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Dell AppSync enables integrated copy data management (iCDM) with Dell primary storage systems. AppSync simplifies and automates the process of generating and consuming copies of production data. By abstracting the underlying storage and replication technologies using deep application integration, AppSync empowers application owners to satisfy copy demands for operational recovery and data repurposing. In turn, storage administrators must only be concerned with initial setup and policy definition management, resulting in an agile, frictionless environment. AppSync automatically discovers the application, analyzes the layout structure, and maps it through the virtualization layer to the underlying storage device. AppSync orchestrates all the activities required from copy creation and validation, to mounting at the target host, and launching or recovering the application copy. The supported workflows also include refresh, expire, and restore to production.