VERITAS Storage Foundation and Clustering Solutions for AIX SE Interlock January 2006

1. VERITAS Storage Foundation and Clustering Solutions for AIX SE InterlockJanuary 2006

2. Agenda • AIX Platform Team • Platform History / Update • Feature parity comparison to Solaris • IBM Virtualization Technology • Competitive overview • Foundation • Cluster • Why we win on AIX – customer examples

3. Introduction • Platform Product Manager: Harold Treat • Technical Product Manager: David Bechtold • Product Marketing Manager: Michael Harding

4. IBM and Symantec: a growing partnership • 2000: IBM and VERITAS agree to collaborate on the development of VERITAS’ storage foundation and high availability products on AIX • 2001: IBM Global Services agreement to resell VERITAS products on all platforms • 2002: General Availability for initial products on AIX • May: Foundation Suite, Cluster Server, Volume Replicator • Oct: DB Edition for DB2, DB Edition for Oracle • 2002: IBM TotalStorage Proven certification • 2003: Additional product deliveries • Jan: Global Cluster Manager • Apr: Support for AIX 5.2 in all products • 2003: IBM ServerProven certification • 2003: IBM and VERITAS agree to collaborate on the development of VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC on AIX • 2004: General Availability for the complete set of 4.0 storage foundation and high availability products on AIX, including Cluster File System, Cluster Volume Manager and Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC • 2005: Delivery of AIX 5.3 support in all SF & HA products • 2005: IBM/VERITAS announce strategic partnership, with IBM to resell VERITAS products on xSeries

5. Symantec AIX Roadmap • AIX 4.0 MP1 • Fixes • AIX 5.3 support, including micro-partitions & Virtual Ethernet • AIX 4.0 MP2 • Fixes • VVR for SF RAC & CVM • SF DB2 support for DB2 8.2.2 • Powerpath coexistance with SF RAC • AIX 4.0 MP3 • Fixes • AIX 5.3 Virtual SCSI support • Oracle 10G R2 support • 5.0 products (Target Q2’06) • Synchronous release • Feature / Parity Gap closure with Solaris Q1 2005 Q2 2005 Q3 2005 Q4 2005 Q1 2006 Q2 2006 5 VERITAS Confidential 5 VERITAS Confidential

6. AIX Release Train 4.0 MP3 details - • AIX RT 4.0 MP3 primary deliverables • Dec 2005 release • Supports Operating Systems: AIX 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 • Adds support for Oracle 10gR2 (9i & 10gR1 prior) • Adds support for IBM storage with SDD in the LVM agent for VCS • Adds NFS v4 support • Addresses various bug fixes • Enhances AIX 5.3 Advanced Power Virtualization support • Adds VxVM support for Virtual SCSI (shared HBAs with real LUNs)

7. Feature / Parity Gaps • Platform Feature Parity Gaps AIX 4.0 vs. Solaris 4.1 - • No VxVM rootability (Note - see DMP support below if using SAN boot) • SFRAC supports 4 nodes max • CFS supports 8 nodes max • The following items from Solaris 4.1 are included in AIX 4.0 MP1,2,3 • PowerPath coexistence with SF & SF RAC via third party driver support • VVR for CVM (SFRAC or CFS) – 2 nodes • The following items are targeted for AIX 5.0 • VVR bandwidth throttling & dynamic SRL resize • MultiNICB – support for multiple MultiNICB resources per system • DMP support of AIX LVM boot disk for SAN boot configurations – • Requires CAP participation • AxRT 4.0 MP2 is a prerequisite • Initial support for EMC DMX and Hitachi TagmaStore arrays • JFS2 Conversion Utility – not packaged with MP3 as planned

8. Product Upgrade Access/Paths/Packaging - • Notification about current events, latest patches, updates & new releases for VERITAS products - http://maillist.support.veritas.com/subscribe.asp • 4.0 MP3 Tech File - http://support.veritas.com/docs/280479 • Technote - http://library.veritas.com/docs/269928

9. AIX Storage Management and HA Solutions Map (1) – Power4 (32/64 bit) (2) – Power4, Power5 (32/64 bit) (3) – Power4, Power5 (64 bit only) (4) – 10GR2 support (SFRAC pending Oracle certification) AxRT4.0 – SKUs removed from price list at 5.0 GA (orderable for 6 mos post GA) AxRT4.0 – Support for 2yrs post 5.0 GA: Full Support Year One; Severity 1 & 2 Year Two

10. Virtualization in AIX 5.3 and POWER5

11. AIX 5.3/POWER5 key features Simultaneous multi-threading • Two threads for the same processor • Gives ~35% performance improvement on typical (TPC-C) transaction workloads Advanced Power Virtualization • Micro-partitions • Partitions as little as 1/10th of a CPU • Multiple partitions share one or more physical CPUs • Virtual Ethernet • Includes shared Ethernet adapters • Virtual SCSI (aka virtual disk) • including shared HBAs Terminology • Logical Partition (LPAR) • Dynamic LPAR • Shared Processor LPAR or micro-partition • IBM Virtualization Engine • Marketing term that includes pretty much every IBM virtualization technology on every platform

12. Virtual Ethernet

13. Virtual SCSI

14. IBM recommends for I/O intensive workloads, MicroPartitions should have a dedicated resources (i.e. - SFRAC) Redundant VIO servers are recommended for Mission Critical Applications Do not mirror LV’s in VIO server (mirror in client) EMC PowerPath and Hitachi multipathing solutions are available on VIO servers today. IBM recommendations -

15. HA VIO Server Details

16. IBM Advance Power Virtualization support with AxRT4.0 MP3 -

17. IBM Advance Power Virtualization support with AxRT4.0 MP3 Issues / Details -

18. Storage Foundation advantages over native AIX tools

19. Advantages of Storage Foundation on AIX • Single, cross platform, management tool (AIX, Solaris, Linux, HPUX, Windows) • Provides a base for extended functions like Flashsnap, Volume Replicator, Cluster Volume Manager… • Common, easy to use GUI, to manage any server/platform from a central point • Unique Storage Foundation features: • Dynamic Multipathing (supporting a wide variety of storage arrays) • Multi-Volume Filesystem • Quality of Storage Services (QoSS – now DST) • Intelligent Storage Provisioning (ISP) • Portable Data Containers (PDC) • FlashSnap • Storage Checkpoints • Storage Mapping • A conversion utility that allows existing LVM (AIX) data footprints to be converted to VxVM format.

20. Base Feature Comparison * Available with AIX v5.3

21. Base Feature Comparison * Available with AIX v5.2 ** Available with AIX v5.3

22. Comparison Summary

23. Storage Foundation for Databases advantages -

24. Cluster Server advantages over native AIX tools

25. Go with the Unix market leader Worldwide Clustering & Availability Software Revenue, $M Source: IDC, “Worldwide Clustering and Availability Software 2004 Vendor Shares”, July 2005

26. IBM HACMP V5.3 Update • Newly announced features specific to HACMP V5.3 include: • New (Optional) Smart-Assist applications to allow easy integration of database applications into an HACMP cluster: • Smart Assist for DB2 • Smart Assist for Oracle • New SMIT interface for Smart Assist for WebSphere • Enhanced support for complex multi-tiered applications (resource group location dependencies) • Streamlined cluster definition configuration using simple ASCII files (XML based Online Planning Worksheet) • Accommodations for OEM file systems (VERITAS Storage Foundation) • Easier, more flexible disaster recovery configuration and management (Optional) • New HACMP/XD Geographic Logical Volume Manager (GLVM) data mirroring • HACMP/XD Metro Mirror for IBM ESS and SVC

27. IBM HACMP V5.3 Dependencies • Detailed overview of HACMP components • Application layer: An application made highly available through the services provided by HACMP. • HACMP layer: Software that responds to changes within the cluster. Ensures that the controlled applications remain highly available. • RSCT layer: The daemons that monitor node membership, communication interface and device health and advises HACMP accordingly. • AIX layer: Provides support for HACMP through the LVM which manages the storage and TCP/IP layer which provides communication. • LVM layer: Provides access to storage and status information back to HACMP • TCP/IP layer: Provides communication, both node to node and node to client

28. IBM HACMP V5.3 Dependencies

29. Installation & Configuration • VCS • Installation script • Installs binaries on each node • Discovers network adapters • Configures cluster • Off the shelf application support • Wizard/Template based configuration • Simple text based configuration files dynamically updated • Centralized management console • HACMP • Servers installed separately • SMIT based configuration • Limited 2 node configuration wizard • Limited application support, mostly custom scripts • ODM based topology with manual sync • Consultant heavy

30. Supported Architectures • HACMP • Local Cluster • 2-32 nodes • Smart Assist (DB2, Oracle, Websphere) • Stretch Mirror Cluster • Cross-site LVM mirroring • HACMP/XD (GLVM) • 2 sites • No AIX concurrent mode volume support (No RAC) • XD – manages single cluster instances. No ability to manage entire Data Center from a common interface • VCS • Local Cluster • 2 – 32 nodes in the same datacenter • Robust bundled / Enterprise Agents • Fire Drill, Simulator • Metropolitan Area or Stretch Cluster • One cluster with mirrored/replicated storage between buildings • Global Clustering with GCO/CCA • Up to 32 sites • Up to 64 clusters pers site • Up to 32 nodes per cluster • One button application or site failover

31. Communication/Heartbeats • HACMP • TCP/IP (UDP datagrams) • Device-based • Serial – RS232 • Target-Mode SCSI • Target-Mode SSA • VCS • LLT (Low Latency Transport) • GAB (Group Membership Services/Atomic Broadcast) • Low Priority Link • I/O Fencing

32. IBM Global ServicesGeographically Dispersed Open Clusters • Endorsement of Symantec (Veritas) Data Center Availability Solutions • http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/SG246684.html?Open • The GDOC solution is based on the VERITAS Storage Foundation and VERITAS Cluster Server products. The GDOC solution is available on operating system platforms supported by VERITAS products. Operating system platforms supported are: • IBM AIX • Linux • Microsoft Windows • SUN Solaris • HP UX

33. Advantages of VCS vs HACMP: • Standardization across Operating Systems (cross-platform support - Unix, Windows, Linux). • Off the shelf application support through a portfolio of bundled and enterprise applications agents. • More efficient resource utilization via support of N+1 or N+M active cluster architectures. • Cluster Simulator for cluster modeling and training without impacting a production environment. • Firedrill for Wide Area Disaster Recovery validation without impact to product environments. • Global Cluster Option (with CCA) to effectively coordinate the management of multiple applications across multiple data centers with a single interface. • Broader support of Virtualization technologies (VMWare). • Fast-Failover with CFS/CVM. Much broader application and platform support than the AIX 5L enhanced concurrent mode volume group feature. • Ease of Administration – rolling upgrades, add/remove nodes on the fly. • Service Group Workload Management and Advanced Service Group Dependencies (for multi-tiered application support). • Application versus System Paradigm - A focus and design to address application failover versus just system failover. • IBM Global Services endorsement - Veritas Data Center Availability Solution set (GDOC).

34. Why we win on AIX • VCS cross platform support—standardization • Visa, Discover, Fidelity, Warner Bros • Oracle RAC solution • MasterCard, State Street Bank, Deutsche Bank • Larger VCS clusters • Warner Bros • Overall DR solution • Citizens Bank, American Express • Storage Foundation standardization • Wachovia, SBC • Customer Value Statement – • “Fidelity's objective was to reduce their engineering and operations requirements for their critical applications. By standardizing on a single solution, Fidelity can now create processes that operation staff can perform as opposed to high salaried engineers.”

35. Competitive Information • Competitive Information • http://products.veritas.com/prodcuts/companies/ibm/index.htm • Platform related links • http://products.veritas.com/products/platforms_partners/hps/aix.htm • http://www.veritas.com/van/technologyzone/aix.jsp • http://www.veritas.com/solutions/aix.html • Where to post/send questions • http://devforums.devportal.veritas.com/forum/?c=15 • AIX@symantec.com • EOL/EOS info - • http://gsr.veritas.com/planning/eol_spreadsheet/product_release-EOS-EOSL.htm

36. Questions?

37. IBM HACMP V5.3 Limitations for OEM volume groups and file systems • You cannot use C-SPOC (Cluster Single Point of Control) to manage OEM disk, volume, and filesystems operations. • HACMP does not automatically discover OEM volume groups and filesystems and does not list them for your selections in picklists in SMIT. • HACMP does not use NFS (Network Filesystem) functions for OEM filesystems. • HACMP does not provide a workaround for any limitations of OEM disks, volume groups, and filesystems that exist outside of HACMP. • In addition to listing, varying on and off, and verifying volume groups and filesystems created with the AIX 5L LVM, HACMP supports other extended functions for its "own" volume groups and filesystems, such as enhanced concurrent mode, active and passive varyon process, heartbeating over disk, selective fallover upon volume group loss and other. These functions of HACMP utilize the AIX 5L LVM capabilities, and since OEM volume groups and filesystems do not use AIX 5L LVM, HACMP does not support these functions for OEM volume groups. • HACMP’s mechanism for fast disk takeover cannot be utilized for mixed physical volumes, that is, for disks comprised of both IBM and non-IBM disks. The LVM enhanced concurrent mode capabilities of AIX 5L are used to enable fast disk takeover—only LVM supported disks can be used with enhanced concurrent mode and the Fast Disk Takeover feature. • The Automatic Error Notification methods available in AIX 5L cannot be configured in HACMP for OEM volume groups and filesystems. • No wide area disaster recovery support as the HACMP/XD feature is not supported with OEM volumes.

38. Major Features / Advantages of VCS vs HACMP: • Standardization across Operating Systems (cross-platform support - Unix, Windows, Linux). • Off the shelf application support through a portfolio of bundled and enterprise applications agents. • More efficient resource utilization via support of N+1 or N+M active cluster architectures. • Cluster Simulator for cluster modeling and training without impacting a production environment. • Firedrill for Wide Area Disaster Recovery validation without impact to product environments. • Global Cluster Option (with CCA) to effectively coordinate the management of multiple applications across multiple data centers with a single interface. • One solution for local and wide area disaster recover (support of multiple wide area disaster recovery architectures - campus cluster, replicated data cluster, wide area… as well as third-party replication solutions) • Advanced wizards and a robust GUI for ease of installation and on-going management. • Advanced cluster communications (GAB/LLT). • Effective Split-Brain protection (I/O Fencing).