Data Protection for VMware and Application Data in Mission Critical Environments

Before being able to perform a Zero Downtime Backup and Instant Recovery, a series of configuration
settings are required. Though these configuration steps will not be discussed in detailed in this paper,
an overview of the required steps is shown below:
• Configure supported Command View EVA management stations
• Configure SMI-S on the command view EVA management stations
• Obtain and install, BC licenses for each EVA in the configuration
• Obtain and install, CA EVA licenses for each EVA in the configuration
• Ensure SAN is properly configured to enable EVA Continuous Access
• Install and configure the virtual machine
– The virtual machine configuration used for the Oracle Database is shown in table 4 above.
• Install and configure the Oracle Database
– For DB/IR, it is required to configure the database such way were the data files and control files
are created on separate LUNs on the EVA array.
• Install the following data protector components in the virtual machine:
– Disk agent
– User interface
– HP StorageWorks EVA SMI-S agent
– Oracle Integration package
Upon successfully completing these steps, a new backup specification for Zero Downtime Backup can
be created. From the HP Data Protector software manager GUI perform the following steps to create a
new Oracle backup specification:
• Select empty template
• Select as backup type: Snapshot backup with the sub-type HP StorageWorks EVA SMI-S
Figure 23: Backup type using EVA SMI-S Agent
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