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Finding new and creative ways to preserve data in a digital age requires thorough planning before production implementation. Organizations must also consider the legal and financial ramifications by not providing safety for their data assets.
Since 2016, Dell Data Protector for z Systems (zDP) has provided automated data preservation that enables organizations to restore their data in the event of logical corruption. zDP is built upon Dell TimeFinder SnapVX and can create space-efficient snapsets using a fraction of the storage (based on data change rate).
Although environments may vary, this document provides suggestions and best practices for organizations to consider before, during, and after zDP implementation.