Stone Rams Recovery without Catalog service, utilises their Tranzman Appliance to be able to read media without the need for the original backup software or the original backup catalog. Stone Ram Consultants, will install and configure their Appliance software onto a physical or virtual server, and then they will work with you to schedule recovery, and / or cataloging of media so that legacy data can be recovered, and moved off the appliance onto a medium of your choice.

This is a fixed price service, charged per media, with an initial "set-up" fee, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more details on pricing.

This service can be used for:-

  • Providing recovery of legacy data after changing backup products (where the legacy environment was not migrated).
  • Recovering of data after a disaster, where partial backups were written and catalog was incomplete.
  • Recovering of data from media that has expired in the catalog.

Stone Ram would typically look to perform the whole recovery process remotely using Webex (or similar collaboration tool)  to help deploy the Tranzman Server, configure it to access Tape media and to initiate the recovery process.

You remain in-control of the media, and are responsible for providing the Hardware required to perform this service.

REQUIRED HARDWARE:-

  • Servers
  • Network
  • Backup Devices (Tapes / Library / Disk / SAN)
  • Backup Media

Stone Ram consultants are responsible for installing and configuring Tranzman on the Tranzman server (it has its own Operating System).

You are responsible for your own media, and making sure they are loaded into Libraries / Drives.

Stone Ram will initiate each media recovery, The length of time each recovery takes depends on the number of files on the tape, and their sizes.  (example for LTO4 below, and a 4TB disk being presented to the Tranzman Server)

  • It can take up-to 4 hours to process each tape (LTO4 can hold up-to 1.6TB and has a read speed of 120MB/sec). In addition to this recovery time there is also time required to move the files to final resting place.
  • We would envisage being able to process 2 to 4 tapes a day depending on transfer times for moving the files of the Share. If more disk storage can be provided (2 X uncompressed Tape size per Drive attached) is available we can double this as we could use 2 tape drives at the same time (currently we would recommend only doing one tape at a time, as the volume is only 2TB, and an LTO4 drive is 800GB uncompressed )

Recovered data will be shared over CIFS and it will be your responsibility for moving files from the CIFS share to alternative location so that the disk can be re-used for subsequent recoveries.

Stone Ram can help to produce a detailed plan for migration, whether that migration is being done using Tranzman, or another tool such as Veritas Catman, we can perform a detailed assessment of the Origin and Destination environments to identify any issues or limitations that may need to be resolved / taken into account to ensure that the migration is a success.

Our Assessment Service is a Fixed Price offering, we will provide you with our collection tool tzm_recorder, which is used to collect information from the Origin(s) and Destination(s), The resulting files (zip file) need to be either sent to us so we can generate an editable report in either Open Office or MS Word formats. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information on our assessment service.

Stone Ram constantly update and add new test cases and checks to their assessment tools,  These new updates are based on issues that are identified whilst providing support or services in the field and are updated weekly this makes our assessments as up-to-date and accurate as possible helping to ensure that your migration is a success first time, every time.

We also offer a tailored template service so that the resulting assessment report and migration plan are re-branded to your specification, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more details on custom templates.

The Stone Ram NetBackup Catalog Transitioning service is a fixed price offering which facilitates ONLINE migrations for NetBackup environments. The service offering caters for many differing types of migration, including the migration of NetBackup catalog data to new systems, merging of data from multiple Master catalogs, or the splitting of a single NetBackup Catalog across multiple masters.

The service includes.

  • Initial assessment and Planning for the migration
  • CUSTOMER will provide a physical or virtual server with connectivity to network, and disk storage (Typically this is a virtual machine)
  • Install and configure Tranzman appliance software
  • Deployment of Tranzman Agents to origin / destination environments
  • Discovery of all environment components
  • Selection of components to transition
  • Overseeing Migration of Selected Components
  • Testing and Validation
  • Decommissioning of the Tranzman appliance
  • Post Engagement Catalog Support.

The majority of the work is performed by our appliance reducing the amount of human intervention required.

The service can be managed remotely using Webex or other online collaboration tools. A consultant can also be sent to site to perform this if required. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more details

The Stone Ram NetBackup Cross Vendor Transitioning service is a fixed price offering which facilitates ONLINE migrations from TSM or Data protector to NetBackup. The service offering caters for many differing types of migration, including the migration of a single Origin to a new NetBackup server of the merging of data from multiple Origins into existing NetBackup server.

The service includes.

  • Initial assessment and Planning for the migration
  • CUSTOMER will provide a physical or virtual server with connectivity to network, disk storage, tape/robotic devices (Typically this is a physical machine, due to tape connectivity)
  • Install and configure Tranzman appliance software
  • Deployment of Tranzman Agents to origin / destination environments
  • Discovery of all environment components
  • Selection of components to transition
  • Overseeing Migration of Selected Components
  • Selecting Images for Duplication (if required).
  • Overseeing Duplication of Selected Images.
  • Testing and Validation
  • Decommissioning of the Tranzman appliance (if required)
  • Post Engagement Support.

The majority of the work is performed by our appliance reducing the amount of human intervention required.

The service can be managed remotely using Webex or other online collaboration tools. A consultant can also be sent to site to perform this if required. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more details

Duplication can be used to perform COMPLETE migrations moving data off the origin media onto media / storage under the control of the Destination server.  If this option is used, the migration will take longer while all selected images are converted, but at the end of we will be able to decommission the Tranzman Appliance.

If Duplication is not used the migration will be completed quicker and all data on legacy media will be converted on demand, in this case the Tranzman server can not be decommissioned until data has either expired or has been manually duplicated.