Push-button failover and failback for HPE 3PAR systems

Disaster recovery management on HPE Storage OS 3.3.1 MU2 is extended to file provisioning with File Persona version 1.5. User is able to perform failover, recover, and restore operations on File Provisioning Group (FPG).

During failover, FPG on the source system is unmounted and mounted on the target system. The recovery of the file systems from source to target system is seamless with minimal execution.

Similarly, during restore, FPG is unmounted from target and mounted on source system and restores Remote Copy Group. As a result, user has continuous access to the file system either on the target or the on source with minimal downtime.

When you enable the Remote Copy Group path management instead of failover, a switchover occurs internally. The source and target storage system roles are swapped automatically. In auto sync mode, the system automatically recovers and synchronizes all volumes with target storage system and also performs switchover. The Remote Copy Group remains in Normal state during an auto sync mode or when you enable path management.