HP Insight Recovery Technical White Paper

8
F
eatures
Insight Recovery
1.0
provides
the following key features:
Insight Recovery
1.0
Feature
Description
Integrated with
HP SIM
Insight Re
covery is a
n optional
extension
to Insight Dynamics
–
VSE
.
Based on a graphical user i
nterface
The configuration and management of Insight Recovery is done
through a
graphical interface.
Configure
recovery site
using export/import
Once the configuration
of Insight Recovery is done at the
primary site
, an export/import facility allows for
simplified
and
accurate configuration of the
recovery site
.
Recover both physical and virtual servers
Insight Recovery can protect and
recover
logical server
s that are
e
ither physical servers or virtual machines.
Replicate
logical server
images via
established storage replication solutions
Insight Recovery leverages
Continuous Access
EVA
storage
replication
in synchronous mode
.
Initiate automated failover via ‘pushbutto
n’
Insight Recovery provides a failover function that is
initiated by
a
single
pushbutton, which
automates the steps associated with
failing over a set of workloads.
Site role reversal
Insight Recovery has functions to convert a
primary site
to a
recovery
site
, and vice versa.
Define start up order for
logical server
s
during
recovery
As part of Insi
ght Recovery’s configuration, an admin
can
specify the order in which servers
will be started
at the
recovery
site
during a
failover.
Ability to test recovery
logical server
s at
recovery site
Insight Recovery provides a
Maintenance Mode which allows
an admin
to
manually
test individual “r
ecovery
logical server
s
”
without doing a site failover.
Recovery
logical server
s exist at
the
recovery site
and normally are
only activated in the event of
a site failover.
Insight Recovery
1.0 Supported Hardware and Software
2
Component
Supported by Insight Recovery
1.0
Servers
(managed nodes)
Supports HP
Proliant BL servers for physical failover, and ProLiant
BL/ML/DL s
ervers for virtual machine failover
.
Protected
logical server
s
Up to 50
logical server
s
may be protected by Insight Recovery.
Storage
EVA storage
arrays
.
2
For more details, refer to the
Insight Recovery
1.0 Release Notes