Vision Solutions: Double-Take for AIX

Double-Take for AIX is a line of software solutions of ensuring high availability for physical, virtual and the AIX cloud environments.

Double-Take Availability for AIX

Double-Take Availability for AIX provides high availability to physical, virtual and the AIX cloud environments. Effective real-time replication in combination with the full-function system of continuous data protection ensures safety of all data and applications, creating copies on a local or remote server of disaster recovery.

By means of permanent monitoring of the working server in case of accident automatic switching to a standby server will be activated that provides true high availability in the physical, virtual, cloud and mixed mediums.

Specific Features

• Protection against all types of idle times on the basis of status monitoring of a system and automatic switching to a standby server in case of accident
• Protection against loss and damage of data with the help of high-speed and flexible opportunities of return by a certain moment in time, including functions of complete rollback of changes on the server
• Convenient management with full automation of processes and use of warnings that provides automatic monitoring of a system
• Flexibility for support of the equipment and data storage devices of different producers and versions of the AIX system in physical, virtual or cloud environments
• Opportunity for the enterprise of observance of strict regulatory requirements and agreements on the service level
• The affordable price for economy of the budget of the company.

Graphical representation of interaction of Double-Take Availability for AIX, 2014

Double-Take Move for AIX

Double-Take Move for AIX uses advanced technologies for effective migration of servers without any limit of functionality of applications. Making use of experience of specialists in migration of Vision Solutions company or its business partners, reliable and cost-efficient data migration most of which part can be performed in normal working time without employee involvement of IT department or interruption of current transactions will be as a result executed.

For March 31, 2015 Double-Take Move provides a possibility of migration between the physical, virtual, cloud and mixed mediums and also between different models of the equipment and data storage devices and versions of operating systems. Besides, as this solution supports remote replication, it can be used for data transfer on the new server in other place – in other data processing center or in other part of the planet.

• Migration practically without idle times by means of replication of earlier used server on new without shutdown of the working users
• Risk reduction at migration by synchronization of servers during check of the new server
• Reduction of load of IT department thanks to automation which simplifies migration process provides the maximum functionality and reduces the probability of a human error
• Cost reduction, the IT specialists connected with payment of after-hour work and also the discontent of employees connected with it by accomplishment of migration in working time and possibilities of planning of switching to a new system in convenient time
• Reduction of load of resources and risk reduction thanks to the accumulated experience and skills of specialists in migration of Vision Solutions company or its business partners

After creation of an initial remark the solution Double-Take for AIX executes transfer of the changes executed on earlier used server on new in real time. This process continues before complete switching to a new system. Initial and further replication is executed in the background without shutdown of the working users. Switching requires only several minutes.

• Without stopping the started business applications during replication – switching to the new server takes only several minutes
• Almost complete elimination of the costs connected with idle times in comparison with hours or even days of the idle times arising when using traditional methods of migration
• Protection of employee performance, customer satisfaction and partner relations thanks to preserving of an active mode of all systems in the course of migration

2015: There was a version of a product line of Double-Take for AIX 5.0

On March 31, 2015 the Vision Solutions company announced a release of the new version of the solution Double-Take for AIX 5.0.

Major version of the updated solution expands possibilities of all product line of Double-Take for AIX, including the solutions Double-Take Availability, Double-Take RecoverNow and Double-Take Move Vision Solutions^[1].

The new version helps to control and manage all products using the Vision Solutions Portal portal — the interface on the basis of the browser for the products Double-Take for AIX and MIMIX.

The graphic working panel of the solution will allow to execute the transactions connected with monitoring, automatic recovery and abnormal switching of a system. Besides, users will be able to seize enhanced capabilities of a clustering, access to which is provided from one simple user interface. Now and to users with limited knowledge of AIX data recovery or abnormal switching in case of failure of the server or a web resource is available.

By means of integration of all series of the products Double-Take for AIX into the interface of the Vision Solutions Portal portal of the company users of the IBM Power Systems servers with AIX, will receive:

• enhanced capabilities of email notifications for monitoring in time off;
• the optimized installation process providing transition to security blanket of data without work interruption;
• expanded support of often performed tasks on administration and monitoring of AIX;
• the interface on the basis of the browser for comprehensive monitoring of services of applications and resources of clusters with automatic abnormal switching for all resources of service of the application.

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