vContinuum - Simplified Backup and Replication for VMware
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Contents
Solution Overview InMage Scout’s Unique Value Proposition
vContinuum Overview
Product Requirements
Protection Process
How Does it Work?
Product Walk-through
Contact Information
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Unique Value Proposition The only single/integrated software solution, based on continuous data protection, that solves 5 critical challenges:
1. Disaster Recovery
2. Local Continuous Backup & Recovery
3. Application Availability with Consistency
4. Remote Office Backup & Consolidation
5. WAN Optimization & SLA Monitoring
Performance !
Block & File Host Off-‐Load WAN Optimization
Virtualization!
VMware Citrix Xen Hyper-‐V
Enterprise Scalability !
Windows/Linux/Unix Data & Applications SaaS & Cloud Enabled
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vContinuum Overview – Simplified Backup and Replication for VMware
Backup quickly, reliably and continuously with absolutely NO backup
windows
Accomplish push button failover to remote sites with near zero data loss
for disaster recovery
Leverage scalable host-offload architecture with very low I/O impact on
production VMs
Enable instantaneous application consistent and granular recoveries to
meet stringent recovery time objectives
Minimize target storage requirements through sparse retention and
capacity optimizations
Achieve a simple consistent approach to protect virtual and physical
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Product Requirements What is needed?
VMware Portion- ESX vSphere Source Server
VM Guests to protect and replicate
ESX vSphere Target Server
Disk Capacity Equal to Source for Seed Copy
Small disk footprint for CDP Rollback/Retention
InMage Portion-
Scout Software
Data Taps – Filter Driver which enables replication between source and target
Scout Server – Off-load appliance (some environment's can be virtual)
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Protection Process
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Discovery Protection Consistency
- Applications - Data - Volumes/LUNs
- Continuous Replication
- Block Level - Auto-Provision
- Vendor API (ex. VSS/RMAN) - Book-Mark - Reduce Manual Recovery
= Recovery/Failover Failback
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Product Architecture Local Site Remote Site
Remote recovery ESX server(s)
Replicate locally, remotely or both, split streams at the
appliance level
Local recovery ESX server
Data Taps
Production ESX Server(s)
Integrated with overall InMage protection Wizard Based Host Offload - ~1% on ESX Automatically discovers and replicates Failover/Failback individual VMs – VM granular Application Consistent Optionally Re-IP on failover Protect Arbitrary Applications
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Product Walk-through
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Scout Product Interface - Monitor Protection
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Work-flow driven, policy based protection
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Simple, failover/failback or DR Testing
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Simple, Wizard-based Protection and Recovery
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Profile change rates for capacity planning
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Contact Information
Contact [email protected]
Phone: 1.800.646.3617
Local : 1.408.200.3840
www.inmage.com