Copy types in RMC
- Snapshot
You can create application-consistent snapshots of VMware vSphere VMs, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange, Oracle, and SAP HANA databases residing on HPE 3PAR, HPE Primera volumes. All the RMC plug-ins are supported with HPE Nimble Storage. You can also create crash-consistent snapshots for any application or file system data on HPE 3PAR, HPE Primera and HPE Nimble Storage.
- Express Protect
Express Protects backups provide a second-tier of data protection with backups directly from HPE 3PAR, HPE Primera or HPE Nimble Storage to HPE StoreOnce backup systems using Express Protect technology. Express Protects are block-level copies of volumes, de-duplicated to save space, and provide the capability to create fast and immediate backups and restore from historical snapshots and backups.
- Catalyst Copy
Catalyst Copies are the copies of Express Protect Backups on one or more remote HPE StoreOnce appliances. You can also create Copy for an existing Catalyst Copy.
- Cloud Copy
Cloud Copies are Catalyst Copies on HPE StoreOnce Cloud Bank Store. You can automate and schedule creating Cloud Copies on a public cloud tier such as Amazon S3 or Microsoft Azure.
- Clones
Clones are HPE 3PAR, HPE Primera READ-WRITE snapshots or HPE Nimble Storage Zero Copy Clones, which facilitates creating copies of your VM or database for test/dev or other secondary data use cases. Clones do not occupy any additional storage space or affect the performance of your production Copy.
- Peer Copy Snapshot
Peer Copy Snapshot is a Copy of the data on another storage system. When you protect a Volume Set with Peer Copy, a Related Volume Set is created to represent the association between source Volume Sets and target Volume Sets. You can see the Related Volume Set in the Copies view.
- Remote Copy Snapshot
RMC uses HPE 3PAR, HPE Primera and HPE Nimble Storage Virtual Copy and Remote Copy Software to create the instant point-in-time local and Remote Copy of the data. A Remote Copy Snapshot is created on a remote HPE 3PAR, HPE Primera and HPE Nimble Storage. Remote copy snapshot replicates data between the storage systems.