THE UNIVERSAL REMOTE OF DISASTER RECOVERY?
Cross-platform compatible OpCon/xps enjoys a reputation as the Universal Remote of IT automation. It has also proved its value in disaster recovery (DR) by speeding up the process more than 100X.

Every company needs a sound disaster recovery (DR) plan to ensure business continuity. SMA OpCon/xps can make your DR plan run smoother and faster. Here’s how.

OpCon/xps records all jobs, processes, equipment and schedules in a database on a standalone server. Everything can be replicated in another server at your failover site. So when disaster strikes, you can pick up processing exactly where the first server left off simply by defining the second as active and executing a few schedule objects.

There’s no need to call in teams of programmers. And no risk of running jobs out of sequence or corrupting data.

When Noridian’s data center flooded, OpCon/xps helped them quickly resume data processing from another location. Now it’s a regular part of their annual preparedness drills. download full story

In New Zealand which experiences several earthquakes a week, EDS operates two data centers that back each other up. Replicated servers in each location communicate constantly with each other and all the equipment in both data centers via OpCon/xps. If one center goes down, the other can resume processing in less than half an hour. download full story

OpCon/xps can also help communities recover from disasters. As tens of thousands of evacuees streamed out of areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission relied on the flexibility of OpCon/xps to speed up the delivery of food stamps and other welfare services to victims. Says Kail Neuman of the Texas agency, “In fact, we are utilizing OpCon's cross-platform dependency capability to shift non-critical path jobs to the Development mainframe to increase field uptimes and reduce nightly processing windows. Additionally, we are moving from a Mon-Fri shop to a 7 day shop with available times from 7am - 10pm until further notice from the Governor's Office.”

OpCon/xps can help handle emergencies from power outages to fires, tornadoes, floods, and more in any part of your data operations.

A disaster may stop you from working, but it doesn’t stop SMA OpCon/xps. Learn more