HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring evaluation guide (T2558-96075, February 2008)

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction ...........................................................................................................1-1
Evaluation guide overview .......................................................................................................1-2
Storage Mirroring operations .................................................................................................1-2
Mirroring ...................................................................................................................................................................................................1-2
Replication ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1-3
Failure monitoring and failover ............................................................................................................................................................1-4
Restoration ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 1-5
Storage Mirroring add-ons and features ................................................................................1-6
Storage Mirroring Application Manager ............................................................................................................................................ 1-6
Server Recovery Option ....................................................................................................................................................................... 1-6
Full-Server Failover ................................................................................................................................................................................ 1-7
Storage Mirroring Reporting Center .................................................................................................................................................1-8
Storage Mirroring Enterprise Install Console .................................................................................................................................. 1-8
Storage Mirroring for VMware Infrastructure ................................................................................................................................. 1-8
Chapter 2: Resources ...............................................................................................................2-1
Chapter 3: Storage Mirroring Setup ......................................................................................3-1
System Requirements ..............................................................................................................3-1
Installing Storage Mirroring ....................................................................................................3-1
Chapter 4: Getting Started .....................................................................................................4-1
Chapter 5: Evaluating Disaster Recovery for an Entire Server ...........................................5-1
Establishing a connection ........................................................................................................5-1
Monitoring the activity and completion of the initial mirror ..............................................5-3
Changing data to cause replication ........................................................................................5-4
Verifying the data changes on the target ...............................................................................5-5
Simulating a failure ..................................................................................................................5-7
Recovering the source .............................................................................................................5-7
Chapter 6: Evaluating High Availability for an Entire Server ..............................................6-1
Finding a compatible target ....................................................................................................6-1
Establishing a connection ........................................................................................................6-2
Monitoring high availability .....................................................................................................6-4
Causing and verifying replication ............................................................................................6-5
Simulating a failure ..................................................................................................................6-6
Starting failover ........................................................................................................................6-6