topic Re: Polyserve OS Access in Storage Software

Polyserve OS Access

Del_3 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:26:45 GMT

Will Polyserve allow OS access and physical drive letters or mount points so that a host replication product like Storage Mirror can be used to migrate data from one EVA to a new one?

Thanks in advance!

Re: Polyserve OS Access

IBaltay — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:58:45 GMT

Hi,
Polyserve CFS seems to be transparent to the OSes (Windows/Linux).

For the host based replication maybe this could be useful note:
All LUNs Must Be Mounted Symmetrically Across the Cluster
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01757883&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

Maybe this could be useful as well to see that it works with the HW based replication, e.g. EVA:

How to Shut Down an EVA that Pairs with another EVA that Has a Dynamic Volume Extended Across LUNs from both EVAs with a Single SQL Instance
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01677916&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

Creating Hardware Snapshots on HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) Storage Arrays
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01655217&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

Re: Polyserve OS Access

Emil Velez — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:56:28 GMT

The polyserve software runs on a standard windows or Linux OS so backup or file replication tools on one node in the cluster should be able to access files on a Z drive or mount point for replication.

Polyserve Linux 3.7 actually has a new replication feature where it can replicate new files from one cluster to another cluster across the network.