Best Practices for VMware and Hyper-V Backup A look at the virtual environment, management tools, and some tips!

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1 Best Practices for VMware and Hyper-V Backup A look at the virtual environment, management tools, and some tips! Bill Kleyman, MISM, MCSA, CCA, VTSP5 MTM Technologies Data Center Knowledge, BusinessWeek, InformationWeek, UBM @MTM_INC LinkedIn.com/in/BillKleyman

2 Administrative points on this webinar Questions Can use the virtual Q&A panel. This webinar is recorded and available for replay after a few days. At the end of the webinar, we can raise virtual hand for dialog questions. Stick around until the end of the webinar! Winners will receive a choice of books! Bill s Content Veeam information, wrap-up

3 The VM and Virtualization Backup Conversation What s happening in the industry More data More cloud More demand for resiliency The rise of virtualization and the need for creative backup options Diversity and Planning Environment Efficiencies VM Consolidation

4 Today s Agenda and Conversation Creating a plan for a virtual environment and the disk-based systems. Understanding today s data recovery demands and how VMs play a role. Examining a distributed virtualization infrastructure And how cloud computing fits in. A quick look at new features within Hyper-V and VMware for VM backup and resiliency. Considerations and best practices for disk-based backup in a virtual environment.

5 Creating a plan for virtual environments and disk-based systems The amount of data being backed up and the sources SAN File Servers Cloud-based storage Account for everything! The data retention policies to be applied Remember the average life of a disk SAN, NAS or other storage. Disk-based backup is great for short-term initiatives Have a good archiving strategy for longer term data retention. Consider the policies and your industry. Government Education Healthcare

6 Creating a plan for virtual environments and disk-based systems Cont Let intelligent deduplication help you out! Having a deduplication system is almost necessary in today s virtual infrastructure. Cut network traffic Deduplication at the block level Reclaim storage Cut virtual environment storage demands by over 70% Management tools and feature considerations Data deduplication Data Archival VMware and Hyper-V integration (Hypervisor Agnostic)

7 Understanding today s data recovery demands and how VMs play a role Set realistic Recovery Time Objectives Close to 0 means more expensive Segment systems and allocate RTOs to the respective workload or VM. Prioritize data and the VM Remember: DR doesn t usually include history Separate disk-based backup and regular backup jobs Replication and data migration methodologies Have dedicated bandwidth between data centers Create a replication and migration policy Use Site-to-Site replication features built into the backup software

8 Examining a distributed virtual infrastructure And how cloud computing fits in The Cloud Data center extensions DR and backup Multiple data points Bandwidth considerations Data size WAN QoS Be aware of saturation Data retention and cost considerations More data in the cloud means more cost Prioritize the data sets Create data retention policies

9 Examining a distributed virtual infrastructure And how cloud computing fits in Cont Site-to-site replication Know the amount of data being replicated Look for network compression features Schedule the replication as needed: Synchronous Asynchronous

10 A look at the latest recovery and backup benefits from Hyper-V and VMware Hyper-V 3.0 (Server 2012) Hyper-V Extensible switch Improved Live Migration Resource metering Hyper-V replica VMware vsphere 5 Storage Improvements vsphere Storage API vsphere Auto Deploy vsphere High Availability vsphere vmotion vsphere Distributed Switch vcenter Site Recovery Manager

11 Considerations and best practices for diskbased backup in a virtual environment. Creating good documentation And have a good management platform Use deduplication features Either native or third party Configuring compression settings This is a must for site-to-site replication Testing and maintenance Always have a good schedule in place Future-proof your environment Be ready for today s and tomorrow s demands

12 Considerations and best practices for diskbased backup in a virtual environment Cont Understand how VSS functions VMware Tools drivers and support Ease of use and training Get certifications, and learn the platform Remember: Backups and Snapshots are very different Snapshots are for temporary use Backups are for longer term Always back up physical host and hypervisor configurations Have the info to rebuild the host it saves time in an emergency Backup VMs incrementally, and not at the same time Schedule backups wisely so as not to overwhelm the host or storage Final thoughts

13 Q&A and wrap-up One question to you! More information: Veeam.com Veeam