The backup function of AdvancedCopy Manager provides operation management for high-speed backup by using the Advanced Copy function of ETERNUS Disk storage system.
The following sub-sections provide more information concerning the backup function.
High-speed backup operation
The Advanced Copy function of ETERNUS Disk storage system is used to perform high-speed backup between volumes regardless of volume capacities. This function greatly reduces the impact of a backup operation.
Faster backups can be made by performing update differential copies using the Advanced Copy function.
Backup operation in conjunction with Oracle (sample scripts)
The following sample scripts provide AdvancedCopy Manager commands and Oracle operations combined together:
Acquisition of DBMS (Oracle) resource information
Synchronization with DBMS (Oracle) and volume duplication
Additionally, the following functions allow you to manage the backup operation.
Policy management function
The policy management function manages the number of preservation generations of backup and the number of interval days in which backup should be performed (displays the delay when displaying information for a volume to be backed up).
Storage configuration management function
The storage configuration management function manages the configurations of volumes to be backed up and volumes to which a backup should be saved.
On AdvancedCopy Manager, a volume to be backed up is called a transaction volume; a volume to which a backup should be saved is called a backup volume.
Backup and restore functions
The backup and restore functions back up and restore a specified volume.
History information management function
The history information management function manages, out of the information that has been backed up in the past, the information in preservation generations as history.
Consistency recovery function
The consistency recovery function resolves inconsistencies in the AdvancedCopy Manager backup management information caused by a system or other type of failure.
