Sanovi Technologies offers an effective solution

Kondor treasury application uses Sybase
as its database. The business process requires the use of non-logged
operations on the database. Any replication technology that makes use
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transaction logs to replicate data from the primary
database to the DR server is not suitable when non-logged operations
are in use.

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DR solution for Kondor solves
this problem in a unique manner. When normal database operations are
in force, Sanovi's in-built file replication copies the database
transaction logs from the primary database to the DR server, where
the logs are applied to the DR database.

Sanovi DRM software is able to detect
when non-logged operations on the database commence. The software
stops replicating the transaction logs once transaction, detects log
operations . After the completion of non-logged operations, Sanovi
DRM makes a complete backup of the primary database. The complete
database is copied to the DR server and recovered. All these
operations are completely automated and do not require user
intervention.

Sanovi engages with its customers to
help identify areas of the application that need to be redesigned to
be DR ready. This includes identifying and removing hard coded IP
address references and documentation of all the steps for fail over
and DR drill such that they can be automated.

Sanovi DRM for Sybase monitors the disk
usage on the folders where the transaction logs are dumped; the
bank's operations staffs are alerted if the disk usage exceeds 80
percent. A policy has been configured that automatically deletes old
transaction files when the disk usage alert is raised.

“DR drill is a very manual and people
intensive process. With the implementation of Sanovi DRM for the
treasury application, the banks are able to implement various kinds
of test scenarios. Fail over Drill can be done without shutting down
the production server; taking a backup of the DR database before the
drill does this. Switch over and switchback drills tests the complete
scenario of providing application services from the DR side and then
resuming services from the primary site to mimic the scenario where
primary comes back after an outage,” said Chandra Sekhar
Pulamarasetti, Founder and CTO, Sanovi Technologies.

Sanovi DRM completely automates the
switch over and switchback test and ensures zero data loss when
services transition from the primary to DR and then back to the
primary. Consequently, the operations team finds the learning curve
on Sanovi DRM to be short; the user interface intuitive and easy to
use. Database administrators are also comfortable with the
flexibility and ability to customize the workflow based on end user
needs.

Commenting on the project
implementation for ING Vysya bank, a customer for whom Sanovi DRM was
customised for Kondor, CVG Prasad, CIO of ING Vysya Bank said, “We
are very impressed with the coverage provided by Sanovi's DR
software on all aspects of DR life cycle. The Treasury application is
DR ready thanks to the automation and dashboard provided by Sanovi's
software.”

Sandeep Kaul, Unit Head- IT Service
Delivery, ING Vysya Bank, who was involved in the implementation of
the DR software, commented, “Sanovi DRM exceeded our expectations.
We were able to deploy the DR solution for our treasury application
and do DR drill, all within a week. I thank Sanovi for their
professional competence and customer centricity.”