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1. Summary
This
product bulletin announces the availability of an upgrade license for the
ReplicatorX™ migration offering. ReplicatorX
provides enterprise-class, heterogeneous replication software that is
targeted for three plays: heterogeneous disaster recovery, data cloning (for
example, dev/test), and data migration. ReplicatorX supports replication of
all block storage architectures, including FC SAN, IP SAN/iSCSI, DAS, and
internal and system drives, allowing NetApp to promote these solutions to
customers with any vendor’s production storage, greatly increasing the total
available market for NetApp tiered storage. ReplicatorX is fully supported in
storage configurations that are not from NetApp, delivering on the vision of
a truly independent, “any-to-any” solution. However, if the target storage
device is a NetApp SAN or IP SAN/iSCSI product, customers can take advantage
of ReplicatorX integration with Data ONTAP®, providing a single point of
management for replication and NetApp cloning. 2.
What’s New? Until this release, upgrading to
a ReplicatorX migration license was not allowed. This product bulletin
announces the availability of the upgrade option for the ReplicatorX
migration license. ReplicatorX
Migration is a feature-limited version of the
product designed for customers who want “do it yourself” migration; that is,
they want to lease or rent a product and perform the migration themselves,
rather than purchase the NGS SAN Data Migration service (which ReplicatorX is
also part of). The Migration offering does not support failover
and failback, and therefore cannot be used for disaster recovery or
business continuity purposes. The Migration offering uses a time-based
license, with unlimited capacity, orderable by the week (seven calendar days)
or by the month (30 calendar days). This offering is available to both end
users and service providers. With the introduction of an
upgrade option, customers can extend the time of their existing migration
license. For example, if a customer purchased a seven-day migration license
and on day 5 purchased and installed a seven-day upgrade, the migration
license would be valid for 14 days from the installation of the original
license. 3.
Sales Tools (Sales Guides, Training Presentations,
SE Presentations) 4.
Customer-Ready Tools (Customer Presentations,
Datasheets) Refer to
the NOW™ (NetApp on the Web) site for the ReplicatorX
Interoperability Guide, Documentation,
and Release Notes for details regarding supported platforms, configuration
requirements, limitations, and other important information. The upgrades to the Migration
offering are orderable by the week (seven calendar days) or by the month (30
calendar days). The relevant part numbers follow:
Software Subscription Plans NetApp highly recommends that
customers purchase an SSP for ReplicatorX. This will entitle them to NetApp
customer support and future releases of ReplicatorX. The
following table lists the SSP part numbers for migration upgrades as of the
date of this product bulletin. Partners should contact their channel
representative for pricing information.
Quoting For
detailed instructions on how to quote this product or service using the Quote
Tool, see QTB-PRODUCT. Downloading http://now.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/software/ Follow the link to ReplicatorX. Product Availability The offerings described in this bulletin are based on the
ReplicatorX 4.1 release, which will be available in December 2007. Products need to be validated against the NetApp
Safety/EMI Regulatory Compliance List prior to order submission. The list is
available at PartnerCenter
Compliance Information. This is required to ensure that products are
being sold only in the countries in which NetApp has received regulatory
compliance certification. Standard software warranty and services apply. Contact Information: Please contact your Network
Appliance sales or channel partner representative with questions concerning
this bulletin.
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