Symmetrix Business Continuity - SRDF Solutions

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Symmetrix Business Continuity SRDF

Solutions
Module I - SRDF Introduction
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SRDF Intro - Mod 1
Revision History
Symmetrix Business Continuity SRDF Solutions
Module I SRDF Introduction
Revision Number
Activity - Notes
Rev
#
File Name
Date
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
2.1a
BCR_Mod1_V21.Ppt
12-Sep-2005
Module #
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Name Change
MOdule Name
SRDF Introduction
SRDF/S (Synchronous)
SRDF Operation
SRDF/A - (Asynchronous)
SRDF/AR (Automated Replication)
SRDF Consistency Technology
SRDF BCR Labs 1-7
Mod 1 - Page 2
Copyright 2005 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.

These materials may not be copied without EMC's written consent.
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.
SRDF Intro - Mod 1
Symmetrix
SymmetrixBusiness
BusinessContinuity
ContinuitySRDF
SRDFSolutions
Solutions
Program
Administration
Program Administration
Attendance roster
Restrooms
Telephones / Etiquette
Attendance Rules
Fire / Evacuation Procedures
Cafeteria
Labs
Local Sites of Interest
Class Evaluations
Mod 1 - Page 3
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
SRDF Intro - Mod 1
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, HPUX, 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.
Mod 1 - Page 4
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
ContinuityDocumentation
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

Mod 1 - Page 5
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
SRDF Intro - Mod 1
Symmetrix
Symmetrix Business
Business Continuity
Continuity SRDF
SRDF Solutions
Solutions
Mod 1 - Page 6
Day One, Two - Review / Discuss the above time line which supports the BCR (Business Continuance
Remote) program.
SRDF Intro - Mod 1
Symmetrix
Symmetrix Business
Business Continuity
Continuity SRDF
SRDF Solutions
Solutions
Mod 1 - Page 7
Day Three - Review / Discuss the above time line which supports the BCR (Business Continuance Remote)
program.
SRDF Intro - Mod 1
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
Mod 1 - Page 8
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.
SRDF Intro - Mod 1
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
Mod 1 - Page 9
Business Continuity remains at the top of every executives 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 organizations practices
relative to the protection, availability, and usability of data.
SRDF Intro - Mod 1
Why Business Continuity?

Loss Revenue
Loss Revenue
Number of employees
impacted X hours out X
burdened hourly rate
Direct loss
Compensatory payments
Lost future revenue
Billing losses
Investment losses
Damaged Reputation
Financial Performance
Customers
Suppliers
Financial markets
Banks
Business partners
Know the downtime costs per
hour, day, two days...
Revenue recognition
Cash flow
Lost discounts (A/P)
Payment guarantees
Credit rating
Stock price
Other Expenses
Temporary employees, equipment rental, overtime costs, extra shipping
costs, travel expenses...
Mod 1 - Page 10
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
SRDF Intro - Mod 1
SRDF Recovery Point Objectives (RPO)

Business Needs Drive the Technology Choice
Wk
s
Day
s
Hrs
Min
s
Sec
s
Recovery Point
Tape
Backup
Sec
s
Min
s
Hrs
Day
s
Wk
s
Recovery Time
Periodic
Replication
Asynchronous
Replication
Synchronous
Replication
Mod 1 - Page 11
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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.
SRDF Intro - Mod 1
What are the SRDF Solution Sets?

Report
Generation
y
y
Symmetrix Logical Volumes

are mirrored between geographically
dispersed locations
Maintain real-time physically separate
mirrors of data with SRDF
Maintains near-real-time
physically separate mirrors of
selected volumes with SRDF/A
(Asynchronous) or SRDF/AR
(Automated Replication).
Continue running through events

such as individual drive/link failures
Mirror copy can be split and used for

disaster recovery or business
continuance applications
Decision
Support
TimeFinder
BCV
SRDF/S
ERP
ERP
SRDF/A
E-mail
SRDF/AR
Tape Backup
E-mail
EMC
Snap
Mod 1 - Page 12
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 scalabilityso 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.
SRDF Intro - Mod 1
SRDF Solutions
SRDF/S
No data exposure
Some performance impact
Limited distance
SRDF/A
Seconds of data exposure
No performance impact
Extended distance
SRDF/AR
Hours of data exposure
No performance impact
Unlimited distance
Requires BCVs
Source
Target
Limited Distance
Target
Source
ExtendedDistance
Source
Prod
Target
Unlimited Distance
Mod 1 - Page 13
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.
SRDF Intro - Mod 1
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.
Mod 1 - Page 14
The following Module Summary / Key Point for SRDF Introduction where presented.
SRDF Intro - Mod 1
Closing Slide
Mod 1 - Page 15
This concludes, Module I SRDF Introduction for Symmetrix Business Continuity SRDF
Solutions.
SRDF Intro - Mod 1

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