performing sandboxed testing with platespin forge

Performing Sandboxed Testing with PlateSpin Forge®

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Technology Overview

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What is a Server Workload?

Server

Data

Applications

Operating System

A workload is the operating system, applications and data that reside on a physical server or virtual host.

Disaster Recovery


The Need for Protection

of enterprises have declared a disaster or experienced a major business disruption*Power Failure 42% - Natural Disaster 33% - IT Hardware Failure 31%

Of enterprises have indicated that improvingDisaster recovery capabilities was critical**Cost of Downtime 56% - Improving Mission Critical Availability 52% -

Requirement to Stay Online 24/7 48% - Increased Risk 44%

76%

87%

*April 3, 2008 – Building The Business Case for Disaster Recovery Spending – Forrester**June 5, 2008 – The Forrester Wave: Disaster Recovery Services Providers, Q2 2008 – Forrester

Traditional Approaches


How to Be Protected

DR by Duplication

DR by Back-up


DR by Duplication

• Focus is on protecting application– Local cluster– Duplicate hot site

• High performance, but at what price?– Near zero RTO, RPO

• High cost– Duplicate infrastructure– Cost x2


DR by Back-up

• Focus is on protecting data– Tape back-up– Imaging

• Poor performance– Slow RTO, RPO (days)

• Cost effective, but at what price?– How do we get the data back in to a useable state?– How long to rebuild the server?


Cost/Performance Creates a Gap

DR byDuplication

DR byBack-up

Very High Cost

Duplicate Infrastructure

Near-zero Recovery is Crucial

Server/Application Protection

Low Cost

Tape Back-up or Imaging

Recovery in Days is Tolerable

Data Protection

Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 4 Tier 3 Tier 5

The Solution


Consolidated RecoveryLeveraging Virtual Infrastructure for Protection of Physical servers

Solution– Inventory and monitor to

plan recovery environment– Live replication of workload

into an off-line virtual machine– One click test restore and failover

Benefits– Drastically reduce TCO and

RTO while achieving whole workload protection

– Improving RPO through incremental synchronization

– Simplify testing with bootable backups

Physical ProductionServers

Virtual Recovery Hosts


Cost Performance

Risk

ConsolidatedDisasterRecovery

Reduce recoverytime from days

to minutes

Test recovery plansto ensure you're prepared

Protects moreserver for less

PlateSpin® Solves 3 Challenges


Protection Candidates

Protection for middle tier servers

99.99% or better(less than 1 hour per year)

97%-99.99%(between 1 hour and 11 days per year)

97% or worse(11 days per year)

cost

Workload Protection with PlateSpin Forge®


Run Replication

PlateSpin Forge® Workload Protection:A 4-Step Process

Prepare Replication

Configure Protection

Add Workload

Step 1: Add Workload



Adding a Workload:• User connects to

PlateSpin Forge®

• User executes “Add Workload” command

• Forge connects to the primary workload using WMI and remote registry queries and obtains inventory information

• The primary workload information is compiled by Forge and stored in its SQL database

PrimaryWorkloadForge User

Forge Server

HTTPS

Add Workload

WMI/Remote Registry



• Click on ‘Add Workload’ button from Forge Dashboard or Workload Page

• Enter Local Admin or Domain Admin credentials and click ‘Submit’• WMI must be enabled and running on the source


• PlateSpin Forge® will validate the provided credentials against the Primary Workload




• The Add Workload screen will redirect you to the main Workloads Page and the ‘Adding Workload’ status will be displayed

• Clicking on the workload name will display a progress bar ofthe job

Step 2: Configure Protection



Configure Protection:• User executes “Configure Protection” command• Workload Protection Details page appear and filled by the user• Clicking on Save will assign the protection settings to the primary

workload object in the Forge database


Step 2: Configure ProtectionTier Settings• In this section, configure the workload protection schedule for incremental

replications and define the workload failure detection interval settings• Either select from existing tiers (Hourly, Nightly, or Weekly),

user-created Tiers or create a one-time tier by selecting Custom• Tiers can be changed at any time


Step 2: Configure ProtectionReplication Settings

• In this section, select the transfer method, the network to use for replication, and which volumes to copy


Step 2: Configure ProtectionReplication Settings – Transfer Methods

• PlateSpin Forge® provides three live transfer methods for replicating workloads:

– File based– Snapshot based (VSS)– Block based


Step 2: Configure ProtectionSource Credentials

• This section prompts for administrative credentials for the Primary Workload


Step 2: Configure ProtectionReplication Settings – Replication Network

• In this section, configure the network settings which will be used during replication


Step 2: Configure ProtectionReplication Settings – Protected Volumes

• In this section, select which volumes on the Primary Workload should be protected

• System Volume cannot be unchecked

• The Non-Volume Partition section displays allnon-volume partitions detected on the workload. For example, vendor partitions


Step 2: Configure ProtectionReplication Settings – Services to Stop During Replication• This section allows one to define which services to

stop on the Primary Workload during the replication


Step 2: Configure ProtectionFailover Settings• In the Failover Settings section users define the

configuration of the Recovery Workload during a Failover


Step 2: Configure ProtectionFailover Settings – Target Services

• In this section, specify the virtual network the Recovery Workload will use during the Prepare for Failover stage


Step 2: Configure ProtectionTest Failover Settings

• Test Failover Settings define which settings the recovery workload will use during a ‘Test Failover’ job



• Three commands are available at the bottom of the Workload Configuration page

• Once the workload protection settings have been saved, an overview screen will be displayed with three actionable workload commands

• To change the protection settings scroll up and click on Edit

Step 3: Prepare Replication



Prepare Replication:

• User executes “Prepare Replication” command

• A PlateSpin® Controller is deployed to the Primary Workload

• PlateSpin Replication software is deployed to the Primary Workload

• The Recovery Workload shell is built and stored on the PlateSpin Forge® Appliance


Forge Server

HTTPS

Prepare Replication



• To start the preparation, click on Prepare Replication and Execute in the Command Confirmation screen

• The WUI will switch tothe Workloads Pagedisplaying “PreparingReplication” under theReplication Status column

Prepare Replication

Step 4: Run Replication



Run Replication:

• User executes “Run Replication” command

• The Recovery Workload boots and a local controller is created

• Data replication between the Primary Workload and the Recovery Workload is initiated. Both controllers report the replication metrics (transfer speed, total files, etc.) to the Forge Management VM Primary

WorkloadForge User

Forge Server

HTTPS

Run Replication



• To start the replication, click on Run Replication and Execute in the Command Confirmation screen

Upon executing the command the WUIwill switch to the main Workloads pagedisplaying “Running First Replication”under Replication Status column

Sandboxed Testing – Test Failover


Test Failover

Test Failover Process:• User executes

“Test Failover” command• PlateSpin Forge® boots and

configures the Recovery workload and connects it to the internal test network

• User connects to the workload using VMware Virtual Infrastructure client and validates the workload functionality

• User marks the test result and shuts down the Recovery Workload

• PlateSpin Forge restores the recovery workload to its last “known good state”


Forge Server

HTTPS

Test Failover


Test Failover

Test Failover

• Clicking on theworkload name willdisplay the jobprogress indicator

• Email is sent when theworkloadis ready forinspection


Test Failover


Test Failover – Reporting

• Current Protection Status report provides a comprehensive view of workloads’ failover test

Where Forge Fits


Novell® Identity Manager

Novell® Access Manager

Novell® Roles Based Provisioning Module

Novell® Access Governance Suite

Novell Privileged User Manager

Novell® SecureLogin®

Novell® Cloud Security Service

How Novell® Delivers Intelligent Workload Management

Build Secure Manage MeasureSUSE® Linux Enterprise Server

SUSE Studio

SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS

ZENworks® Configuration Management

SUSE Appliance Toolkit

Novell® Workshop

Novell® Business Service Manager

Novell® Business Service Level Manager™

Novell® Business Experience Manager™

Novell® myCMDB™

Novell® Sentinel™

Novell® Sentinel™ Log Manager

Novell Compliance Automation

PlateSpin® Migrate

PlateSpin® Orchestrate

ZENworks® Configuration Management

PlateSpin® Recon

PlateSpin® Protect

PlateSpin Forge®

PlateSpin® “Atlantic”

PlateSpin® “BlueStar”

ZENworks® “Workbench”

* Available by end of 2010

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