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Incipient Automated Data Migration Software

iADM software is designed to reduce time, cost, and risk associated with large scale data migration projects. It works seamlessly across heterogeneous servers, fabrics and storage environments commonly deployed in large enterprises. iADM applies both high-level work flow and device-level process automation to improve the planning and execution of complex migration projects. iADM can be used to automate and improve virtually any type of migration project to include array replacement, storage re-tiering, capacity balancing, and data center moves.

iADM delivers an unprecedented level of process automation for migrations, empowering project managers to define and manage a consistent, repeatable process thereby reducing manual errors, optimizing resource assignments and minimizing disruption. With iADM, data migration initiatives are managed from a single web-based project management portal. This portal provides role-based access for custom views by IT managers, project managers, storage administrators, system administrators and other human resources involved with migration projects. iADM also supports multiple simultaneous data migration projects allowing real-time monitoring and management from a single administrative console. It provides a facility for cross-functional collaboration during a project and can archive each project's history which can be audited at any time to improve the process or for tracking purposes.

iADM helps improve all aspects of migration; from project planning, to detail device level preparation (batch planning), to execution. Yet features are modular and can be leveraged independently as needed.

Data Migration Process with iADM

Planning and Process Automation - iADM includes a number of key enablers and process automation features that deliver benefit throughout the migration planning and execution processes, including:

  • Deep Discovery of all SAN connected devices - enables population of a correlated data model used to automate the entire migration process. [+] Detail
  • Policies are used extensively to ensure consistency and repeatability at both the device and task level. [+] Detail
  • Schedule Templates are used to describe customer specific migration processes to ensure a consistent, repeatable migration planning and execution process. [+] Detail
  • Simplified Planning to include auto-selection and auto-completion of both source and target storage volumes translates to rapid and accurate and project planning. [+] Detail
  • Auto-Task Generation drastically reduces technical preparation and coding effort and ensures consistent storage and networks provisioning and data movement. [+] Detail
  • Auto-Scheduling merges, batches, and sequences all tasks; commonly referred to as an "automated run-book", producing an executable and consistent work-flow for each "batch" of migrations [+] Detail
  • Auto-Execution drives the process through the planned work-flow while initiating remediation, provisioning, and data movement tasks and handling notification and approval tracking. [+] Detail

    • Broadly Deployable - The iADM solution is deployable across a wide range of enterprise infrastructures and use cases. Support is offered for both discovery and management of heterogeneous SAN environments including those using:

    • Fabric switches from Cisco, Brocade, and McData
    • Storage arrays from 3par, EMC, Engenio, HDS, HP, IBM, STK, Sun
    • Operating systems to include multiple types of Unix, Linux, and Windows

    Data Mover Agnostic - Exceptional flexibility with support for multiple data movers.

    • iADM includes its own fiber channel network data mover
    • Designed to support other data movers including SRDF, Cisco DMM, Brocade DMM, SAN Copy, etc. Fabric switches from Cisco, Brocade, and McData

    Beneficial to Business Needs - iADM software improves the process of planning and executing migrations in many ways, delivering key business benefits to include:

    • Reduced complexity
    • Reduced downtime for data movement
    • Reduced process duration
    • Reduced total cost to migrate

    Deployment - iADM server cluster runs on an off-the-shelf servers for ease of deployment. iADM offer many interfaces to include a web-based GUI, a command set based on CLI and XML allowing easy intergration with existing infrastructure systems. iADM supports active directory, asset databases, ticketing systems, provisioning scripts and higher level business process management systems. iADM does not require storage virtualization software to operate.