1. Added Value of HA/DR Processing
George Smith
Fruit of the Earth®
Metro Midrange Systems Association

2. Fruit of the Earth® Privately held Manufacturing company
Aloe Vera based products – Juice, Lotions, Sprays
Skin Care
Sun Tan and After Sun
Private Label Cosmetics
Wal-Mart
Target
CVS
Walgreens

3. Fruit of the Earth® 1980 Founded by Tom & Faye McCurry
1998 Installed AS/400 and JD Edwards World A8.1
2012 Upgraded to JDE World A9.2
2013 Upgraded to dual i5 Servers with Vision Solutions’ iTera HA/DR product – i5 Power 7
2015 Performed iTera Role Swap Test
2016 After Target System upgrade executed Role Swap during upgrade of Source System – i5 Power 8
Users processed from Target System an entire week
Rolled back to Source System after data sync completed
Dec – Started Role Swap prior to relocation of data center hardware in case Source System failure

4. Migrate, Protect & Recover… Anywhere
Introducing
iTERA Availability
Migrate, Protect & Recover… Anywhere
Borrowed from Vision Solutions®

5. Advanced replication technology meets stringent RPO and RTO
Real-Time Replication
Maintains a fully operational backup copy in real time
Real-time replication using proven, trusted Remote Journaling in the IBM i OS
Replicates production environment to a hot backup server in real time with zero data loss
Comprehensive replication of data, applications and all essential objects
Application aware to ensure transaction integrity
Always-on backup server enables rapid recovery
Efficient and flexible
Requires minimal bandwidth
Backup server can located at any distance
Replicates between any combination of hardware, storage and OS version
Backup server data available for access
Saves to tape
Maintenance and upgrades
Queries, reports and business intelligence
Advanced replication technology meets stringent RPO and RTO
Migrate, Protect & Recover… Anywhere
Borrowed from Vision Solutions®

6. Auditing for Confident Role Swaps
Comprehensive audits ensure integrity of the backup server
CRC comparisons detect differences between objects on the production and backup servers
Covers 200+ object and attribute types, including LOB data and stored procedures
Scheduled to run periodically or on-demand
Changed objects are healed instantly and automatically
Run while servers are active – no need to lock the backup database
Option to skip audits of physical files that have not changed since their previous audit
Backup server is continuously monitored
Objects on the backup server are continuously monitored for access other than replication
Detected changes are healed automatically
Audit reports and status
Command console for viewing audit status
Visibility into queued and active audits
Results from past audits on an object level with repair history ?
Audits with self-healing ensure worry-free role swaps
Migrate, Protect & Recover… Anywhere

7. Migrate, Protect & Recover… Anywhere
Reliable Role Swap
Easy planned and unplanned role swaps
Guided processes with documented best practices
Checklists to minimize the probability of human error
Progress is monitored in real-time with completion estimate
A history of test and production role swaps is maintained
Built-in features provide confidence in role swap readiness
Role Swap Readiness (RSR) Monitor
Checks role swap readiness at user-defined intervals
Provides both summary status and a granular view of the latest audits
Virtual Role Swap validates role swap readiness without business impact
Recommended regularly to verify backup server is role swap ready
Enables testing startup procedures & business applications on backup
After test is complete, changes made on the backup are rolled-back and replication continues
No effect on production server and users
Virtual role swap tests and a role swap monitor support reliable, automated failover
Migrate, Protect & Recover… Anywhere