Backup and Recovery in the Virtual Age. Scott Baker and Bahar Shah

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Backup and Recovery in the Virtual Age

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SYMANTEC VISION 2012

Trends

• Server virtualization is the single biggest game-changing trend

in IT today

• Virtual environments are becoming the norm rather than the

exception

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Virtualization is growing exponentially in the SMB

segment, especially in Mid-Market

“Virtualization growing exponentially” • >50% MM business at 75%-100% levels • Businesses running 10-12 virtual

machines/physical server

• ~40% to be at 100% level in 2 years

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Challenges

• VM sprawl

• Low tolerance for downtime

• Data redundancy

• Higher storage cost

• Protection and Monitoring

• Low visibility into VM contents

• Existing investments into physical infrastructure

• Licensing

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Agent for Applications

and Databases Deduplication Option

Agent for

VMware and Hyper-V

Backup Exec 2012

Protection For Virtualized Infrastructures

A C B A D C A B B D D C

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Advanced VMware and Hyper-V Support

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Single pass backup, all recovery options

Data reduction technologies

Virtual machine protection

• Optimized data deduplication

• Block optimization

• Changed Block Tracking

• Incremental, differential backups

Backup Exec 2012 Server

Virtual Servers & Machines

vSphere Hyper-V

• Full virtual machine recovery

• Application recovery

• Granular application recovery

• Granular file/folder recovery

• Redirected recovery

• Image-level virtual machine protection

• Direct backup; no proxy server

• Application protection through Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)

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VMware and Hyper-V Enhanced Deduplication

• Block Optimization

– Backup process ignores empty space within a VHD

• Change Block Tracking

– Enables differential and incremental backups

• VMDK and VHD Stream Handler

– Increases deduplication efficiency, especially across virtual machines

VHD Backup With Deduplication Stream Handler

File Segment File Segment

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Application GRT For Virtual Machine Image Backups

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Data and Application Protection, Recovery

Restore granular Exchange, SQL,

SharePoint, and Active Directory data in seconds: • Individual mailboxes • E-mails • Private or public Folders • Calendar items • Tasks • User accounts or attributes • SQL databases 2

Backup Exec 2012 Server

+ Virtual Agent

Single-pass Backup of Virtual Guest Systems

VMware Server

Running Application Servers

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Unite Physical and Virtual Environment

Protection

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– Reduce cost and management of multiple products–Complete data, application, and

system protection for physical and virtual environments from a single console.

– Reduce cost of multiple agents–Backup unlimited Windows and Linux Guest virtual

machines to disk or tape with a single agent.

– Reduce storage resources – Advanced deduplication for physical and virtual backups;

granular file and application recovery from a single online, image-level backup.

One vendor, one backup, one console.

Symantec Backup Exec™ 2012 Server

+ Virtual Agent

Physical Virtual

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New!

Backup and Convert to Virtual

Convert to Virtual (P2V)

– Parallel data streams

– One stream to media server – Other stream to hypervisor – Result is full virtual machine

(not just the virtual disk)

Convert Stream

Backup to Virtual (B2V)

– Serial data streams

– Backup stream to media server

– Conversion job runs after or on different schedule

– Result is full virtual machine (not just the virtual disk)

Protected Server Backup Exec 2012 Server Hypervisor

Parallel Data Streams Backup Stream

Convert Stream

Protected Server Backup Exec 2012 Server Hypervisor

Backup Stream

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Symantec Backup Exec™ Management Plug-in 2.0 for

VMware

• Lightweight plug-in to monitor

your backups within VMware

vCenter™ or vSphere Client

• Includes Virtual

Machine-Validator: For true verification of

VMware backups

• Resource centric views of virtual

machines: For a more

manageable monitoring view

• Works with core Backup Exec

VMware features

– Single pass backup GRT

– Virtual machine auto-discovery

– Template backups

• No incremental charge for

customers with virtual agents

• Backup Exec Monitor • Virtual Machine Validator

• Predictive Recovery for VMware applications Management Plug-in Download Location

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Monitor Your Backups Within vCenter or vSphere Client

Consolidated protection

status view of all virtual

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Virtual Machine Validator for VMware

• Feature of Free Management Plug-in for VMware

• Enables Launching of Virtual Machine Backup Sets from Storage

for Validation

• Requires VMware Workstation

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ApplicationHA + Backup Exec

Application Restart Virtual Machine Reboot Virtual Machine Image Recovery

Escalation of Remediation Mechanism

• High availability of virtualized applications

• Covers wide range of failures from logical errors to OS corruptions

• Restore an entire guest machine in just two simple Reduced Restore Time

• Single pass backup

• Protects virtual machines from a central console • Unlimited guest machine

protection with a single license

Simplified Management

• Reduces the cost of virtual machine infrastructure • Deduplication across virtual

environments

• Reduce backup capacity and storage costs

Reduce Storage Costs

Symantec V-Ray

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ApplicationHA – Backup Exec Virtual Machine Auto

Recovery

16 vCenter Server vSphere Client VMware ESX VMware HA VMware ESX VMware HA VM1 OS ApplicationHA Console Application HA VM2 OS SQL Application HA VM3 OS EXCH Application HA BE Media Server ApplicationHA Tab BackUp Exec Client

Backup Exec UI

VM 2 Backup

VM 3 Backup VM 1 Backup

Configuration

1. Backup Exec virtual machine backup and ApplicationHA monitoring configured separately. 2. Enable Auto Recovery from

within Backup Exec tab Authenticated and encrypted communication Remediation Escalation Path 1. Application restart 2. Virtual machine restart 3. Virtual machine image

recovery

Auto Recovery Enabled

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Symantec Backup Exec Training Offerings

• Overview

– To make sure that your team can get the most from your purchase of Backup Exec, Symantec Education provides training on

• Configuring, Monitoring, and Managing Backup Exec

• Backup Exec Agents

• Backup Exec Options

– Symantec Education can help your team get the most from your backup investment and optimize your backup for performance and recoverability.

• For more information on Backup Exec training offerings, Visit:

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Both instructor-led training and virtual training are available, and you can gain industry recognized expertise through the Symantec Certification Program. An eLibrary subscription is also a cost-effective way to keep skills sharp, gain new knowledge, and address common issues.

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