Progressive designs an end to end messaging

solution for India's biggest PSU in gas

transmission and marketing.

One of the largest gas transmission companies in India, headquartered in North India wanted to have a Disaster Recovery Site to add redundancy to its existing IT infrastructure and maintain business continuity in case of a breakdown.

The petro-gas giant wanted to have a disaster recovery solution with a secured & robust system for transmitting digital information. Progressive came up with a solution that constitutes of high availability & security of information. The entire solution provided the end-to-end resolution for all their needs.

Progressive's solution consists of setting up a Disaster Recovery Site, which recovers all the existing operation from the Primary Datacenter – maintaining business continuity. The disaster recovery site will keep on replicating itself on real time basis with all the necessary information required to keep in sync with the primary site. So when in case the rollover occurs, the DR site should be capable of providing the exact replica of the actual environment.

The operation consists of financial transactions, user's mailbox with Exchange 2007 with more than 4000 users. The Exchange Mailbox Database with CCR will be replicated in the Disaster Recovery Site using the Exchange 2007 Standby Cluster Replication (SCR). With the help of this Exchange Mailbox will be replicated to DR site in real time from Standby node, which will take care of any site disaster issue.

The PSU chose to go with this solution as it was convinced of Progressive's technical expertise. As far as progressive was concerned, it was a very prestigious project as it involved one of India’s biggest PSUs.

A New End to End Solution

Delivering a DR Solution Delivering a DR Solution

The issue at hand

Challenge

Solution

Benefits

One of India's biggest petroleum & gas production companies wanted to setup a Disaster Recovery Site to support its existing IT infrastructure across various locations within India. The required recovery process needed to be an automated one with minimum time to restore the overall IT infrastructure, avoiding any downtime.

Progressive provided an integrated solution with the setting up of a Disaster Recovery Site to support their Primary Data Center site which is located at their headquarters. The solution included DR site with High Availability solution. This comprises 30 minutes Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and maximum 6 hours of Recovery Time Objective (RTO).

The solution delivers high availability, business continuity against any natural disaster. With an automated failover process, if any disaster happens and Primary Site goes down completely then DR Site automatically switch over in order to smooth functioning of operations.

Proficient Implementation Partner

The implementing & configuring part involved a few challenging tasks like - Configure Exchange 2007 Hub transport server and client access server on the servers in NLB at DR site for High-availability purposes. Also, Configure two Exchange 2007 mailbox server configured in Standby Cluster Replication at DR site for each CCR cluster at primary datacenter.

It also includes Recovering Microsoft Windows by running Windows Setup, restoring a Windows backup set, and then running Exchange 2007 in Disaster Recovery mode to retain Exchange configuration

DATA CENTER, NOIDA

Exchange 2007 CAS/HT Role NLB

BL460c

RMSServer

withInternal

CAWindows 2008

Domain Controller

Exchange 2007Edge Transport

Server 1

Firewall Router

Exchange 2007Edge Transport

Server 2

Exchange 2007 MailboxServer in Cluster 1

on External Storage

Internet Cloud

Exchange 2007SCR Target 1

Exchange 2007SCR Target 2

Exchange 2007Edge Transport

Server

Firewall

Router

Windows 2008ADC Exchange 2007 CAS

HT Role and HubServer nib

Exchange 2007 Standalone

Mailbox Role

BL 460c

OTHER OFFICES

JAIPUR

Exchange 2007 MailboxServer in CCR Cluster 2

on External Storage

Additional DomainController Windows 2008

INTERNAL NETWORK

ZM

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The Disaster Recovery SolutionCAS server for mailbox access

A consolidated cluster based Exchange helps in as a centralized domain controller for Emails

For redundancy & load sharing

for faster webmail & active sync.

Handle upto 3.5 TB of data, Archive mails & stores at centralized location

For content management and defined access levels for users on Emails, Documents etc.

Windows 2008 Server OS & Cluster Server

Exchange 2007 servers (Two)

Dedicated CAS server

Symantec Enterprise Vault 8.0

Windows 2008 Active Directory Rights Management Services

High Levels of Service

Redundancy with Peace of mind

About Progressive

Progressive worked closely with the client to provide training and support to ensure that the setup & configuration part will be executed without any glitches. Progressive also ensured that everything was consigned before the final wave off.

With this DR solution, the client got peace of mind with a robust replica of the primary site and which has equal capabilities to perform all desired operations when the main site goes offline - keeping the business up & running. This has added more redundancy to their existing IT infrastructure & also in a very cost effective way.

Progressive Infotech (Progressive) is a leading independent provider of IT Infrastructure Services encompassing Integration and Management of IT Infrastructure, through its robust world class delivery processes to varied corporations of high repute. With an Integrated Quality Management system that comprises ISO 9001:2008, ISO 20000-1:2005 as well as ISO 27001:2005 standards, Progressive has redefined the way IT Infrastructure management is being practiced across the globe.

The DR site added the suppleness & robustness to existing IT infrastructure at primary site, keeping all business operations up & running - Ensuring High Availability & Business Continuity.

-Solution Consultant, Progressive

Progressive Infotech Pvt LtdC-161, Phase - II Extension, Noida - 201305Phone: +91 - 120 - 4393939Fax: +91 - 120 - 4393922

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