Mainframe Storage Management, Disaster Recovery and Archival Best Practice

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MainframeStorageManagement,DisasterRecoveryandArchivalBestPractice

RebeccaAlexander,JimMays,JulienPicq,RussellWitt

Mainframe

CATechnologiesStorageManagementMFX21E


Abstract

WhilereplicationhasimprovedDRtime-to-recovery,therearestillalotoffactorsthatneedtobeaddressed.Joinusforanin-depthdiscussiononconfiguringmainframearchiveandbackupforbusinesscontinuance.Wewillcoverbestpracticesfortestingatareplicateddisasterrecoverysite,aswellashowtoinsureyouhavethecorrectfilesreplicatedifallyourmainframeDASD/Tapeisnotreplicated.Wewillalsodiscusslong-termarchivingbestpractices,bothintermsofmediachoicesandlocationchoices.

ProductManagersCATechnologies

RebeccaAlexanderRussWittJimMaysJulien Picq

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Agenda

TRENDS

MODELSFORDISASTERRECOVERYTODAY

MANAGE,AUTOMATE,ANDMONITOR

TAPEMANAGEMENTCATALOGRECOVERY

NEWWAYSTODOTAPE

ARCHIVEANDBACKUP

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2

3

4

5

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MainframeTrends

48%Activelydeliveringnewbusiness servicesthatengagemainframesystemsofrecord

81%Mainframe isstrategictocurrentand

future ITplans

SOURCES:DecipherResearch Study2012;Infrastructure&OperationTrendsSurvey– EnterpriseSystemsMedia,March2015


GrowthDrivesNewDemands

Mobileusertransactionsgrowingfrom3,700adayin2014tomorethan14,800by2025

ExponentialGrowthofTransactionsandDataIsDrivingNewDemandsontheDataCenter

Over30%ofdistributedappshavedirect

connectionstoMainframetoday

80%ofcorporatedataresidesontheMainframetoday

SOURCE:CACustomerResearch 2014;MainframeasaMainstay


HELPSMINIMIZEBUS.OUTAGES

BusinessContinuanceMetrics

Hourlycostofdowntimeforatypicalcompanycanrangefrom$10,000to$1M

Recentsurvey:Respondentssaid(44%)ITdowntimeand canharm

customerloyalty

Recentsurvey:delayof7.5hoursperyear during

whichtimedataisstillbeingrecovered

andbusinessoperationsaren’tfullyoperational

34%ofcompanies

wouldbeunabletomeet

complianceandregulatory

commitmentsdueto

downtime

Whenbusinesscriticalsystemsareinterrupted,companies

estimatethattheabilityto

generate revenueisreducedby

29%

Surveysaid:Lackofbudget,

fundsandresources:“(38%)ofrespondentsreportedin2014thatthiswaslikelytobea

majorproblem.”

REDUCERISKHELPSOPTIMIZEBUS.SERVICES

DATA ISSECURE,COMPLIANT

GREATER BUS.PRODUCTIVITY

SOURCES:CAMarketAnalysis,2011;TheAvoidableCostofDowntime


RecoverySiteTapeVaultingProduction Site

“OldSchool”PhysicalTapeRecoverMeasuredinDays


AsynchronousOne-DirectionReplicationTapeONLYMeasuredinHours

RecoverySiteProduction Site

DASDrestoredfrom

tapeDASDbackup

totape

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APPLICATIONMALFUNCTION

VIRUSESDISASTERSHUMANERROR

HARDWARE/SYSTEMMALFUNCTION

DataLossCausesDataRecovery:D/RReplicationorLocalCorruption?

Timevs.the‘Real’Application


CatalogSynchronization

§ ICFCatalogs

§ TMCs

§ FilesDataSets/xCDSs

§ VCats/HSC

§ DTOC


TMCRecoveryforDR

§ HowdoyoukeepyourTMCinsyncwithyourbackupsandproductiontape?

§ Whatdoyoudo?– OldSchoolPhysicalTapebackupoftheTMC?

§ Howisthatworking foryou?– LightsoutDRsite?(Cold)– OnedirectionalReplicationtoasub-capacityDataCenter(Warm)– BidirectionalReplicationofDASD?(Hot)


CS4zMultipleMountPointConfig:PublicCloud&On-PremiseStorage

WAN

Compression&Encryption



De-dup/Encrypted

De-dup/Encrypted

Compressed

VOLSERRange:VV0000-VV9999

PublicCloudStorage

LPAR

zOS

LPAR

zOS

LPARVM

zLinuxctc

VirtualDrivesosa

NASAppliance

MountPoint2:VOLSERRange:VV3000-VV5999

NASAppliance


ReplicatedNASAppliance


NASAppliance(CloudStorageGateway)


ReplicatedNASAppliance



DataRecoverywithCADisk

§ Replicatedorduplexedtapes?– Toomuch?Toolittle?

§ Multiple ‘types’ofcopiesformultiple ‘types’ofrecovery§ Locationofreplicateddata

– Is/arethetheFilesDataSet(s)synchronized?

§ BestpracticesforusingCADisk– Applicationsyncpoints– VTOCinventory

BusinessCentricRecovery


CAVantage™StorageResourceManagerRecoveryAnalysis

§ Areauditsofthereplicationprocessinplace?– Arechecks,balances,notificationsautomated?

§ Adviseandtakeaction– Wouldyoutrustthetooltohelpsetyourpolicy’s?

§ Whatarethebarrierstoyourshop todothis?

§ Syncpoints– DTOC– Whatwaswhereatthesyncpoint?

§ BestPractices

Manage,AutomateandMonitorReplicationforRecovery


CAIDEATION:z/OSDASDJournalLogger(GDPSLite)

ApplicationIOrequest

3390DASD3390DASD3390CKDDASD

FBADASDJournalQueue

Reads

FICONSSCH

FICONSSCH

IO

INTERCEPT

FCPInterface

z/OS

Writes

compress

encrypt

CACHE

SCSI

LinuxServer

PermissiontouseOpenstacklogo?Ifnotitwillneedtobe

typedout.


ParticipateintheCAMainframeStorageCommunity!!communities.ca.com/community/ca-mainframe-storage


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Q&A

Appendix


Production Site RecoverySite

Readonly

AsynchronousOne-DirectionReplicationTapeandDASDMeasuredinMinutes/Hours – ActiveJobsand/orTransactionsareLost

1. LightsoutDR location,poweredupand IPL’ed intheeventofaDR (1-2houroutage)

2. ActiveDRsiterunningscaleddownsystem(sub-capacitylicensing),readytobebroughtuptofullpoweratamomentsnotice


RecoverySite

DASDbackuptotape

Production Site

DASDbackuptotape

AsynchronousBi-DirectionReplicationTapeONLYMeasuredinMinutes/Hours – ActiveJobsand/orTransactionsareLost

Bothdatacentersareactive,backupdatamustfirstberestoredpriortorestartinganyapplicationsattheremotesite.



AsynchronousBi-DirectionReplicationTapeandDASDMeasuredinMinutes– ActiveJobsand/orTransactionsareLost

Bothdatacentersarefullyactivewithsub-capacityLPAR’sreadytobefullyactivatedwheneverneeded.



SynchronousBi-DirectionReplicationofDASDFullyActive/ActiveConfiguration

DASDreplicationissynchronousandbi-directionalwhiletapeisstillasynchronousinbothdirections

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Mainframe Storage Management, Disaster Recovery and Archival Best Practice