

Supports RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint/SE

File Share Witness with RecoverPoint/CE

installed

RecoverPoint RecoverPointFibre Channel/

WAN

CG1: Devices forCluster Group1

CG2: Devices forCluster Group2

Cluster nodes with RecoverPoint/CE installed


Recover Point Synchronous Replication

Operates in two modes: static and dynamic– Static fixed policies:

200 kilometer distance and 4 millisecond latency– Dynamic user-specified policies:

Set upper and lower thresholds for latency and/or throughput Exceeding upper threshold results in change to asynchronous Meeting lower thresholds results in change back to synchronous

Synchronous performance slower than asynchronous– Acknowledgement must travel roundtrip before next write can be processed

Initial synchronization, resynchronization will be asynchronous– During initial synchronization, during a sweep, and during recover production/resume production

process

Supports RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint/SE, all splitter types Requires stretched Fibre Channel network

Synchronous

Bandwidth Utilization

Synchronous Replication Provides Zero RPO


RecoverPoint Synchronous to Asynchronous Mode Switch Use Case

Source Target

S/A Mode Change Benefits: Maintain application performance

Remain protected via asynchronous

Avoid adding more network bandwidth

Synchronous to asynchronous mode change

Bandwidth Utilization

Switch to asynchronousavoids network

saturation

Synchronous Only Options Application performance is impacted

Suspend replication and run unprotected

…or add more network bandwidth

Source Target

SynchronousBandwidth Utilization

I/O spike saturates network


Journaling for Application-Aware Recovery

Time/date– Identifies the time image was

saved

Bookmarks:– System-generated group

bookmarks (e.g., failover snapshot)

– User-generated bookmarks– Other EMC product bookmarks

(e.g., EMC Replication Manager)– System-event-generated

bookmarks– Microsoft SQL Server (VDI)– Microsoft Exchange (VSS)

Journal includes data plus metadata


Understanding Data Consistency Grouping for a Consistent View

Allows application recovery to be tiered by service level

– Multiple volumes per group– Mixed recovery point objectives within

same infrastructure

Provides independent replication controls

– Recover by group, locally or remotely– Start/stop by group

Enables grouping of optimization – Importance– Resource usage– Recovery point and recovery time

objectives

Group 3

Group 1

Group 2

E-mail CRR

CRRCDPSCM

CRROE

CRRCRM CDP


2: Windows (CRM)

Grouping for Federated Environments

Each tier has different service level agreements

– Consistency groups per tier – Operational recovery of tier

Parallel consistency across tiers– Federated environments– Recover to a known point for all

applications– Disaster recovery for tier or application– Spans operating systems, applications,

storage, and servers

Enables advanced functions– Full environment cloning– Application upgrade testing– Data mining– Consistent production rebuild

1: Linux (Web OE)

Consistencygroup

Consistencygroup

3: UNIX (SCM, Financials…)

Consistencygroup


RecoverPoint Virtual Provisioning Support

RecoverPoint Understands Allocated Capacity

Reported capacity

Common storage pool

Symmetrix V-Max, DMX-4, DMX-3

Allocated

Datadevices

CLARiiON CX4

Allocated

Datadevices

RecoverPoint is thin aware– RecoverPoint recognizes thin LUNs– Retains allocation of thin LUNs—during

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

Replication between CLARiiON CX4 and non-CX4

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

SAN/WAN

Available for CLARiiON CX4 and Symmetrix V-Max, DMX-4, DMX-3


Monitor Protection Levels of Virtual Machines from RecoverPoint GUI

Integration with vCenter displays virtual machine status and details in RecoverPoint Consistency Groups

– Shows replication status of virtual machines– Provides warning when a machine is not fully protected

Quick view of replication status and alerts of unprotected VMs

VMware

Protected

Unprotected


VMware Affinity: vCenter Site Recovery Manager

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager consistency groups

– Displayed as “managed by SRM”– Can only be monitored– Snapshot access requires move to “maintenance

mode”– vCenter Site Recovery Manager failover cannot occur

for consistency groups in “maintenance mode”

vCenter Site Recovery Manager 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)

Supports VMware vCenter Server 2.5 – Only ESX 3.5 with vCenter Site Recovery Manager, not

ESX 4.0 with vCenter Site Recovery Manager (a VMware limitation)

EMC-developed storage replication adapter integrates RecoverPoint with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager

RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint/SECRR and CLR consistency groups

Servers

Heterogeneous storage

Production

VMware infrastructure

Virtual Machines

Servers

Heterogeneous storage

Recovery

VMware infrastructure

Virtual Machines

RecoverPoint


Case Study 1

Finance

Environment & Background:– IBM Unix Servers, SUN Solaris Servers, EMC Clariion Storage, – MirrorView/S, AIX, vmWare, Win, Linux, Solaris, SCO Unix 5, – DB2, Informix

Customer requested:– DR solution over a long distance and 10Mbps IP link– Server consolidation using vSphare4 platform– DR Automation, fail-over/fail-back

Proposed solution:– 3-Site replication solution proposed– EMC Recover Point CLR, 2TB Lic per site, 4xRP Appliances– CISCO SAN equipment 2xMDS-9124 per site– 2x CLARiiON CX4-240


CX500 for B2D

TertiarySecondaryPrimary

Productionvolumes


FibreChannel

CRR journal

CRR replica

volumes

Synchronous over FC Asynchronous over 10 Mbps WAN link

WAN SANSANSAN

Manage-ment

IP WAN

Manage-ment

IP WAN

CDP jjournal

CDP replica

volumes

Case Study 1 – Solution Diagram

CX4-240 CX4-240CX500

VMwareESX Server

VMwareESX ServerVMware

ESX Server

10km

260km


Case Study 2

Public

Environment & Background:– A lot of small SANs, not consolidated, – separate Backup environments, a lot of Physical servers / applications– Operations became complex, – expensive and started to face a lot of operational problems

Customer requested:– DR solution, Server consolidation , Virtualization

Proposed solution:– EMC Recover Point CLR, 6TB Lic , 4xRP Appliances– CISCO SAN equipment 2xMDS-9124, 2xMDS-9134, 2xNEX-5020, 1xNEX-5010– CLARiiON CX4-960 w/EFD,QoS, VP for primary site, CX4-480 for secondary site– EDL1500 w/ 8TB for backup


SecondaryPrimary


FibreChannel

Synchronous over FC

SANSAN

Manage-ment

IP WAN

CRR journal

CRR replica

volumes

CX4-960 CX4-480

VMwareESX Server

VMwareESX Server

12km

Case Study 2 – Solution Diagram

Productionvolumes

CDP volumes

EDL1500


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RecoverPoint and VCE vBlock

RecoverPoint RecoverPoint

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(Celerra, CLARiiON)Virtualization: VMware vSphere 4

EMC Ionix Unified Infrastructure Manager (UIM)

RecoverPoint CDP, CRR or CLR optionsSync, Async or ModeChange Replication S/A

IO split on storage level (Clariion CX4) or on SAN level (Cisco MDS)Integration with vmWare infrastructure (HA, SRM, vCenter)

FC or IP

Sync, Async or ModeChange Replication S/A

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