DellEMC has recently released RecoverPoint 5.1 and below is an overview of the new features. Feel free to look through the release notes on all the 5.1 changes. Security improvements This version of RecoverPoint includes the following security improvements: Improvements in certificate handling Crypto hardening - User can set the minimum TLS protocol version to … Continue reading New features in RecoverPoint 5.1
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RecoverPoint 5.0 SP1 New Features
DellEMC has released RecoverPoint 5.0 SP1 and below are the features listed from the release notes. ScaleIO Support is big!!! ScaleIO support RecoverPoint can be used for heterogeneous replication of ScaleIO volumes. Partially restoring a consistency group The partial restore feature allows the user to specify production volumes of a consistency group to restore to … Continue reading RecoverPoint 5.0 SP1 New Features
New features in RecoverPoint 5.0
DellEMC just released RecoverPoint 5.0. Listed below are the new features that you can find in the release notes of RecoverPoint 5.0. Remove volume from a consistency group without journal loss Volumes can now be removed from a consistency group without incurring journal loss. Adding volumes to a consistency group that are larger than the capacity … Continue reading New features in RecoverPoint 5.0
RecoverPoint 4.4 SP1 New Features and Changes
RecoverPoint 4.4 SP1 has just been released and I wanted to post the New Features and Changes Gen6 support The Gen6 RecoverPoint appliance supports all of the functionality supported by the Gen5 appliance. Gen6 appliances support: Improved system performance Flexible configuration of I/O modules 10 Gb Ethernet environments Customer replacement of disk drives and power … Continue reading RecoverPoint 4.4 SP1 New Features and Changes
New Features and Changes in RecoverPoint 4.4
One of the many technologies that i work with on a regular basis is EMC RecoverPoint. Code 4.4 was just released and i wanted to share the new features and changes. ProtectPoint 3.0 readiness RecoverPoint now contains the infrastructure required to support ProtectPoint 3.0 when it becomes generally available. This readiness enables ProtectPoint 3.0 to … Continue reading New Features and Changes in RecoverPoint 4.4
Configuring EMC RecoverPoint GEN5 BMC or “Lights Out Management”
One of the options with RecoverPoint GEN5 appliances is the BMC option or what most known as “Lights Out Management”. This can be very useful as IT offices and Datacenter’s where the equipment reside may be in different locations. Below are the steps for setting up BMC on each RPA. Login with user “Boxmgmt” and … Continue reading Configuring EMC RecoverPoint GEN5 BMC or “Lights Out Management”
RPA Communication Security Level
I was recently installing RecoverPoint and I ran across something that I have never seen before. During the Deployment Manager setup step 13 is “RPA Communication Security Level”. RecoverPoint 4.1.1 now supports Message Passing Interface (MPI) security for communication between RPA clusters. RecoverPoint MPI security offers the following RPA communication security levels: Accessible - Communication … Continue reading RPA Communication Security Level
RecoverPoint 4.1 Product Enhancements
RecoverPoint 4.1 Product Enhancements One of the many technologies that I get to work with on a regular basis is EMC RecoverPoint. It has continued to evolve as the years have passed. Code version 4.1 was released a few months ago and I wanted to go over a few of the major new enhancements. MetroPoint … Continue reading RecoverPoint 4.1 Product Enhancements
Transfer Phase Data Flow – Non-Distributed Groups in EMC RecoverPoint
The transfer phase in RecoverPoint is the replication process in which host writes are sent from the source RPA to the target RPA after the “Write Phase” has taken place. The transfer phase occurs differently depending on the consistency group settings. I will go over the most common replication used in RecoverPoint the Non-Distributed Group … Continue reading Transfer Phase Data Flow – Non-Distributed Groups in EMC RecoverPoint
Understanding the Write Phase Data Flow in EMC RecoverPoint
This will be the first blog of many about EMC RecoverPoint. I will be going through the ins and outs in an effort to explain how it works and show you how RecoverPoint “Changed the Game” when it comes to Disaster Recovery.The write phase is the RecoverPoint replication phase in which host writes are intercepted … Continue reading Understanding the Write Phase Data Flow in EMC RecoverPoint
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