the building block for business continuity & disaster recovery
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THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR BUSINESS CONTINUITY & DISASTER RECOVERY
Derrick Smith [email protected](248) 426-0200 Ext. 334
Randy Wittner, Senior IBM Systems Engineer• Established Business Continuity Environment • Mission Critical IBM Midrange Environment
Derrick Smith, Datanational Corporation• Solution Advisor – Business Continuity Team• HA/DR Solution Design
GREETINGS & INTRODUCTIONS
WEBINAR INFORMATION
• Please use the Question Text box to submit your questions
• 45 Minutes Long
• Q/A Discussion
All Attendees will be provided with a sample Disaster Recovery Environmental Assessment Form.
Identify Which Business Processes are Critical to Keep Your Organization Operational
• Rank the Applications based on Internal SLA• Evaluate Customer/Supplier SLAs – Rank Accordingly
Document the Costs of Not Meeting SLAs• Penalties & Fees• Loss of Revenue• Future Opportunities
FIRST STEPS GETTING STARTED
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AAA LIFE’S STRATEGY
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Focus on the Areas that Drive Revenue• Supporting the Business Needs• IT Works Closely with the Business
IBM i Environment – Most Critical• Agent Applications• Printer Cloud• Other Supporting Systems
Midnight 11:59 pm
Failure
3:00 pm
• A failure occurs at 3pm
• How old is my data?
• Did the backups run correctly?
This is your Recovery Point
RPORecovery Point Objective
RTORecovery Time Objective
15 hours?
39 hours?
• How Long until I fix the problem?
• How long until I can restore from tape?
• How long until users are back on?
This is your Recovery Time
MidnightThe day before
Recovery Point + Recovery Time = your REAL downtime
RPO vs RTODETERMINE RPO & RTO REQUIREMENTS
Unplanned Downtime80% of unplanned downtime is due to people & process problems
Natural Disasters
Hardware Failures
UNDERSTANDING DOWNTIME & AVAILABILITY
Planned DowntimeRoutine Maintenance to databases, applications, or systems
Operating System Upgrades
AAA LIFE – FOCUS ON DOWNTIME
Focused on Natural Disaster• Existing Data Center had Limitations• Fire Protection was a Concern
Licensing for High Availability Environment• Temporary Licensing vs Permanent• AAA Life’s Approach
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Know your downtime costs per hour, day,
week, etc.
Other ExpensesTemporary Employees,
Equipment rental, overtime costs, extra shipping costs, travel expenses,
legal obligations
FINANCIAL IMPACT – COST OF DOWNTIME
Financial Performance• Revenue Recognition• Cash Flow• Lost Discounts (A/P)• Payment Guarantees• Stock Price
Revenue• Direct Loss• Compensatory Payments• Lost Future Revenue• Billing Losses
Damaged Reputation• Customers• Suppliers• Financial Markets• Banks• Business Partners
Productivity# of employees affected X hours out times X burdened hourly rates
Shrinking Backup WindowsE-business and supply chain processes put significant pressure on backup windows.
Global Systems & ComputingAccess to critical data from anywhere in the world improves collaboration and enables faster, more informed decisions. Such dependence requires continuous access to information and applications; therefore the impact of downtime will be enormous.
Considering Server ConsolidationServer, storage, and data center consolidation projects drive down IT and application costs, but with fewer points of failure a consolidated environment poses a greater downtime risk.
SIGNS THAT DOWNTIME MAY BE A THREAT
AAA LIFE’S THREATS
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Shrinking Backup Window• Moved System Backups to HA Target System• EVault Infrastructure
E-Business Application Requirements – 24x7 Up-Time• AAA Life Agents• Customer-based Applications
MATCHING REQUIREMENTS WITH SOLUTIONS
TAPE
SAN TO SANREPLICATION
NEW CLOUDVENDORS
DE-DUPLICATIONAPPLIANCES
STORAGECLOUDS
AAA LIFE – SOLUTION COMPONENTS
HA – Real-time Replication for Critical Applications• Remote Journaling for IBM i (iTera HA)• EVault Backups on Target Side for IBM i
Off-Site Disaster Recovery Services• RTO – 24 hours • Restore from Disk to Disk Backup
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5 GUIDELINES FOR DISASTER RECOVERY SUCCESS