HP (Hewlett-Packard) D2D Computer Drive User Manual


 
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Seeding and why it is required ........................................................................................................ 55
Seeding methods in more detail ....................................................................................................... 57
Replication and other D2D operations .............................................................................................. 65
Replication Monitoring.................................................................................................................... 67
Housekeeping monitoring and control .................................................................................................. 71
Terminology .................................................................................................................................. 71
Tape Offload .................................................................................................................................... 75
Terminology .................................................................................................................................. 75
When is Tape Offload Required? ..................................................................................................... 76
Key performance factors in Tape Offload performance ....................................................................... 78
Summary of Best Practices ............................................................................................................... 78
Appendix A Key reference information ................................................................................................ 80
D2D Generation 2 products, software 2.1.00 ................................................................................... 81
D2D Generation 1 products, software 1.1.00 ................................................................................... 82
Appendix B Fully Worked Example ................................................................................................... 83
Hardware and site configuration ...................................................................................................... 83
Backup requirements specification .................................................................................................... 84
Using the HP StorageWorks Backup sizing tool ................................................................................. 85
Configure D2D source devices and replication target configuration ..................................................... 98
Map out the interaction of backup, housekeeping and replication for sources and target ...................... 100
Tune the solution using replication windows and housekeeping windows ............................................ 102
Worked example backup, replication and housekeeping overlaps .................................................. 103
Avoiding bad practices................................................................................................................. 107
Appendix C HP Data Protector Tape Offload Worked Examples........................................................ 108
A note on terminology .................................................................................................................. 108
To perform a simple media copy .................................................................................................... 110
To perform an interactive object copy, VTL ...................................................................................... 111
To perform an interactive object copy, D2D NAS share .................................................................... 114
Appendix D Making use of improved D2D performance in 2.1.01 and 1.1.01 software ........................ 116
Overview .................................................................................................................................... 116
Replication for Virtual Device Migration .......................................................................................... 117
Self Replication for Virtual Device Migration .................................................................................... 119
Replication device self replication migration .................................................................................... 121
Configuring Self Migration from the D2D Web Management Interface ............................................... 123
Index .............................................................................................................................................. 129
For more information ........................................................................................................................ 131