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BCV copies can be used for backup, restore, decision support, and application testing., BCV devices contain no data after initial Symmetrix configuration. The full establish operation must be used the first time the standard devices are paired with their BCV devices. 1.  Associate the BCV Device for pairing:To perform standard/BCV pairing, the standard and BCV mirror devices of your production images must be members of the same device group (Note:- Already discussed in previous post about creating device group and pairing...

Think when you are creating a point-in-time image for multiple devices. It is easy to create a point-in-time image of entire set of logical device at same time. In order achieve this you need to shut down an application so that no IO will occurs while you creating a point-in-time image. This is big problem in today’s environment where every company looking solution for zero down time.The EMC provided solution to this problem is called “Enginuity Consistency Assist”. When you create a set of sessions and invoke Enginuity Consistency...

TimeFinder/Clone creates full-volume copies of production data, allowing you to run simultaneous tasks in parallel on Symmetrix systems. In addition to real-time, nondisruptive backup and restore, TimeFinder/Clone is used to compress the cycle time for such processes as application testing, software development, and loading or updating a data warehouse. This significantly increases efficiency and productivity while maintaining continuous support for the production needs of the enterprise.¨ Ability to protect Clone...

I am going to discuss about TimeFinder BCV Split operation where Host running on Oracle Database. This split operation is different from normal BCV split operation. There are differences in command as well. Thats reason I am putting steps for this:The following steps describes splitting BCV devices that hold a database supporting a host running an Oracle database. In this case, the BCV split operation is in an environment without PowerPath or ECA. The split operation described here suspends writes to a database momentarily while...