Recovery at a Click - where to be in 18 months IBM Resiliency Orchestration with Cyber Incident Recovery
In today s environment, businesses cannot tolerate downtime + Expectation is to be Always-on + Creating and managing a D/R plan in a Hybrid Cloud environment is challenging + Traditional approaches are becoming obsolete + Test requirements are increasing in frequency and complexity Complex Static and Rigid No Visibility Manual
Hybrid environment presents new challenges for backup and recovery + Application workloads exist in a wide range of sources + Difficulty to create and integrate into a single D/R program + Different replication, management, and monitoring tools Questions D/R administrators ask: + Is data replication active? PRIVATE CLOUD PUBLIC CLOUD PUBLIC CLOUD PRIVATE CLOUD + Is data consistency correct? RECOVERY + Are steps and scripts current? ON PREM + Since last test ON PREM + how long will recovery take? + will I meet SLAs? + are experts available? 3RD PARTY DATA CENTER IBM RESILIENCY CENTER 3RD PARTY DATA CENTER
Disaster Recovery Management Validation needs + Can I recovery my application groups? + How long will it take to recover my applications? + DR Health- Are all the components available? + DR Readiness Am I able to achieve defined RPO and RTO? + Multiple replication mechanisms across multiple OS platforms Do they work together? + DR testing Can I do DR Tests quickly? + Reduce hours to conduct DR tests + Conduct DR tests across Unix, virtual, Windows, Linux, Mainframes + Test a complete application stack across any platforms + Quick recovery Can I use my DR for quick recovery? + Compliance Can I see reports for RPO, RTO, DR Drills? + Ensure accurate reporting
Orchestration is necessary to deliver a consistent and predictable DR experience. Orchestration Creating an intelligent workflow comprised of individual automated actions with an awareness of the entire process Automation Codifying a set of manual steps via the creation of scripts that drive singular actions at independent component levels Orchestration sits higher in the stack than automation, overseeing the entire process and ensuring the coordination of all required activities
IBM Resiliency Services An advanced Orchestration solution is needed for these challenges + A modern management solution aligning Recovery Time and Point Objectives + Built on industry standards; monitoring, reporting, testing & workflow automation + Rapidly deployed and automated for any event Deploy best practices DR workflow Compliance & deviation Reports Real-time RPO & RTO Pre-Flight checks Automated application Recovery Out-of-box Switchover & switchback
The recovery plan will change from a manual document to a Software Defined plan inside the new Orchestration toolset Powerful, easy-to-use workflow editor and execution engine enables disaster recovery monitoring, reporting, testing and workflow automation capabilities over Disaster Recovery solutions. Recovery Automation Library (RAL) for easy automation Success/Failure paths for handling of errors Fork/Join for parallel execution Orchestration does not replace or substitute the Disaster Recovery Solution
Cyber Incident Recovery for Data and Platform Configuration IBM Resiliency Orchestration has been enhanced to use Backup/Replicated Data with Air Gap to protect against cyber outages Production Infrastructure Resiliency Orchestration DR Infrastructure Servers Copy Data Manager Automation Dashboard Validation Reporting Change Management Copy Data Manager Servers Storage Network Immutable Storage Key Features: Air-Gapped Access Reduces Risk of Backup Corruption Quick Recovery Reduces Downtime and Ensures Best RPO Efficient Point-In-Time Recovery with Copy Data Management technologies Immutable Storage for preventing corruption of back-up Immutable Storage Data Verification Storage Network
IBM Cloud Resiliency Orchestration enhances standard technologyrun approach for more efficiency and reduced RTO/RPO both in hybrid and non-hybrid environments From: To: Benefit Minimal RTO and RPO visibility except during tests/drills Dashboard for continual monitoring and predictions of RTO and RPO Help to reduce risk and increase visibility Manual, error-prone operation of DR processes and run-books Intelligently automated run-books and processes with predefined patterns for efficient implementation Help to simplify and accelerate DR process Complex approaches resulting in longer recovery times and resource intensity Simplified solution using 450+ recovery automation library patterns reducing the recovery times/resources Help to reduce deployment time, recovery time and operating costs Manual DR testing/drills Using technology to orchestrate automated test plans and failovers Help to simplify DR testing exercises Traditional DR focused at IT infrastructure level only Managing DR and resiliency at the business process and application level through intelligent workflow management Help to increase availability of business applications
To achieve continuous business operations, organizations need Disaster Recovery and Cyber Incident Recovery solutions that move from manual methods to automation and orchestration models