HP StorageWorks 12000 - Virtual Library System EVA Gateway Manual page 5

Dynamic Deduplication Implementation ................................................................................. 70
Restoring Data ................................................................................................................... 71
Housekeeping .................................................................................................................... 72
D2D Replication ....................................................................................................................... 73
How it Works .................................................................................................................... 73
D2D Replication Implementation ........................................................................................... 73
Licensing .................................................................................................................... 74
Implementing the Initialization Process ............................................................................ 74
Replication Setup ......................................................................................................... 76
Reporting ................................................................................................................... 82
Design Considerations ........................................................................................................ 84
Link Sizing .................................................................................................................. 84
Telco Provisioning
Some Idea of Telco Costs .............................................................................................. 92
Telco Terminology and Branding for WAN Services ......................................................... 93
D2D Replication Data Recovery Options ............................................................................... 95
Restore Directly from the D2D Target Device .................................................................... 95
Reverse Replication on the D2D ..................................................................................... 95
Reverse Tape Initialization on the D2D ............................................................................ 98
Creating Archive Tapes from the Target ........................................................................... 99
5 Virtual Library Systems .................................................................... 101
VLS Devices ........................................................................................................................... 101
VLS Defined ..................................................................................................................... 101
Prime Environments .................................................................................................... 102
VLS Benefits .............................................................................................................. 102
VLS9000-series Configurations ................................................................................... 103
VLS Technical Specifications ........................................................................................ 104
How it Works .................................................................................................................. 111
VLS Scalability .......................................................................................................... 111
VLS Automatic Performance Load Balancing .................................................................. 113
VLS Warm Failover .................................................................................................... 114
Implementation ................................................................................................................ 115
Device Configuration Preparation ................................................................................. 115
Capacity Licensing ..................................................................................................... 117
Virtual Libraries/drives/cartridge Configuration ............................................................. 118
EVA Preparation ........................................................................................................ 119
Storage Pooling ......................................................................................................... 121
VLS Design Considerations ................................................................................................ 123
VLS Sizing ................................................................................................................ 123
VLS Blueprints .................................................................................................................. 127
Reduce Backup Window (No Deduplication) ................................................................. 127
Large Scale Backup Consolidation (No Deduplication) .................................................... 128
Managing Data Retention and Reducing Backup Storage Costs ....................................... 129
Full Enterprise Backup and Disaster Recovery Capability ................................................. 130
Multi-data Center Replication to a Common Disaster Recovery Site ................................... 132
VMWare Backup Environment with ESXi. ....................................................................... 133
VMWare Backup Environment with ESX4 and VCB-based Backups ................................... 134
Larger VMWare Environment with ESX4 and HP Data Protector ZDB IR Integration with
VMWare Consolidated Backup ................................................................................... 136
Large Enterprise Cross-site Backup with Deduplication and Inbuilt Disaster Recovery ........... 138
Combining D2D and VLS in an End-to-end Solution for ROBO/Regional DCs and Main Data
Center using HP Data Protector .................................................................................... 139
VLS Automigration .................................................................................................................. 140
Overview of Inter-Site Links .............................................................. 90
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