Backing up and restoring an application data in PowerHA SystemMirror by using cloud storage

In a high availability environment, you can use redundant resources to recover critical applications by switching the workload to a different set of resources. In addition to redundant resources, such as nodes and networks, you can back up application data that you can access after a failure occurs. You can use different options to back up application data, such as a local solution (shared disks) or a remote backup solution that uses storage hardware-based backup mechanisms.

In PowerHA® SystemMirror® Version 7.2.3, or later, you can add another layer of data backup by using IBM Cloud® and Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud backup solutions.

You must configure a primary backup profile for your IBM® SAN Volume Controller (SVC) storage, then you can configure the cloud solution to function as a backup for the remote copy of the data on the local SVC storage device.

Starting with PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.7, or later, you can take a backup of volume group data that is stored on IBM System Storage® DS8000® (DS8K) disks, upload it to cloud services, and restore on any type of storage disks.