Reload: GroupWise DR

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Reload GroupWise DR

• Joe Bertnick
• VP, Products
• GWAVA
• jb_at_gwava.com
• Skype jbertnick

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GWAVA Today

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• Announcing Retain
• 52 of GroupWise users are protected by GWAVA

• Phone 1-866-GO-GWAVA
• E-mail info_at_gwava.com
• Web www.gwava.com

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GWAVA Management Solutions
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Disaster Recovery

• Many kinds of Disasters
• Single Email being deleted (critical information)
• Whole mailbox needing recovery
• Entire Server going down
• Entire Server Site going off line
• Email is the key application for business
• If email is down, the entire business stops
• Not the case with other applications

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Disaster Recovery Archiving

• Archiving
• - Store and Search
• - Long Term Retention
• - Storage Management
• - Open Access

• Disaster Recovery
• Backup and Restore
• Speed of Recovery
• Off Site
• Complete Post Office
• Secure

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Disaster Recovery Challenges

• Time to Recover from Disaster
• Hours, Days, Weeks
• Limited Functionality during DR mode
• Process of Switching back to Normal Mode
• Data Integrity and Security

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GroupWise and Disaster Recovery

• Must have the key services ready to go
• Post Office for Mailbox access
• MTA / GWIA for message delivery
• Other services as needed
• GroupWise Database adds complexity
• Backups are faulty
• Restore from tapes are time consuming
• Email requires little to no downtime

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Reload Features
Push Button Disaster Recovery
Reload Disaster Recovery for GroupWise Supports
GroupWise 6.5 running on any platform Reload
Server Requirements SLES v9.1 SP1 Or OES
Linux 512MB RAM Disk Space Varies based on Post
Office Size and number of Backups
Single Message Recovery
End User Self Service
Reliable Recoverable Backups
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How does it work?
Reload - Taking periodic backups - Requires
much less space that standard backups - Easy to
Access via GroupWise Client
GroupWise POA - running on NetWare, Linux, or
Windows
Reload Backup Engine
GroupWise Client normally accesses POA Can switch
over access Reload Recover Mail and go back
to normal Access
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Off-Site Disaster Recovery
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Reload Product Information

• Reload Server (On Site or Off Site)
• Non Dedicated System
• 512M RAM
• SLES 9.1 (Ships free with GroupWise) or OES Linux
• Disk Space For each week of hot backup, 2.5x
  Size of Post Office
• Integrates with Existing Tape Backup Technology
• SyncSort and GWAVA
• Can provide access to older backups
• Maintains inherent security of GroupWise
• Downtime limited to minutes

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Retain

• Thank You!
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