EMC SnapView

Accelerating Your Backup and Recovery Process

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Today’s Backup and Recovery Challenges

 Long backups Traditional Tape Backup

– Limited backup “window”
Hours
– Application unavailable
during backup
Backup Window
– Labor-intensive
 Longer recoveries
– Unpredictable restore times
Traditional Tape Recovery
– Unreliable tape backups
1 hour 8 hours
– Costly to scale for growth Database
Corrupted
– Unhappy users
Replay
Load Tape Image Database
Locate Onto Backup Server Logs
Tape

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The Solution: EMC SnapView
Creates Point-in-Time Copies on High-Speed Disk
High-speed,
 Faster backup disk-based
backup
– Seconds to create backup copy
– Applications stay on-line
• Exchange, SQL Server, Oracle... Production
Data
 Faster recovery Monday
6:00 p.m.
– Instant restore
Production
– Easily select from multiple backups Data
Production
 Easy to implement Data
Tuesday
– Wizard-based setup 6:00 p.m.
– Qualified with all major operating systems and applications
 Easy to use Monday
– Simple Navisphere management 8:00 a.m.
– Automation through CLI
 Cost effective
– Choice of full or space saving pointer copies
– Choice of Fibre Channel or low-cost ATA drives
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SnapView Benefit—Recover in Seconds, Not Hours
Production
Server
 Both snapshots and full volume
BCVs available for “instant restore”
– Copy of data available immediately for
server use; copy completes in
background
– Recover or delete any snapshot or
BCV without affecting the others Production
Information

Recover
Backup

Backup BCV
Snapshot 10 p.m.
1:00 a.m.
Snapshot
Backup BCV
2:00 a.m. 9:00 p.m.
Backup
Server

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SnapView Choices: Service Level and Economics

Database checkpoints every Database checkpoints every

six hours in a 24-hour period six hours in a 24-hour period
Point-in-time BCVs Point-in-time snapshots
BCV 1
1 TB Snapshot 1

Production BCV 2 Production Snapshot 2

1 TB 1 TB 1 TB

BCV 3 Snapshot 3
1 TB

BCV 4 Save Area Snapshot 4

1 TB 200 GB

Based on a 20%
change rate

Requires 4 TB of additional capacity Requires 200 GB of additional capacity

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SnapView Business Continuance Volumes (BCVs)
High Performance, Full-Volume Copies
Full Volume Copy

 Overall highest service level for backup and recovery

– Fast sync on first copy, faster syncs on next copy BCV
– Fastest restore from BCVs
BCV
 Removes performance impact on production volume
BCV
– De-coupled from production volume
– 100% copy of all production data on separate volume BCV
– Backup operations scheduled anytime BCV

 Offers multiple recovery points BCV

– Up to eight BCVs can be established against a single source BCV
volume
BCV
– Selectable recovery points in time
 Accelerates application recovery Clone
– Instantly restore from BCV, no more waiting for lengthy tape
Production
restore Information

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SnapView Snapshots
Fast, Economical Pointer-Based Copies
Pointer-based “copy”
 Moderate service levels at best economics for
backup and recovery
– Fast snapshots from production volume
– Takes a fraction of production space
– Remains “connected” to the production volume
 Creates snapshots instantly and are immediately Snapshot
available Snapshot
– Stores changed data from a defined point in time Snapshot
Snapshot
– Utilizes production for unchanged data
Snapshot
 Offers multiple recovery points Snapshot
Snapshot
– Up to eight snapshot sessions can be established against a Snapshot
single source volume
– Snapshots of BCVs are supported (up to eight snapshot Snap
sessions per BCV)
Production
 Accelerates application recovery information
– Snapshot “roll back” feature provides instant
restore to source volume

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SnapView: Easy-to-Use Management Choices
 Navisphere Manager lowers training
and management costs
– All applications for CLARiiON are
managed by Navisphere
– SnapView browser-based interface
allows for easy and fast setup
– Easy to make changes, lowers TCO
 Simple Navisphere CLI for
automation
– Comprehensive, scriptable
 SnapView Integration Modules for
Exchange and SQL
 EMC Replication Manager/Local
 Third-party host software integration

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SnapView Integration Modules for Exchange
(SIME) with VSS Integration New
 Simplified, non-disruptive, automated
and reliable backups
– Utilizes Windows Server 2003 VSS
(Volume Shadow-copy Services) to
create disk backups
– Automated Exchange consistency check
and log management
 Faster recovery
– Leverages SnapView BCV instant
restore
 Easy to deploy and manage
– Designed for Exchange Administrator
– Easy-to-use built-in scheduler SnapView Integration Module for
Exchange (SIME) is offered by EMC
 Accelerate Exchange migrations Services or through EMC’s Authorized
– Disk-based operations speed process Network Services (ANS) Partners
 Lower administrative costs of Exchange
– Consolidate, automate, and simplify
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SnapView Integration Module for SQL Server
(SIMS) with VDI Integration New

 Simplified, non-disruptive, automated

and reliable backups
– Uses SQL VDI (Virtual Device Backup
Interface)
– VDI automates SQL Server consistency
check and log management
 Faster recovery
– Leverages SnapView BCV instant restore
 Easy to deploy and manage
– Designed for SQL Server administrator
– Easy-to-use built-in scheduler
 Accelerate SQL development
SnapView Integration Module for SQL
– Fast disk-based backup and instant Server (SIMS) is offered by EMC
restore Services or through EMC’s Authorized
 Lower administrative costs of SQL Network Services (ANS) Partners
Server
– Consolidate, automate, and simplify
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EMC Replication Manager/Local
Automate the Management of Disk-based Replicas

 Coordinates and
automates:
Replica 1
– Databases
– Applications
Replica 2
– Filesystems
– Volume Managers
Replica 3
– Arrays
– Replication technologies Replica 4

Databases/ Volume Managers Filesystems Arrays

Applications • VxVM • UFS • Symmetrix with TimeFinder BCVs
• SQL Server • HP LVM • VxFS • CLARiiON with SnapView BCVs and
• Exchange • AIX LVM snaps
• NTFS
• Oracle • SUN LVM • Third-party: HP StorageWorks / Clone
• HFS
• UDB
• JFS

New support includes Windows 2003, Exchange 2003, and VSS

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SnapView—Server-based Software Integration

 SnapView integration with other applications:

– CommVault Galaxy Backup and Recovery for EMC SnapView
– LEGATO NetWorker PowerSnap for EMC CLARiiON
 SnapView works with all major backup vendors to
provide serverless backup
– EMC qualified list of backup applications include:
• LEGATO NetWorker
• VERITAS NetBackup
• CommVault Galaxy
• Tivoli TSM
• CA ArcServeIT
– No change required to backup application
– SnapView tested and supported

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SnapView Application Example
Exchange Backup and Recovery

Automated process:
Backup: SIME acts as a VSS requestor Production DB
and initiates backup to create
SnapView BCVs of database and logs
Exchange
Recovery: reverse synchronize BCV Servers
copy to recover Exchange database DB BCV
Recovery: replay Exchange database
logs from BCV Logs

 Restore in seconds, not hours Backup / Test Logs BCV

Server
– One-click restore
– Leverages SnapView instant restore from RAID-protected BCVs
 Faster, reliable backup
– Non-disruptive backup any time to disk
 Enables Exchange consolidation
– Backup and recovery times no longer bottleneck to database growth
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SnapView Example
Parallel Processing of Production Data Production DSS, Print, Data
Server Warehousing,
Meet multiple business demands for timely Training, or
information: Test Server
Create snapshot for Decision Support
Systems (DSS) or backup purposes
Test new application versions on snapshots
Upgrade in seconds with BCV restore to
production

Production
 Bring products to market faster, make Information Snapshot
smarter business decisions
– Application data is made highly available Upgrade

– Increases value of information to other

business processes Stage BCV
Snapshot
 Rollout or upgrade applications faster Snapshot
– No waiting for tape or FTP copies
– Instant upgrade from BCV

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Why EMC SnapView?
 Better backup and recovery
– Seconds to create backup copy
– Copy available in seconds
– Speeds application and file recovery
 Applications always available
– Ensure service levels are met
– Performance, availability, functions, and economics
 Simple, easy to use
– A Navisphere-managed application
– Automation via CLI or application integrated tools (SIME, SIMS, Replication
Manager/Local)
 Inexpensive to implement
– Pointer-based snapshots or full-volume copies using ATA drive technology
– Now runs on lower-cost platform (CLARiiON CX300)

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SnapView: Understanding Service Levels
Snapshots BCVs
Processing against both source Supports high I/O workloads
Performance and pointer-based image may without performance impact
create performance overhead
Recover source volumes in the Recover source volumes in
Availability event of corruption the event of corruption or
hardware failure
Snapshot creates pointer-based Source and BCV are
copies that are linked to the independent copies
source volume BCVs must be established
Functionality Snapshots are created instantly prior to splitting
and are immediately available GUI- and CLI-based
GUI and CLI based management management and automation
and automation
Requires a fraction of the capacity Requires 100% of the capacity
of the source volume; amount of the source volume
Economics depends on how much data
changes, typically 20%
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SnapView Feature Comparison
Snapshots BCVs
Replication technology Pointer-based copies Full-volume copy
Required capacity ~20% of source capacity 100% of source capacity
Snapshots available
Time required to initially create copy immediately BCV must be established
Read / write accessible by
secondary server Yes Yes

Copies used to instant restore Yes Yes

Independent of availability of source No Yes
Performance independent of source No Yes
None, RAID 0, RAID 1, None, RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID support RAID 3, RAID 5 RAID 3, RAID 5
Maximum copies per source 8 8
100 total combinations of:
300 definitions  BCVs
Maximum copies per array  BCV source LUNs
100 concurrently in use
 MirrorView primary and
secondary LUNs

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 SnapView and MirrorView for Advanced Protection
Production Server Remote Server Database
(Site A) (Site B)  MirrorView protects
Validation
Utilities production site from
disaster
Report
Generation  Remote site has standby
MirrorView Mirror failover server
Decision
Support  Remote site offloads
Tools information processing
with SnapView
Production
Information Mirror  Snapshots used to protect
at primary and secondary
SNAP SNAP
site
– If corruption mirrored from
Snapshot Snapshot primary to secondary, restore
last known good snapshot
 Managed from single
location via Navisphere
Production Remote
CLARiiON CLARiiON
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 Combine BCVs and Snapshots for Advanced
Solutions

Production
Information Roll
t a b lish back
s
Re-e Snap
e s t ore
R
Level 1 BCV 1 BCV 8 Snapshot 1 Snapshot 8

Snap Roll back  Eight BCVs and eight

snapshots can be associated
Level 2 Snapshot 1.1 Snapshot 8.1 with any volume (Level 1)
 Up to eight snapshots can be
associated with any BCV
Snapshot 1.8 Snapshot 8.8 (Level 2)
 Capable of 80 copies of single
original volume
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The Benefits of SnapView

Financial Benefits
Lower TCO—supports consolidated CLARiiON implementation; simple,
non-disruptive installation, easy management via Navisphere Management Suite
Space saving snapshots use less disk, reduce costs—create financial
opportunities through increased access to information; speed application rollout

Operational Benefits
Meet SLAs—increase data availability by reducing backup and batch windows,
“instantly restore” to meet service level agreements
Support multiple information users—create point-in-time copies for other
parallel processing needs

Business Benefits
Increase overall productivity through increased application protection,
performance, and availability
Generate more revenue through more timely business decisions;
generate a strategic advantage
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