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IBM FlashSystem Safeguarded Copy Implementation Guide

by Andrew Greenfield, Jackson Shea, Hemanand Gadgil, Vasfi Gucer

March 2022

Intermediate to advanced

62 pages

1h 30m

English

IBM Redbooks

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1.1 The business need for Safeguarded Copy1.1.1 Ransomware and cyberattacks1.1.2 Regulatory requirements1.1.3 Data protection methods1.2 The components and concepts of Safeguarded Copy1.2.1 Volume groups1.2.2 Safeguarded child pools1.2.3 Safeguarded policies1.2.4 Copy Services Manager integration1.2.5 Putting it all together1.3 Overall strategy considerations for Safeguarded Copy1.3.1 Disaster recovery replication1.3.2 Backup infrastructure architecture1.3.3 Storage Management Hardening1.3.4 Monitoring1.3.5 Validation1.3.6 Automation
2.1 Planning considerations2.1.1 Regulatory requirements2.1.2 Business requirements2.1.3 Copy Services Manager2.1.4 Process integration2.1.5 Capacity2.1.6 Security and access control2.1.7 Monitoring2.1.8 Network2.1.9 Architectural limitations2.2 IBM resources2.2.1 Cyber Resiliency Assessment Tool2.2.2 Cyber Vault Storage Assessment2.2.3 IBM Storage Modeller
3.1 Implementing a Safeguarded Copy environment3.2 Configuring the Safeguarded Copy Backup capacity3.2.1 Configuring a Safeguarded backup location (pool)3.3 Setting up volume groups and a Safeguarded policy3.3.1 Volume group creation3.4 Safeguarded backup policy3.4.1 To assign Safeguarded policy to a volume group using the GUI3.4.2 To assign Safeguarded policy to a volume group using the CLI3.5 IBM Copy Services Manager3.5.1 IBM Copy Services Manager requirements3.5.2 Creating an Administrator user for IBM Copy Services Manager
4.1 Recovery of Safeguarded volumes to a new host4.1.1 Recover or test Safeguarded backup copies4.1.2 Recover or test Safeguarded backup copies4.2 Restoring from a Safeguarded Copy: Overwrite source volume to original host4.2.1 Overview of the steps to restore Safeguarded backup copies to production4.2.2 Prerequisites for HyperSwap volumes4.2.3 Overview of Copy Services Manager steps for Safeguarded Restore4.2.4 Detailed GUI steps to restore Safeguarded backup copies to production4.3 IBM Copy Services Manager CLI commands
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Overview

Safeguarded Copy function that is available with IBM® Spectrum Virtualize Version 8.4.2 supports the ability to create cyber-resilient point-in-time copies of volumes that cannot be changed or deleted through user errors, malicious actions, or ransomware attacks. The system integrates with IBM Copy Services Manager to provide automated backup copies and data recovery.
This IBM Redpaper® publication introduces the features and functions of Safeguarded Copy function by using several examples.

This document is aimed at pre-sales and post-sales technical support specialists and storage administrators.

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