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IBM XIV Storage System Copy Services and Migration

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Like any continuous or near-continuous remote mirroring solution, <strong>XIV</strong> Remote Mirroringcannot protect against software data corruption because the corrupted data will be copied aspart of the remote mirroring solution. However, the <strong>XIV</strong> snapshot function provides apoint-in-time image that may be used for rapid restore in the event of software data corruption(that occurred after the snapshot was taken), <strong>and</strong> <strong>XIV</strong> snapshot may be used in combinationwith <strong>XIV</strong> Remote Mirroring, as illustrated in Figure 4-13.Point in Time<strong>Copy</strong>Remote MirroringData CorruptionPoint In TimeDisk Backup,Extra CopiesSingle <strong>System</strong> Failure• Component failures• Single system failuresHigh AvailabilityLocal Disaster• Terrorist Attacks•Human Error•HVAC failures•Power failures• Building Fire• Architectural failures• Planned MaintenanceRegional Disasters• Electric grid failures• Natural disasters- Floods- Hurricanes- EarthquakesMetro Distance Recovery Global Distance Recovery<strong>IBM</strong> S t StTMFigure 4-13 Combining snapshots with Remote Mirroring8Note that recovery using a snapshot warrants deletion <strong>and</strong> recreation of the mirror.► <strong>XIV</strong> snapshot (within a single <strong>XIV</strong> system)Protection for the event of software data corruption can be provided by a point-in-timebackup solution using the <strong>XIV</strong> snapshot function within the <strong>XIV</strong> system that contains theproduction volumes. Figure 4-14 shows a single-system point-in-time online backupconfiguration.Figure 4-14 Point-in-time online backup configuration►<strong>XIV</strong> local snapshot plus Remote Mirroring configurationAn <strong>XIV</strong> snapshot of the production (local) volume may be used in addition to <strong>XIV</strong> RemoteMirroring of the production volume when protection from logical data corruption is requiredin addition to protection against failures <strong>and</strong> disasters. The additional <strong>XIV</strong> snapshot of theproduction volume provides a quick restore to recover from data corruption. An additionalSnapshot of the production (local) volume may also be used for other business or ITpurposes (for example, reporting, data mining, development <strong>and</strong> test, <strong>and</strong> so on).Chapter 4. Remote Mirroring 85

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