HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array owner's guide (AE002-96029, October 2006)

Business continuity solutions

HP OpenView Data Protector

Backup and restore with HP OpenView Data Protector.

• Offers new levels of recovery with a service-driven management approach

• Enterprise-wide data protection

• Eliminate recovery windows with instant re covery, system disaster recovery, and

direct backup

HP StorageWorks Cluster Extension XP

HP Cluster Extension XP offers protection a gainst system downtime from a variety of

faults, failures, and disasters. It enables ﬂawlessintegrationofanHPXPdiskarray’s

remote mi

rroring capabilities with high-availability server clustering solutions, including

cluster

scoveringmetropolitandistancesandbasedonSUN,AIX,Linux,andMicrosoft

systems

(similar functionality exists for HP-UX servers with HP cluster software).

This extended-distance solution allows for more robust disaster recovery topologies as

well as automatic failover, failback, and redirection of mirrored pairs for fast recovery.

A host-based utility, HP Cluster Extension XP requires HP Continuous Access and HP

Conti

nuous Access Extension.

Key features and beneﬁts include:

• Automatic failover/failback disaster recovery solutions for Serviceguard for Linux,

Windows with Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS), Solaris with Veritas Cluster

Serv

er (VCS), and AIX with IBM’s HACMP cluster software

• Seamless integration of remote mirroring with server clusters

• A fully scripted turnkey solution for disaster recovery

• All

ows consolidated disaster recovery across heterogeneous server clusters

• Speeds recovery implementation

• Simpliﬁes automatic failover and failback; no user intervention is required

Software