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Design Document
RECOVERPOINT Design
Woolworths Limited / VCE / WIPRO Ltd
Abstract
This document details architecture detail, technical considerations, best
practice recommendations, and detailed configuration for the EMC
Recoverpoint solution
18/12/2013
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Authorities
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authorities in Table 1.
Table 1.
Drafting and
Release History
Contact Details for Proposed Changes
Name
Title
Email
Contact Number
Joshua Reader
Solutions
Architect
joshua.reader@emc.com
+61 (0)415 924 077
Rob Anderson
Project
Manager
robert.anderson2@emc.com
+61 (0)419 694 830
Table 2 reflects the creation date, along with any alterations since inception.
Table 2.
Drafting and Release History
Version
Date
Author
Description
0.1
23/10/2013
Ian Stewart
Setup document
0.2
30/10/2013
Joshua Reader
Updated tables and device

information
0.3
25/11/2013
Joshua Reader
Updated tables for Test

Consistency Groups
0.4
29/11/2013
Joshua Reader
Updated template
1.0
29/11/2013
Rob Anderson
Draft Release for review

and comment.
1.1
02/12/2013
Joshua Reader
Amendments following
initial review from Paul
Comerford
2.0
03/12/2013
Rob Anderson
2nd Draft Release for review

and comment.
2.1
04/12/2013
Joshua Reader
Amendments applied
following 2nd review by
Paul Comerford
Recoverpoint Design - VCE / WIPRO

Commercial-In-Confidence
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Version
Date
Author
Description
3.0
05/12/2013
Rob Anderson
3rd Draft Release for review

and comment.
3.1
05/12/2013
Joshua Reader
Updated information
based on Design review.
4.0
18/12/2013
Paul Comerford
Final Release version for

Acceptance and Signoff.

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Document
Authorisation
This section details the authorisation for this document.

EMC Corporation
Signature: _______________________
Date: ______________
Robert Anderson
Project Manager
VCE
Signature: _______________________
Date: ______________
Paul Comerford
Project Manager
WIPRO Ltd
Signature: _______________________
Date: ______________
Lal Sebastian
Project Manager

Chapter 1: Introduction
Table of contents
Document Control ............................................................................................................. 1
Copyright ............................................................................................................................... 1
Document Authorities ............................................................................................................. 1
Drafting and Release History.................................................................................................... 1
Document Authorisation ......................................................................................................... 3
EMC Corporation........................................................................................................................... 3
VCE............................................................................................................................................... 3
WIPRO Ltd ..................................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction ............................................................................................................ 5
Document Overview .......................................................................................................... 5
Background ............................................................................................................................ 5
Purpose.................................................................................................................................. 5
Scope .................................................................................................................................... 5
Exclusions ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Audience ................................................................................................................................ 5
Document Assumptions .......................................................................................................... 6
Solution Overview ................................................................................................... 7

RecoverPoint Product Family ............................................................................................. 8
RecoverPoint/CL ............................................................................................................................ 8
RecoverPoint/EX ............................................................................................................................ 8
RecoverPoint/SE ............................................................................................................................ 8
RecoverPoint Configurations.................................................................................................... 9
CDP Configurations ........................................................................................................................ 9
CRR Configurations ...................................................................................................................... 10
CLR configurations ....................................................................................................................... 10
RecoverPoint Hardware and Software .............................................................................. 11

RecoverPoint Software ...........................................................................................................11
RecoverPoint Appliance (RPA).................................................................................................11
RPA terminology ....................................................................................................................12
Splitters ................................................................................................................................12
Consistency Groups ...............................................................................................................13
Replication Sets.....................................................................................................................13
Journals.................................................................................................................................13
Volumes ................................................................................................................................14
Links .....................................................................................................................................14
Snapshots .............................................................................................................................15
Bookmarks ............................................................................................................................16
Snapshot consolidation ............................................................................................................... 16
Replication Mode ...................................................................................................................16

Asynchronous Replication mode ................................................................................................... 16

Synchronous Replication Mode..................................................................................................... 16
Dynamic Sync Mode..................................................................................................................... 17
VMware Site Recovery Manager Integration .............................................................................17
Recoverpoint Configuration ................................................................................... 18

Recoverpoint Zoning and Port Configuration .................................................................... 18
Recoverpoint Appliance Information ................................................................................ 20
Recoverpoint Storage Configuration ................................................................................ 21
Recoverpoint Consistency Groups ................................................................................... 24
Consistency Groups ...............................................................................................................24
Journals.................................................................................................................................25
Replication Sets.....................................................................................................................26
Group Sets ............................................................................................................................26
Links .....................................................................................................................................26
RecoverPoint User Accounts ...................................................................................................27
Alerting Information ...............................................................................................................27
A.
Firewall Ports ........................................................................................................ 30
B.
Abbreviations and Acronyms ................................................................................. 35
C.
Operational Considerations ................................................................................... 37

Device tagging .......................................................................................................................37

List of Tables
Table 1.
Contact Details for Proposed Changes .............................................................. 1
Table 2.
Drafting and Release History ............................................................................ 1
Table 3.
Recoverpoint Software ................................................................................... 11
Table 4.
Write Splitting Methods ................................................................................. 12
Table 5.
ECDC Vblock Fabric Port Allocations ............................................................... 18
Table 6.
ECDC Vblock Fabric Port Zoning...................................................................... 18
Table 7.
Norwest Vblock Fabric Port Allocations ........................................................... 18
Table 8.
Norwest Vblock Fabric Port Zoning ................................................................. 19
Table 9.
Replication Fabric Port Allocations ................................................................. 19
Table 10.
Replication Fabric Zoning............................................................................... 20
Table 11.
ECDC Recoverpoint Configuration................................................................... 20
Table 12.
Norwest Recoverpoint Configuration .............................................................. 21
Table 13.
ECDC LUN Requirements ................................................................................ 21
Table 14.
Norwest LUN Requirements............................................................................ 22
Table 15.
ECDC Initiator Groups .................................................................................... 23
Table 16.
ECDC Port Groups .......................................................................................... 23
Table 17.
ECDC Storage Groups .................................................................................... 23
Table 18.
ECDC Masking Views ..................................................................................... 23
Table 19.
Norwest Initiator Groups ................................................................................ 24
Table 20.
Norwest Port Groups ...................................................................................... 24
Table 21.
Norwest Storage Groups ................................................................................ 24
Table 22.
Norwest Masking Views ................................................................................. 24
Table 23.
Consistency Groups ....................................................................................... 25
Table 24.
Norwest Journal Volumes ............................................................................... 25
Table 25.
ECDC Journal Volumes ................................................................................... 26
Table 26.
Replication Sets ............................................................................................ 26
Table 27.
NorWest Group Sets ...................................................................................... 26
Table 28.
RecoverPoint User Accounts........................................................................... 27
Table 29.
Alerting Information....................................................................................... 28
Table 30.
Recoverpoint Firewall Ports ............................................................................ 30
Table 31.
Abbreviations and acronyms .......................................................................... 35

List of Figures
Figure 1.
RecoverPoint Network Topologies .................................................................... 7
Figure 1.
RecoverPoint SE Replication Topologies ......................................................... 10
Figure 2.
RecoverPoint Gen 5 Appliance ....................................................................... 11
Figure 3.
NorWest RecoverPoint Consistency Groups .................................................... 25
Figure 4.
RecoverPoint Logs Screen with Filter .............................................................. 28

Introduction
Document Overview
Background
VCE is delivering a solution based on two VMAX 40K based Vblock 720 systems to
Woolworths Ltd, through Wipro Australia Pty Ltd, as a consolidation target for their
End User Compute, Active Directory, P2V and V2V workloads. This will consist of a
new Vblock at the Norwest Data Centre, and a reconfiguration of the existing nonproduction proof of concept Vblock at the Eastern Creek Data Centre.
The Vblock systems will have remote replication set up between then using
RecoverPoint. For this purpose, the RecoverPoint Continuous Remote Replication
(CRR) solution has been sold by VCE as port of the Vblock 720 bill of materials.
EMC has been engaged to provide the services to design and implement the
VMAX 40K storage configuration and RecoverPoint CRR as part of the VCE Vblock
solution. This engagement covers the planning, design and implementation of the
VMAX 40K custom storage configuration and RecoverPoint CRR across two Vblock
720 systems spread across two Woolworths data centres (Norwest and ECDC).
Purpose
This document covers the design of the RecoverPoint replication solution between
the two sites, Norwest and Eastern Creek
Scope
This design includes the RecoverPoint replication between the two sites and the
configuration required to replicate between Norwest and Eastern Creek.
Exclusions
This design document does not include the design for the VMAX and MDS9513 switches, except where it relates directly to the RecoverPoint
replication.
This design does not include RecoverPoint integration with VMware Site
Recovery Manager (SRM).
All compute and network components of the Vblock are outside of the
scope of the EMC engagement.
Audience
The intended audience of this document includes:
VCE / WIPRO technical staff, project stakeholders and sponsors;
EMC implementation team; and
VCE / WIPRO staff responsible for the ongoing maintenance of the EMC
infrastructure.

Document
Assumptions
The below assumptions have been made while creating this document:
The reader hasfamiliarity with the technical and conceptual functions of a storage
array, Recoverpoint cluster, IP networking and replication methodologies.

Chapter 2: Solution Overview
Solution Overview
RecoverPoint will be used to provide inter-site bi-directional remote replication
between the two Vblocks currently situated at Norwest and ECDC. It is capable of
providing synchronous or asynchronous replication for the storage environment
for full site and partial site failover.
Recoverpoint is currently scoped to replicate 20TB of information.Data will flow
from the Array splitters to the Recoverpoint clusters, and then across the existing
replication and DWDM links via fibre channel.
Nexus 5k B
ECDC Vblock
Nexus 5k B
SLOT2
Cisco Nexus 5010

STAT
L2 MGMTO
MGMT1
CONSOLE
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RPA 1
RPA 1
Replication Fabric A
MDS 9124 MULTILAYER FABRIC SWITCH
CISCO
CONSOLE
MGMT 10/100
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FAN
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USB 2
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SUPERVISOR 2
DS-13SLT-FAB2
8
STATUS
FABRIC MODULE 2
DS-13SLT-FAB2
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FABRIC MODULE 2
DS-13SLT-FAB2
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STATUS
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DS-13SLT-FAB2
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FABRIC MODULE 2
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FABRIC MODULE 2
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DS-X9248-48K9
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DS-13SLT-FAB2
MDS-9513
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FABRIC MODULE 2
SERIES
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FABRIC MODULE 2
FABRIC MODULE 2
MDS 9500
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13
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DS-13SLT-FAB2
FABRIC MODULE 2
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FABRIC MODULE 2
10
STATUS
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DS-X9530-SF2-K9
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SUPERVISOR 2
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FABRIC MODULE 2
DS-X9248-48K9
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FAN
STATUS
STATUS
FABRIC MODULE 2
DS-C9513
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LINK
DS-X9248-48K9
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FABRIC MODULE 2
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PWR
ACTIVE
DS-C9513
RESET
RESET
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RPA 2
MGMT 10/100
STATUS
P/S
FAN
STATUS
CONSOLE
STATUS
FAN
STATUS
DS-C9124-K9
CISCO
PWR
RPA 2
CISCO
CONSOLE
STATUS
SERIES
MDS-9513
SAN B
MDS 9500
SERIES
MDS-9513
SAN A
Internal Fibre Channel

External Fibre Channel
Internal Ethernet
VMAX
40K
External Ethernet
Figure 1.
VMAX
40K
RecoverPoint Network Topologies
Not all of the data on the Vblocks will be replicated. Specifically, only part of the
data assigned to the GP clusters will be replicated. Replication will be bidirectional, i.e. Norwest to ECDC and ECDC to Norwest.
The purpose of the replication is to provide DR capability in the event of a failure
of the entire site or entire Vblock. In the event of one of these failures, all of the
replicated data will be failed over to the surviving site. Partial failover at a
consistency group level is also supported by the technology. This allows virtual
machines to be reemployed, or tested, at the disaster recovery site.
The RecoverPoint installation is also not intended to provide backup and recovery
capability of historical data. It is intended only to provide DR Failover using the
current or near current version of the data.
RecoverPoint Product Family

The RecoverPoint product family consists of three products, RecoverPoint/CL,
RecoverPoint/EX and RecoverPoint/SE.
RecoverPoint/CL
EMC RecoverPoint provides block-level continuous data protection and
continuous remote replication for on-demand protection and recovery at any point
in time, and enables you to implement a single, unified solution to protect and/or
replicate data across heterogeneous servers and storage.
RecoverPoint/EX
RecoverPoint/EX provides all of the data protection of RecoverPoint/CL, with the
following limitations:
Only the following storage arrays are supported:

o
VMAX series
VNX series
CLARiiON AX4-5, CX4, CX3, and CX series
Block LUNs from Fibre Channel Celerra NS20, NS40, NS80, NS120, NS-240, and NS-960
Only the following splitter types are supported:

o
VNX/CLARiiON-based splitters
Symmetrix-based splitters
RecoverPoint/SE
RecoverPoint/SE helps customers with homogenous VNX/CLARiiON environments
implement a single unified solution for data protection, simplifying management,
reducing costs, and avoiding data loss due to server failures or data corruption.
RecoverPoint/SE gives you on-demand protection and recovery at any point in
time, and enables you to implement a single unified solution for the data
protection of your midrange networked storage.
RecoverPoint/SE has the same features and capabilities of RecoverPoint/CL, with
the following exceptions:
RecoverPoint/SE limits the number of arrays that can be replicated, per

RecoverPoint configuration.
o
In CDP configurations, replication can only be performed on a

single VNX/CLARiiON array, meaning both the production and the
replica copy must reside on the same VNX/CLARiiON array
In CRR and CLR configurations, replication can only be performed

from one production VNX/CLARiiON array to another
VNX/CLARiiON array at the DR site.

Design Decision
Recoverpoint/EX has been chosen to handle replication between the Norwest and
Eastern Creek Data Centers
RecoverPoint
Configurations
EMC RecoverPoint replicates data over any distance:
within the same site or to a local bunker site some distance away, CDP
configurations
to a remote site, CRR configurations
to both a local and a remote site simultaneously, CLR configurations
CDP Configurations
RecoverPoint continuous data protection (CDP) tracks changes to data at a block
level and journals these changes. The journal then allows rolling data to a
previous "Point-In-Time" in order to view the drive contents as they were before a
certain data corruption. CDP can journal each write individually, hence enabling
"Any-Point-In-Time" snapshots, or it can be configured to combine consecutive
writes in order to reduce journal space and improve bandwidth.
There are two types of CDP configurations:
(Standard) CDP - in which all components (splitters, storage, RPAs, and

hosts) exist at the same site.
Stretch CDP - in which the production host exists at the local site, splitters
and storage exist at both the bunker site and the local site, and the RPAs
only exist at the bunker site. In this configuration, the repository volume
and both the production and local journals exist at the bunker site.
RecoverPoint CDP can instantly recover data to any PIT by leveraging bookmarks
from the replica journal. In CDP configurations, data can be replicated locally at a
distance that does not exceed the limitation specified in the EMC RecoverPoint
Release Notes, and the data is transferred by Fibre Channel. By definition, writes
from the splitter to the RPA are written synchronously, and snapshot granularity is
set to per second, so the exact data size and contents are ultimately dependent
upon the number of writes made by the host application per second.
Users can change the snapshot granularity to per write, if necessary. Users can
also set the replication mode to synchronous, when an RPO time of zero is
required.

CRR Configurations
RecoverPoint continuous remote replication (CRR) enables a replica in a remote
site.
In CRR configurations, data is transferred between two sites over Fibre Channel or
a WAN. In this configuration, the RPAs, storage and splitters exist at both the local
and the remote site.
By default, the replication mode is set to asynchronous, and snapshot granularity
is set to dynamic, so the exact data size and contents are ultimately dependent
upon the policies set by the user and system performance. This provides
protection to application consistent, and other specific points in time.
CLR configurations
Continuous Local and Remote Protection (CLR) provide the benefits of both
previous forms of protection.
Both RecoverPoint CDP and CRR feature bidirectional replication and a point-intime recovery mechanism which enables replica volumes to be rolled back to a
previous point-in-time and used for read/write operations without effecting the
ongoing replication process or data protection.
Figure 1.
RecoverPoint SE Replication Topologies
Design Decision
CRR will be utilized in the environment to provide remote protection to allow for
full site and partial site failover of the environment.
Recoverpoint is bi-directional and will allow each array will be a target for their
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RecoverPoint Hardware and Software

The following replication hardware and software is used in the RecoverPoint
solution:
RecoverPoint
Software
RecoverPoint
Appliance (RPA)
The current supported version of RecoverPoint is currently 4.0.

Table 3.
Recoverpoint Software
Software
Version
RecoverPoint Operating System
EMC RecoverPoint Appliance 4.0 SP1
The RPA is Recoverpoint's intelligent data protection appliance. In RecoverPoint,

RPAs manage all aspects of reliable data replication at all sites.
The RecoverPoint appliance (RPA) is a 1U hardware based server. The
specification of the RPA is as follows:
2 x Quad Core Sandy Bridge Processors
Two 300GB 10K RPM 2.5 SAS Drives in RAID1 configuration
6 x 1GE ports (RJ-45) WAN, LAN & Remote management + 3 ports are
unused
16 Gig DDR3 Memory
8Gb quad HBA
Port usage for WAN, LAN and the HBA Port Sequence (left to right) 0-1-2-3
(labelled a-b-c-d) are outlined in Figure 2.
Figure 2.
RecoverPoint Gen 5 Appliance
During replication for a given consistency group, an RPA at the production site
makes intelligent decisions regarding when and what data to transfer to the
replica site. It bases these decisions on its continuous analysis of application
load and resource availability, balanced against the need to prevent degradation
of host application performance and to deliver maximum adherence to the
specified replication policy. The RPAs at the replica site distribute the data to the
replica storage.
In the event of failover, these roles can be reversed. Moreover, RecoverPoint
supports simultaneous bidirectional replication, where the same RPA can serve as
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Each RPA has the following dedicated interfaces:
Fibre Channel. Used for data exchange with local host applications and
storage subsystems. The RPA supports a dual-port configuration to the
Fibre Channel, thereby providing redundant connectivity to the SANattached storage and the hosts.
WAN. Used to transfer data to other sites (Ethernet).
Management. Used to manage the RecoverPoint system (Ethernet).
You can access each RPA directly through an SSH connection to the RPAs
dedicated box-management IP address. You can also access all RPAs in the
RecoverPoint configuration through the virtual site-management IP address of
each site in the RecoverPoint configuration. In other words, once RecoverPoint is
configured, you can manage the entire installation from a single location.
RPA terminology
Splitters
In RecoverPoint, the following terminology is used when referencing RPAs:
Preferred RPA - Each consistency group must be assigned one or more

preferred RPAs.
RecoverPoint Cluster - A group of inter-linked RPAs, working together

closely, to provide replication services. A RecoverPoint cluster can be
deployed within a single site for CDP (or stretched CDP) configurations, or
deployed in two sites for CRR and CLR configuration.
A splitter is proprietary software that is installed on either host operating systems,

storage subsystems, or intelligent fibre switches.
The primary function of a splitter is to split application writes so that they are
sent to their normally designated storage volumes and the RPA simultaneously.
The splitter carries out this activity efficiently, with little perceptible impact on
host performance, since all CPU-intensive processing necessary for replication is
performed by the RPA.
Table 4.
Write Splitting Methods
Splitter
Details
Array
Based
An array-based splitter performs write splitting on the storage array.

Array-based splitters are available for the following storage systems:
CLARiiON CX3 and CX4
VNX Series
Symmetrix VMAX (requires RecoverPoint 3.4 SP1 or later)
The RecoverPoint array based splitters are included in the array
firmware (Enginuity for VMAX, VNX OE for VNX). The splitter enabler is
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Design Decision
As of RecoverPoint version 4.0, only array based splitters are supported. Other
methods that were available in previous versions of Recoverpoint have been
deprecated.
Consistency
Groups
A consistency group is the fundamental building block of the Recoverpoint

environment
They each consist of one or more replication sets. Each replication set consists of
a production volume and the replica volumes to which it is replicating.
The consistency group ensures that updates to the replicas are always consistent
and in correct write order; that is, the replicas can always be used to continue
working or to restore the production source, in case it is damaged.
The consistency group monitors all the volumes added to it to ensure consistency
and write-order fidelity. If two data sets are dependent on one another (e.g.
Database and a Database log), they must be in the same consistency group.
Consistency groups are referenced in Table 23.
Replication Sets
Every SAN-attached storage volume in the production storage must have a

corresponding volume at each copy. A production volume and its associated
replica volumes are called a replication set (Table 26). Each consistency group
contains as many replication sets as there are volumes in the production storage
to replicate. Data consistency and write-order fidelity are maintained across all
volumes assigned to a consistency group, including volumes on different storage
systems.
Journals
One or more volumes are dedicated on the storage at each replica site for the
purpose of holding images that are either waiting to be distributed, or that have
already been distributed, to the replica storage.
Each journal holds as many images as its capacity allows. Subsequently, the
oldest image (provided that it has already been distributed to the copy storage) is
removed to make room for the newest one, in a first-in, first-out manner. The
actual number of images in the journal varies, depending on the size of the
images and the capacity of the storage dedicated to this purpose.
A list of Norwest and ECDC journals are referenced in Table 24 andTable 25.
You can address individual images in a replica journal. Hence, if required due to a
disaster, you can roll back the stored data image to an earlier image that was
unaffected by the disaster. Frequent small-aperture snapshots provide high
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Volumes
In the EMC RecoverPoint Management Application, LUNs are represented as

volumes. The following types of volumes exist in all RecoverPoint configurations:
Production Copy - The production copies are the volumes that are written
to by the host applications at the production site.
Local Copies - The local copies are the volumes that the production copies
are replicated to at the local site.
Remote Copies - The remote copies are the volumes that the production
copies are replicated to at the remote site.
Production Journals - The production journal volume stores information

about the replication process (called marking information) that is used to
make synchronization of the replication volumes at the two sites, when
required, much more efficient.
Copy Journals - Copy journals are dedicated to holding point-in-time

information for each image on the production storage, as well as
bookmarks that mark significant points in time. The copy journals hold all
changes to data, so that the copy storage can be rolled back to a previous
point in time (PIT). There are as many copy journals as there are local and
remote copies in a consistency group
Repository Volume - A special volume, called the repository volume, must

be dedicated on the SAN-attached storage at each site, for each RPA
cluster. The repository volume serves all RPAs of the particular cluster and
splitters associated with that cluster. It stores configuration information
about the RPAs and consistency groups, which enables a properly
functioning RPA to seamlessly assume the replication activities of a failing
RPA from the same cluster.
Design Decision
Copy Journals will be housed in a dedicated journal pool (RP-FC).
The journal pool is allocated at both data centers, with capacity for 6Tb of journal
storage. Apart from this pool, there has been no requirement for journals to
maintain specific RPOs within the environment.
With an assumed change rate of up to 20% per day, then the number of journals
allocated are sufficient to hold 24 hours worth of checkpoints.
Journal pool sizing and configuration referenced Woolworths WoW VMAX and
MDS 9513 Design v3.0. Individual volumes are referenced in Journals section of
the Recoverpoint configuration.
Links
A link is the communication pipe between the production and a copy, through
which data is transferred. In RecoverPoint, data transfer for each link can be over
WAN or Fibre Channel. There can be multiple links per consistency group, and the
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The following terms are used to describe the link placement in relation to the
production environment:
Remote linkIn remote replication, this is the link between the production
and the remote copy.
Local linkIn local replication, this is the link between the production and
the local copy.
Links are also a logical entity that consists of protection policies such as
replication mode (synchronous or asynchronous), RPO, compression, and
snapshot granularity. The link can be open, meaning that transfer is possible. The
link can be closed, meaning that transfer is not possible to the copy. A user or
system-triggered pause in transfer can trigger a link to close.
Design Decision
Remote links will be used and the transportation method will be over Fibre
Channel. No local links will be used at this time.
Snapshots
A snapshot is a point in time marked by the system for recovery purposes. A

snapshot includes only that data that has changed from the previous image. Upon
being distributed, it creates a new current image on the remote storage.
A snapshot is the difference between one consistent image of stored data and the
next. Snapshots are taken seconds apart. The application writes to storage; at the
same time, the splitter provides a second copy of the writes to the RecoverPoint
appliance. In asynchronous replication, the appliance gathers several writes into
a single snapshot. The exact time for closing the snapshot is determined
dynamically depending on replication policies and the journal of the consistency
group. In synchronous replication, each write is a snapshot. When the snapshot is
distributed to a replica, it is stored in the journal volume, making it possible to
revert to previous images by selecting the stored snapshots.
For each consistency group, a Snapshot Granularity policy can be configured to
regulate data transfer, and the following granularities can be defined:
Fixed (per write): To create a snapshot from every write operation.
Fixed (per second): To create one snapshot per second.
Dynamic: To have the system determine the snapshot granularity

according to available resources.
Design Decision
When replicating synchronously, it is mandated to use a fixed write capability so
that each write is a snapshot in order to maintain fully synchronous rollback
capability.
Fixed (per write) snapshots will be taken, in order to duplicate the minimum
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Bookmarks
A bookmark is a named snapshot. The bookmark uniquely identifies an image.

Bookmarks can be set and named manually; they can also be created
automatically by the system either at regular intervals or in response to a system
event. Bookmarked images are listed by name.
Design Decision
Bookmarks are going to be taken and handled by the SRM application. Naming
standards may be referenced in the SRM design.
Snapshot consolidation
RecoverPoint captures every write, enabling you to recover data from any point in
time. Keeping days to months of every point in time, however, requires very large
journals. Over time, re-writes to a single disk location consume a large amount of
journal space. Additionally, the need to recover back to an exact point in time
decreases as the data ages. The granularity of snapshots becomes less important
over time. Snapshot consolidation enables longer-term point-in-time recovery
using the same storage consumption. Snapshot consolidation discards re-writes
to the same disk location to save on journal space, which allows a longer history
to be retained in the journal.
Design Decision
No Snapshot consolidation is being undertaken at this stage, as there is no
requirement for the consistency groups to be recovered beyond 24 hours.
Snapshot consolidation can be turned on at any time if requirements.
Replication Mode
Regardless of the replication mode, RecoverPoint is unique in its ability to

guarantee a consistent replica at the target side under all circumstances, and in
its ability to retain write order fidelity in multi-host heterogeneous SAN
environments.
Asynchronous Replication mode
The host application initiates a write, and does not wait for an acknowledgment
from the remote RPA before initiating the next write. The data of each write is
stored in the local RPA, and acknowledged at the local site. The RPA decides
based on the lag policy and system loads/available resources when to transfer
the writes in the RPA to the replica storage. This is the default replication mode.
The primary advantage of asynchronous replication is its ability to provide
synchronous-like replication without degrading the performance of host
applications.
Synchronous Replication Mode
The host application initiates a write, and then waits for an acknowledgment from
the remote RPA before initiating the next write. This is not the default replication
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Replication in synchronous mode produces a replica that is always one hundred

percent up-to-date with its production source. The trade-off is that to ensure that
no subsequent writes are made until an acknowledgement is received from the
remote RPA, host applications can be regulated by RecoverPoint, and this could
impact application performance. Alternatively, users can configure RecoverPoint
to dynamically alternate between synchronous and asynchronous replication
modes, according to predefined lag and/or throughput conditions.
Dynamic Sync Mode
Dynamic sync mode is a subset of the synchronous replication mode. In this
mode, protection policies can be defined that enable the group to automatically
begin replicating asynchronously whenever the groups data throughput or
latency reaches a maximum threshold.
Design Decision
Synchronous replication (Synchronous Replication Mode) will be used between
the Norwest and the Eastern Creek Data Center. This is to replicate the same base
functionality currently provided by SRDF/S
The functionality for asynchronous replication is available in the current
Recoverpoint environment, and can be utilized at a future time where deemed
necessary at a Consistency group level.
VMware Site Recovery Manager Integration

RecoverPoint can be integrated with VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM). When
integrating RecoverPoint with SRM the following should be noted:
Failover is controlled by SRM rather than being manually initiated from

RecoverPoint
SRM protection groups should correspond to RecoverPoint consistency

groups
For RecoverPoint 4.0SP1, SRM version 5.1, 5.1u1 or 5.5 is required, with
the RecoverPoint Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) version 2.2.
Design Decision
SRM integration is not in the scope of this design document. WIPRO have been
contracted to provide automated integration between the EMC VMAX, the VMware
environment, and the Recoverpoint clusters.

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Chapter 3: Recoverpoint Configuration
Recoverpoint Configuration
Recoverpoint Zoning and Port Configuration

Below are the physical connectivity requirements for the RP environment,
including port allocation on the fibre-channel switches and zoning configuration
for replication traffic.
Table 5.
ECDC Vblock Fabric Port Allocations
Fabric
RPA
RPA Port
Switch
Switch Port
RPA 1
ec1-mds-edg-fab-a-06
fc1/11
RPA 2
ec1-mds-edg-fab-a-06
fc2/24
RPA 1
ec1-mds-edg-fab-b-06
fc1/11
RPA 2
ec1-mds-edg-fab-b-06
fc2/24
Table 6.
ECDC Vblock Fabric Port Zoning
Fabric
Zone Name
Zone Member
WWN
RPA-journal_woolworths_com_au
RPA 1 Port 3
TBA
RPA 2 Port 3
TBA
VMAX FA-7h0
50:00:09:75:00:04:49:D8
VMAX FA-9h0
50:00:09:75:00:04:49:E0
RPA 1 Port 1
TBA
RPA 2 Port 1
TBA
VMAX FA-8h0
50:00:09:75:00:04:49:DD
VMAX FA-10h0
50:00:09:75:00:04:49:E4
RPA 1 Port 3
TBA
RPA 2 Port 3
TBA
VMAX FA-7f0
50:00:09:75:00:04:49:58
VMAX FA-9f0
50:00:09:75:00:04:49:60
RPA 1 Port 1
TBA
RPA 2 Port 1
TBA
VMAX FA-8f0
50:00:09:75:00:04:49:5C
VMAX FA-10f0
50:00:09:75:00:04:49:64
RPA-journal_woolworths_com_au
RPA-replicas_woolworths_com_au
Table 7.
Norwest Vblock Fabric Port Allocations
Fabric
RPA
RPA Port
Switch
Switch Port
RPA 1
nw1-mds-edg-fab-a-06
fc1/11

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Fabric
RPA
RPA Port
Switch
Switch Port
RPA 2
nw1-mds-edg-fab-a-06
fc2/24
RPA 1
nw1-mds-edg-fab-b-06
fc1/11
RPA 2
nw1-mds-edg-fab-b-06
fc2/24
Table 8.
Norwest Vblock Fabric Port Zoning
Fabric
Zone Name
Zone Member
WWN
RPA-journals_woolworths_com_au
RPA 1 Port 3
TBA
RPA 2 Port 3
TBA
VMAX FA-7h0
50:00:09:75:00:06:E5:D8
VMAX FA-9h0
50:00:09:75:00:06:E5:E0
RPA 1 Port 1
TBA
RPA 2 Port 1
TBA
VMAX FA-8h0
50:00:09:75:00:06:E5:DC
VMAX FA-10h0
50:00:09:75:00:06:E5:E4
RPA 1 Port 3
TBA
RPA 2 Port 3
TBA
VMAX FA-7g0
50:00:09:75:00:06:E5:98
VMAX FA-9g0
50:00:09:75:00:06:E5:A0
VMAX FA-5e0
50:00:09:75:00:06:E5:10
VMAX FA-5f0
50:00:09:75:00:06:E5:50
VMAX FA-5g0
50:00:09:75:00:06:E5:90
RPA 1 Port 1
TBA
RPA 2 Port 1
TBA
VMAX FA-8g0
50:00:09:75:00:06:E5:9C
VMAX FA-10g0
50:00:09:75:00:06:E5:A4
VMAX FA-6e0
50:00:09:75:00:06:E5:14
VMAX FA-6f0
50:00:09:75:00:06:E5:54
VMAX FA-6g0
50:00:09:75:00:06:E5:94
RPA-journals_woolworths_com_au
Table 9.
Replication Fabric Port Allocations
Site
Fabric
RPA
RPA Port
Switch
Switch Port
ECDC
RPA 1
ec1-mds-rdf-fab-a-01
fc2/2
ECDC
RPA 2
ec1-mds-rdf-fab-a-01
fc2/6
ECDC
RPA 1
ec1-mds-rdf-fab-b-02
fc2/2
ECDC
RPA 2
ec1-mds-rdf-fab-b-02
fc2/6

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Site
Fabric
RPA
RPA Port
Switch
Switch Port
Norwest
RPA 1
nw1-mds-rdf-fab-a-01
fc2/2
Norwest
RPA 2
nw1-mds-rdf-fab-a-01
fc2/6
Norwest
RPA 1
nw1-mds-rdf-fab-b-02
fc2/2
Norwest
RPA 2
nw1-mds-rdf-fab-b-02
fc2/6
Table 10.
Replication Fabric Zoning
Fabric
Zone Name
Zone Member
WWN
RPA-RPA_woolworths_com_au
Norwest RPA 1 Port 0 TBA

RPA-RPA_woolworths_com_au
ECDC RPA 1 Port 0
TBA
ECDC RPA 2 Port 0
TBA

ECDC RPA 1 Port 2
TBA
ECDC RPA 1 Port 2
TBA
Recoverpoint Appliance Information

The information required to install and configure the Recoverpoint appliance for
each site cluster is included below.
Table 11.
ECDC Recoverpoint Configuration
RecoverPoint Appliance Information - Source Site
ec1vbkrp001
Site Name
Management Interface IP
Management Interface Subnet mask
Management Interface Gateway
Cluster Interface IP (Management
Subnet)
WAN/Private Interface IP
ec1vbkrp002
ECDC
10.171.148.13
10.171.148.14
255.255.255.0
10.171.148.1
10.171.148.15
10.166.224.11
10.166.224.12
WAN/Private Interface Subnet mask
255.255.255.0
WAN/Private Interface Gateway
10.166.224.1
Primary DNS IP
Secondary DNS IP
Network Time Protocol IP
Remote Maintenance TCP Port (optional)
10.166.177.139
10.134.177.139
10.134.131.253, 10.134.131.254
-

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Australia/Sydney
Time Zone
Local DNS Domain Name
Table 12.
woolworths.com.au
Norwest Recoverpoint Configuration
RecoverPoint Appliance Information - Source Site
nw1vbkrp001
nw1vbkrp002
Norwest
Site Name
Management Interface IP
Management Interface Subnet mask
Management Interface Gateway
Cluster Interface IP (Management Subnet)
10.139.148.13
10.139.148.14
255.255.255.0
10.139.148.1
10.139.148.15
WAN/Private Interface IP
10.134.224.1
1
10.134.224.12
WAN/Private Interface Subnet mask
255.255.255.0
WAN/Private Interface Gateway
10.134.224.1
10.134.177.139
Primary DNS IP
Secondary DNS IP
Network Time Protocol IP
Remote Maintenance TCP Port (optional)
Time Zone
Local DNS Domain Name
10.166.177.139
10.134.131.253, 10.134.131.254
Australia/Sydney
woolworths.com.au
Recoverpoint Storage Configuration

VMAX storage needs to be assigned for the Recoverpoint appliance production
and journal volumes.
Table 13.
ECDC LUN Requirements
Purpose
Size
Thin Pool /
Disk Group
Device #
Repository
5.72 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
007D
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
007E
Comments

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Purpose
Size
Thin Pool /
Disk Group
Device #
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
007F
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
0080
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
0081
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
0082
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
0083
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
0084
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
0085
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
0086
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
0087
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
0088
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
0089
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
008A
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
008B
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
008C
Table 14.
Comments
Norwest LUN Requirements
Purpose
Size
Thin Pool /
Disk Group
Device #
Repository
5.72 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Journal
100 GB
Pool RP-FC
TBA
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00A9
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00AA
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00AB
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00AC
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00AD
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00AE
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00AF
Comments

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Purpose
Size
Thin Pool /
Disk Group
Device #
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00B0
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00B1
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00B2
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00B3
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00B4
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00B5
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00B6
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00B7
Gatekeeper
3 cylinder
Disk Group 1
00B8
Table 15.
Comments
ECDC Initiator Groups
IG Name
Member WWNs
Member IGs
Consistent LUN
RPA_1_IG
TBA
None
Yes
RPA_2_IG
TBA
None
Yes
RPA_Cluster_IG
None
RPA_1_IG, RPA_2_IG
Yes
Table 16.
ECDC Port Groups
PG Name
Member Ports
RPA_PG
7h0, 8h0, 9h0, 10h0
RPA_Replica_PG
7f0, 8f0, 9f0, 10f0
Table 17.
ECDC Storage Groups
SG Name
RPA_1_SG
Member Devices
007D,007E,007F,0080,0081,0082,0083,0084
RPA_2_SG
0085,0086,0087,0088,0089,008C,008B,008C
RPA_Cluster_SG
TBA (Repository and Journals)
RPA_Replica_SG
S_VMAX_PRD_A0274_GP-010-S
Table 18.
ECDC Masking Views
MV Name
Initiator Group
Storage Group
Port Group
RPA_1_MV
RPA_1_IG
RPA_1_SG
RPA_PG
RPA_2_MV
RPA_2_IG
RPA_2_SG
RPA_PG

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MV Name
Initiator Group
Storage Group
Port Group
RPA_Cluster_MV
RPA_Cluster_IG
RPA_Cluster_SG
RPA_PG
RPA_Replica_MV
RPA_Cluster_IG
RPA_Replica_SG
RPA_Replica_PG
Table 19.
Norwest Initiator Groups
IG Name
Member
WWNs
Member IGs
Consistent LUN
IG-RPA_1
TBA
None
Yes
IG-RPA_2
TBA
None
Yes
IG-RPA_Cluster
None
IG-RPA_1, IG-RPA_2
Yes
Table 20.
Norwest Port Groups
PG Name
Member Ports
PG-RPA
7h0, 8h0, 9h0, 10h0
PG-RPA_Replica
7g0, 8g0, 9g0, 10g0, 5e0, 6e0, 5f0, 6f0, 5g0, 6g0
Table 21.
Norwest Storage Groups
SG Name
Member Devices
SG-RPA_1
00A9,00AA,00AB,00AC,00AD,00AE,00AF,00B0
SG-RPA_2
00B1,00B2,00B3,00B4,00B5,00B6,00B7,00B8
SG-RPA_Cluster
TBA (Repository and Journals)
SG-RPA_Replica
Table 22.
Norwest Masking Views
MV Name
Initiator Group
Storage Group
Port Group
MV-RPA_1
IG-RPA_1
SG-RPA_1
PG-RPA
MV-RPA_2
IG-RPA_2
SG-RPA_2
PG-RPA
MV-RPA_Cluster
IG-RPA_Cluster
SG-RPA_Cluster
PG-RPA
MV-RPA_Replica
IG-RPA_Cluster
SG-RPA_Replica
PG-RPA_Replica
Recoverpoint Consistency Groups

Consistency
Groups
Due to the evolving nature of the environment, Consistency groups are to be set
up as follows to test the functionality of the Recoverpoint Solution.

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Journals
Figure 3.
Norwest RecoverPoint Consistency Groups
Table 23.
Consistency Groups
CG Name
Direction
Primary
RPA
Priority
Distributed
External
Management
CG-NOR-Test1
Norwest ->
ECDC
Norwest
RPA 1
Normal
No
None
CG-NOR-Test2
Norwest ->
ECDC
Norwest
RPA 2
Normal
No
None
CG-NOR-Test3
Norwest ->
ECDC
Norwest
RPA 2
Normal
No
None
List all journal policy settings (same for all journals)

Table 24.
Norwest Journal Volumes
Consistency Group
Journal Type
VMAX Device
CG-NOR-Test1
Production
TBA
CG-NOR-Test2
Production
TBA
CG-NOR-Test3
Production
TBA

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Table 25.
ECDC Journal Volumes
Consistency Group
Journal Type
VMAX Device
CG-NOR-Test1
Copy
TBA
TBA
CG-NOR-Test2
Copy
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
CG-NOR-Test3
Copy
TBA
TBA
TBA
Table 26.
Replication Sets
Production
Copy
Direction
Production VMAX Device
Remote VMAX Device
CG-NORTest1
Norwest ->
ECDC
S_VMAX_PRD_A0441_GP010-S
CG-NORTest2
Norwest ->
ECDC
CG-NORTest3
Norwest ->
ECDC
Table 27.
Group Sets
Links
Replication Sets
Norwest Group Sets
Group Set
Remote Copy
Production CG
Remote CG
GS-NOR-Test
Norwest -> ECDC
CG-NOR-Test2
CG-NOR-Test2-remote
CG-NOR-Test3
CG-NOR-Test3-remote
Woolworths, in conjunction with WIPRO, have advised EMC to use a 300Mbit

Ethernet network for the use of RecoverPoint. With an average of 8% of Network
overhead RecoverPoint is expected to use 43MB/sec of throughput. EMC have
used this information along with Performance Data from the hosts to be replicated
and have validated the following consistency groups

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RecoverPoint User
Accounts
Alerting
Information
Table 28.
RecoverPoint User Accounts
Username
Password
Permissions
Description
Admin
Admin
All, except
install and web
download
Preconfigured account,
cannot be removed, default
password should be
changed.
boxmgmt
Boxmgmt
Install
password should be
changed.
Monitor
Monitor
None (read
only)
password should be
changed.
webdownload
Webdownload
Webdownload
password should be
changed.
Root
Boxmgmt
All
Allows access to the iDRAC

card for offline management
RecoverPoint supports email, SNMP and syslog servers for event notification.
The system records log entries in response to a wide range of pre-defined events.
Each event carries an event ID. In addition, each event is defined by a topic, level
of severity, and scope.
Event topics correspond to the components of the RecoverPoint system where the
events occur, including: Site; Splitter; Management (i.e., RecoverPoint
Management Console and CLI); Consistency group; RPA. A single event can
generate multiple log entries.
To display event logs, in the Navigation pane, select Logs. The most recent events
in the event log are displayed (you can sort the various columns). For more
information about a particular event log, double-click it. The Log Event Properties
dialog box displays more details about the individual event.
The Scope parameter is used to filter events when displaying the log.
This allows for easier viewing of events and quicker analysis of issues, as there is
no need to sort through a large number of messages to find the relevant events or
start of an issue.

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Figure 4.
RecoverPoint Logs Screen with Filter
Normal scope events - Are created when the system analyses a wide range of
system data in order to generate a single event that explains the root cause for an
entire set of detailed and advanced events. In most cases, these events are
sufficient for effective monitoring of system behaviour. By default RecoverPoint
2.4 sets the scope to Normal to filter out Detailed and Advanced events.
Detailed scope events - All events that are generated for use by users, and that
are not included among the events that have a scope of normal. The display of
detailed events includes normal events also.
Advanced scope events - In specific casese.g., for troubleshooting a problem
Customer Service may ask you to retrieve information from the advanced log
events. These events contain information that is more technical in nature. The
display of advanced events includes normal and detailed events also. With
detailed or advanced scope, the rows in the log are shaded according to the
scope of the event that is displayed on that line.
RecoverPoint, once configured with appropriate SMTP details can send automatic
systems alerts and reports; this can be configured within the System Settings
screen.
Table 29.
Alerting Information
Purpose
Value
Service Provider (to) Email address
InfraSupportVBLOCK@woolworths.com.a
u
Service Provider (from) Email address
InfraSupportVBLOCK@woolworths.com.a
u
SMTP Server
smtprelay.woolworths.com.au
SNMP
Prod
10.168.35.176 ECDC
10.136.35.176 NSO
10.168.35.177 ECDC
10.136.35.177 NSO
UAT
10.170.35.173 ECDC

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10.138.35.173 NW
Test
camtrapuat.gss.woolworths.com.au
SNMP Community String
syd123
SYSLOG Server
N/A
Trap Destination West Pennant Hills
TBA
Trap Destination Norwest
TBA
Unisphere Logon Account for Splitters
Recoverpoint

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A.
Firewall Ports
The following firewall ports are used by Recoverpoint for administration, user
access, cluster communication and cluster to cluster replication.
Table 30.
Recoverpoint Firewall Ports
Port
Source -> Destination
Protocol and description
Effect if closed
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RPA->FTP server
Outgoing FTP communications

(TCP) (output only)
Not possible to download ISO

image or to upload logs using FTP
RPA->ESRS
Used during installation and

Not possible to register on the
upgrades to download ISO image, ESRS server
if FTP is specified as the source;
not required if the Deployment
Manager server is used as the ISO
source (then HTTPs can be used)
Can be used to upload support
logs to the specified FTP server;
not required if the support logs
are manually downloaded using
the webdownload user (then
HTTPs can be used)
Replication not affected
Used to register on the ESRS

server
21
RPA->FTP server
Outgoing FTP communications; for Not possible to download ISO

system info collection (TCP)
image or to upload logs using FTP
(output only)
RPA->ESRS
Used during installation and

Not possible to register on the
upgrades to download ISO image, ESRS server
if FTP is specified as the source;
not required if the Deployment
Manager server is used as the ISO
source (then HTTPs can be used)
Can be used to upload support
logs to the specified FTP server;
not required if the support logs
are manually downloaded using
the webdownload user (then
HTTPs can be used)
Registration to the ESRS server

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SSH client->RPA
SSH and communications

between RPAs (TCP)
No remote connection to CLI

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Port
Effect if closed
Required for CLI access to RPAs. Replication not affected

The source is the Management
Server, the destination is the RPA.
RPA->RPA
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RPA->FC switch
Communications between RPAs

(TCP)
No log collection
Used for support log collection.
Telnet (TCP) (output only)
RecoverPoint SE automatic
zoning fails if telnet to Fibre
Channel switch is not available
Used during RP/SE installation to RecoverPoint installation fails;
carry out Fibre Channel switch
after installation, not needed
zoning
Used during installation when
using an intelligent fabric splitter
Used for log collection when
using an intelligent fabric switch
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RPA->SMTP server
Used for sending system mail

(SMTP) email alerts from RPA, if
configured (TCP) (output only);
No email alerts sent.
Used for Call Home events, if

configured
No system reports sent.

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RPA->DNS server
DNS (TCP, UDP)

Used for name resolution. Only
required if in the RecoverPoint
configuration, domain names are
used for external servers instead
of |P addresses.
80
Browser (running the

Management Server)>RPA
No name resolution of remote

servers, e-mail alerts, system
reports
HTTP; web server for management No GUI (can be run with HTTPS)
(TCP)
Used to run RecoverPoint GUI, but Replication not affected, but

GUI can also be run using HTTPS RecoverPoint is designed to be
when HTTP is disabled.
used with the GUI
Can be used to download RPA
logs.
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RPA->NTP server or
another RPA
NTP (TCP, UDP)
Used for synchronizing with

Network Time Protocol server.
No synchronization with time

server. RPAs may show incorrect
time. Event time stamps may be
incorrect.
Replication not affected, but
snapshots may show incorrect
times. Write-order of snapshots
not affected
Used between RPAs in a cluster

for time synchronization.

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Port
Effect if closed
161
MIB Browser->RPA
SNMP (TCP, UDP)
No SNMP notification
Used for SNMP notifications. Also Replication not affected

see port 10161.
162
389
443
RPA -> Trap receiver
RPA->LDAP server
Browser (running the

Management Server)>RPA
RPA->VNX
SNMP (TCP, UDP) (output only)
No SNMP notification
Used for SNMP notifications.
LDAP (TCP) (output only)
No LDAP authentication (unless

using SSL)
Used for LDAP user authentication

and authorization. Only required
if LDAP is configured. Also see
port 636.
HTTPS for management (TCP)
No RecoverPoint GUI (unless
port 80 is available)
Used to download RPA logs,
RP/SE unable to configure
System Report alerts, EMC Secure VNX/CLARiiON; RP/SE
Remote Support, and
installation will fail
communication with third-party
hardware (such as VNX, ESXs and
VMs, VPLEX).
RPA->vCenter
RPA->VPLEX
RPA->EMC Secure
Remote Support server
514
RPA->Syslog server
Syslog (TCP, UDP) (output only)
No log collection from

VNX/CLARiiON
No vCenter Server information
(ESXs and VMs) displayed in
RecoverPoint
RecoverPoint will not be able to
display information about VPLEX
volumes and will not be able to
prevent errors in configuring
VPLEX volumes for replication; if
configured manually without
errors, replication is not affected
System logs not available
Used to send Syslog information Replication not affected

to an external server. Only
required if Syslog is enabled and
an external server is specified.
636
RPA->LDAP server
LDAP over SSL (TCP) (output only) No LDAP over SSL

authentication
Used for LDAP over SSL user
authentication and authorization.
Required only if LDAP using SSL is
configured.
989
RPA->FTPS server
FTPS (output only)
No FTPS transfers.
Used for System Reports alerts

and reporting via FTPS. Only
required if FTPS alerts or reports
are configured.
If system reports (SyR) is

configured to transfer by FTPS,
reports will not be transferred to
EMC System Reports database

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Port
Effect if closed
990
RPA->FTPS server
FTPS (output only)
No FTPS transfers.
Used for System Reports alerts

and reporting via FTPS. Only
required if FTPS alerts or reports
are configured.
If system reports (SyR) is

configured to transfer by FTPS,
reports will not be transferred to
EMC System Reports database
5045
RPA->RPA
RecoverPoint (TCP, UDP)
RPA failure will cause a full

sweep of volumes attached to
Used between RPAs in the cluster the Symmetrix splitter in some
disaster scenarios. The splitter
for Symmetrix splitter
itself will continue to function
functionality.
5050
RPA->RPA
RecoverPoint (TCP, UDP)
No Symmetrix splitter
Used between RPAs in the cluster

for Symmetrix splitter
functionality.
7115
SRM server->RPA
For VMware Site Recovery

Manager communication (TCP)
No vCenter Server information

or commands available
Used by the RecoverPoint Storage Replication not affected

Replication Adapter to query and
manage the RPA. Only required if
Site Recovery Manager is used.
7225
Replication Manager ->

RPA
HTTPS protocol for

communicating with the
RecoverPoint functional API.
VPLEX->RPA
Used by the Management server

running the RecoverPoint GUI to
communicate with RPAs.
UEM GUI -> RPA
Used by third-party devices and

services to communicate with the
RPA.
No functional API
KVSS -> RPA

RP//CE-> RPA
8082
Replication Enabler for

Exchange-> RPA
Deployment Manager -> HTTPS protocol for
RPA
communication with the
RecoverPoint Installation Server
No deployment tools
Used by the Deployment Manager No installations or upgrades

during installation and upgrades.
Deployment Manager needs to
communicate with all RPAs in all
clusters. Management are ports
preferred; WAN ports are used as
fallback.

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Port
10161 MIB Browser->RPA
Effect if closed
SNMP over TLS (TCP);SNMP over No encrypted SNMP

DTLS (UDP)
Used for SNMP reporting. Only
required if SNMP is configured.

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B.
Abbreviations and Acronyms

The abbreviations and acronyms that are used within this document are detailed
in Table 31.
Table 31.
Term
Abbreviations and acronyms

Abbreviation or Acronym
CE
Customer Engineer
CDP
Continuous Data Protection
CLR
Continuous Local and Remote Replication
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CRR
Continuous Remote Replication
CSC
Customer Support Centre
DR
Disaster Recovery
ECDC
Woolworths Easter Creek Data center
FAST
Fully Automated Storage Tiering
GB
Gigabyte
HBA
Host Bus Adapter
IDS
Implementation Delivery Specialist
IO
Input / Output
LAN
Local Area Network
MB
Megabyte
Norwest
Woolworths North West Data center
PM
Project Manager
RPA
Recoverpoint Appliance
RPO
Recover Point Objective
SA
Solutions Architect
SAN
Storage Area Network
SAN
Storage Area Network
SCSI
Small Computer Serial Interface
SE
Systems Engineer
SOS
Storage Operations Specialist

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Term
Abbreviation or Acronym
SP
Service Processor
SSH
Secure Shell. Used for secure communication
TBA
To Be Advised, by the customer
VP
Virtual Provisioning
WAN
Wide Area Network

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C.
Device tagging
Operational Considerations
In Recoverpoint, volumes cannot be added to a replication set unless they are
tagged as being used by Recoverpoint.
All gatekeepers, journal volumes, repository as well as the production and
replicate volumes must be tagged.
To tag the devices in a storage group as being used by Recoverpoint
Select the storage group from the object tree in Unisphere
Right click on the desired storage group. From the pop up menu slect
Replication > Recoverpoint > Enable Recoverpoint
All devices in the storage group will be tagged as being used by Recoverpoint
To use CLI syntax
Symconfigure sid <symmetrix ID> -cmd set dev <device list or device range>
Attribute=RCVRPNT_TAG; commit

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Solution Overview ................................................................................................... 7

RecoverPoint Hardware and Software .............................................................................. 11

Replication Mode ...................................................................................................................16

Recoverpoint Design - VCE / WIPRO

VMware Site Recovery Manager Integration .............................................................................17

Recoverpoint Configuration ................................................................................... 18

Firewall Ports ........................................................................................................ 30

Abbreviations and Acronyms ................................................................................. 35

Operational Considerations ................................................................................... 37

Recoverpoint Design - VCE / WIPRO

Contact Details for Proposed Changes .............................................................. 1

Drafting and Release History ............................................................................ 1

Recoverpoint Software ................................................................................... 11

Write Splitting Methods ................................................................................. 12

ECDC Vblock Fabric Port Allocations ............................................................... 18

ECDC Vblock Fabric Port Zoning...................................................................... 18

Norwest Vblock Fabric Port Allocations ........................................................... 18

Norwest Vblock Fabric Port Zoning ................................................................. 19

Replication Fabric Port Allocations ................................................................. 19

Replication Fabric Zoning............................................................................... 20

ECDC Recoverpoint Configuration................................................................... 20

Norwest Recoverpoint Configuration .............................................................. 21

ECDC LUN Requirements ................................................................................ 21

Norwest LUN Requirements............................................................................ 22

ECDC Initiator Groups .................................................................................... 23

ECDC Port Groups .......................................................................................... 23

ECDC Storage Groups .................................................................................... 23

ECDC Masking Views ..................................................................................... 23

Norwest Initiator Groups ................................................................................ 24

Norwest Port Groups ...................................................................................... 24

Norwest Storage Groups ................................................................................ 24

Norwest Masking Views ................................................................................. 24

Consistency Groups ....................................................................................... 25

Norwest Journal Volumes ............................................................................... 25

ECDC Journal Volumes ................................................................................... 26

Replication Sets ............................................................................................ 26

NorWest Group Sets ...................................................................................... 26

RecoverPoint User Accounts........................................................................... 27

Recoverpoint Firewall Ports ............................................................................ 30

Abbreviations and acronyms .......................................................................... 35

Recoverpoint Design - VCE / WIPRO

RecoverPoint Network Topologies .................................................................... 7

RecoverPoint SE Replication Topologies ......................................................... 10

RecoverPoint Gen 5 Appliance ....................................................................... 11

NorWest RecoverPoint Consistency Groups .................................................... 25

RecoverPoint Logs Screen with Filter .............................................................. 28

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