Symmetrix Business Continuity - SRDF Solutions

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Symmetrix Business Continuity – SRDF

Solutions
Module I - SRDF Introduction
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Revision History
Symmetrix Business Continuity – SRDF Solutions
Module I – SRDF Introduction
Rev Revision Number
File Name Date
# Activity - Notes
1.0a BCR_Mod1_V10a.Ppt 28-Mar-2005 First Pass – 28-Mar-2005
1.2a BCR_Mod1_V12a.Ppt 26-Jul-2005 Second Pass – After T3 – 13-Jun-2005 Name Change
2.1a BCR_Mod1_V21.Ppt 12-Sep-2005
Module # MOdule Name

*** 1 SRDF Introduction
2 SRDF/S (Synchronous)
3 SRDF Operation
4 SRDF/A - (Asynchronous)
5 SRDF/AR (Automated Replication)
6 SRDF Consistency Technology
7 SRDF – BCR Labs 1-7
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EMC believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date. The
information is subject to change without notice.
THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS.” EMC
CORPORATION MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND
WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION, AND SPECIFICALLY
DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Use, copying, and distribution of any EMC software described in this publication requires an
applicable software license.
EMC, and SRDF are trademarks of EMC Corporation.
All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.
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Symmetrix
SymmetrixBusiness
BusinessContinuity
Continuity––SRDF
SRDFSolutions
Solutions
Program Administration
Program Administration
Attendance roster
Restrooms
Telephones / Etiquette
Attendance Rules
Fire / Evacuation Procedures
Cafeteria
Labs
Local Sites of Interest
Class Evaluations
Discuss the following – for the “site” this program is being offered
Attendance roster
Restrooms
Telephones / Etiquette
Attendance Rules
Fire / Evacuation Procedures
Cafeteria
Labs
Local Sites of Interest
Class Evaluations
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Program Objectives – SRDF Introduction

Symmetrix Business Continuity -– SRDF
Solutions
At the completion of this program, the student will be able to
Describe the relevancy of SRDF solutions with different (RPO) Recovery Point
Objective needs.
Describe SRDF concepts, terminology and functionality.
Use the SYMCLI command set, to perform SRDF operations.
Describe SRDF host considerations and configurations within Sun Solaris, HP-
UX, IBM AIX, and Windows – LVM environments.
Describe and execute SRDF/A operations.
Describe SRDF/A theory of operations and application.
Identify the architecture components of SRDF/A.
Describe and execute SRDF/AR operations.
Identify the architecture components of SRDF/AR.
Describe SRDF/AR theory of operations.
Describe EMC Consistency Technology.
The above objectives are covered in this program

Program – Symmetrix Business Continuity -– SRDF Solutions.
Module Name – SRDF Remote Introduction.
Module Number - I
SRDF Intro - Mod 1

Symmetrix
SymmetrixBusiness
BusinessContinuity
Continuity––Documentation
Documentation
The “Manual” contains all the PowerPoint

presentations and the student labs.
Module 1 – BCR Business Continuance Remote

Introduction
Module 2 – SRDF/S (Synchronous) –
Module 3 – SSRDF Operations
Module 4 – SRDF/A – (Asynchronous)
Module 5 – SRDF/AR (Automated Replication)
Module 6 – SRDF Consistency Technology
Labs - SRDF - BCR Labs 1-7
Apx 1 - BCR Command Lookup Guide
“All Material is for Training Purposes Only”
Reference the BCR “Read Me” file (A_ReadMe.Txt) for a complete list of all documentation supporting this
program.
Note – “This material is for training purposes only”
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Symmetrix
Symmetrix Business
Business Continuity
Continuity –– SRDF
SRDF Solutions
Solutions
Day One, Two - Review / Discuss the above time line which supports the BCR (Business Continuance
Remote) program.
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Symmetrix
Symmetrix Business
Business Continuity
Continuity –– SRDF
SRDF Solutions
Solutions
Day Three - Review / Discuss the above time line which supports the BCR (Business Continuance Remote)
program.
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Symmetrix
SymmetrixBusiness
BusinessContinuity
Continuity--Software
SoftwareEnvironment
Environment
The following Software Environment has been
Established for each student.
Sun Solaris 5.8 OS
- OS Recommended Patches.
- J2SE Cluster Patch.
- Veritas Vol Manager (VxVM – Ver– 4.0)
HPux 11.00 with 2004 patch bundle
- HP-LVM
AIX – 5.2 / ML03
- AIX-LVM
W2K
EMC Solutions Enabler 6.0
Enginuity Code 5671
Custom Shell Scripts
The above software environment supports the BCL (Business Continuance Remote) program.
Appendix I is a “Command Quick Reference Guide”, supporting this training program.
It should be noted here that all students attending this program should have a good understanding of the
following.
Unix file systems.
The Unix Vi editor.
A general understanding of a Unix Volume Manager.
EMC Solutions Enabler
Symm 5 / Symm 6 overview.
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What is Business Continuity?
y Business Continuity is the preparation for,

response to, and recovery from an application
outage that adversely affects business
operations
y Business Continuity Solutions addresses
systems unavailability, degraded application
performance, or unacceptable recovery
strategies
Business Continuity remains at the top of every executive’s priority list. Yet executives find themselves in a
financial tug-of-war between business continuity solutions and other projects competing for the limited
resources. Fundamental to business continuity is the need to understand an organization’s practices
relative to the protection, availability, and usability of data.
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Why Business Continuity?

Loss Revenue
Loss Revenue
Number of employees Direct loss
impacted X hours out X Compensatory payments
burdened hourly rate Lost future revenue
Billing losses
Investment losses
Damaged Reputation Financial Performance
Customers Revenue recognition
Suppliers Cash flow
Financial markets Lost discounts (A/P)
Banks Payment guarantees
Business partners Credit rating
Know the downtime costs per Stock price
hour, day, two days...
Other Expenses
Temporary employees, equipment rental, overtime costs, extra shipping

costs, travel expenses...
Failures happen - Hardware, Software, Nature Disasters etc. Downtime has a significant impact, the cost
is more than just financial loss. What can we do to avoid downtime or minimize the length of time we are
down? EMC offers Business Continuity Solutions that help address common failures or outages.
Host to Storage failures and Performance bottleneck of a Host Bus Adapter – PowerPath
Local Storage Protection with local mirroring – TimeFinder Family of Products
Remote Storage Protection and Site Protection – SRDF Family of Products
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SRDF– Recovery Point Objectives (RPO)
Business Needs Drive the Technology Choice
Wk Day Hrs Min Sec Sec Min Hrs Day Wk

s s s s s s s s
Recovery Point Recovery Time
Tape
Backup Periodic
Replication
Asynchronous
Replication
Synchronous
Replication
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Recovery Point Objective (RPO).This refers to the maximum amount of data loss an application can tolerate as
measured in time. In other words, the amount of data loss that can be tolerated (cost of transaction versus risk).
Individual customer business needs drive the technology chosen to meet specific recovery point objectives. This is also
known at RPO – (Recovery Point Objective)
Data Characteristics that Influence Data Storage Decisions
Several factors affect the value of data including: Legislation, which can mandate how long the data must be
accessible, and by whom Business processes that are tied to points in time (book closing, quarterly reports, tax
deadlines, billing cycles, and so on)
Business processes that are tied to customer satisfaction Service levels associated with the data as its purpose
changes. For example, data can start out as transactional, then migrate to billing, then reporting and customer service,
then to scoring data for a marketing system, then finally to archival.
The usefulness of data to the business will vary over time, and hence the necessity to have immediate access to the
data will change. The decisions about where data is placed in the storage infrastructure and the methods used to
protect that data are fundamentally driven by three factors: The time required to access the data relative to the cost of
the access (that is, usefulness to the business versus cost)
Recovery Time Objective (RTO).This refers to the maximum time a company budgets to bring an application back
online in the event of a disaster. In other words, the time it takes to recover the data once a disaster or other recovery
event is declared (risk versus cost). Each change in data placement and protection criteria represents a stage in the life
cycle of the data and is directly related to the usefulness or importance of the data in keeping the business functioning.
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What are the SRDF Solution Sets?

Report
Generation
y Symmetrix Logical Volumes Decision
are mirrored between geographically Support TimeFinder
dispersed locations BCV
y Maintain real-time physically separate

SRDF/S
mirrors of data with SRDF ERP
ERP
y Maintains near-real-time SRDF/A
physically separate mirrors of
selected volumes with SRDF/A
(Asynchronous) or SRDF/AR E-mail
(Automated Replication). SRDF/AR E-mail
y Continue running through events

such as individual drive/link failures EMC
Tape Backup
Snap
y Mirror copy can be split and used for
disaster recovery or business
continuance applications
The SRDF family of software is the most powerful suite of remote storage replication solutions
available for disaster recovery and business continuity. It leverages high-end Symmetrix storage
architecture to offer unmatched deployment flexibility and massive scalability—so you can
meet mixed service level requirements with minimal operational impact. The most widely
deployed set of high-end remote replication solutions, the SRDF family is installed in tens of
thousands of demanding environments worldwide. And only the SRDF family provides cross
volume and storage system consistency, tight integration with industry-leading applications,
and automated management for simplified usage.
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SRDF Solutions
Source Target
SRDF/S
– No data exposure Limited Distance
– Some performance impact
– Limited distance
SRDF/A Source Target
– Seconds of data exposure

ExtendedDistance
– No performance impact
– Extended distance
SRDF/AR Source Target

– Hours of data exposure
– No performance impact Prod Unlimited Distance
– Unlimited distance
– Requires BCVs
EMC has several remote replication offerings for various service level requirements. For zero data exposure,
EMC offers the industry leader for synchronous mirroring: SRDF. However, as with any synchronous solution,
there are characteristics that must be understood. Distance is limited by application time-outs and bandwidth
must be sized for peak workload at all times. SRDF/Asynchronous is a solution for service level requirements
that need Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) in the seconds-to-minutes area. SRDF/AR delivers solutions that
combine SRDF with TimeFinder to create single-hop and multi-hop environments for specialized needs.
These solutions offer different RPOs and have different requirements for bandwidth, supported distances,
etc. No matter what your requirements are, EMC can help deliver the right Remote Replication Solution.
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Module Summary
Key points covered in this Module :
The introduction to SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data

Facility) solutions.
The ability of SRDF solutions to satisfy different RPO
(Recovery Point Objective) needs.
The following Module Summary / Key Point for SRDF “Introduction” where presented.
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Closing Slide
This concludes, Module I “SRDF Introduction” for Symmetrix Business Continuity – SRDF
Solutions.
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Symmetrix Business Continuity – SRDF

Module I - SRDF Introduction

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SRDF Intro - Mod 1

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Program Objectives – SRDF Introduction

The above objectives are covered in this program

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The “Manual” contains all the PowerPoint

Module 1 – BCR Business Continuance Remote

“All Material is for Training Purposes Only”

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What is Business Continuity?

y Business Continuity is the preparation for,

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Why Business Continuity?

Temporary employees, equipment rental, overtime costs, extra shipping

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SRDF– Recovery Point Objectives (RPO)

Business Needs Drive the Technology Choice

Wk Day Hrs Min Sec Sec Min Hrs Day Wk

Recovery Point Recovery Time

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What are the SRDF Solution Sets?

y Maintain real-time physically separate

y Continue running through events

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SRDF/A Source Target

– Seconds of data exposure

SRDF/AR Source Target

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Key points covered in this Module :

 The introduction to SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data

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