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Figure 78 Split mirror backup concept

The target volumes in replica are typically connected to a separate client, which also

has tape devices connected to allow for local backup. Usually, hardware mirror

technologies such as HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP or EMC Symmetrix are used

to create a replica such as:

• HP StorageWorks ContinuousAccess XP or

• HP StorageWorks BusinessCopy XP

The availability of the application remains almost permanent, with the exception of

a short period of time (lasting several seconds to a few minutes). This time is needed

to make the data on the disk consistent and perform the actual split of the mirrors.

The data must be consistent so that the application can make use of the data after a

restore. Normally, the replica is not created at the time of backup, but is already

available and synchronized to provide high availability to the application. The backup

and the resyncing of the replica does not affect the application performance, since

this occurs in parallel on separate hardware.

As the application client and backup client are different (in most cases), it is very

important that all cached information (database cache, filesystem cache) on the client

is flushed to the disk before the backup mirror is split off. One of the following options

can achieve this:

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