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Disaster Recovery in an Open World
Mr. Paul Oostvogels
BMC Software EMEA (2.4C)
Abstract:
In the post 9/11 world, many corporations have renewed interested in their Disaster Recovery plans. Pick up any Storage or Database oriented magazine, and you'll find articles on the topic - either testimonials from survivors of the event, or 'how do it' from various industry pundits. In almost every organization, Disaster Recovery is a hot topic. Consequently, the Disaster Recovery initiative is funded at a higher level than in the past, and the groups responsible for DR have a mandate to provide 24x7 availability (or as close as possible) in the event of disaster.
In the open world, call it 'e-commerce'; 24x365, or Web-enabled, companies are improving customer access to their information. Evidently, it is 'vital' to be available. Traditional recovery strategies are not sufficient. More and more companies are in the process of deploying Remote Site solutions that rely on some form of 'Advanced Technology' such as mirroring or vaulting of media. Some of these solutions provide to zero data loss in the event of a site disaster, while others provide for a 'controlled data loss'. Many can cross platforms, connecting to both Mainframes and Distributed System servers. The notion of 'Disaster Recovery' is supplanted by one of 'Disaster Restart'.
But is that enough? In the informal survey mentioned above, every site had done a 'local' recovery due to application or user errors. The Remote Site Mirror solution can't help in these situations. Even in a 'lights out' fully automated fail-over mirrored environment, you still need experts in application recovery that can restore availability in any event. Come learn more about the various forms of 'Advanced Technology' and gain the expertise needed to know when to use which technique to use for assuring business availability
Bio:
Started as IMS systems programmer in the early 80's, moved into the DB2, at that time v1.2. Worked as a DBA and Sysprog in various companies throughout Benelux before joining BMC Software in 1995. Paul is Principal Consultant at BMC Software EMEA. He has more than fifteen years of experience with DB2 and has presented papers at several European conferences and local user-groups. He assists in selecting, implementing, and educating the IMS, DB2 solution offerings from BMC Software throughout the Northern European Countries. Many customers appreciated Paul's technical leadership on several backup and recovery and log analysis products for BMC Software.
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