Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
System available
2 am
Stop application Backups
Start competing
process
Batch Processing
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The Solution
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TimeFinder Features
Use a Business Continuance Volume (BCV) to create additional mirror
images of standard volumes. BCVs can be:
Dynamically established with standard volumes
Split off to create point-in-time copies of production data
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BCV
Mirror
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STD BCV
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mirror
Before Establish
Symmetrix copies data from Standard
device to BCV device in background After Establish
Devices stay synchronized until Split Standard Device BCV Device
NR to host
command issued
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BCV
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Mirror
BCV
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Mirror
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BCV
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Mirror
BCV
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Multi-BCVs
BCV3 6am
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TimeFinder Definitions
Standard Device Configured for normal Symmetrix operation
BCV Device Configured for dynamic mirroring,
When not mirror of a standard device
Is available to host like a standard device
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SYMCLI
Symmetrix Command Line Interface
SYMCLI provides your host with command line options that can
obtain device configuration information
Control the configuration
Retrieve status and Performance data on attached Symmetrix units
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BCV Devices
Each BCV volume:
Has its own host address (TID/LUN)
Has its own Symmetrix device number
BCVs must be the same size and geometry of the Standard device it
mirrors.
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BCV
The BCV Device has its own host address
\\.\Physicaldrive5 C7
Standard
\\.\Physicaldrive1
The BCV Device has its own Symmetrix Device 85
Number
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Gatekeeper Devices
1Gatekeeper Devices
Low level I/O commands executed using SYMCLI are routed to Symmetrix via a
Symmetrix storage device that is specified as a gatekeeper.
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syminq
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85 BCV
Establish BCV
Split BCV
85 BCV
Restore BCV
85 BCV
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SYMMIR Examples
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TimeFinder Cautions
Before Splitting, to get a valid point-in-time copy you must:
Stop/quiesce database or applications using the volumes
Ensure all writes are flushed from the host cache
Before Restoring, stop all applications using devices
Will change data on Standard volume
Not like a backup restore, this is done without host knowledge
Never restore from a Force-Split BCV!
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Timefinder Scripting
Timefinder commands are run to establish and split BCV devices
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