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What are the MD3000s Premium Features? Snapshot Virtual Disk Virtual-Disk Copy Value Propositions Activating Premium Feature Customer Scenarios and Implementing Premium Features Snapshot Virtual Disk Virtual-Disk Copy
Snapshot
A point-in-time (PiT) image of a virtual disk Logical equivalent of a physical copy Up to 4 snaps per virtual disk Features: Near-instantaneous Requires less disk space than virtual-disk copy Accessible by any host
C A B C Source virtual disk ABC Snapshot virtual disk
Read and write accessibility Primary uses: Disk-to-disk backup Restoration point Data mining / analysis
Production Server
Analysis Server
Full PiT data set available for analysis, mining, testing, backup
Eliminates I/O dependencies on the primary virtual disk
Source Virtual Disk
PiT Clone
2. Normal I/O to the production virtual disk continues while the snapshot is copied.
3. Once the copy is complete, the snapshot can be deleted leaving a full PiT copy
1. Premium Features are value-add data protection functions that are key components of disaster recovery and business continuity plans
2. Provides greatest protection against data loss with the redundancy of additional copies for maximum uptime. 3. Advantages of array-based vs host-based replication 4. Easiest to implement and use GUI wizards with task-based interface Script-based commands for integrated solutions 5. Overall Single and simple methodology for data protection
These Service Tag number and Feature Enable Identifier can be found in MD Storage Manager console go to View/enable premium features link in the Tools tab
MD3000
Data can be tracked, protected and accessible on demand In the US, regulations such as SEC 17a-4, StarBox section 404 and HIPPA, for example, are driving new mission-critical storage strategies based on snapshot capabilities
PiT Clone
*Snapshots can also be used as the source virtual disk for backup to tape instead of backing up the master virtual disk, backup the snapshot instead
Copy data to a virtual disk in a disk group that uses drives with larger capacity within the same storage array
Enables the movement of data to greater capacity physical disks
Production Server
Analysis Server
PiT Clone
73GB SAS
300GB SAS
Tape Backup
Physical
Logical
Supports efforts to pre-test the application with real production data without any impact to production servers and applications
Note: Before you create a full copy of a source virtual disk, stop any data access (I/O) to the source and target virtual disk so that the source virtual disk has a stable version of the data to be copied.
If necessary, free capacity can be added to this virtual disk group by adding an unassigned drive as well.
4. A pop-up window will then ask you to confirm. Type yes and OK.
Note: Follow the additional instructions for your OS. Failure to follow these additional instructions can create unusable snapshot virtual disks.
5. A warning window will explain that if the virtual disk was not already disabled, re-creating it will disable it first - making the point-in-time image unusable. Type yes and OK to confirm it is ok to continue.
Recreating a snapshot repository virtual disk uses the previously configured snapshot name and parameters..
The following slides will review some of the tasks accessed from the Managing Virtual Disk Copies.
Only one operation can be stopped at a time. You will be asked to confirm that you would like to stop the copy operation. Click Yes.
Only one operation can be recopied at a time. At the Recopy dialog box, set the priority setting, type Yes and click OK.
Note: Directly creating a virtual disk copy for an MSCS shared disk, instead of a snapshot virtual disk, will fail with the following error The operation cannot complete because the selected virtual disk is not a source virtual disk candidate.
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Near Instantaneous
Efficient method Some performance strain due to processing against both the data source and the table of pointers 4 per virtual disk/ 128 per system Lost if source is lost Designed for easy file and/or source restore Full read/write access while Snapshot remains active