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IBM Storage Defender: Clean room environments

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Abstract

IBM Storage Defender clean room is an isolated recovery environment. This blueprint documentation provides an comprehensive description of the concepts and blueprints for the implementation, and a step- by-step guide on how to setup an IBM Storage Defender clean room environment.


Content

IBM® Storage Defender® is an enterprise solution that provides end-to-end data resiliency across primary and secondary workloads. IBM Storage Defender brings together the capabilities that enterprises need to go beyond data protection to real cyber resilience. IBM Storage Defender can perform test recoveries to identify the backup copies that you can trust. To keep your test recoveries in a secure environment, it is preferred that you establish an isolated recovery environment called IBM Storage Defender clean room.

The clean room profiles connect the recovery groups that belong to resources in the production environment with resources and configuration that is defined in IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service. The connected resources are IBM Storage FlashSystem, IBM Storage Defender Data Protect, and the clean room environment. The related configuration defines how IBM Storage Defender behaves for a recovery. For more information, see clean room profiles in the IBM Documentation.

The clean room blueprint documentation IBM_Storage_Defender_Clean_room_environments (1.7 MB) addresses the following use cases:

  1. Understanding the IBM Storage Defender clean room concept:
    The terminology and concepts used in the IBM Storage Defender clean room implementation depend on industry standards. To introduce yourself to the terminology and concepts used, refer to the following sections:
    • IBM Storage Defender and the role of the clean room
    • IBM Storage Defender ecosystem
    • Solution architecture
    • Relation between recovery group and isolated environment
    • Introducing IBM Expert Labs and IBM Client Engineering
  2. Implementing a clean room:
    The implementation of an IBM Storage Defender clean room environment is based on blueprints that are presented by IBM. To prepare yourself for the implementation of an IBM Storage Defender clean room, you must read all the sections. However, the following sections are important in implementing a clean room:
    • Blueprints
    • Cluster configuration
    • Network configuration
    • Storage configuration



 

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Document Information

Modified date:
07 October 2024

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ibm17150058