Volume Replicator 5.0 Release Notes - Storage Foundation ...

8 Veritas Volume Replicator Release NotesNew featuresNew featuresThis release of Veritas Volume Replicator includes the following features:Replicating volume setsCross-platform data sharingVVR now supports replicating volume sets by including the volume set itself as apart of the RVG. When a volume set is included in an RVG, VVR also ensuresthat the replicated volume set configurations are consistent across the Primaryand Secondary.Veritas Volume Replicator (VVR) is now CDS compliant. VVR uses CDS format tosupport the following functionality:■Migrating data between heterogeneous systems (either on the Primary orthe Secondary) where each system has direct access to the physical devicesused to hold the data. Note that CDS does not support simultaneous use ofdata from more than one platform.Caution: Stop all the applications working on that disk group beforemigrating data between hosts. Failure to do so may result in data loss.■Replicating data between heterogeneous systems. That is, the Primary hostis a different platform from the Secondary host, and each host is able toaccess the data in CDS format.Bunker replicationBunker replication enables VVR to achieve complete Recovery Point Objective(RPO) and limited Recovery Time Objective (RTO) without any major impact onthe application’s performance. Bunker replication uses a bunker site, whichmaintains a copy of only the Primary SRL without having to maintain additionalcopies of the data volumes. This feature combines the advantages ofsynchronous and asynchronous modes of replication.Replication in a shared environmentVVR supports replication in a shared disk group environment. Thisfunctionality of VVR enables you to replicate data volumes that are managed bythe clustering functionality of Veritas Volume Manager. VVR also supports theclustering functionality of Veritas File System and Veritas Storage Foundationfor Oracle RAC.