New technology allows high performance OpenVMS Cluster nodes to be separated by hundreds of kilometers. It is now possible to use this distance to place OpenVMS Cluster nodes, "out of harm's way." VMS Volume Shadowing, allows an up to date copy of critical data to also be in a "safe" place. If such an OpenVMS Cluster system is properly configured and implemented, the probability for an application to bounce back from a major disaster is significantly increased. This seminar covers the issues involved in designing and implementing a disaster resilient configuration. Because there is more to surviving a disaster than just technology, this seminar also covers some of the business and people related issues in disaster recovery and contingency planning.

Topics covered include:

• What Constitutes a Disaster?
• Justifying a Disaster Recovery and Contingency Plan
• Writing the Disaster Recovery and Contingency Plan
• Testing the Disaster Recovery and Contingency Plan
• Technology issues
  • Hardware configuration
  • Volume Shadowing
  • Votes and Quorum
  • Target Recovery Time
  • Disaster Survival Plan
  • Performance
  • Application Design
• Alternatives to the VMScluster solution

Objectives:

• Explain the VMScluster features that enable disaster tolerance.
• Name the steps necessary to plan and implement a disaster tolerant VMScluster
• List the major alternatives to a VMScluster solution

Prerequisites: This seminar is intended for Information Systems professionals who are interested in implementing a disaster recovery plan using VMScluster technology. A working knowledge of VMScluster systems is recommended.

Presented by: Tom Speake, OpenVMS Strategic Planning Manager, Compaq Computer Corporation

Credentials: Tom Speake is currently an OpenVMS strategic planning manager with Compaq Computer Corporation in Nashua, NH. Before taking this position he was the OpenVMS disaster tolerant product manager. Tom hired on with DIGITAL in 1972. He has been supporting OpenVMS since 1978 and has been supporting OpenVMS Clusters since they were announced in 1983.