ADVANCED VMWARE COPY MANAGEMENT WITH EMC APPSYNC SIMPLE, SLA-DRIVEN, SELF-SERVICE FOR VIRTUAL

ADVANCED VMWARE COPY
MANAGEMENT WITH EMC APPSYNC
The Benefits of EMC
AppSync include:
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SLA-driven to
meet your
business RPOs
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Simplified
Protection and
Recovery
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SIMPLE, SLA-DRIVEN, SELF-SERVICE FOR VIRTUAL
ENVIRONMENTS
EMC AppSync is advanced copy management software for EMC VNX and VMAX storage platforms that
offers a better way to manage the protection and replication of VMware datastores on block and file
storage. After defining service plans (i.e. Gold, Silver, Bronze), VMware administrators can protect and
recover their own data quickly using EMC replication technologies (such as VNX Advanced Snapshots,
SRDF, TimeFinder, Rep V2, and RecoverPoint). AppSync also provides a protection monitoring and
reporting service that generates alerts if SLAs are not being met and if a replication job fails.
Self-Service -
Additionally, AppSync has a roles-based permissions and access system, and can be connected to LDAP
Designed for
if desired.
VMware
Administrators
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Application
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Copy management with a single click
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Save money: Install EMC AppSync yourself
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Minimize replication complexity with built-in tiered service plans
Restore
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Provide RPO alerts to VMware administrators
Protect SQL and
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VMware administrators can protect and restore their own data
Exchange on
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Simplified “restore to production” process reduces recovery time
consistency with
VMware Tools
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The Benefits of EMC AppSync include:
VMware Granular
VMDKs
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Flexible VMware
Protection
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VMware vCenter
Integration
VMWARE CONSISTENT SNAPSHOTS
When the VM consistency option is selected, EMC AppSync creates snapshots of all the virtual machines
that are in powered on state while the datastore is being replicated. AppSync creates a Quiesced
snapshot of the virtual machines that are in powered on state. VMware Tools is used to quiesce the file
system in the virtual machine. Quiescing a file system is a process of bringing the on-disk data of a
physical or virtual computer into a state suitable for backups. This process might include operations such
as flushing dirty buffers from the operating system's in-memory cache to disk, or other higher-level
application-specific tasks.
VMWARE GRANULAR RESTORE
EMC AppSync offers flexibility in restoring copies from VMware. The enhanced restore feature for
VMware includes granular restore at three levels:
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VMware datastore copy
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Virtual machine restore
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File or folder restore from a virtual disk
MS EXCHANGE AND SQL SERVER ON VIRTUAL DISK
With EMC AppSync, you have the ability to protect and manage copies of Microsoft Exchange residing on
VMware virtual disks. AppSync supports Full, Copy and Differential backup types. You can also protect,
mount and restore SQL Server standalone and clustered databases on VMware virtual disks.
FLEXIBLE VMWARE PROTECTION OPTIONS
When a VMware datastore is protected by EMC AppSync, users can exclude VMware snapshots for
selected virtual machines to avoid writing over existing copies. Additionally, in a service plan
configuration, users can choose to include virtual machine disks if their disks or files span multiple
datastores. By doing so, the additional datastores are also protected during the service plan run.
INTEGRATED VMWARE VCENTER SUPPORT
With EMC AppSync, VMware administrators have the flexibility to manage VMware protection from
AppSync and as an option, can leverage AppSync Management from EMC's Virtual Storage Integrator
(VSI) - which directly plugs into vCenter. With VSI, VMware administrators can configure protection, run
service plans, mount datastores and restore files right from within the vCenter GUI.
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SOLUTION OVERVIEW
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Published in the USA. 06/27/14 Solution Overview H12762.1
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