HP StorageWorks EBS Solutions guide for VMware Consolidated Backup
A key component of an Enterprise Backup Solution (EBS), as envisioned by HP, is to maximize the use of shared resources and consolidation. This section provides more information on these concepts.
HP Enterprise backup environment
Implementing an Enterprise Backup Solution (EBS) can be challenging. HP understands that for any given Storage Area Network (SAN) environment there may be one or more vendor’s hardware and software present. Each of these components, including software, servers, interconnects, and target devices must work together. HP EBS is dedicated to providing thorough integration testing of industry standard, heterogeneous, and multi-vendor SAN environments.
The output of this work can be found at http://www.hp.com/go/ebs in the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solution (EBS) Hardware/Software Compatibility Matrix, the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solution design guide, and the various software guides and white papers, such as this one.
Virtual infrastructure
The primary benefit to virtualization may indeed be consolidation; however, a virtualized infrastructure can be beneficial in many other ways. For example, because an entire operating environment can be encapsulated in several files, that environment becomes easier to control, copy, distribute, and so on. If an organization virtualizes an operating system, its applications, configuration settings, and other desirable elements, that entire operating environment—known as a Virtual Machine (VM)—can be rolled out anywhere in the organization to maintain business continuity. To maximize availability, emerging technologies can allow VMs to migrate automatically from a potentially failing host to another virtualized platform—this happens with little or no user intervention.
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