Mastering Storage Complexity

Mastering Storage Complexity
In May 2006, we had a major launch of Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 – One of the most important launches we’ve done in a long time This presentation gives an overview of SF with all most recent features/functionality Discuss business value and how we address some major industry trends Objective – understand value of Storage Foundation beyond the file system and volume manager Outline Licensing, Packaging and Pricing Mastering Storage Complexity Insert Name Title

Veritas Storage Foundation
Master Complexity I think chess is a great analogy for the data center You need to think strategically while acting tactically You need to make the right move – not just for the immediate short term, one that puts you in good shape for the whole game Veritas Storage Foundation

Infrastructure Software
Databases Middleware Applications Data Protection Backup Media management Snapshot services Archiving Storage Management File system Volume management Copy services Multi-pathing Resource mgmt. Server Management Clustering App. placement Provisioning Configuration mgmt. Application Performance Tuning advice Alerting Root cause analysis SLA reporting A typical datacenter is an extremely complex environment with a number of critical management tools designed to handle the various management tasks in your infrastructure A ton of complexity/heterogeneity: In the network, server, storage and virtual machine environments Applications and tools specific to OS, storage controllers, Fibre Channel and Switches, Databases, middleware and applications Leads to the context and key areas Symantec is focusing on: Data Protection - Make sure data is avaialble from a storage perspective -volume management, mult-pathing, how they’re going to understand the storage resources. how they’re going to understand application to storage mapping. Make sure applications are available through clustering, provisioning storage and servers, and configuration of storage and servers But if applications are not performing appropriately or to the required service levels, then delivery is sub-par. So, there’s a lot of application performance monitoring – tuning/alerting/root cause analysis Network Storage Servers Virtual Machines Veritas Storage Foundation

Data Center Complexity
TOOLS REQUIRED 61 62 60 59 63 58 65 69 70 68 67 57 66 64 55 46 47 45 44 42 43 48 49 54 71 53 52 50 51 56 73 92 93 91 90 88 89 94 95 99 100+ 98 97 96 87 86 77 78 76 75 41 74 79 80 84 85 83 82 81 72 40 14 13 12 11 15 16 19 18 17 9 8 2 1 3 4 7 6 5 20 10 34 33 32 31 35 37 21 39 38 30 36 25 24 23 22 26 29 28 27 Databases Middleware Applications Data Protection Storage Management Server Management Application Performance NetWorker Galaxy ArcServe Media Mirror DiskXtender Xtender TSM SAM-FS Data Migrator RSS NearStore BrightStor Mobile Backup Data Protector EDM NT Backup OnTap NetVault LiveVault SyncSort Retrospect Ultrabac Tapeware DLM ECC AppIQ Creekpath HiCommand TPM SAN Copy MirrorView RepliStor TrueCopy DoubleTake PPRC SRDF MPIO Sun SRM ReiserFS SAN Navigator Aperi ShadowImage InstantImage SnapView Shadow Copy FlashCopy TimeFinder Ext3 SANFS PowerPath DLM LVM SVM ASM MDUX SVC LDM OCFS DFM UFS ZFS JFS GPFS ServiceGuard Sun Cluster MSCS HA-CMP TrueCluster IBM TPM / TIO BMC HP OpenView CA Jumpstart Opsware Bladelogic Tivoli Altiris ClusterFrame Polyserve GeoSpan Qlusters SteelEye Kickstart N1 Grid HP UDC ADS, SMS Marimba AppManager OEM Patrol Foglight DBArtisan DGI Topaz CCMS PAC Optane Silk TheGuard eHealth Vantage PathFinder Introscope JProbe Sitraka MOM Performasure Tivoli Patrol Corefirst Appsight This gets complicated very fast and as you can see, some data centers could have over 100 tools in their environment. All of this is happening while data is skyrocketing and administrative budgets are remaining flat – presenting a unique challenge to IT directors/CIOs/admins If you don’t take an infrastructure perspective: you end up looking at individual point tools that work with a particular OS or storage controller, you wind up with a lot of complexity in your environment. The tools on this slide one-off point solutions – that don’t let users reduce complexity it actually adds complexity to your environment It prevents you from delivering better services to the business Individual point tools working with one controller or os are NOT a recipe for efficiency Recommendation: look at Software Infrastructure so that you can still leverage cost efficiencies by leveraging diversified hardware investments Network Storage Servers Virtual Machines Veritas Storage Foundation

Symantec Data Center Foundation
Databases Middleware Applications Symantec Data Center Foundation Veritas NetBackup Veritas Storage Foundation Veritas Server Foundation Veritas APM Symantec is offering the Data Center Foundation - introduced at the Vision User Conference in May 2006 This is a strategy not a product – the strategy encompasses 4 key pillars that we discussed earlier (data protection/storage management/server management and application performance) Symantec offers solutions for each of these areas Data Protection – NetBackup Storage Management – Storage Foundation Server Management – Server Foundation (Veritas Cluster Server/Provisioning Manager/Configuration Manager) Application Performance Management – i3 The focus of today is on Storage Management with Veritas Storage Foundation. Here you can quickly touch on Server Foundation and VCS – as there is a version of SF – SF-HA – that bundles both SF and VCS. Server Foundation – protect servers from storage and application management perspective; works with windows, unix and linux Veritas Cluster Server (‘VCS’) provides way to protect applications regardless of o/s (VCS is application aware – we have done the dirty work to understand applications or databases and have written all agents to make sure we’re monitoring the appropriate application service groups – to maximize uptime); including awareness of controller-based replication (i.e. Trucopy on 9900) VCS supports very large clusters – up to 32 nodes – to gain efficiency of mixing different hardware types (low end/high end starfire) - with the cluster management console, you can centrally manage from one pane of glass VCS has a new feature called Firedrill which give customer the ability to test their Disaster Recovery configurations without having to take applications offline. Many customers struggle with finding the time to actually test their DR configurations. These configurations are only as good as it’s ability to actually work. If you can’t test it when you make a server/storage change, you’re running a risk. Firedrill allows users to test DR configurations without testing; start app on target DR (use SF and Flashsnap to take a space optimized snapshot of data – simulate failover to target site to make sure that the test works – and do it without impacting how app running is on primary site) – we work within solaris zones and in vmware environment Network Storage Servers Virtual Machines Veritas Storage Foundation

Challenges in Storage Management
What is running in my data center? What storage resources is each application consuming? How do I track utilization & align with the business? Visibility How can I automate mundane tasks? How do I reduce risk in my environment? How do I ensure data availability? Control The biggest challenge in storage management is that within this heterogeneous environment, across your EMC, IBM, HDS controllers, you need: Visibility to understand what’s actually running in your data center. What storage resources are being consumed by the applications driving your business How do you align your initiatives from an infrastructure perspective with the business to support changing requirements Control of this information and tasks You are looking to automate mundane tasks Ease the operational burden of daily firefighting Reduce the risk in your environment – DMP HBA microcode example Consistency to reduce errors Reduction of risk leads to higher data availability Data Mobility – visibility of how data is being used is not enough – you need to have control over data mobility Data mobility allows you to take advantage of storage hardware economics: Take advantage of serial ATA Dynamically migrate volumes or files from one tier of storage to another without impacting end-users Dynamically perform migrations both array and server The ability to move information throughout your data center The ability to have visibility and control throughout the data center is the underlying premise of SF development. SF 5.0 is all about you having Visibility, Control, and Mobility of storage management throughout your organization How do I take advantage of tiered storage? How do I dynamically migrate information? How do I dynamically perform migrations? Mobility Veritas Storage Foundation

Storage Foundation: Manage Storage
STORAGE MANAGEMENT STORAGE AVAILABILITY CENTRALIZED HOST ADMINISTRATION Storage capacity management End-to-end visibility Centralized monitoring Heterogeneous provisioning Volume Management File System Dynamic Multi-Pathing Copy & Tiering Services Centralized management Multi-host support Automate operations CCStorage – SRM and SAN mgmt tool - Storage Capacity Management - Provides application to spindle visibility and is independent of any hardware vendor - Most customers do not know what they have in their datacenter or how those resources are being used. With CCStorage you not only discover all your storage resources, but you get current and historical usage; allowing you to see what available resources you have (storage, switch) and when you are likely to run out. Can be used with Storage Foundation or without Veritas Storage Foundation Ability to understand all of the storage that’s being used across multiple servers; Ability to provide active management of storage to understand different file level information across the environment Storage Foundation 5.0 The most significant product release in at least three years GA on July 10th across UNIX and Linux platforms (launch announcement was in May) Synchronous release of capabilities across different operating systems- customers have been asking for this for long time Provides the ability to standardize storage management capabilities across servers, storage and applications Key features of SF: Core Volume Management & File System-market leader in both these areas Over 15 years, File System and Volume Management engineering Only vendor with FS and VM across all UNIX (Solaris, IBM, HP-UX (both Itanium and PA-Risc), Suse and RedHat Linux) - A lot of work has been done to provide functional capabilities across all platforms at the same time Windows VM Only one with all that capability releasing synchronously DMP – load balancing and failover (unique in our array support) DST – leverage multiple storage hw tiers; mission critical gets tier 1 but as the value of the data changes over time, dynamically move to tier 2 (dynamically migrate as little as 20% cost) Storage Foundation Management Server (one of the biggest enhancements in this release of SF) Historically, management of files/data is on per server basis – this is okay if you only have few servers but if you have thousands (like a large investment bank in NY: 30,000) – it’s a daunting task Centralized management with SFMS – very unique/significant differentiator Perform storage mgmt across multiple hosts – see not only storage but servers/apps Can automate tasks that could take hours or days – perform with a couple of clicks (faulted disk/repair dmp path/volume migration) Offers centralized storage management Manage multiple hosts simultaneously Enables consistency and automation, minimizing operator error Provides comprehensive visibility Facilitates automation of management tasks Storage Foundation Management Server CommandCentral Storage Storage Foundation Enterprise Veritas Storage Foundation

Storage Management Veritas Storage Foundation

Storage Foundation Management Server
Visibility Single-pane-of-glass management Identify application SF faults Comprehensive resource detail Control 250+ guided SF operation Reduces SF TCO Drive operational efficiency Mobility Simple, repeatable SF processes Disk Group Migration Volume Migration Other capabilities with the Management Server - Works with both 5.x and 4.x hosts - There is an intuitive Web GUI to understand the environment quickly in two to three clicks Allows for rapid problem identification and remedy problems Mitigate risks and makes you more operationally efficient Allows you to scale the number of hosts and storage that you can manage per administrator Veritas Storage Foundation

This is the dashboard view Quickly see status of applications/servers/storage Quick view into faulted applications Displays critical alerts across environment Veritas Storage Foundation

Centralized Management
Process 400 million quote transactions per day Protect of critical trading systems Lowered data center complexity through standardization Improved operational efficiencies “Veritas Storage Foundation Management Server gives us unprecedented visibility and control of our storage and application resources to support this huge volume of information, while helping drastically reduce data center operational costs.” CBOE is using SFMS in their data center environment - They process a huge number of transactions per day and SFMS gives them a quick view into their data center environment – allowing them to protect their critical trading systems  Curt Schumacher, CTO Veritas Storage Foundation

Dynamic Multi-pathing
Fast failover Intelligent I/O algorithms I/O path optimization Automatic discovery Dynamic monitoring and visualization Comprehensive platform support Microsoft MPIO Device Specific Modules for iSCSI and FC Active iSNS and iSCSI management Dynamic Multi-pathing – This is a key feature of SF that provides rapid I/O failover and load balancing for SAN environments Customers really value this feature and is an important reason why many choose SF It provides rapid recovery and path failover with high performance It is included with SF – no additional fee charged for DMP (unlike EMC’s powerpath) In 5.0, there were a number of enhancements to DMP designed to support large SAN environments - Improved algorithms to enhance path monitoring and platform support Veritas Storage Foundation

Storage Foundation for Windows
Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows Dynamic volume growth and shrink + dynamic re-layout I/O hot spot detection + sub disk move Full mirror snapshots Dynamic Multi-pathing 256 disk groups Veritas Storage Foundation™ HA for Windows® Un-Compromised HA/DR and Storage Management High Storage Requirements Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows, and Veritas Cluster Server Dynamic disk support Eliminate single point of failure (Quorum) Application availability over any distance Configuration Wizards Fire Drill Microsoft LDM/MSCS Online growth simple / spanned volumes only 1 disk group, basic COW recovery Cluster within sub-net Storage Foundation for Windows is specifically designed for windows environments It does not include VxFS (file system) because Microsoft does not allow 3rd party file systems It includes VxVM (volume manager) Advanced Features include dynamic storage reclamation, DMP, heterogeneous storage and High Availability version that includes VCS and is ideal for clustered environments Ideal for SQL and Exchange environments Storage Foundation Basic for Windows Low Low Availability Requirements High Veritas Storage Foundation

Cluster File System CFS CVM HIGH PERFORMANCE LEVERAGED INFRASTRUCTURE - SF CFS is version of SF that enables access to multiple hosts to read/write to same information/same pool of storage – commonly used in clustered environments, such as Oracle RAC environments Same File system as SF but optimized for multiple hosts to read/write to same info Unique: multiple servers are participating as one application Runs up to 32 nodes in a cluster Improved near-linear scalability with MTS – spreads metadata across all servers Online administration and SFMS also available with CFS (unix and linux because windows filesystem is owned by Microsoft – they don’t allow 3rd party filesystems) Much faster than NFS (150% greater performance vs. NFS clients Seamless failover with granular application control Common uses: Oracle RAC - Capability underlying SF for Oracle RAC – when you hear this, think of CFS for scalability and availability Telco billing (amdocs) – scale-out servers; scale performance beyond what a single server can do Ideal for billing, financial, media, scientific, and intelligence applications Faster than NFS Enterprise linear scalability Faster cluster failover Low cost Oracle RAC Modular file serving Centralized management Existing storage infrastructure Application integration Veritas Storage Foundation

Storage Foundation: Volume Mirroring for Fast Failover
DEFINITION synchronous data replication over a SAN BENEFITS Cost Savings Mirror data natively over Fibre Channel Mirror data between any storage array Protection Eliminate data loss & integration with VCS Manageability Utilize the same technology for storage management and DR Primary Site Secondary Site SAN Fabric Storage Foundation We have a lot of customers looking to replicate information and SF lets you do this in a few different ways (next few slides) depending on whether you want to replicate synchronously or asynchronously Volume Mirroring – Campus Clustering Data Availability Volume Mirroring – if customer is looking at SRDF (EMC), synchronous replication with HDS truCopy or IBM PPRC – think about SF We manage synchronous replication for free (rather than paying upwards of k per symmetr local license) Can replicate up to 32 locations over FC faster than anyone in market b/c we work at host level, don’t have to go through the storage array (30-50KM – dependent on fibre channel) In SAN, we can replicate very well and we do well over longer distances-can create up to 32 full volume mirrors and can replicate that over a SAN (campus distance) High availability with near instantaneous failover No license is required No reason to look to do any other type of synchronous replication in a campus environment-Faster than any controller based replication failover Only works over fibre channel Can be managed via SFMS Distance limitation dependent on FC infrastructure -typically km (w/ dark fiber) We have a customer today whose primary site is in downtown Manhattan and their secondary site is in Jersey City. They have Fibre Channel connectivity between their two locations and are using VM to mirror their data. That way if Manhattan goes out they will have access to their data in Jersey City. In fact, synchronous replication using nothing but VM over fiber achieves the exact same result as the complex and expensive hardware-based synchronous replication solutions within a SAN radius. [drill this home, give an example]. Many IT people don’t think about this, but VM is likely a far superior solution (and much cheaper) than hardware-based replication within a SAN radius. Our recommendation is within one campus or less than 60Km if it can stretch that far When you start stretching it out can get some latency depending on distances, especially if it’s a write intensive app Veritas Storage Foundation

Veritas Volume Replicator (VVR)
DEFINITION Volume replication operates at the host level and extends Storage Foundation to transfer writes asynchronously across an IP network (WAN) BENEFITS No application performance impact, regardless of write spikes or rogue apps Guarantees data consistency at ALL times Space-optimized Snapshot for DR testing Minimal Host Impact = Storage Foundation + ~2% Recovery Point Objective of zero over ANY distance Primary Site Secondary Site Storage Foundation Storage Foundation IP Network Volume Replicator Volume Replicator RLink RLink VVR (Veritas Volume Replicator) - Replication beyond a campus environment For asynchronous replication over IP networks – think about VVR No distance limitations Extension of SF – license option Replicate over TCP/IP and it will replicate synchronously or asynchronously Up to 32 locations with 1:many; many:1; many::many architectures – basically it’s up to how creative the organization wants to be in designing their disaster recovery strategy Fully integrated with VCS for wide area fail-over Can be managed by SFMS Advanced capability – if you replicate synchronously – transactions are committed on both sites before you continue; if network link comes down, VVR is intelligent enough not to failover entire site but rather just switch to asynchronous mode and begin logging transactions at primary site When network link comes back, it will synch both sites without application ever coming down and switch back to synchronize mode When you hear SRDF or Trucopy asynchr – think of VVR – we maintain write-order fidelity for asynchronous replication which is very important (not everyone does this) means that every transaction is committed in exact same order at 2nd site as 1st – you’ll have consistent data when you have a failure; when you have inconsistent data, you will have problems By adding VVR to your environment you are really only adding 3 components: Rlink (Replication Link): Link defines the relationship between one host and another. Can create up to 32 Rlinks in environment Can define each Rlink with a different replication mode. You can replicate NY to NJ synchronously and with the same host replicate NY to SF asynchronously RVG: Replicated Volume Group: Groups consistency volumes together so write order is preserved. For example, Oracle tends to span volumes so this groups all Oracle requests together to make sure they get to the secondary site consistently. The RVG lets customer choose the data, based on volume, that they want to replicate. This means they don’t need the same amount or level of storage at the secondary site making a replication approach less expensive then traditional solutions on the market. SRL: Storage Replicator Log: Tracks writes in asynch mode to guarantee write-order fidelity. This is a critical component for asychronous replication and gaurantees the data will be consistent, at any point, on the secondary site. Host impact: Storage Foundation typically consumes 3% CPU cycles. VVR only adds an incremental 2% for a total of 5%. 5% is equal to a find command in Solaris so there is huge impact on cpu cycles when using VVR. No application impact: VVR has no impact on the application performance when operating in asych mode. RVG SRL RVG SRL Veritas Storage Foundation

Storage Tiering Veritas Storage Foundation

Complete Storage Tiering
STATIC TIERING DYNAMIC TIERING COPY SERVICES /FileSystem Tier 2 Tier 1 There are 3 types of Tiering and SF offers all 3 types Static – 1 app to 1 storage, 2nd to 2nd Always had static tiering based on applications with SF Still valid approach and can seamless mix/match multiple vendor hardware to support a single application with SF. Works great for mapping an application to storage tier Dynamic Tiering – this is UNIQUE to SF (feature is Dynamic Storage Tiering) Move info from high end to low end based on policies defined by users Next level of tiered storage, mapping the information within an application to storage tiers. Typically – architect servers so that there is 1 volume associated with a filesystem - we did this for years DST – this is our approach – it is UNIQUE because we have a Multi-volume Filesystem Supports multi-volume file system: Allows you to move files from one volume to another with no impact on application or DB architecture Application and end-user are not impacted, because SF virtualizes the storage at the file system and volume layer Example: if you’re accessing .ppt on file share g: drive mapped to your pc on symmetrix, we can move it to another array without changing how you access it Real-time mapping process that is policy driven; You define the policy based on file access, type, directory type, ,end-user, data frequency access This is not HSM – the file is physically moved but there are no stubs left behind – with the MVFS – you don’t have to change backup/recovery policy procedures Dynamic movement of files without interruption to applications- If files are accessed during movement, DST pauses the move during a file read and re-initiates after access is complete Moving forward, we’ll have ability to manage storage policies with SFMS Very quantifiable – because it’s hw capital expend…if you can take 50% capacity of sym and move to clarion, big savings Example: Large telco in Italy (paying vs. non-paying customers) Paying customers get tier 1, non-paying get tier 2 Policy that if either change, they are dynamically migrated to new tier of storage. Copy services – replicate locally or over long distance (for more detail on this see next slide) Use multiple tiers of storage on either end and mix match as you see fit Flashsnap feature – point-in-time copies whether file system checkpoints of full volume copies – support snapshots that can be sent to different array If you have high end EMC symmetric for premium applications– keep using them For space-optimized or full volume snaps for backup/recovery – put it on clarion – costs ½ price Sf supports multiple arrays and multiple sources and target for local and remote copies Tier 2 Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 2 Application  tier One time mapping Static Information  tier Real time mapping Policy driven Unobtrusive Dynamic Copies  tier Any-to-any storage Local copies Remote DR copies Veritas Storage Foundation

Local Copy Services: FlashSnap
Non-disruptive to applications Storage hardware independent Point-In-Time Copies Storage Checkpoints Disk Group Split & Join Microsoft VSS certified Guided configuration wizards Off host processing Fast Mirror Resync Veritas Storage Foundation

Storage Foundation for Databases
PERFORMANCE QIO & Cached QIO Concurrent I/O Extensions for ODM /VxFS Storage Mapping Database DST SFMS FLEXIBILITY & MANAGEMENT file_A file_B PROTECTION & AVAILABILITY Storage Checkpoints Database FlashSnap SF RAC NetBackup Integration 10:00 10:45 x Off-Host Backup Rollback - SF for databases is a version of SF designed specifically for use with databases – Oracle, DB2, Sybase - It includes database-specific enhancements such as I/O accelerators, database recovery tools, support for tiered storage, and extensive online administrative capabilities provide the breadth and depth to manage large, mission-critical database environments. Highlights Improve database storage administration—Offer manageability benefits of a file system and automation of repetitive tasks Reduce database storage costs—Assign data to multiple tiers of storage based on predefined policies Facilitate off-host processing—Employ easy-to-use database clones to enable data analysis and backups Increase efficiency of database backup and recovery— Protect the database from logical errors by providing point-in-time copies Identify and remove I/O bottlenecks—Using storage mapping, map database objects down the storage hierarchy to the physical disks Enhance database performance—Utilize database accelerators and multiple physical paths to disks, for storage devices that support this Veritas Storage Foundation

Data Migration Veritas Storage Foundation

Heterogeneous Data Migrations
Portable Data Containers No tape or network migrations Migrate applications in seconds, not days Never move the data Unix, Linux, and processor agnostic Management Server integration IBM EMC Storage Array Migrations Centrally manage array migrations Heterogeneous Application dynamic Management Server integration Customer problem – they have multi-vendor server and storage environments- all hardware has a useful life and customers want to be choose hardware right for their environment (EMC will come in with an aggressive bid to replace the hardware but then custoer discovers that getting the information from an IBM to EMC isn’t always as easy as it should be) We make it easy. With SF, we can centrally manage, move all associated volumes from ibm to emc – unplug and take offline This is a seamless/dynamic process – the application doesn’t have to come down Users can standardize operations and choose appropriate server and storage hw Server Migrations SF has always given you the ability to do homogeneous data migrations (between like operating systems – solaris to solaris) Can now do heterogeneous data migrations with Portable Data Containers (for example: Solaris to Linux) Because SF runs on all your servers, you can move the data among operating systems Typically when you migrate, you have to do a tape-based recovery network file transfer – takes hours or days With PDC – you can make application available without ever making a copy of moving that information Unique because all other solutions require duplicate storage How PDC works: we have common way to write information to storage so when you want to migrate, you run a conversion command (cds)- it takes seconds to convert millions of files (SFMS will be able to coordinate – see everything is set to go) Storage migrations SF also gives the ability to do storage array migrations Lease return and upgrade application Creates the copy in real-time in the background and syncs two arrays Allows you to migrate arrays without significant interruption to the application. Creates a software infrastructure that will run across any server or storage hardware Insulates you from hardware lock-in Maintain a multi-vendor procurement strategy and reduces CapEx costs Reduces operational costs through single toolset Storage Foundation Management Server integration will be released in the next version Veritas Storage Foundation

CommandCentral Storage Veritas Storage Foundation

CommandCentral Storage Solutions
STORAGE CAPACITY MANAGEMENT Reclaim Lost or Wasted Storage, Capacity Planning END TO END VISIBILITY Dynamic Mapping, Enable Tiered Storage CENTRALIZED HEALTH MONITORING Capacity Planning and Forecasting Globally discover how much storage you have today and what you will need in the future Reclaim lost or wasted storage Implement prudent purchasing practices based on current and historical data End-to-end Visibility Visibility across the data path from application to spindle - understand the infrastructure supporting the application Dynamically map data to the physical storage – insure data is on the appropriate tier to avoid connectivity and performance issues Centralized Health Monitoring Continuously monitor the storage environment – arrays, switches, HBAs, hosts, applications, etc. Monitor performance, connectivity, environmental stats and space conditions Alert based on customized policies Heterogeneous Storage Provisioning Active management across heterogeneous storage elements Consolidate the number of tools CCStorage leverage both industry standards (SMI-S, SNMP, GS3/4) as well as native API’s and CLI’s. This ensures your investment is protected today and tomorrow. Performance, Events, Policy Management HETEROGENEOUS STORAGE PROVISIONING End to End Active Management Veritas Storage Foundation

CommandCentral Storage
STORAGE CAPACITY MANAGEMENT Reclaim Lost or Wasted Storage, Capacity Planning END TO END VISIBILITY Dynamic Mapping, Enable Tiered Storage CENTRALIZED HEALTH MONITORING CommandCentral Storage provides end to end visibility of the data path. Performance, Events, Policy Management HETEROGENEOUS STORAGE PROVISIONING End to End Active Management Veritas Storage Foundation

LUN Device Lost LUN Host Free FS Space Screen shot 1 (and insert): Storage that is configured, but not claimed by a host Screen shot 2 (and insert): File System total capacity, capacity available and unused capacity Screen shot 3: File aging summary – Table 1 – by creation date, Table 2 – by last modified, Table 3 – by last accessed Veritas Storage Foundation

STORAGE CAPACITY MANAGEMENT Reclaim Lost or Wasted Storage, Capacity Planning END TO END VISIBILITY Dynamic Mapping, Enable Tiered Storage CENTRALIZED HEALTH MONITORING CommandCentral Storage provides end to end visibility of the data path. Performance, Events, Policy Management HETEROGENEOUS STORAGE PROVISIONING End to End Active Management Veritas Storage Foundation

Screen shot 1: Topology map – server to switch and storage arrays. Note: throughput of the path is included in this map. Screen shot 2: Object dependency group – CommandCentral Storage allows users to group applications to the logical and physical infrastructure supporting them Veritas Storage Foundation

STORAGE CAPACITY MANAGEMENT Reclaim Lost or Wasted Storage, Capacity Planning END TO END VISIBILITY Dynamic Mapping, Enable Tiered Storage CENTRALIZED HEALTH MONITORING CommandCentral Storage provides centralized health monitoring of the storage environment Performance, Events, Policy Management HETEROGENEOUS STORAGE PROVISIONING End to End Active Management Veritas Storage Foundation

Screen shot 1 – Global topology of the environment Screen shot 2 (small insert) – historical port throughput report – track over time Screen shot 3 – monitoring incidents Screen shot 4 – policy options page – set up policies for storage, switch, database, etc. Veritas Storage Foundation

STORAGE CAPACITY MANAGEMENT Reclaim Lost or Wasted Storage, Capacity Planning END TO END VISIBILITY Dynamic Mapping, Enable Tiered Storage CENTRALIZED HEALTH MONITORING CommandCentral Storage provides heterogeneous storage provisioning. Performance, Events, Policy Management HETEROGENEOUS STORAGE PROVISIONING End to End Active Management Veritas Storage Foundation

Screen shot 1 – available tools in CommandCentral Storage – i.e. LUN Builder, Storage Provisioning, Host Editor, Fabric Builder, etc. Screen shot 2 – storage provisioning wizard example Veritas Storage Foundation

Symantec Data Center Foundation
Databases Middleware Applications Symantec Data Center Foundation Veritas NetBackup Veritas Storage Foundation Veritas Server Foundation Veritas APM Symantec is offering the Data Center Foundation - introduced at the Vision User Conference in May 2006 This is a strategy not a product – the strategy encompasses 4 key pillars that we discussed earlier (data protection/storage management/server management and application performance) Symantec offers solutions for each of these areas Data Protection – NetBackup Storage Management – Storage Foundation Server Management – Server Foundation (Veritas Cluster Server/Provisioning Manager/Configuration Manager) Application Performance Management – i3 The focus of today is on Storage Management with Veritas Storage Foundation. Here you can quickly touch on Server Foundation and VCS – as there is a version of SF – SF-HA – that bundles both SF and VCS. Server Foundation – protect servers from storage and application management perspective; works with windows, unix and linux Veritas Cluster Server (‘VCS’) provides way to protect applications regardless of o/s (VCS is application aware – we have done the dirty work to understand applications or databases and have written all agents to make sure we’re monitoring the appropriate application service groups – to maximize uptime); including awareness of controller-based replication (i.e. Trucopy on 9900) VCS supports very large clusters – up to 32 nodes – to gain efficiency of mixing different hardware types (low end/high end starfire) - with the cluster management console, you can centrally manage from one pane of glass VCS has a new feature called Firedrill which give customer the ability to test their Disaster Recovery configurations without having to take applications offline. Many customers struggle with finding the time to actually test their DR configurations. These configurations are only as good as it’s ability to actually work. If you can’t test it when you make a server/storage change, you’re running a risk. Firedrill allows users to test DR configurations without testing; start app on target DR (use SF and Flashsnap to take a space optimized snapshot of data – simulate failover to target site to make sure that the test works – and do it without impacting how app running is on primary site) – we work within solaris zones and in vmware environment Network Storage Servers Virtual Machines Veritas Storage Foundation

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