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ThiscourseprovidesparticipantswithanintroductiontotheEMCDataProtectionAdvisorproductversion6.0,includingpositioning,architectureandtechnicalinformation.ThecoursealsocovershowdatagatheringworksinDPA.
ThiscourseisintendedforeveryonewhoneedsintroductoryinformationontheEMCDataProtectionAdvisorproduct.
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This moduleprovidesanoverviewofDataProtectionAdvisor,
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Therearemanychallengesintodaysbackupandrecoveryenvironmentsnomatterwhichbackupproductisinuse.First,unprecedenteddatagrowthisovertaxingtraditionaldataprotectionapproachesandtechnologies,leadingtoincreaseduncertaintyaboutprotectionstatus.Second,multipleprotectionmethodsleadstodatasilos.Whetheritsdifferenttypesofreplicationormultiplebackupapplicationsorboththiscreatessilosthatmakeitdifficulttoknowwhatisprotectedandifitsproperlyprotected.Lastly,therestheshiftfromphysicaltovirtualserverinfrastructure.Theprocessesandtechnologiesthatworkedwellinaphysicalenvironmentmaynotbethemosteffectiveinavirtualone.Thisallleadstoincreasingchallengesanduncertaintyforprotectingbusinesscriticaldata,aswellasaddedcostandcomplexity.
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Letstakeadeeperlooktoseewhatscontributingtosomeofthesechallenges.First,therearedatasilosthatresultfromhavingmultiplewaystoprotectdata.Sincetheresnosingleview,itleadstoalackofvisibilityintotheoverallprotectionenvironment.Thisleadstoalotofinefficientmanualefforttocollectandunifythisdata,byreviewinglogfilesandthentryingtodoanalysisthroughspreadsheets.Alternatively,companiesturntoscripting,whichisexpensive,timeconsuming,andneverthoroughenoughtocoverallelementsintheenvironment.Andforthemostcriticaldataprotectedbyreplication,companiesoftenresorttoreplicationdisasterrecoverytesting.Thisisatimeconsumingandexpensivemanualprocess.Assuch,itgenerallyonlyhappenstwiceayearasanallhandsondeckexercise.Intodaysdynamic,everchangingenvironment,theresjusttoomuchchangehappeningtomakethiseffective.Inmanycases,administratorshavelittleornotimetovalidatetherecoverabilityoftheirdata,whichisevenworse.Whichleads,intheend,torecoveryuncertainty.Isyourdatarecoverableattheapplicationlevel?Canyoumeetyourauditrequirementsfordataprotection?
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Wediscussedatypicaldataprotectionenvironmentandintroducedtheconceptofdataprotectionmanagement,whichistheprocessofmanagingalltheassetsandsoftwareinvolvedinprotectingacompanyscriticalassets.Somebusinesseshandlethismanuallytodayatgreateffortandriskwhileothershaveautomatedtheeffortandarereapingtherewards.DataProtectionAdvisorisadataprotectionmanagementofferingthatmovescompaniesoutoftheredstovepiped/manualeffortareaintothegreenareawithdataprotectionmanagementthatisfullyautomatedwithasingleviewanddrivesanenvironmentthatsefficient,riskmanaged,andsimplified.Whereareyouonthisspectrumtoday?
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AccordingtoanESGsurvey,organizationsusedataprotectionmanagementsoftwareformanyreasons.Reasonsmostfrequentlyidentifiedincluded:
Supportingcomplianceandauditrequirements,andcapacityplanningandtrending,whichwasrecognizedbyapproximatelyhalfofthesurveyrespondents
Assessingsuccessandfailureofbackupandrecoveryjobs
Identifyinggapsindataprotectionprocesses,and
Managingtotalcostofownership
Thebottomlineisthatbusinessesneedtoknowthattheircriticalapplicationdataisprotected,thattheycanproveitsprotected,andthatifthereareissuestheycanfindthemandfixthemquickly.
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DPAprovidesasingleviewoftheentireinfrastructurethroughdatadiscovery,analysis,andreportingthatleveragesthisdataforkeybackupmanagementfunctions.DPAincorporatesbackupsolutions,replicationtechnologies,virtualenvironments,tape/VTLstorage,SANandNASsystems,andthebusinessapplicationsprotectedbytheinfrastructure.AkeycomponentofDPAistheproactiveanalysisengine,whichalongwithitspowerfulcentraldatastoredrivesthesolutionsmonitoring,alerting,troubleshooting,optimization,capacityplanning,andreportingcapabilities.Theproactiveanalysisengineconstantlymonitorsincomingdataagainstavarietyofrules,lookingforfailures,thresholdexceptions,anddevelopingconditions.Theanalysisenginecanlookforafailureonacriticalhost,repeatedfailures,growthofabackupthatwillexceedthebackupwindow,missedSLAs,andresourceutilizationthresholds.Itcanalsomonitorreplicationenvironmentsforgapsinpolicyorconfigurationthatwillcausearecoverytofail.Astandardrulesetcanbeusedorcustomizedtosuityourrequirements,andcanmonitoranyoftheresourcesorpoliciesthatDPAsupports.DPAtransformsvolumesofdisparatedataintoactionablebusinessinformationthatallowscompaniestolowercoststhroughtheimproveduseoftheirinfrastructure,avoidingunnecessarypurchasesandreducingmanualeffort;improvescomplianceandlowersriskthroughbettervisibilityandassurancethatcriticaldataisprotected;andreducescomplexitywithasingleconsoletoprovideanintegrated,automatedview.Therulesandanalysisengineismademorepowerfulbyacentraldatastorethatscalestosupportenvironmentswithtensofthousandsofclients.Thisdatastorestoresdatafromallofthedisparatecomponents,backupapplications,andreplicationtechnologies.Itenablestheanalysisenginetomonitoracrossmultiplecomponents,devices,domains,andlocations,speedingaccesstothedatawithouttheneedforaccesstomanydifferentsystems.Becausethedatastorecollectsdatafrommultipleresources,itenablestheanalysisenginetocorrelateactivitiesfrommultipledomainsprovidingvisibilityandinsighttoaddresspreviouslyunseenbarriers,developingproblems,andassetsthatareunderutilized.Thiscrossenvironmentvisibilityenablesbothserviceprovidersandenduserstomonitorthehealthoftheinfrastructure.WithDPA,serviceproviderscanconstantlymonitortheirentireinfrastructuretoensureservicelevelsforeachtenantarebeingmet,infrastructureisoptimallyutilized,theyhavesufficientcapacitybasedongrowthexpectations,etc.And,withDPA,serviceproviderscanofferdataprotectionasaserviceandputtheirtenantsdirectlyincontrol.CustomerstypicallyseepaybackfromusingDataProtectionAdvisorin12monthsorlesswithongoingtotalcostofownershipbenefits.
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WithDataProtectionAdvisor,youalwaysknowyoucanrecovertoyourservicelevels,removinguncertaintyandmitigatingrisk.Youareabletoconsolidatealloperationalbackupandreplicationinformationintoasingledatastorewithaccessfromasingleconsole.Withthisfoundation,youareabletofindandanticipateproblemsaffectingrecoverythroughapowerfulanalysisengine
andensureactionistaken.Andyouareabletoproveitwithinstantrecoverabilityandservicelevelstatusaswellasreports,availableataclickofabutton.
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StreamlineddiscoveryofthedataprotectionenvironmentthroughwizardsandcentralizedconfigurationcontrolssavescustomerssignificanttimewhenimplementingDataProtectionAdvisor.Thisiskeyforspeedingcustomerstowardprotectingtheirenvironment.CustomerscanselfinstallDPAandstartprotectingtheirenvironmentinjustacoupleofhours.AndDPAprovidesacomprehensive,360degreeviewofthedataprotectionenvironment,includingphysicalandvirtualizedservers,applications,deduplication,backupsoftware,replication,NAS/SAN,andtape/VTL.AprimarycapabilityofDPAisitsabilitytomeasureandprovedataprotection.DPAsnewuserinterfaceandstreamlinednavigationenablesrapidaccesstothisvitalbusinessinformation.DPAsdashboardsandcomprehensivelistofreportsareavailabletoITadministrators,serviceprovidersandstakeholders.Allhavetheabilitytoquicklysearchonakeywordtoidentifythereportorreportstheyarelookingfor,aswellastoperformacategoricalsearchbasedontheinfrastructurecomponentstheywishtoreporton.DPAprovidescustomizableviewsbasedonaccessprivilegesorpreferences.Thisincludesdashboardviewlet
selection,layout,etc.Viewingthemostimportant,yetenvironmentwide,informationononescreenenablesbetteroperationaldecisionsbasedonthebroaddataset.
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Effectivelymanagingdataprotectionenvironmentsislaborintensiveandcomplex.Itrequiresknowledgeofthebackupapplications,replicationtechnologies,andtheentiresupportinginfrastructure.Addingtothecomplexity,therearevaryingservicelevelagreementsforbackupandrecovery,replication,andvirtualization,aswellasauditandcompliancerequirementstoconsider.And,withmanyITorganizationshavingmultipledatacenters,combinedwithnewhybridcomputingmodels,dataisoftenspreadacrossamixofprivateandpubliccloudresources,whichincreasesthedifficultyinseeingandmanagingdatawhereveritmayreside.WithDataProtectionAdvisorsautomatedmonitoring,analysis,andreportingacrossyourbackupandrecoveryinfrastructure,replicationtechnologies,fileservers,andvirtualenvironment,customerscanmoreeffectivelymanageSLAswhilereducingcostsandcomplexity.DPAenablessingleclickverificationofserviceslevels,andempowersapplicationownersandmanagementtoverifycompliance.Asmentionedearlier,withDPA,serviceproviderscanmonitortheirentireinfrastructuretoensureservicelevelsforeachtenantarebeingmet,infrastructureisoptimized,tenantshavesufficientcapacityforgrowth,etc.Thesesameserviceproviderscanofferdataprotectionasaserviceandputtheirtenantsdirectlyincontrol.Customerscanseeexactlywhat'sbeingdone,andhowprotectedtheyare.Bothserviceprovidersandcustomershavedetailedviewsintoprotectionalertsandresolutions.
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DataProtectionAdvisorsenhancedanalysisenginedrivesservicespredictabilitybyprovidingrealtimeanalytics.Asmentionedpreviously,DPAsanalysisengineevaluatesenvironmenteventsastheyoccur,resultinginimmediateandautomatednotificationofpolicyviolationssuchasbackupsfallingoutsideofassignedwindows,missedservicelevels,etc.DPAsanalysisenginelooksacrosstheentireenvironment,providingendtoendvisibility,aswellasenablingunified,crossdomaincorrelationanalysisthatprovideshigherleveldecisionsupportbasedondefinedpolicies.WithDPA,businessdecisionscanbebasedonallthefactorsbothexistingandthosedevelopingwithintheenvironment,sothatadministratorscanevaluatethebestmoveaccordingtoallenvironmentcharacteristics,ratherthansilobasedfactors.And,sinceDPAlooksacrosstheentiredataprotectionenvironment,theanalysisenginecanidentifytrends,suchascapacitygrowth,andenableadministratorstoplanfutureprotectioncosts.
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VisibilityiscrucialtoprotectingdataindynamicvirtualizedenvironmentsandensuringcompliancewithSLAs.Becausevirtualmachinescanbecreated,moved,orremovedonthefly,itisaconstantchallengetounderstandwhereaspecificsystemmaybelocatedatanyparticulartime,whatmightbyimpactingperformance,orifthesystemisprotected.Thismeansthatsystemsmaybeunavailableordatamightnotbeprotected,withoutadministratorsbeingaware.DataProtectionAdvisorsintegrationwithVMwareenablesthetrackingofperformance,resourceconsumption,dataprotection,andconflictingbackupjobschedules,aswellasmovementofhostimagesbetweenVMwaresystems.DataProtectionAdvisortracksvirtualdatamovementwithassignedprotectionpoliciesforbothbackupandreplicationtoprovideconfidencethatvirtualizedmissioncriticalapplicationsareprotected.UsingVMwaresupportprovidesacomprehensiveunderstandingoftheprotectionofvirtualenvironments,ensuringthemostfromyourinvestment.DataProtectionAdvisorautomaticallynotifiesadministratorsofunprotectedvirtualmachinesbydiscoveringthevirtualizedenvironmentandreportingonnewsystemsthatmayyettohaveitsapplicationsanddataprotected.
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DataProtectionAdvisor6.0istrulybuiltatcloudscale,withdistributedarchitectureofferingmultitenantdataprotectionmanagementandsignificantcostreductionbysupportingthousandsoftenantsonasingleDPAinstancewithoutperformancedegradation.Enterpriselevelscalabilityandhighavailabilityensurequalityofservicebyenablingadministratorstomaintainperformancebynondisruptively
addingnewnodesintorunningclustersortopartitionresourcesbasedoncustomerscalerequirements.DataProtectionAdvisoralsocombineschargebackorshowbackreportingforbackupandreplicateddata.
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AprimarycapabilityofEMCDataProtectionAdvisorisitsabilitytomeasureandprovedataprotection.DPAsnewuserinterfaceandstreamlinednavigationenablesrapidaccesstothisvitalbusinessinformation.DataProtectionAdvisorsdashboardsandcomprehensivelistofreportsareavailabletoITadministrators,serviceproviders,andstakeholders.Allhavetheabilitytoquicklysearchonakeywordtoidentifythereportorreportstheyarelookingfor,aswellastoperformacategoricalsearchbasedontheinfrastructurecomponentstheywishtoreporton.DPAprovidescustomizableviewsbasedonaccessprivilegesorpreferences.Thisincludesdashboardviewlet
selection,layout,etc.Viewingthemostimportant,yetenvironmentwide,informationononescreenenablesbetteroperationaldecisionsbasedonthebroaddataset.
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ThismodulecoveredanoverviewofDPAfeaturesandfunctions.
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Thismodulecoversthearchitecture,componentsandterminologyofDPA6.0.
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ThearchitectureofDPAstillconsistsofthethreemaincomponents:ApplicationServer,Datastore,andDataCollectionAgent.BuiltuponstandardJBoss
ApplicationServertechnology,theDPAServerisaunifiedApplicationServerthatreplacesseparateservicesfoundinpreviousversionsofDPA,namelyController,Reporter,Listener,PublisherandAnalysisEngine.ThesearenowfunctionsperformedbytheunifiedApplicationServer.TheDPAdatabase,embeddedintheproduct,isasingledatastore
thatconsolidatesthethreedatabasesofprioreditions,namelyConfig,Datamine,andIlluminator.ThisconsolidationallowsnotonlyforatighterintegrationbetweenDPAsbackupandreplicationtechnologies,butalsoforbetterperformanceandsupportability.TheData
CollectionAgentcomponent
istheprocessthatgathersdatafromanapplicationordevice.An
AgentisautomaticallyinstalledonboththeDPAApplicationServerand
DPADatastorewhenyouinstallthosecomponents.DPA6supportsbothnewDPA6agentsandoldDPA5.5+collectors.TheagentssendthecollecteddataasXML.
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Inversion6.0,thearchitectureofDPAhaschanged.Theaccesslayeratthetopofthescreennowinvolvesaradicallydifferentwayinmechanism.TheapplicationtalkstotheDataCollectionAgent,theUI,andtheCLIviaaRESTful
APIonly,whichhasbecomethecommoninterfaceforexchanginginformation.Asmentionedbefore,theunifiedDPAApplicationServerreplacesseparateController,Reporter,Listener,PublisherandAnalysisEnginefrompreviousversionsofDPAandthosefunctionsrunasexecutableJavaprogramspackagedinJARfiles.DPA6.0includesahighperformancemessagebus,whichmanagesitsownpersistenceratherthanrelyingonadatabaseorthirdpartypersistenceengine.Themessagebususesanappendonlyjournalforthepersistenceofmessagesandtransactions,consistingofasetoffilesondiskthathavebeenprecreatedtoafixedsizeandinitiallyfilledwithpadding.Filesizeisconfiguredtofitonadiskcylinder,whichminimizesthenumberofdiskcylindersperfile,andsinceanentirediskcylinderisaccessiblebyonediskrotation,andmessagesaresimplyaddedtotheendofthejournal,diskheadmovementisminimized.Anotherjournalisopenedwhenthecurrentoneisfull,andJBoss
Messaginghasasophisticatedgarbagecollectionalgorithmthatremovesdeletedmessagesanddeterminesifaparticularjournalisneededanymore;ifnotthefileisreclaimedforreuse.
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ThefoundationoftheDPAServerisJBoss
AS(JavaBeanOpenSourceSoftwareApplicationServer),anopensourceJavaEEbasedapplicationserveroriginallydevelopedbyJBoss,nowadivisionofRedHat.JBoss
ASisarchitectedtobeseamlesslyembeddableinapplications,insuchawaythatitiscompletelycustomizabletotherequirementsoftheapplicationitself.JBoss
ASoffersenterpriseclassreliability,performance,scalabilityandhighavailability.
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TheDPA6.0ServercomeswithanewindustrystandardRESTAPIforaccesstotheDPAdatathroughstandardHTTP(S)/XMLprotocols.ThisinterfaceallowsforDPAintegrationwithotherEMCmanagementproductsviamashup
technology.DPA6.0alsousestheRESTAPItolaunchresponsestoeventsinitiatedbytheUI,theDataCollectionAgentortheCLI.ShownisasuccinctaccountofwhathappensafteraUIloginrequestisreceived.
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DPA6.0usesasingledatastore
insteadofthethreetraditionaldatastores
(Config,Datamine,andIlluminator).Thisdatastore
hasbeenbuiltonPostgreSQL
9.1technology.DuetoitsclosealignmentwiththeApplicationServer,thenewdatastore
allowsforbetterperformancebysupportinginstallationontheApplicationServeroronaseparatesystem.DPA6.0doesnotallow"root"executionofthePostgreSQL
server.Topreventpossiblesystemsecuritycompromise,theservercanbeaccessedonlybytheapollosuperuser,anunprivilegedOSuseraccountthatenjoysallPostgreSQL
rights.Thisrendersthedatastore
inaccessiblefordirectmanipulationbyusers,whomustinsteadusetheRESTAPItoextract,create,modifyanddeletedata.Thedatastore
islocatedinthe/opt/emc/dpa/services/datastore
subdirectory,whichcontainstwofolders:Data,fortheDPAApplicationServerdata,andEngine,forthePostgres
binaries.Thedatastore transactionlogsarelocatedinthepg_xlog
folderinsidedata.Forqueries,thedatastore
usesacachesizeof1024MB.Captureofstderr andcsvlog
isenabledandlogswiththeformatofdatastoreyearmonthdayhourminutesecond.logarewrittentothedatastore/dataspg_log
subdirectory.Logrotationsizeis250MBandautomaticrotationoflogfileswillhappenafteroneday.Thedatastore,whichsupportsamaximumof100simultaneousconnections(100preparedtransactions),listensbydefaultonlocalhost,althoughitcanalsolistenonanumberofaddressesprovidedasacommaseparatedlist.ItusesTCP/IPport9003.
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DPA6.0sAnalysisEngineiseventdriven.ItdetectschangesinanobjectsstateasdatastreamsinfromtheDPAAgent.Itiscapableofdoingthatbecauseitkeepsthestatusoftheobjectandassociatedrulesinmemory,whichallowsfortheevaluationofrulesuponrelevantchange.Eventdrivenarchitecture,orEDA,givesDPA6.0theabilitytoissuealertsinnearrealtime,enablingdataprotectionadministratorstomakepromptdecisions.TheAnalysisEnginesoperatesbasedonanalysispolicies.Ananalysispolicyisacollectionofoneormorerulesthatisassignedtoanobjectorgroup.Rulescontainthelogicforwhentoissueanalert.DPAcomparescollecteddatainthedatastore
totheconditionsintheruletotriggeralerts.EventbasedrulestriggeranalertinresponsetodatathatisstreamingintotheDPAserver.Schedulebaserulesperiodicallycheckwhethertoissueanalert.Alertscancontaindynamictextualinformationandmightincludepopulatedlinkstoreports.Onlyanalysispoliciescangeneratealerts.
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TheDPAServercanrunoneitherSolaris,Windows,orLinuxplatforms.TheDPAwebconsolerunsfromabrowser.TheEMCDataProtectionAdvisorSoftwareCompatibilityGuide
providesacomprehensivelistingofsystemrequirements.
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YoucanconfigureaAgenttomonitorcertaintypesofdataremotely.Whenperformingremotemonitoring,themachineonwhichtheAgentisrunningiscalledtheproxyserver.Togatherdata,theAgentusesaremoteprotocoltocommunicatewiththemachinefromwhichitiscollectingdata,thenforwardsthatinformationbacktotheDPAserverasshowninthediagramabove.Theremoteprotocoltypedependsonthetypeofdatathatisbeinggathered.NotallinformationcanbegatheredremotelyfromallapplicationsanddevicesthataresupportedbyDPA.Forcertaindevicestypes,suchasIPandFibre
Channelswitches,datamustalwaysbegatheredremotelyasitisimpossibletoinstallaAgentdirectlyonaswitch.AlldatacanbegatheredremotelyfromtheagentlocatedontheDPAserver,withtheexceptionofsystemperformanceinformationfromUNIXmachines.TogathersystemperformanceinformationfromUNIXhosts,theagentmustbeinstalledontothemachine.
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TheDPADataCollectionAgentrunsonSolaris,Windows,HPUX,AIX,andLinux.TheEMCDataProtectionAdvisorSoftwareCompatibilityGuide
providesacomprehensivelistingofsystemrequirements.
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ThismodulecoveredthearchitectureofDataProtectionAdvisor6.0.
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ThismoduleoutlinestheDataProtectionAdvisor6.0licensingoptionsandguidelines.
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Therearetwolicensableoptions.TheDataProtectionAdvisorforBackupoptionallowstheusertomonitorthebackupapplicationandalltheelementsofthebackupInfrastructureituses.Thisincludestheabilitytogathersystemperformancemetricsfrombackupservers,mediaservers/storagenodes,andbackupclients.Italsoincludestheabilitytomonitoranyphysicalorvirtualtapelibraries,IPswitches,andFibre
Channelswitchesintheenvironment.TheBackuplicensealsoprovidestheabilitytomonitordatabasesonthebackupclients,whichpreviouslywasaseparatelylicensedoption.WhenlicensedinVMwareenvironments,DataProtectionAdvisoridentifieswhichvirtualmachineswithintheESXserverarebeingbackedupandwhicharenot,aswellasbottlenecksinthephysicalinfrastructure.Additionally,thedetailscapturedbyDataProtectionAdvisorenablesactivitiessuchasperformancetuningofESXserversandadjustingbackupschedulestoreduceimpactonproductionservers.TheReplicationAnalysisoption
providescomprehensivemonitoringofEMCreplicationtechnologies,includingEMCRecoverPoint,SRDF,TimeFinder,MirrorView,andSnapViewenvironmentsonCLARiiON,VNX,Symmetrix
VMAX.InDPA6.0,nolicenseisrequiredforVNXfile,Celerra andCLARiiON
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DataProtectionAdvisorforbackuplicensingisavailablebytheNumberofbackupclientsandBackupcapacity.NotethatwithDPA6.0,DPAlicensingforAvamar
isbasedonthesamecapacityforwhichAvamarsoftwareislicensed,whichisthesumofprimarycapacity+capacitywrittentoDataDomainthroughAvamar.DataProtectionAdvisorforVMware
environmentsislicensedbyVMwareESXserver.DataProtectionAdvisorforReplicationAnalysisfollowsasimilarlicensingformatasthereplicationtechnologiesitsupports,andislicensedintwoways
perTBcapacitychargeforSymmetrix
andRecoverPoint,andperarraychargeforVNX.DataProtectionAdvisorReplicationAnalysisfunctionalityforVNXblockarraysisonlyavailablethroughtheVNXsoftwaresuitesApplicationProtection,TotalProtectionPack,andTotalEfficiencyPacksoftwareSuitesonVNXseriesarrays.CustomersreceiveDataProtectionAdvisorcapabilitiesfortheVNXarraystomonitorMirrorView,SnapView,andRecoverPoint
CDP/CRRthroughtheselicenses.
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DataProtectionAdvisorsupportsheterogeneousbackupenvironmentswithallmajorbackupapplications,tapelibraries,andbackuptodiskplatforms.NASFileServersupportisavailableforEMCCelerra
environments.ReplicationAnalysisisavailableforCLARiiON/VNXandSymmetrix/VMAXfamilystoragearraysusingnativearraybasedand/orRecoverPoint
technologiesreplicatingMicrosoftExchange,MicrosoftSQLServer,Oracle,andfilesystemsdatarunninginmultiplehostoperatingenvironments.RefertotheDataProtectionAdvisorCompatibilityGuideontheEMCOnlineSupportSiteformoredetails.
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ThismodulecoverstheDPA6.0WebConsole.
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TheDPAwebconsoleisabrowserbasedgraphicaluserinterfacethatallowsyoutomanage,monitor,analyze,providealerts,andreportsonthebackupandreplicationenvironments.OnceyoulogintotheDPAWebconsole,thedashboardislaunchedbydefaultandoccupiestheWebconsolewindow.OntheleftaretheprimarymenusoftheDPAServerandarearrangedverticallyontheWebconsolewindow.Therearesixprimarymenus:Dashboard,Advisor,Reports,Policies,InventoryandAdmin.AtthetopoftheWebconsolearethesecondarymenus,whichchangeinrelationtotheselectedprimarymenu.Asyouseeonthisslide,theselectedprimarynavigationisDashboardandthesecondarymenusatthetopshowdashboardcategories.Ifyouchangeyourprimarymenu,forexampletoreports,theoptionsinthesecondarymenuswillchangeaccordingly.AtthebottomoftheWebconsoleisthestatusbar.Thestatusbarshowsthealertsandthelogindetailsarealwaysvisibletotheuserregardlessoftheprimarymenu.
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TheDashboard
providesavisualrepresentationoftheenterprisewidesummaryofyourenvironment.Itoffersinformationataglance,enablingtheusertomakequickdecisions.TheAdvisorcontainsallthealertsDPAgeneratesandshowsexistingproblemsandpossiblesolutions.AdvisoralsocontainstheReplicationAnalysisarea,whichcanvisuallydepicttheapplicationhosttostoragemappingandreplicationstatus.TheReportsmenuisforrunningandschedulingthereportsandcreatingthecustomreports.ThePoliciesmenuistheplaceinDPAtocreateandapplythepoliciestotheobjects.Basedonthedefinedpolicies,DPAgeneratesthealerts.TheInventorymenuisusedtodiscovertheobjects.TheDiscoveryWizardispartofit.TheAdmin
menuholdsalltheadministrativefunctionsinoneplace.Functionssuchasthelicensemanagement,systempoliciesanduseradministrationareperformedandaccessedthroughtheAdminmenu.
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TheDashboardprovidesasuccinctvisualrepresentationoftheenterprisewideenvironmentmonitoredbyDPA.Itoffersinformationataglanceenablingtheusertomakequickdecisions.Forinstance,theDataCollectionHealthstatusviewlet
showsthestateofthecollectionagents.TheprimaryworkflowoftheDashboardleadsyoutoothersectionssuchasreportsoralerts.Thedestinationisautomaticallyfilteredtodisplayonlytherelevantandapplicablecontent.ADashboardhasmultiplesmallwindowscalledviewlets.Viewlets
areconfigurablebuildingblocksandmakeupthecontentsofadashboard.TheDashboardhasthreesectionsalignedtothedifferentITroles.TheReplicationsectionistargetedforstorageadministrators,thebackupsectionforbackupadministratorsandthesummarysectionforITManagers.
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TheAdvisordisplaysallthealertsinoneplace.AlertstightlyintegratewithDPA'spolicydrivenAnalysisEngine.Alertsareindependentfromaparticulargroup.Thesystemshowsallalertstogetherregardlessofthegroup.Whenanalertisselected,theadvisordisplaysthedetailsandapossibleresolution.Analertcanbeacknowledged,annotatedorclosed.
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Thereportingsectionopenswithfourtabsarrangedhorizontallyatthetopofthescreen,whichallowyoutorunreports,managerunningandscheduledreports,createcustomreports,andmanagereportmenus.ReportsprovidedetailedinformationderivedfromthevariousobjectsinyourDPAInventory.Whenareportmenuitemisselected,theappropriateobjectsarepassedtoasystemtemplatethatdefineshowthereportisgenerated.Thereportresultsarethendisplayed.Youcanrunreportsongroupsorobjects.Whengeneratingareportforagroup,allobjectswithinthegrouparepassedtothesystemtemplateandtheresultsincludedataforalloftheitemswithinthatgroup.DPAoffersarobustreportingfunctionalitywithdedicatedsectionsforvariousfeatures.ThroughtheReportsarea,youcanrunvarioustypesofbuiltinreportsorcustomizethereportstomeetyourenterpriserequirements.
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ADPApolicyisacollectionofrelatedsettingsandconfigurationthatcanbeappliedtotheobjectstodeterminetheprocessingthatwillbecarriedout.TherearefourtypesofDPApolicies:
Analysispoliciesareacollectionofoneormorerulesusedtomonitorandtrackcertainconditionsinobjectsforgeneratingalerts.
Protectionpoliciesareasetofrulesforbackupandreplicationcompliance.Thesepoliciesconsistofrecoverabilityandprotectionrules.
Chargebackpoliciesareusedtodeterminethecostofstorageanddataprotectionoperations.
DataCollectionpoliciesareusedtodeterminewhatdatatocollectandhowoftentocollectit.
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TheInventorymenu
hastwosecondarymenus:GroupManagementandtheObjectLibrary.UsetheObjectLibrarytoaddanobjecttoaDPAenvironment.ObjectLibrarycontainstheDiscoveryWizard,whichcanalsobeaccessedthroughtheAdminmenu.TheDiscoveryWizardisusedtodiscoverthehosts,backupapplications,
switches andthestorageobjects.
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TheadministrativefeaturesinDPAareallundertheAdminmenu.TheAdminmenucontainstwosections:Users&Security
andSystem.ThefeaturesavailableundertheUsers&SecuritymenuareManageUsers,ManageRolesandManageExternalAuthentication.UndertheSystem
tab,theConfigureSystemsSettingslinkisusedtoaccessandcustomizetheDPAserverandagents.
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ThismodulecoveredDataProtectionAdvisor6.0WebConsole.
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This
moduleprovidessomeexamplesoftheDPA6.0robustreportingfunctionality.
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DataProtectionAdvisormonitoringandalertingcapabilitiesacrossallcomponents,domains,andlocationsprovideproactiverealtimealertsonhardwareorsoftwareconditionstohelpidentifyissuesbeforetheyescalateintoproblems.TheAnalysisEngineusesrulestocheckthearrivingdataforfailuresanddevelopingconditions,whichisnotsomethingyoucoulddomanually.Realtime,automatedemailnotificationsandpolicybasedSNMPalertingassuresyouthatyoursystemisperformingefficiently,orwhenissuesmightbedevelopingsoyoucantakerapidactiononeventslikestoragespacerunningloworhighCPUusage.DataProtectionAdvisorflagsmissedservicelevelagreements,alertsonslowerthanaveragebackups,andshowscurrentdatalossexposureperprotectedclient.Withthesetools,youcanactquicklyandfeelmoreconfidentthatyouunderstandthestresspointsinyourenvironmenttopreventminorissuesfromturningintobiggerproblems.AsoneDataProtectionAdvisorcustomersaid,Itislikeateamof24x7storageexpertswatchingmybackups.
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AndwithDPA,allofthisisintegratedintoasinglepaneofglass,allowingformultiplebackuptechnologiestoreportsimilarinformationconsistently,aswellasaggregateitacrossthem.Administratorscanquicklyviewallofmanagedresources,applications,anddataprotectioninfrastructureandinteractwiththeminaconsistentway,whethertheyareEMCdataprotectionproductssuchasNetWorker,Avamar
andDataDomain,orthirdpartyapplicationsfromVeritas,IBM,orCA.
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DataProtectionAdvisorincludesbroadflexiblereportingthatallowsthepresentationofdatainmanyways,providingimmediatevalueandsavingyouhoursofmanualeffort.Infact,onecustomernotedthatmonthlyauditreportingrequirementsdeclinedfrom40to80hoursamonthtojustonehourwithDataProtectionAdvisorsautomationandextensivesetofreports,plusitseasycustomizationthatallowsforultimateflexibility.ThesearetheDataProtectionAdvisorreportareas:
Servicelevelagreementreporting
DeduplicationratioreportsforEMCDataDomain,Avamar,andNetWorker
KPI,auditreports Capacityplanning,changemanagement
Performance,resourceutilization,scheduling
Chargebackreports,recuperatecosts
Configuration,licensing,andmediamanagement
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DataProtectionAdvisorsdatacollectioncapabilitiesandanalysisengineallowsyoutoaccuratelyforecastcapacityrequirements,enablingefficientbudgetplanningandavoidingunexpectedpurchases.Bycountingtheavailabletapesandextrapolatingboththenumberoftapesusedbytheserverandthenumberoftapesaddedtothelibrary,youcanaccuratelyforecastyourmediademandovertime.Andwithothertechnologieslikebackuptodisk,virtualtapelibraries,NAS,orreplicationDataProtectionAdvisorsanalysisextrapolateshistoricalcapacityconsumptionandpredictswhenfuturepurchasesareneeded.Thisincreasesyourplanningefficiency,drivingongoingcostsavings.
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Changeisafactoflifeineverycomputingenvironment.Unfortunately,manychangesintroduceunexpectedproblems.DPAprovidesdetectionandcorrelationofissuesacrosstheentireenvironment.Thisrootcauseanalysisdigsdeepintoallmonitoredsystemstoidentifywhatchangedintheenvironmenttocausetheissue.DPAcanalsoallowcompaniestolookathistoricalchangesandcorrelatethemwiththeirimpactinthedataprotectionenvironment.Andduetothehighlydynamicnatureoftodayscomputingenvironments,thelargenumberofuncoordinatedchangesoccurringonadailybasiscanimpactheavilyonbackupadministrators,whoriskbeingunsureofwhattheyaretobebackingupastheenvironmentevolves.Acommonquotewehearfromcustomersis80%offailuresareduetosomeonechangingasettingonaserverandnotcommunicatingthatchangetothebackupteam.DPAautomaticallyfindsthesechangesandalertsadministrators,savingtimeandeffort.
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DataProtectionAdvisorchargebackreportsprovidetheabilitytoperformafinancialcostanalysisforthebackupsandrestoresthathavetakenplaceinacustomersenvironment.Acumulativecostiscalculatedforeachbackupclientwhichcanthenbechargedbacktothebusinessunitthatisresponsibleforthatclientorsetofclients.DataProtectionAdvisoralsoproducesacomprehensiverollupofbackup,restoreandotherresultsbycostcenter,crossreferencedtodepartmentswithrunningtotals.
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DataProtectionManagementisaboutmorethansimplesuccessandfailureofbackups.Thefocusonjobsandserverscanoftenhidetherealquestionsregardingexposureofassets,including:
HowdoIknowthatImreallyprotectingthecompanyscriticalapplications?
HowdoIknowImmanagingtheRTOs&RPOsformykeyapplications?
HowdoIdemonstratecompliancetotheauditors?
Toaddressthesequestions,DPAcangeneratereportsthatnotonlyindicatesuccessorfailureofbackupsbutalsogiveadetailedinsightintothequantifiedexposureofassets.Often,customersspenddaysorweeksmanuallycollectingandevaluatinginformationaspartofanallhandsondeckexerciseforanaudit.DPAcansignificantlyreducethetimetocompleteauditsbyautomatingprocesses.And,withDPA,customerscanverifycompliancewiththeclickofbuttontoshowtheappropriatereports.TheExposureDetailsreportontheleftleveragesaHorizontalBarChartRenderertohighlightexposureduration.BypositioningthecursorovertheThamesserverbarinthegraphthatsdisplayedwecouldseethattheBackupRecoveryPointObjectiveistwodaysandthatthecurrentbackupexposureis6days,21hours.TheSLASummaryReportinthemiddlerevealsSLAcompliancesummarybyclient,andiscolorcodedbasedoncustomerselectedpercentwithinSLAthresholds.TheStrikeSummaryreportontherightdisplaysthenumberofclientswhichhavefailedonce,twiceorthreetimesinarow.Customerscandrilldeepintothisinformationtogetdetailsoftheindividualfailuresbyserver.
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Configurationreportsdisplayinformationontheconfigurationofthebackupapplication.
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Dataprotectionisthemaincategoryforreportsthatpresentinformationaboutthebackupsthathavetakenplaceonabackupserver.Dataprotectionincludesreportsonanyrestoresthathavealreadyoccurred,andthecurrentexposureofanybackupclients.OneofthemanyusefulDataprotectionreportsistheBackupReportCard.Thereportcardallowsausertoquicklylookatalargenumberofclientsovertime.Thevisualnatureofthereportcardallowsuserstoreadilypinpointspecificissuesoftenmissed,suchasrecurrentfailuresofthesamebackupclient.TheBackupReportCardprovidesbackupstatusinformationfromtheperspectiveofthebackupclientinaneasilyreadablered/greentrafficlightstyle.GreenindicatessuccessRedindicatesFailureRed/GreenindicatesPartialandawhitecellindicatesthatnobackupactivitytookplace.ByrunningthereportoveratimewindowofLastWeek,forinstance,theusercanalsogetanataglanceviewoftherecenthistoryoftheclientonadailybasis.Thisexampledemonstrateshowtheusercandrilldownfromaneasilyreadablehighlevelreportdowntoconsiderabledetailregardingaspecificclientandsaveset.
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OncedatafromyourentireenvironmenthasbeencollectedbyDataProtectionAdvisor,youcananalyzeandcorrelateitusingtheexistinggraphsandtables.Bycorrelatingresultsfromdifferentreports,DataProtectionAdvisoranalyzesyouroperationsandpointsoutthosethathavemissedtheirservicelevelagreements.Thebiggestchallengetooptimizinganyenvironmentisvisibilityintowhereresourcesareavailableandwheretheyareatcapacity.DataProtectionAdvisorenablesthatvisibilitythroughalertingandreportingofperformance,capacity,andconfigurationoftheinfrastructure.Thisresultsinbetteroperations,failureavoidance,reductioninmissedservicelevelagreements,andlessfrequenthardwareandsoftwarepurchasestomeetincreasingdatagrowthintheenvironment.
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AnotherwayDataProtectionAdvisordrivescostandoperationalefficiencyiswithpowerfultroubleshootingcapabilities.WithDataProtectionAdvisor,youcancorrelatetheperformanceofdifferentcomponentsduringbackup,identifybottlenecks,andrapidlytroubleshoottodeterminethecauseofissues.DataProtectionAdvisordigsdeepintotheinformationandcorrelateskeymetricsatthetimeofbackup,notonlyhelpingyouseetheactivityofyourbackupandrecoveryoperations,butenablingyoutobereadytoquicklyidentifyandrespondtoanyfutureevents.Bycomparingdataacrossdifferentdomains,problemscanbefoundquicklyandthencorrected,eliminatingwastefuleffortandspendingonthewronghardware.
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OneimportantusecasethatdemonstratesthepowerofDataProtectionAdvisoristhecaseofcrossdomaintroubleshooting.WhenDPAhascollectedandconsolidatedinformationaboutyourbackups,clients,applications,virtualizedinfrastructure,replicationcapabilities,virtualtape,deduplication,andbackuptodiskdevices,thatiswhenthetruepowerofDPAisunlocked.DPAallows:Viewingbackupsuccessandfailurerates,Reportingonfailures,Correlatingthemagainstconfigurationchangesmadeeitheronthehostorthebackupapplicationorthevirtualizationenvironment,and
SeeingthatachangewasmadetoutilizeavirtualtapedeviceprovidedbyaDataDomainsystemthatisdisabled,thuscausingthebackupfailure.
DPAbecomescrucialfortroubleshootingacomplexvirtualizedenvironment.
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WhenDPAisaddedtoabackupenvironment,suchasAvamar
orDataDomain,itprovidesasingleconsolidatedviewofmultipledecentralizedgrids,domainsorsystems,enablingeasyaccesstoinformationsuchashistoricalperformanceandforecastingfutureperformanceandloads.LetsdiscussafewspecificcapabilitiesofDPAforAvamar.First,regardingcentralizedmonitoring,DPApresentsunifiedinformationaboutyourentirebackupandrecoveryenvironment,whichenablesyoutostayawareofcurrentandpotentialproblemswithoutrequiringyoutorunscriptsoranalyzelargeamountsofdata.DataProtectionAdvisorhasmany,standardoutoftheboxreports.Allreportsarefullyconfigurablethroughanintuitivegraphicaleditor.RegardingDataProtectionAdvisorperformancemonitoringonanAvamar
grid,manystandardreportsareavailable.Wheneverpossible,itispreferabletohaveDataProtectionAdvisorspresenceintheenvironmentpriortoanAvamar
deploymentsoyoucanseetheperformancedifferencespre andpostAvamar
installation.AndDPAsCapacityForecastingisavitalfeatureforabackuptodiskbasedgridsuchasAvamar.Beingabletoprojectgrowthandcompareitagainstestablishedservicelevelagreements,orSLAs,isvitaltowardsensuringahealthyvirtualizedenvironment.Thresholdtriggerscanbeusedforbothactualandpredictedvalues,allowingforreactiveandproactivemanagementofAvamar.
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WithDataDomainsystems,youhavethesamecapabilitiesofcentralizedrollupofmultiplesystems,aswellashistoricalandprojectedconsumptionandperformancereporting.Beyondthat,DPAgivesyoumorespecificinformationabouttheDataDomainenvironmentsuchashardwareandvirtualtapelibrarystatus.Havingthisinformationaswellasotherinformationaboutthemanagedenvironmentreducesthetimetoresolvecomplicatedcrossdomainproblems.DataProtectionAdvisorworkswithDataDomaintogatherkeydataandprovideinsightintoperformanceproblemswiththeenvironment.Similarly,DataProtectionAdvisorprovidesinsightintoresourceutilizationandcapacityplanning,whichisvitalindynamicvirtualenvironments.Virtualenvironmentsleverageresourcepools
whentoomanyrequestsforthesameresourcesoccurtheenvironmentcanexperienceaperformanceimpact.DataprotectionAdvisorallowstheadministratortotrackutilizationovertime,aswellasgeneratepredictivetrendalertssuchasspacerestrictions.
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Virtualizationhasbeengreatforimprovingtheutilizationofhardwareassets,andacceleratingthecreationandmovementofsystems.Thisalsocreateschallengeswithmanagingthedynamicvirtualenvironmentwhereyoucanteasilytellwhereasystemislocated,whatmightbeimpactingperformance,orifthesystemisprotected.Thismeanssystemsmaybeunavailableorthedatamaynotbeprotected,withoutyoubeingaware.DataProtectionAdvisorhasextendeditscorecapabilitiestothevirtualworld,improvingvisibilityandmanagementforVMwareenvironments.DPAprovidesmonitoring,alerting,troubleshooting,optimization,capacityplanningandreportingforvirtualizedbackupenvironments.Specifically,whenitcomestoDPAscapabilitiesforVMware,theproductisabletodiscoverthevirtualizedenvironmentandreportonnewsystemsthatmaynotyethaveitsapplicationsanddataprotected.ItcanreviewcompliancewithSLAsandprovidealertingforfailuressuchasresourcethresholds.DPAcanhelpcustomerstroubleshootissuesofperformanceacrossdomainslikehosts,storageandnetworking,andhelpcustomersplanforthefuturegrowthoftheirvirtualizedenvironment.
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DataProtectionAdvisorautomatesdatacollectionacrossthedataprotectioninfrastructureandanalyzesitforbackupfailures,performanceissues,andreplicationgapspresentingitinmeaningfulformatstovariouslevelswithinthebusinesstomakeinformeddecisions.DataProtectionAdvisorautomatesreportsforSeniorlevelmanagement,Operationallevelpersonnel,andAdministrativelevelpersonnel.
Seniorlevelmanagementcangetdatainasummaryformatthatprovidesoverallstatisticsandvisualdashboards
OperationallevelpersonnelcangetmoregranularitythroughvisualmapsandRTOsandRPOsofbackupenvironments,aswellasgetoverallvisibilityastowhichvirtualmachines(VMs)areprotectedandwhicharenot.vCenter
integrationallowsforusersofVMwarehaveaccesstothisdetailwithoutleavingtheirfamiliarinterface.
Administrativelevelpersonnelcanreceivereportsatthemostdetailedlevelforaddressingperformanceissues,protectionissueseffectingthemostcriticaldata,andcapacityconstraints,aswellasenvironmentalchangesthatcouldpotentiallyimpactrecovery.
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LetstakealookatsomeoftheautomatedreportsthatDataProtectionAdvisorcancreatefortheCIOofyourorganization.Theslideisshowingfourdifferentsummaryviews:
IntheupperleftisaservicelevelagreementAchievementSummary,withabarforeachapplicationorsystemofinterest.Youcanseeataglancethatthereareafewsystemsintheredzone.
Intheupperrightarethreechartsshowingcostbreakdownbycostcenter,costbreakdownbytotalcost,andahistoryofchargebackcomparingthelastthreemonths.
Inthelowerrightisabackupcomplianceoverviewwithseveralreportscompiled,includingstatisticsforthelastday,lastweek,andlastmonth
Athreestrikesummaryshowinghowmanysystemsareatrisk
Abriefsummaryoftherestorestatsforthelastmonth
Whatdataismostexposed
Finally,inthelowerleftisachartshowingtheROIfortherecentAvamar
investmentThesereportsarejustsamples,intendedtodemonstratethetypesofreportsthatDataProtectionAdvisorcancreate.Therearenumerousoptionsandformatsavailablebasedonuserpreference.
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ThesearesomeexamplesoftheautomatedreportsthatDataProtectionAdvisorcancreateforanoperationsviewofyourdataprotectionenvironment.Thetworeportsonthetopofthepageshowtwoviewsofthereplicatedenvironment.Onthetopleft,thescreenshotshowstwovalidreplicasandoneinvalidreplica,viathered/greenhighlights.Theinvalidreplicaimpactsrecoveryattheremotesite.DataProtectionAdvisorcanhelptoidentifywhythereplicaisinvalidsothatyoucanresolvetheissuesassoonastheyareidentified.Onthetopright,areportshowsthetopologyviewmappingtheapplicationfromthehosttotheprimaryandreplicatedstorage.OnthebottomleftisaviewofaservicelevelagreementreportfromDataProtectionAdvisorviewedfromthevCenter
Serverplugin,whichreducesthenumberofinterfacesneededtomonitorVMwareoperationsandprotection.Onthebottomrightisadeeperlevelsummaryoftheprotectionstatusforallsystems,withwhite,green,andredhighlightstranslatingtonobackup,successfulbackup,andfailedbackup,respectively.Fromthereportcard,anAdministratorcandrillintoanyofthehoststogetmoredetailonthebackups.
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Movingdowntothenextlevel,thesearesomeexamplesoftheautomatedreportsthatDataProtectionAdvisorcancreateforAdministratorswithinyourorganization.Thetoptwoscreenshotsandtheoneonthelowerleftcontainalotofinformationonavarietyofdifferentelementsexamplesareperformance,numberofjobsrun,andtheamountofdatabackedup.TherearemanyreportsandevenmoreformatsforeachareathatDataProtectionAdvisorsupports.Inthelowerrightisasimplechartthatforecastscapacitydemandatsometimeinthefuture,enablingtheforecasting,justification,andplanningforpurchasingnewcapacitytohandlethegrowthDataProtectionAdvisorisforecasting.
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ThismodulecoveredsomeexamplesoftheDataProtectionAdvisor6.0robustreportingfunctionality.
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ThiscourseprovidedanoverviewofDataProtectionAdvisorversion6.0.
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