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The following are typical repurposing considerations to make with AppSync:
Table 1 outlines the applications that are supported with PowerStore for repurposing and shows the underlying appliance technology that is used.
Application | Repurposing supported | First generation | Second generation |
Microsoft SQL Server | Yes | Snapshot or thin clone | Only thin clone |
Oracle | Yes | Snapshot or thin clone | Only thin clone |
File system | Yes | Snapshot or thin clone | Only thin clone |
VMware datastores | No | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Microsoft Exchange | No | Not applicable | Not applicable |
SAP | Yes (local only) | Snapshot or thin clone | Only thin clone |
Kubernetes | Yes (local only) | Snapshot or thin clone | Only thin clone |
See the following information regarding repurposing:
Repurposing file systems involves selecting multiple file systems that need to be copied together, which maintains consistency for a single application. Unlike SQL Server and Oracle databases, both Windows and UNIX file systems can be repurposed together.
If there is a requirement to refresh, mount, expire, or repurpose the copy, select and perform the operation on only one file system or mount point, and AppSync ensures the other file systems are managed together. AppSync ensures consistency and considers the group set that is being acted upon. Note the following points from the AppSync User and Administration Guide:
Repurposing workflows enables creating first-generation copies and optionally second-generation copies, either locally or remotely. To initiate a repurposing workflow copy, go to Copy Management > Copies, select the application type, and click the particular object, such as a database or file system. When repurposing a file system, select all the file systems. Figure 12 shows the configuration of a repurposing workflow for a SQL Server database.
Figure 13 shows the configuration of a repurposing workflow that contains two Windows file systems.
After selecting the object or objects, click Create Copy With Plan to launch the repurposing wizard, as seen in Figure 14. Selecting Data Repurposing creates a repurposing workflow and selecting Data Protection creates a Service Plan workflow.