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Here are some quick questions (w/ answers) I put together in regards to EMC’s RecoverPoint that I get from time to time. Perhaps this will help put you in the know as well as arm you with the right questions to ask when considering this product for your datacenter. Any discrepancies? Please feel free to politely comment.
What is RecoverPoint?
RecoverPoint is a continuous backup solution offered by EMC capable of providing asynchronous and synchronous replication across heterogeneous…

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A few times this week, questions have come up around the use of RecoverPoint for protecting SQL databases or really any databases.  The main questions are, “What all do I need?” and “How what exactly does the process look like?” RecoverPoint is a cutting edge technology that enables you to provide continuous data protection (CDP) [...]

Talk about a tight little trio! Looking for an entry point into the world of RecoverPoint goodness? Well look no further, just ask for it by name..the RecoverPoint Advanced Protection Pack.
What is it and what does it include? Its private cloud protection with replication, disaster recovery and automation to boot (Clariion and Celerra, block level only). Here are the line items… RecoverPoint/SE CRR with 4 appliances up to 4TB of replicated data. Now this is not your limit, its just that…

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Joe Kelly and I have submitted to speak at VMworld about RecoverPoint and Site Recovery Manager.  It should be an excellent session based on our experience in the field with the products so it won’t just be a feature overview, but actual information you can take back and use.  Joe is the man on this [...]

There are number of different splitting mechanisms that RecoverPoint can use to facilitate its I/O copy for remote or local replication. We know this from previous posts that I have done that these split cowboys can be accomplished via Array, Host or Fabric splitters.
Each have their place, each have their limitations. The main purpose of the splitter  is simple, take an I/O destined for primary storage and copy it to an appliance for transmission locally or remotely. Whether the…

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Updated RP release yesterday here are the new features that lie within..

Support for Gen 4 hardware-Support for Dell R610 hardware which uses a single, quad port QLE25XX 8Gb HBA
Support for 8Gb/s SANs
Enhanced support for thin LUNs on Clariion CX4 arrays with FLARE 29 installed
Support for Clariion LUNs up to 32TB in size
GUI [...]

Here are couple of different howlers I experienced the other day with RP3.2. One is a puppy killer IMO..the other? Somewhat of a management A-bomb, but I see its relevance. And considering that the word “Error” seems to upset people we will use the word “howler” in its place, ok?
Howler#1
BLAMM!!
Error: Non-fatal error information reported during [...]

Alright a little forward I admit but I wanted you to feel my point…
Ok. What option am I talking about? Namely the, “Consolidate snapshots between bookmarks”. Now a couple of things:

The option has its purpose <to someone no doubt>. What it means is that the ONLY snapshots that will be consolidated are the ones between [...]

Well, well, well, what do we have here. A new point release from our old pal gill. Looks to be feature rich and full of tasty morsels. You’ve heard it from me before <until I was blue in the face> but again if you aren’t using RecoverPoint for your local and remote replication needs then [...]

From a DR standpoint, using replicated SAN’s to provide a fully functional DR site is nothing new but was usually a fairly expensive endeavor especially for smaller organizations.  Now, as SAN prices have come down and technologies like VMware Site Recovery Manager are making replicating data for DR more automated and reliable, more and more [...]

Well its been a while, thanks for returning. This is the third installment of the Recoverpoint Bit Series, finishing it out with design considerations. Now to this point I have sprinkled in a few design tips for any Recoverpoint implementation such as repository sizing but really nothing else of any girth. Point noted. So lets [...]

Well here you have it the first of a multi-vid series on RecoverPoint configuration scenarios. This vid walks through the process of configuring a Consistency group from scratch up to the point of adding the replication sets (soon, Bit II). The shots were taking from the 3.0 RP Simulator, so some options may be different [...]

Beyond all the most notable changes to Recoverpoint, such as consolidated snapshots and sync remote replication over FC, there are a few other wildly needed changes that I am glad to see hit the pavement. The full list is here within the release notes back in Nov. Sorry I forgot to post on them.

Consistency Group [...]

Here’s a quick one. We all know EMC’s Recoverpoint Appliances are nothing more than Dell 1950’s, of which I talked about here. DRAC or Dell Remote Access Card’s are pretty standard on most PowerEdge’s and ultimately provide out-of-band remote IP management, we all know this so I wont go much deeper. To enable configuration of [...]

First things first, if you are an EMC shop (or not, that’s cool you don’t have to be) and you aren’t using Recoverpoint you might as well be flying blind through the DR brume. This technology, in cahoots with SRM, makes ye failover and failback a dream specifically in regards to the storage prepatory piece. [...]