HP 12000 Design Manual page 4

Copy to Tape using VLS Automigration.................................................................................33
Benefits of Echo Copy....................................................................................................34
Considerations of Echo Copy..........................................................................................34
Copy to Remote Disk Backup Device using Replication............................................................35
Benefits of Replication....................................................................................................35
Considerations of Replication..........................................................................................35
Creating Archive Tapes from the Replication Target................................................................35
Considerations for Restores......................................................................................................36
Restoring from Disk Backup Device.......................................................................................36
Restoring from Backup Application-created Tape Copy............................................................36
Restoring from the Replication Target....................................................................................36
Performance Bottleneck Identification.........................................................................................37
Backup SAN Design Guidelines...............................................................................................37
General SAN Design Considerations....................................................................................37
SAN Zoning......................................................................................................................37
Operating System Tape Configuration..................................................................................38
LUN Masking and Mapping................................................................................................40
4 VLS Devices.............................................................................................42
VLS Defined...........................................................................................................................42
Prime Environments............................................................................................................43
VLS Benefits......................................................................................................................43
VLS9000-series and VLS9200 Configurations.......................................................................44
VLS Technical Specifications................................................................................................45
How it Works.........................................................................................................................52
VLS Scalability..................................................................................................................52
VLS Automatic Performance Load Balancing..........................................................................54
VLS Warm Failover............................................................................................................55
Implementation.......................................................................................................................55
Capacity Licensing.............................................................................................................55
Virtual Libraries/drives/cartridge Configuration.....................................................................56
EVA Preparation................................................................................................................57
Storage Pooling.................................................................................................................59
VLS9000 Storage Pooling..............................................................................................60
VLS Gateway Storage Pooling.........................................................................................61
VLS Sizing.............................................................................................................................61
Outlining the Steps.............................................................................................................61
Considerations..................................................................................................................62
EVA Performance Sizing (VLS12X00 Gateway)......................................................................62
Sizing/implementation Examples.........................................................................................63
Example 1 VLS Sizing for Performance and Capacity.........................................................63
Example 2 Testing Backup to Tape vs. Backup to VLS.........................................................63
Example 3: VLS12000 EVA Sizing Without Deduplication..................................................64
Example 4: VLS12000 EVA Sizing With Deduplication......................................................64
VLS Blueprints........................................................................................................................64
Reduce Backup Window (No Deduplication).........................................................................65
Large Scale Backup Consolidation (No Deduplication)............................................................66
Managing Data Retention and Reducing Backup Storage Costs...............................................67
Full Enterprise Backup and Disaster Recovery Capability.........................................................68
Multi-data Center Replication to a Common Disaster Recovery Site...........................................69
VMWare Backup Environment with ESXi................................................................................71
VMWare Backup Environment with ESX4 and VCB-based Backups...........................................72
Larger VMWare Environment with ESX4 and HP Data Protector ZDB IR Integration with VMWare
Consolidated Backup.........................................................................................................74
Large Enterprise Cross-site Backup with Deduplication and Inbuilt Disaster Recovery...................76
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