How To Improve Backup Exec 2014

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Olivier Bogaerts

Sr Presales Consultant

Backup Exec™ 2014

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Today’s IT Challenge

Virtualization, data growth, low downtime tolerance

Technical Overview: Backup Exec 2014 ²

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Classification

Private Cloud

Legacy

Virtual

Archive Discovery

Disaster Recovery Performance

Data Protection

Availability Physical

Public Cloud

Hybrid Cloud Operating Systems

H et er o g en eo u s P lat fo rm s V a ri a b le F u n c tio n s

Today’s IT Challenge

Infrastructure Strain

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4 1. IDC, Digital Universe study, December 2012

2. IDC, Worldwide Disk-Based Data Protection and Recovery 2012-2016 Forecast, December 2012

1.2ZB

7.9ZB

40ZB

61.8%

THE WORLD’S DATA IN 2010

THE WORLD’S DATA BY 2015

THE WORLD’S DATA BY 2020

UNSTRUCTURED DATA

GROWTH RATE TO 2014

Technical Overview: Backup Exec 2014

Today’s IT Challenge

Unrelenting Data Growth

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NEW PLATFORM

& APPLICATION

SUPPORT

FASTER

UPGRADES &

MIGRATION

ENHANCED

USABILITY &

PERFORMANCE

Backup Exec 2014 Highlights

Windows 2012 Support

Windows 2012 R2 Support

GRT

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for Exchange 2013

GRT for SharePoint 2013

VMware 5.5 Support

Seamless Upgrades

One-Time Configuration

Single Backup Policy

Bulk VM Upgrades

Job Monitor View

Multi-Server Backup

Faster Backup & Recovery

Virtual Protection Performance

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Backup Exec 2014 Architecture Overview

Understanding the technology workflow

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Backup Exec™ Server

Software

Disk, NAS, or NDMP

Virtual File and Application

Servers

Physical File and

Application Servers Tape Drives and Libraries

Backup Exec™ 3600

Appliance

Backup Exec 2014: Architecture

Basic topology

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Technical Overview: Backup Exec 2014

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Options

• Enterprise Server

• Data Deduplication

• File/E-mail Archiving

• NDMP

• Centralized Management

Agents

• Protects remote systems

• Windows, Linux, and Mac

• Databases and applications

• VMware/Hyper-V (agent-less or agent-assisted)

3 Backup Exec Server

• Backup data sent from agents to media server for storage

• Disk, deduplication, or tape backup devices supported

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2

A B C D

1

3 Physical Servers

2 Virtual

Servers

Options

Backup Exec™ Server

software or appliance

Backup Exec™ 3600

or Appliance

Backup Exec 2014: Architecture

Core components

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Improving The Backup Experience

Scalable, robust backup technology beneath a user

interface that simplifies backup and recovery

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• Improved management (Ease of use)

• Monitor all of your backup jobs in a

single view

• Backup multiple servers in a single

backup job

• Diverse recoverability scenarios

• Modular backup job stages

• Easy to expand protection

• Simply add an additional stage to:

– Duplicate/copy backups

– Convert to virtual

– Etc

Backup job stages

Improved user interface

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Backup Exec 2014: Improved Management

Ease Of Use

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Backup Exec 2014: Improved Management

Ease Of Use

Reduce and consolidate

options and choices Convey more information

more concisely

Intuitive interface

Anyone should be able to

be productive within a

short time

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• Set up backup jobs in a few

simple clicks with Stages™

technology

• Easily expand protection

• Just click “Add Stage”

• Example:

Stage 1: Backup to Disk Stage 2: Copy to Tape Stage 3: Convert to Virtual

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Backup Exec 2014: Improved Management

Modular Backup Protection Methodology

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Backup Exec 2014: Improved Management

New! Monitor all of your backup jobs in a single view

Monitor all of your backup, restore, install, and storage

management jobs from one location

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Technical Overview: Backup Exec 2014 ¹⁴ Technical Overview: Backup Exec 2014

Backup Exec™ Server

Software

Virtual File and Application

Servers

Physical File and

Application Servers

Multi-server Backup Jobs:

Protect Multiple Client Servers in a

Single Job

Select/Highlight One Or More Servers

and Select “Backup”

Backup Exec 2014: Improved Management

New! Backing up multiple servers or applications

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Note: Customers can mix and match multi-server jobs and single-server jobs in the same

environment, at their discretion.

Multi-server backup definitions/jobs

have unique icons

Backup Exec 2014: Improved Management

New! Backing up multiple servers or applications

Multi-server Backup Jobs:

• One job to monitor

• One schedule

• One backup methodology

• One notification

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Technical Overview: Backup Exec 2014 ¹⁶

Backup Exec 2014: Improved Management

New! Add/Remove/Order servers for Multiple backup jobs

Add a Server Remove a Server

Move a Server up

Move a Server

down

Server list order/priority can be

adjusted to control backup order

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Backup Exec 2014: Improved Management

New! Backup source ordering

Easily assign the order in which backup sources are backed up

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Technical Overview: Backup Exec 2014 ¹⁸

Backup Exec 2014: Improved Management

New! Custom job templates

Create job templates that contains default job settings.

Save the template as a default setting that Backup Exec

can use when you back up that data type

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Backup Exec 2014: Improved Management

New! Allows Mixed Backup method

• Allows mixed backup methods in a backup job

• Customize backup method on a per resource basis within a single backup job

• Incremental and differential backup allowed for the same resource type within a

single job

Files and Folders

SQL

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Backup Exec 2014: Restore Wizard enhancements

Diverse recoverability scenarios

Restore from:

• Jobs View

• Media (New!)

• Backup set(s) created by a specific job (New!)

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• New Lower Pane Component of Backup and Restore View

• Interactive; Shows Additional Details About Selection

• Shows Folders and Virtual Machines Associated with Host

Backup Exec 2014: Lower Pane Feature

Easier resource management through additional UI functionality

Lower Pane Feature:

• View host details

• Perform tasks

• Expand/minimize

• Refresh

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Technical Overview: Backup Exec 2014 ²²

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Supported Windows Platforms

Supported Linux Platforms

Windows 2012 R2

(client and server)* Windows 2012

(client and server)* Windows 8/8.1

(client and RAC)*

Supported MAC Platforms

Macintosh OS X

10.5 – 10.7

(client)

RHEL 5.8, 5.9, 6.2,

6.3, and 6.4

(client)

SLES 11 SP3, OES 11

(client)

Ubuntu 12.04 and

12.10 (client)

Backup Exec 2014: New Platforms and Applications

Operating systems

Software Compatibility Lists:

http://www.symantec.com/business/suppo

rt/index?page=content&id=TECH205797

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Supported Client Virtual Platforms

VMware 5.1 & 5.5

(client) Hyper-V 2012 R2

(client and server) Hyper-V 2012

(client and server)

Backup Exec 2014: New Platforms and Applications

Virtual Platforms & Microsoft and non-Microsoft applications

Microsoft Applications

Exchange 2013

(includes GRT) SharePoint 2013

(includes GRT) SQL Server 2014,

2012, 2008/R2

Non-Microsoft Applications

Enterprise Vault

11, 10 SP3/SP4 Lotus Domino 9, Oracle 11g, R1/R2

8.5.1/.2/.3

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Enhanced Usability and Performance

A backup and recovery engine that outperforms expectations

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Technical Overview: Backup Exec 2014 ²⁶

• Backup is in parity with GUI

– Selection support

– Notifications

– Add server

Backup Exec 2014: BEMCLI Enhancements

New! Reaching parity with GUI functionality

– Schedule features

– One Time, Synthetic Backup supported

Note: New features of Backup Exec 2014 are fully supported

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Performance Improvements

Increase throughputs to delight customers

• 194 unique source + target combinations were measured and

benchmarked against prior BE releases.

• Some highlights:

– Verify throughput has improved in almost all deduplication verify

scenarios. Up to 313% faster.

– Backup throughput has improved for various agent types, including

RALUS, Exchange, and some SQL scenarios. Up to 147%, 201%, and

184% faster, respectively.

– Deduplication storage usage performance has improved for VMware

backups. Up to 101% improvement.

– Throughput for some restore scenarios. Up to 119% faster

– Tape Out (deduplication to tape) is up to 96% faster

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Linux

backups

SQL backups

Exchange

backups

201% faster

184% faster

147% faster

Backup Exec 2014: Enhanced Performance

Agent backups Examples

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Tape-out jobs

Restore

jobs

Deduplication

verify jobs

201% faster

184% faster

147% faster

Backup Exec 2014: Enhanced Performance

Improve your backup windows and recovery time objectives

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Integrated Disaster Recovery

Simple, easy, and integrated disaster recovery technology

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• Integrated bare metal recovery (SDR)

• No additional license required; included in Backup Exec 2014

Server Protected

Backup Exec™ 2014 Server

Server Recovered

Symantec

SRD

Recovery Disk

Server Fails

 ^X 

Backup Exec 2014: Simplified Disaster Recovery

Integrated bare metal recovery capabilities

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• Integrated bare metal, dissimilar hardware recovery (SDR)

• No additional license required; included in Backup Exec 2014

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Original Server Dissimilar Hardware

Backup Exec™ 2014 Server

Symantec

SRD

Recovery Disk

 

Backup Exec 2014: Simplified Disaster Recovery

Integrated dissimilar hardware recovery capabilities

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Virtual Machine Protection

Advanced and modern protection technology designed

specifically for virtual environments

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Protects Both Virtual and Physical Systems

 One solution protects all your critical systems from disaster

Integral with VMware and Hyper-V Platforms

 Optimized VMware VADP and Hyper-V platform integration

Advanced Data Reduction Technologies

 Data deduplication, block optimization, incremental/differential backup

Granular Recovery Technology

 Quickly and easily recover just what you need

Backup Exec 2014: Virtual Machine Protection

Advanced VMware and Hyper-V capabilities

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Virtual Machine

Protection

• Image-level virtual machine

protection

• No proxy server required

• Application protection

through VSS

• VMware 5.5 Support

• Hyper-V 2012 R2 Support

Disk Storage

Optimization

• Integrated data deduplication

• VMDK and VHD stream

handlers

• Block optimization support

• Incremental and differential

backups

Powerful Recovery

Options

• Full virtual machine recovery

• Granular application object

recovery

• Granular file/folder recovery

• Redirected recovery

Backup Exec Server

+ Agent for VMware and Hyper-V

Hyper-V Host VMware Host

Backup Exec 2014: Virtual Platform Integration

Deep integration with VMware and Hyper-V platforms

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• Designed for VMware Administrators

• Offers View Into VMware Virtual Machine Backup Status

• Enables Virtual Machine Image Restore Capability

• Presented From Within Familiar vSphere Client Interface

Backup Exec 2014: Virtual Platform Integration

Backup Exec Management Plug-in for VMware

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Backup Exec 2014: Virtual Platform Integration

Backup Exec Management Plug-in for VMware

Consolidated protection status of all virtual machines

• Last run backup

• Next scheduled backup

• Type of backup

• Unprotected machine type

• Drilldown of Backup Exec job logs

Backup Exec 2014: Virtual Platform Integration

Backup Exec Management Plug-in for VMware

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38 Parallel Data Streams

Network

Convert Stream Backup Stream

Convert Data Stream (Separate) Network

Backup Data Stream

Convert to Virtual – Parallel data streams; results in fully operational virtual machine

Backup to Virtual - Serial data streams; results in fully operational virtual machine

Backup Exec Physical Server

Agent for Windows

Virtual Host

Converted VM VMware or

Hyper-V

Backup Exec Physical Server

Agent for Windows

Virtual Host

Converted VM VMware or

Hyper-V

Backup Exec 2014: Virtual Platform Integration

Virtual conversions

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• Dynamically adds new VMs to the backup job

– Protects new virtual machines and folders that are found when a backup

job runs

– Independent of what you saw at job creation time

• Applies to folders (nodes) that hold VMs / VM-data

• Applies to both VMware and Hyper-V

• Click to Exclude

• Ability to exclude VMs that are powered off

• Global/job exclusion can also be used to exclude VMs

Backup Exec 2014: Dynamic Inclusion

Automatically back up new virtual machines during a backup job

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Data Growth And Storage Management

Helping customers get the most out of their storage resources

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Local Disk

eSATA, SAS, PCIn, USB/RDX

Deduplication

Disk

Local/Shared, OST

Network Disk

UNC, CIFS

Tape Drives

FC, SAS, SCSI, NDMP

3

^rd

-Party

Appliances

OST/Ethernet, NDMP

Virtual Tape

Libraries

FC, SCSI, NDMP

Tape Libraries

with Drives

FC, SAS, SCSI

Shared

Storage

FC, iSCSI

Quantum Q-

Cloud

Public cloud storage

Disk Storage Devices

Tape Storage Devices

Appliance Storage Options

Cloud Storage Options

Backup Exec 36x0 Appliance

Deduplication, SAS

Backup Exec 30x0 Appliances are PBBAs that support many (but not all) of the same storage devices as Backup Exec core.

Private Cloud

Services

Ethernet/VPN

Backup Exec’s Private Cloud Services technology combines Optimized Duplication and VPN and other security measures to achieve multitenancy.

Backup Exec Hardware Compatibility List

Backup Exec 2014: Supported Storage Devices

Flexible storage options

Riverbed

SteelStore

Appliance

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Backup Exec 2014 Deduplication Option

Easily Manage Growing Data Volumes

Physical

Virtual

Duplicate everything

Store Less with Efficient

Block Level Deduplication Reduce the amount of data saved

to storage

Save on disk purchases, floor space

and energy requirements

Improve performance across the

network

Deduplication everywhere - client,

media server or OST appliance

Deduplicate across all backup jobs

Minimize backup windows with

faster deduplication speeds

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WAN/

LAN

Stored data with deduplication:

Stored data without deduplication:

10 MB 20 MB 30 MB 0 MB 3 MB 0 MB

Data Reduction

Deduplication Storage

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Data Reduction

WAN/

LAN

Content

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Content

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FP1

A B C D E

FP2

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Updated Content

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FP2

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Stored data with deduplication:

Stored data without deduplication:

30 MB 1 MB 3 MB

90%

4 MB

40 MB

55 MB

65 MB

How Deduplication works ?

2 ^nd Full-Backup

FP1

101011

FP1

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Deduplication Storage

92.5% 93% 94%

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Backup Exec Partner Toolkit:

1. Performance Analyzer Tool

2. Deduplication Assessment Tool

3. Front-end Capacity Analyzer Tool

Backup Exec 2014: Additional Resources

Backup Exec Partner Toolkit

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• Data integrity now

checked online

• Check and fix storage

leak online

• Increased queue

processing speed

• Improved cache

loading performance

• Improved rehydration

• Improved ‘tape out’

performance

• Improved restore

performance

• Better client directory

cache management

• Support for 64TB of

deduplicated data

• Double the capacity

of previous versions

• 1 Deduplication Disk

Device per Backup

Exec Server

• Enhanced stream

handler backups of

EMC, NetApp file

systems

• Ability to bypass the

Windows ‘localhost’

IPC bottleneck

Self-healing

Architecture

%

^Faster

Improved

Performance 64TB Capacity

32TB 64TB

Other Improvements

Backup Exec 2014: Data Deduplication

General deduplication improvements in Backup Exec 2014

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• Deduplicated GRT backups replicated without rehydration

• Can target most Symantec deduplication servers, appliances

• Greatly increases replication job performance

‘Optimized Duplication’

Symantec Backup Exec™ 2014

Server A

Deduplication

Storage Folder Deduplication

Storage Folder No Rehydration Step Before Data Copy

Backup Exec 2014: Data Deduplication

Backup Exec 2014 Offsite Replication Enhancements

Symantec Backup Exec™ 2014

Server B

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Backup Exec 3600 R3 Appliance

Review of the Backup Exec 3600 R3 Appliance's architecture

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Backup Exec 3600 R3 Appliance

Simple, cost effective, and low risk

• Unified Install and

Configuration

• Single Vendor For:

– Hardware

– Software

– License management

Simple

• All You Can Eat:

– Backup Exec agents

– Backup Exec options

• Remote Offices:

– Remove tape

– Lower costs

Cost Effective

• All-in-one Solution

• Compatibility Assured

• Reliable Performance

• One Stop for Support

Low Risk

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CPU Memory SAS Disk SSD Disk Ethernet USB SAS HBA Power

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

Intel Processor Quad Intel Xeon 2.4 Ghz CPU

16 GB DDR3

1333 MHz (ECC) 5.5 TB - RAID 5

(Deduplication) 80 GB - RAID 1 (Boot/Windows)

4x Gb Adapter

(Bonding support) 4x USB 2.0 Port

2 Front/2 Rear 1x SAS Port

6 Gb/s (Tape) 2x Power Supply (Redundant)

Backup Exec 3600 R3 Appliance: Overview

Appliance hardware configuration

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Licensing enhancements in Backup Exec 2014

Backup Exec 2014 licensing – core products

Backup Exec Small

Business Edition

 Manage multiple instances of Backup Exec Small Business Edition

 Self-contained

Protects an entire server, can be scaled to protect up to 5 servers in total

 Microsoft Servers Supported Windows (all Editions), SQL®, Exchange® SharePoint®, Active Directory®, Hyper-V

 Integrated System Recovery

 Virtual Conversions to Hyper-V

 Backup Destinations

 Disk (B2D)/Local Tape

Backup Exec

1. Backup Exec Server

2. Agent for Windows/Linux/Mac 3. Remote Media Agent for Linux 4. Application Agent

5. Virtualization Option 6. Deduplication Option

7. File System Archiving Option 8. Exchange Mailbox Archiving

Option 1-10

9. Enterprise Server Option 10.NDMP Option (per device) 11.Library Expansion Option (per

device)

12.VTL Unlimited Drive Option (per device)

Capacity Licensing

 Single SKU Protects an entire site

 Metered Per TB

 Includes:

 Backup Exec 2014

 Unlimited Agent for Windows®

 Unlimited Agent for Linux®

 Deduplication

 Unlimited Agent for Applications and Databases,

 Unlimited Agent for VMware®

and Hyper-V®

 Agent for Mac®

Backup Exec 2014 V-Ray Edition

Backup Exec 3600 Appliance

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