HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA

HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA is an array based application that utilizes a powerfully simple HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager GUI to create, manage and configure local replication on the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array product family. Business Copy EVA shares an integrated management interface with HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA. The replication manager manages all local and remote replication features across the full EVA family. With the combination of the Business Copy's unique MirrorClone, Snapclone and Vsnap local replication technologies and an unparalleled easy to use replication manager interface, businesses now can achieve new IT efficiencies. HP Business Copy offers Simplicity without Compromise! Not only is managing replication easier, it also results in the ability to make replication:

1. Less expensive through faster, automated space efficient methods
2. More accessible to other groups that can non-disruptively use production data for other key business activities
3. Less labor intensive allowing a much greater use of valuable IT people resources

• Support for EVA 4400/6400/8400
• Supports 64 snapshots on EVA 4400/6400/8400

Two methods for generation of basic local point-in-time copies through Business Copy EVA include (See Replication Solutions Manager section for information on advanced management):

• HP Command View EVA can be used to create Snapshots, MirrorClones, Snapclones and Vsnaps through a graphical user interface. This software runs on the Storage Management Appliance or Windows based server in the SAN and can be accessed via a web browser. Refer to the Command View QuickSpecs document at
  http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/software.html http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/10547_na/10547_na.pdf for more details
  Dependencies: HP Command View EVA, HP Business Copy EVA and the HP Storage Management Appliance, or a general purpose server
  
• HP Storage System Scripting Utility (SSSU) is included with the platform kits and can be used to generate scripts on the host server to create snapshots, Vsnaps, MirrorClones and Snapclones. User defined scripts can be created using this tool to manage replication at the array level.
  HP Command Scripter performs the same basic functions (create, modify and delete) for the MA/EMA and more information about it can be found at http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/10734_na/10734_na.pdf.
• HP Business Copy EVA supports several types of replicated volumes created by the HSV controller; standard snapshots, Vsnaps and MirrorClones, Snapclones. The VCS controller supports standard snapshots, Vsnaps and Snapclones. All are point-in-time copies of data and are useful tools to minimize downtime for backups, perform application testing, support data mining, and improve throughput.
  Dependencies: Command View EVA and the Storage Management Appliance or a general purpose server (see OS support table). And optionally, the Storage System Scripting Utility (SSSU) included with platform kits

Descriptions:

Snapshots: A standard snapshot (full allocated) is a point-in-time virtual copy of the data, created in seconds and usable immediately, providing maximum flexibility for user applications. Disk capacity is reserved to accommodate the original size of the source volume. This process may be completed by allowing HP Business Copy EVA to automatically execute all tasks in the snapshot creation, or by creating a target container (3-Phase) to accelerate the snapshot creation. Please review the HP Business Copy documentation for more information on this feature.

Vsnaps: Virtually capacity free snapshots (demand allocated) allow the user to create a point-in-time copy, or demand allocated snapshot, of a specified Virtual Disk (LUN). Vsnap is similar to the standard snapshot (fully allocated) except that it does not reserve the same amount of disk capacity as the production volume being copied. The amount of disk capacity used by the copy volume will grow as data in the production volume changes over time or if the Vsnap is set to read/write, and data is written directly to the Vsnap. The result is that a Vsnap is a true space-efficient copy where capacity is not wasted reserving space. This saves valuable capacity and reduces workload by automatically using space as needed.

MirrorClone: MirrorClone provides an alternative to a snapshot by allowing the user to make a full, byte-for-byte, point-in-time copy of a source LUN that can be mounted to a secondary server. MirrorClone will track all changed blocks and can re-sync with the source LUN to create a new point-in-time copy, or can be used to instantly restore the source.

Snapclones: A Snapclone is a complete clone copy of a specified Virtual Disk (LUN). With traditional arrays, a clone can take hours to build depending on its size. Unlike traditional clones, HP Business Copy EVA Snapclones are available virtually immediately. Within a few seconds of when the Snapclone is taken, the entire clone copy is available for use. The Snapclone normalizes in the background so that no time is wasted waiting for the copy to complete. Enterprise Snapclones can also be taken in any redundancy level (RAID 0, 1, or 5). Snapclones provide the ability to take and use a clone without extensive advance preparation. Long "re-synch" times are also eliminated with Snapclones since a current clone copy can be available for use in minutes, not hours. Snapclones can also be created in different disk groups allowing users to copy the data to lower cost drives such as FATA. This process may be completed by allowing HP Business Copy EVA to automatically execute all tasks in the Snapclone creation, or by creating a target container (3-Phase) to accelerate the Snapclone creation. Please review the HP Business Copy documentation for more information on this feature.

Cross Vraid Snapshot and Snapclones: EVA allows for increased flexibility and improved capacity utilization by supporting changing the Vraid type with Cross Vraid Snapshot and Snapclone, within the same disk group and Cross Vraid Snapclone across disk groups. Cross Vraid Snapclone also supports changing the Vraid type when Snapcloning from a high performance disk group to a FATA disk group.

Instant Restore: With the EVA4000/6000/8000 series arrays, users can restore a source volume using a normalized Snapclone, MirrorClone, MirrorClone Snapshot, Snapshot or any other Vdisk of the same size. This allows for quick recovery of a source should the volume become corrupted.

HP Business Copy EVA comes complete with HP Replication Solutions Manager, a graphical user interface and scripting environment, that greatly simplifies storage management by creating, running, and managing storage replication jobs using controller based snapshots and clones. This interface simplifies the complex tasks involved with utilizing controller-based snapshot and clone technology.

With HP Replication Solutions Manager users easily can manage both remote* and local replication* across the full EVA product family. By virtually removing the complexity associated with both small and large replication environments, point-in-time copies and remote replication are managed and configured with just a few mouse clicks. To assist the user, Information on the replication environment is presented in a variety of views, including an interactive topology manager that allows each user to select their viewing preference. In addition, HP Replication Solutions manager provides a scripting interface for additional flexibility.

HP Replication Solutions Manager is comprised of two parts, the server component that runs on the HP Storage Management Appliance, or a Windows based server in the SAN and the host agents that run on each host in the SAN to offer a more automated local replication process. For example, the host agent software provides the ability to suspend and resume database I/O, launch applications, and dynamically mount Snapshots, Vsnaps, and Snapclones to servers.

Dependencies:

• HP Command View EVA v8.0 or v7.x
• HP Command View EVA License(s)-to-use for the full raw capacity for each EVA
• HP Business Copy EVA License-to-use (LTU) for equal to, or greater than the capacity being replicated
• General purpose server (see OS support table).
• Processor: 1.26 GHz (minimum)
• Memory: 2 GB (minimum)
• Free Disk Space: 350 MB for installation plus 10 MB for each managed array for systems without HP OpenView Storage Area Manager
• Free Disk Space: 750 MB for installation plus 10 MB for each managed array for systems with HP OpenView Storage Area Manager

* Some features of HP Business Copy EVA are only available through HP Replication Solutions Manager EVA

• Recover from disk- HP Business Copy EVA offers the ability to instantly restore a source storage volume (Vdisk) with a fully normalized Snapclone, Snapshot* or Vdisk of the same size. This advanced function allows an application to be brought back online quickly should a storage volume become damaged, or corrupted.
• Backup – HP Business Copy EVA together with Backup Solutions provide users with a complete, automated, non-disruptive backup solution. With this solution, users can effectively "eliminate the backup window" by making a snapshot or clone copy of the data to be backed up, mounting it to a backup server, and backing it up as a separate process from normal application processing. Application downtime can be reduced from many hours to a few seconds thus giving the user greater application availability. The scheduler* also can be configured using the Round Robin feature to keep a set of up to 7 Snapshots available based on time period, by automatically deleting the oldest and creating a new one.
• Application testing – A copy of production data can be made with a snapshot or clone and then mounted on a computer in a test environment. Since both snapshots and clones can be written to without affecting the actual production data, they are ideal for this application. If data is corrupted as a result of the testing, the copy can be deleted and another created.
• Data Mining – By creating a clone of production data, data mining processes can be run from the copy without impacting the performance of the production volumes.
• Work Distribution – Multiple clones of a single production volume can be made and then be used by a parallel processing application to greatly enhance processing throughput.

Please refer to the HP StorageWorks Compatibility Guide for the latest information on supported operating system and browsers. The guide contains information on the following HP Storage Software:

• HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA
• HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA
• HP StorageWorks Command View EVA
• HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager EVA

The document can be found at any of the above product pages on HP.com by selecting technical documentation link. http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&
docIndexId=64179&taskId=135&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=315919, or by ordering part number T3668-96019.

HP StorageWorks DButil is a command-line utility to facilitate application-consistent replication of a Microsoft SQL Server database. HP DButil commands place the database in a transactionally consistent state and suspend write operations while HP StorageWorks replication software is used to copy the database. Other HP DButil commands then resume the database and normal write operations. HP StorageWorks DButil now supports Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system. HP StorageWorks DButil can be downloaded at no charge from the following site: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prod
TypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=315919&swItem=co-62583-1&prodNameId=3185419&swEnvOID=54&swLang=13&taskId=135&mode=3

Oracle: The HP StorageWorks scripted Oracle zero downtime backup (ZDB) solution provides the means to backup an Oracle database with minimal database and database server impact. ZDB is made possible by combining the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) enterprise disk array snapshot capabilities with the HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA software utility. This enables the ability to place the Oracle database tablespaces in backup mode briefly while snapshots of the database data files are created. The snapshots can then be presented to a backup server for copying the data to tape. After the backup, the database copy could be re-used as a point-in-time copy if disk space is not an issue. The backup server offloads precious processing resources from the database server, and the Oracle database remains available during the entire process. ZDB solutions are one of many different data protection solutions offered by HP. ZDB solutions are unique in that they tie many software and hardware products together. Choosing a solution based on HP technology provides supportability and known compatibilities.

SAP: HP StorageWorks Rapid Backup for mySAP Business Suite on EVA enhances backup procedures of SAP applications on the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Arrays. An SAP database can be backed up while minimizing lengthy application downtime of an offline backup or the performance degradation caused by being in backup mode, in a typical online backup. This solution provides an online backup in which the time the tables are in backup mode is greatly reduced. If the customer prefers an offline backup, the solution minimizes the time the application needs to be shut down.

Exchange: Microsoft Exchange 2003 Remote Replication on EVA maximizes performance in high demand Exchange 2003 replication environments by providing best practices, performance metrics, and proof of concept information – for a variety of distances.

Use HP StorageWorks Application Recovery Manager to roll-back to the instant before your Exchange or Microsoft SQL database crashed! Combine the HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) with a software product that provides application level instant recovery.

HP StorageWorks Application Recovery Manager link: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/arm/index.html

EVA BC&A Solution Link- http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/120851-0-0-0-121.html

After snapshots or clones have been mounted on the backup server, the HP Business Copy EVA software is compatible with backup jobs using HP Data Protector as well as VERITAS, Legato, Computer Associates software or other vendor's software. Jobs can also be launched from the backup software's pre- and post-execution steps, if desired.*
HP offers a range of solutions to protect your valuable information and make your operations resilient. Our business continuity storage solutions comprise data protection and disaster tolerant solutions. These solutions can be found at: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/solutions/bcontinuity.html

* Available only through HP Replication Solutions Manager EVA

Replication Solutions Manager host agent support for clusters includes:

• Please refer to the HP StorageWorks Compatibility Guide for the latest host cluster support
• The document can be found at any of the above product pages on HP.com by selecting technical documentation link. http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?
  contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=135&prodTypeId
  =18964&prodSeriesId=315919, or by ordering part number T3668-96019.

Business Copy is compatible with volumes created with the following:

• HP Please refer to the HP StorageWorks Compatibility Guide for the latest for the latest host Volume Manager support
• The document can be found at any of the above product pages on HP.com by selecting technical documentation link. http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?
  contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId
  =135&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=315919, or by ordering part number T3668-96019.

*Available only through HP Replication Solutions Manager EVA

Here are some of the capabilities of the EVA and HP Business Copy EVA software.

• Up to 1024 virtual disks per EVA (512 for EVA3000/5000)
• Up to 1023 Snapclones per EVA (511 for EVA3000/5000)
• Up to 16 snapshots per virtual disk for EVA 4000/6000/8000 series (7 for EVA 3000/5000)

Business Copy for EVA is available in a kit titles HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager (T3680H), or HP CV EVA 9.0 Replication Solutions Manager 5.0 (TT5494C) with CD-ROM distribution media. The kit includes the following Business Copy EVA components:

• Thank-you letter
• HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager kit contents
• HP Software License Terms, the End User License Agreement to use HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager
• HP Software License Terms, the End User License Agreement to use HP
• StorageWorks JREserver
• NSS LP Customer Survey Notice, an invitation to give feedback on HP
• documentation
• HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager CD
• HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager host agents CD
• HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager documentation CD

All of the components in the Business Copy EVA kit are also available as downloads at: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/software.html. The Business Copy EVA server and host agent downloads can be installed as upgrades to existing software or new full versions.

HP Web Site. On HP.com, print-based documents are contained in a zip file on the BC Drivers and Software page. They are also available as individual documents on the BC Technical Documentation page at: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=
SupportManual&docIndexId=3124&locale=en_US&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=315919.

With the HP Replication Solutions Manager EVA GUI, both remote replication and local replication features* can be managed. For all of these features to be enabled, both HP Continuous Access (remote replication features) and HP Business Copy (local replication features) must be licensed. If any feature is not licensed, the action will fail and be logged in the event pane. Please note that when using the Cascaded Replication feature both a HP Business Copy and an HP Continuous Access license must be installed at the intermediary site where a Snapclone of the data is required.
* Some features of HP Business Copy EVA are only available with the use of HP Replication Solutions Manager EVA

HP Business Copy for EVA offers a simple method of licensing. See the Ordering Information section for more details. There are simply five choices:

1. The first option is a HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA3000/4000/5000/6000/8000 series 1TB entry level license where up to 1TB of data can be replicated using HP Business Copy EVA software.
2. The second, and recommended, option is a HP StorageWorks Unlimited Capacity use per EVA3000/4000/5000/6000/8000 series license where the only limit to the amount of data that can be replicated is the total amount that the array hardware, controllers and disk drives can actually accommodate. Once purchased, you no longer have to purchase additional capacity licenses to accommodate new capacity growth.
3. The third option is the purchase of an upgrade from 1TB to Unlimited. The Upgrade License provides the same rights as Unlimited Capacity use per EVA license.
4. The forth option allows an upgrade path from an HP StorageWorks Unlimited Capacity per use license from a) EVA3000/4000 to EVA6000, b) EVA3000/4000 to EVA8000, or c) EVA5000/6000 to EVA8000 series
5. The fifth option is to activate the Oracle Integration capabilities in HP Replication Solutions Manager, part number T4390A must be ordered and the license key installed for each array supported in the Oracle application environment.

Licensing Guidelines:

1. HP Replication Solutions Manager EVA can be downloaded at no additional charge with the purchase of either HP Business Copy EVA, or HP Continuous Access EVA License-to-use (LTU).
2. The total licensed capacity for a HP Business Copy LTU is based on the replicated source volume(s) usable capacity. Although Business Copy EVA can create up to 16 simultaneous snapshot copies of a single source storage volume, the license capacity required would only be equal to the sum of each replicated source volume's usable capacity.
3. HP Business Copy EVA licenses are not transferable to like, or unlike EVA models. When enabling HP Business Copy EVA features on an EVA a new license must be purchased, or in some cases an upgrade license may be purchased if upgrading an existing EVA array's model that already has HP Business Copy enabled.
4. HP Business Copy EVA monitors the amount of data being replicated as compared to the amount of data permitted to be replicated based on the License-to-use (LTU) capacity. If this threshold is exceeded, a warning event will be issued and will restrict the system from replicating data above the installed HP Business Copy EVA LTU capacity. The user will be permitted to continue using the HP Business Copy EVA features and will need to add the appropriate LTU to remain compliant to the End-User-License-Agreement (EULA).
5. HP Business Copy EVA requires that the HP Command View EVA is in full compliance to license requirements of its software terms. If HP Command View EVA is non-compliant, some features in HP Business Copy may not be fully enabled, or work properly.
   

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1. Order HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager kit v5.0. (The same media SKU is used for the entire EVA family and for HP Continuous Access EVA), or a combination kit of HP Command View EVA v9.0 and HP Replication Solutions Manger v5.0.
2. For each EVA array that will use Business Copy, order the appropriate license-to-use (LTU) to obtain the required license capacity necessary to meet the customer's replication needs.
3. Order HP Business Copy EVA Support Products, including installation and startup. See Software Product Services section of this document.
4. If you purchase the 1TB entry level capacity and later want to upgrade to Unlimited Capacity use per EVA LTU option, then you must order the "Upgrade to Unlimited Capacity use per EVA LTU" part number.

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