Hitachi Storage Command Suite: Replication Manager

August 20, 2008

Bobby Crouch; Product Marketing Craig Chan; Product Management Cindy Martinage; Software Designer Replication Suite

Hitachi Data Systems WebTech Series

2008 Hitachi Data Systems

Agenda
Hitachi Replication Products Overview Architecture & interface functionality Topology view options Pair Operations Pair Management Monitoring & Reporting Mainframe environments Summary

Live Product Demo Question and Answer

Hitachi Data Systems WebTech Educational Seminar Series

Hitachi Replication Manager: Business Continuity Management Framework
Technical Session: New Hitachi' Replication Manager software enables customers to centrally manage their in-system or remote business continuity products, for both mainframe and open environments. Hitachi Replication Manager simplifies replication operations, configurations, task management and automation. This uniquely integrated solution allows customers to closely monitor their critical storage components and allow better management of Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) objectives. In this session youll learn how to: Centrally manage multiple replication products Eliminate complexities of the Hitachi Open Remote Copy Manager, HORCM files Simplify pair creation

Hitachi Replication Product Portfolio

Data Replication
ShadowImage In System Replication Copy-on-Write Snapshot

Hitachi Universal Replicator TrueCopy Remote Replication Compatible Mirroring for IBM FlashCopy Compatible Replication for IBM XRC Hitachi Business Continuity Manager Hitachi Replication Manager

What is Hitachi Replication Manager?

Integrated Replication Management
Pair Lifecycle Management
Larger coverage for the lifecycle (Setup - Definition - Creation (initial copy) Operation Monitoring Alerting Deletion)

Single Point Management

Integrated console for multi-site replication pairs Consolidated monitoring for copy pair status and remote copy metrics

Consistent Interface
Support for both open and mainframe volumes Same interface for different replication technologies and storage systems
III. Recovery, Maintenance I. Replication environment configuration Management Server Replication Manager Server MS EX S
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II. Centralized Monitoring

Storage

DB

Positioning of Hitachi Replication Manager

V5.x Issue Multiple tools required for replication management

V6.0 Benefit One tool: Replication Manager

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Integrated Replication Management

Single point management and Consistent Interface

Replication Manager provides a integrated interface in conjunction with other products

Replication Monitoring and Management

Replication Manager

Open Volumes

Device Manager RAID Manager

BC Manager

Configuration Management Replication Management

M/F Volumes

Storage Navigator

Modular Storage

Enterprise Storage

SI TC
Remote

UR TC
Remote

SI CoW
In-System

QS
In-System

Replication Technologies

Centralized Monitoring
My Copy Group

My Copy Group allows user to understand replication configuration / status with topological view The summarized pair status for each copy group enables user to grasp the replication status
Business Copy (local)

Business Copy (Remote) Continuous Access XP Synchronous Continuous Access XP Journal

Business Copy (Remote)

TrueCopy (Asynchronous)

Centralized Monitoring
3 type of views (Hosts/Subsystems/Pair configurations)

Three types of view allows user to understand replication environment depending on the perspective
Hosts view : Perspective of hosts using the pairs Subsystems view : Perspective of subsystems containing the pairs Pair configurations view : Perspective of hosts managing the pairs

Hosts view Subsystems view Pair configurations view

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Integrated Replication Management

Pair Life Cycle Management

Tasks of the Pair Management

Setup
Subsystem Setup & Preparation for using Replication Technologies

Replication Manager V6.0 takes care of pair Lifecycle.

Definition

Logical Pair Definition & HORCM Creation Initial Copy

Creation

Monitoring
Daily Operations

Monitor Status / Remote Copy Metric / Pool consumption, Alert Notification

Operation

Split / Sync / Resync

Maintenance Deletion
Reduction
Subsystem Level Operations
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Pool Expansion / (Takeover)

Remove of Pair Instance

: Supported by RepMon (V5.9 & earlier)

Reduction of System Configuration Pair Definition

: Supported by RepMgr V6.0 or future target of RpMgr V6.0 & later

Pair Operations

Hitachi Replication Manager Functions

Pair Creation/Deletion (Pair Configuration Wizard)

Pair Configuration Wizard Replication Manager provides a new wizard with a topological view that allows to associate P & S volume from the filtered candidate volumes.
Graphical Pair Configuration Editor

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P & S volume association with filtering

Hitachi Replication Manager Functions Pair Creation/Deletion (Task Scheduler)

Scheduled Pair Execution
Allows to specify Date/Time to perform the operation

Tasks View
Allows to view and manage task execution schedule

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Hitachi Replication Manager Functions System Configuration

Command Device, Pool, Journal Group configuration
New tabs on the subsystem view provides the current status of these volumes New wizards allows to configure these volumes

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Hitachi Replication Manager Functions

Resource management (Site) Site Configuration
Site provide a resource grouping functionality based on its location
Sites view allows to perform the same operation as the Resources view Site can be used as a filtering attribute on Pair Configuration Wizard for easier volume association

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Hitachi Replication Manager Functions

Resource management (Resource Group / User Role)

Resource Group Management

New menu is added to configure the access control for resources Admin user role is added in addition to Modify and View
Modify user can manage the resources on assigned resource group Admin can perform administrative operations of Replication Manager in addition to Modify roles one

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Remote Copy Metrics Monitoring

with export history functionality

As well as threshold monitoring, Replication Manager allows user to export the history of remote copy metrics for further investigation or analysis of historical trend

CSV format

HTML format
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Focus on Mainframe Environments

Capability
Hitachi Replication Manager will fully support the management of mainframe pairs similarly to the open systems pairs for Storage Setup, Pair Configuration, Change Pair Status and Scheduling and leverage Hitachi Business Continuity Manager.

Features
Associate pairs to copy types and group names within a simple GUI wizard - Enable Reserve/Release of pair associations plus the Saving/Resuming of workflows - Enable different departmental users to utilize a seamless pair management process - Track delta time between sites; export capability for historical analysis - Schedule configuration changes and the synchronization of pairs either immediately or at a future date/time - Configuration/Pair Status Management via Business Continuity Manager - Lets user manage heterogeneous environment from a single tool
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Hitachi Replication Manager Summary

Hitachi Replication Manager is the software tool that configures, monitors, and manages Hitachi replication products for both open systems and mainframe environments The solution builds on existing Hitachi technology by leveraging the powerful replication capabilities of the arrays and by combining robust reporting, mirroring and features previously available in separate offerings It decreases management complexity while increasing staff productivity and providing greater control than previously available solutions through a single, consistent user interface

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Related Resources
White Papers
Replication Management: Overview and Perspectives White paper by Christophe Bertrand and Malcolm Muir Business Continuity and the Hitachi TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform and Network Storage Controller White paper by Christophe Bertrand, Roselinda Schulman, Bill Martin, and Claus Mikkelsen Hitachi Replication Manager Datasheet

Academy
Hitachi Business Continuity Manager Software, Course # TSI 0556 Replication Fundamentals for Open Systems, Course # CSI 0148 Managing Replication with Replication Manager Software # TSI1635

Global Solution Services

Remote Copy Planning and Design Service

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Schedule and Downloads

Upcoming sessions
September 10, 2008, 9am PDT Hitachi Storage Command SuiteDevice Manager Logical Groups and LDEV Labels Best Practices September 17, 2008, 9am PDT Heterogeneous Storage Capacity Reporting and Planning September 24, 2008, 9am PDT Upgrading from Hitachi Storage Navigator to Hitachi Device Manager October 1, 2008, 9am PDT How Hitachi Replication Maximizes a VMware Site Recovery Manager Deployment

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Thank You

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