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Using VERITAS Data Lifecycle Manager and
Princeton Softech for Database Archiving
Managing and storing complex relational data requires
different levels of performance, availability, protection
and retention throughout its lifecycle. When data is
initially acquired or created, frequent access leverages
high-speed storage with high levels of protection to
meet performance and service level requirements.
Over time, data becomes less critical and is accessed
less frequently. As these changes occur, data may be
better suited to more cost-effective classes of storage
with appropriate levels of performance, accessibility,
protection, capacity and cost.
Traditionally, when data is no longer accessed, it is
either deleted to save space or stored indefinitely.
However, regulatory requirements, legal exposure and
increasing data volumes are rendering these tactics
obsolete.
VERITAS Data Lifecycle Manager, in conjunction with
Princeton Softech’s Active Archive Solutions,
automatically enforce data management policies
across the leading database management systems
and environments. Archiving using predefined
business rules and policies enables IT to archive and
store data on the most appropriate media, while
retaining on-demand access. The policy-based nature
of the combined solutions is ideal for addressing a
range of database growth and storage issues.
Predefined database archiving templates and userdefined business policies help manage data to:
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Facilitate regulatory and corporate compliance
Control database growth
Improve storage efficiency
Streamline backup and recovery
Increase resource utilization
Reduce time and cost of “e-discovery”
VERITAS builds on nearly a decade of archiving and
data management expertise to deliver lifecycle
management for relational data and integrates these
capabilities with VERITAS data protection products.
This common media management layer enables
companies to share storage resources and avoid
creating disparate islands of storage for
backup/restore and archive/retrieval.
Princeton Softech’s Active Archive Solutions address
the problems associated with accelerating database
growth. Companies can implement a consistent
enterprise database archiving methodology across
applications, databases, operating systems and
hardware platforms to improve application
performance and availability, while reducing the total
cost of operations.
Archived data remains accessible no matter where it is stored.
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Regulatory Compliance/Corporate Governance
Regulatory compliance and corporate governance are
key issues. The VERITAS and Princeton Softech
solution provides automation, security, reporting, and
content index and search capabilities that facilitate
ongoing compliance efforts and reduce the cost of
legal “e-discovery” processes. The automatic
enforcement of business-driven archive policies
delivers the reliability and repeatability needed to
address regulatory compliance issues related to
retaining and deleting data.
Archiving and Compliance Features:
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Enterprise content search and index
Automated data expiration management
Reporting and auditing
Rules-based administration
Documented, repeatable processes
Unalterable media support
Detailed logging and access tracking
Administrative search and extraction
Tracking of multiple versions
Role-based management
Windows security support
Archived data can be stored on unalterable media
(disk, tape and optical) to deliver greater tamper
resistance and immutability for sensitive data. Rolebased security ensures that only authorized users
have access to specified functions and allows for a
system of checks and balances.
Quality of Storage
Intelligently matching the business value and access
requirements of the data with the appropriate storage
media improves the use of high performance, high
access resources. Less critical data can be archived
and saved to slower, less resilient systems. This
approach also minimizes unnecessary copies of data
— freeing capacity and streamlining operations, such
as backup and restore.
Quality of Storage Features:
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Transparent on-demand access
Single instance storage
Analysis capabilities
Disk, tape and optical media support
Multiple storage tiers
SAN support
Store data cost-effectively based on its evolving business value and access requirements.
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Integration
VERITAS DATA LIFECYCLE MANAGER
Integrating VERITAS Data Lifecycle Manager and
Princeton Softech’s Active Archive Solutions with an
existing IT infrastructure dramatically reduces the cost
and complexity of deploying a data lifecycle
management solution.
Benefit Summary:
Integration with VERITAS NetBackup and VERITAS
Backup Exec software allows the use of backup
storage resources, including SAN-attached devices,
as part of the Data Lifecycle Manager environment.
Unmatched integration with VERITAS NetBackup and
VERITAS Backup Exec software enables Data
Lifecycle Manager to leverage existing backup
hardware, extending data protection investments to
address compliance, improve backup/restore times
and enable long-term data retention.
In addition, integration allows customers to apply Data
Lifecycle Manager features to existing backup media,
indexing their existing backup media for easier restore
selection and applying retroactive archive and
retention policies.
Integration also enables Data Lifecycle Manager to
leverage NetBackup and Backup Exec media,
dramatically reducing the cost and complexity of
deployment. VERITAS Desktop and Laptop Option
(DLO) for NetBackup and Backup Exec software
further extends Data Lifecycle Manager functionality to
end-user desktop data (files, messages and message
archives), helping IT improve data management and
control.
When used in conjunction with VERITAS
CommandCentral Service, VERITAS SANPoint
Control and VERITAS StorageCentral, Data
Lifecycle Manager helps address a whole host of other
pressing IT concerns, including storage utilization and
efficiency, system performance and delivering storage
as a utility.
VERITAS Data Lifecycle Manager is also compatible
with other infrastructure applications, such as
VERITAS Cluster Server, Microsoft Cluster Server and
VERITAS Volume Replicator, to support high
availability needs.
• Store data on appropriate media without affecting
users or the application workflow
• Improve performance; move less critical data to
lower performance storage
• Improve uptime; copy most critical data with
highest level of protection
• Improve data management; automate retention and
disposal actions to reduce costs and noncompliance risks
• Lower storage TCO per unit of capacity
• Improve hardware utilization
• Enable hardware consolidation
• Improve efficiency of IT management
• Eliminate disk and mailbox quotas
Feature Summary:
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Centralized administration
Distributed environment
High availability architecture
End-user archive/retrieval
End-user search and access
Pre-configured and custom policies
Diverse selection criteria
Calendar-based scheduling
Media consolidation
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Architecture:
Data Lifecycle Manager has a three-tier architecture
with DLM servers (Infrastructure Servers), application
and server agents (Front-End Systems) and client
extensions (End-User Systems). The Data Lifecycle
Manager server controls a number of File System and
Exchange Agents that reside on the servers to be
managed. These agents apply policies and
communicate with the Data Lifecycle Manager server
to enable movement of data among storage
resources.
The Data Lifecycle Manager server utilizes Microsoft
SQL Server to track configuration information and
relational data that matches online access points to
near-line and offline data stores.
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Architecture Diagram:
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File System Support:
Active Archive Solutions:
Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows 2003
Windows Storage Server
Windows Server Appliance Kit
NetWork Appliance
Archive for Servers
Archive for Servers ClarifyCRM Edition
Archive for Servers PeopleSoft Enterprise Edition
Archive for Servers PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne Edition
Archive for Servers Oracle Applications Edition
Media Manager Support:
VERITAS NetBackup VMM
VERITAS Backup Exec ADAMM
Pegasus Disk Technologies
Microsoft Removable Storage Manager
Environments:
Databases: Oracle, DB2, DB2 UDB, SQL Server, Sybase
and Informix
Platforms: Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, XP and Windows
2000/NT; IBM’s z/OS
Archive Server Option: Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM’s AIX
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NetBackup, and SANPoint Control are trademarks or registered trademarks of VERITAS Software Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and
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