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1 EMC for VMware Data Protection Optimized backup and recovery for virtual machines Mika Kotro Sales Development Manager EMC Deutschland GmbH 1

2 Virtual Environment Journey to 100% Virtualization: 3 Phases 100% Phase 1 IT PRODUCTION Cost Efficiency IT-owned applications Phase 2 BUSINESS PRODUCTION Quality of Service Mission-critical applications Phase 3 IT AS A SERVICE Business Agility Run IT as a business Consolidation Improved IT production Cloud 85% Server utilization Business productivity 70% 50% Hardware costs Operating expenses 30% Flexibility 15% Platinum Gold 0% D A T A P R O T E C T I O N R E Q U I R E M E N T S I N C R E A S E 2

3 CPU Utilization CPU Utilization VMware Backup Challenges Virtualization changes server, application, and information paradigm Old Paradigm Physical environment: Low overall server utilization and plenty of bandwidth for backup New Paradigm Virtual environment: High overall server utilization and little bandwidth for backup 100% 100% 80% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Server A Server B Server C 60% 40% 20% 0% Virtual Server A ESX server Hardware Shared physical resources Virtual Server B Virtual Server C 20% resource utilization 80% resource utilization 3

The VMware Backup Must Have List Must address today s issues Relieve resource contention Contain backup storage growth Enable more-effective disaster recovery Must provide business value Remember We

4 The VMware Backup Must Have List Must address today s issues Relieve resource contention Contain backup storage growth Enable more-effective disaster recovery Must provide business value Remember We backup to be able to recover! Lower backup infrastructure costs Improve operations Reduce risk Must integrate with VMware infrastructure VMware vstorage API for Data Protection VMware vcenter Server 4

EMC BRS Stack Delivering Predictable Recovery Avamar World s Fastest Backup and Recovery Solution for VMware and vblocks Comprehensive Physical

5 EMC BRS Stack Delivering Predictable Recovery Avamar World s Fastest Backup and Recovery Solution for VMware and vblocks Comprehensive Physical and Virtual infrastructure recovery solution NetWorker World s No. 1 & Fastest Purpose built Disk Library for De-duplicated backups Data Domain 5

6 Deduplication Is the Key Relieve resource contention Contain backup storage growth Enable more effective disaster recovery 6

7 Client-Side Deduplication Moves Less Data VMware ESX Network B A D A C A B C B D C B 1. Divides data into sub-file segments 2. Determines if segments are unique or duplicate Avamar Data Store 3. Backs up only data that is unique 4. Sends data compressed and encrypted 7

8 VMware Guest-Level Backup Traditional backup versus Avamar backup CPU USAGE NETWORK USAGE DISK USAGE 1:20 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:40 p.m. 1:20 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:40 p.m. 1:20 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:40 p.m. Traditional Avamar 8

9 Avamar Is Optimized for VMware Guest-level backup Provides application consistency Image-level backup Integrated with VMware vstorage API for Data Protection and vcenter Server One-step file-level recovery from image backup Tight VMware vcenter Server integration Caution : Integrates with one vcenter server currently per Avamar server Qualified on VCE Vblock Infrastructure Platforms in EMC test labs Deployable as a virtual appliance Avamar Virtual Edition 9

10 Avamar Virtual Edition for VMware Avamar server deployed as a virtual appliance Avamar VM Avamar VM Avamar VM VMware Virtualization Layer x86 Architecture Resource Pool Leverages existing ESX servers and storage Replication (of applications and storage) Use Avamar / VE for POCs Up to two Avamar Virtual Edition for VMware virtual appliances per VMware ESX server for scalability Each Avamar Virtual Edition scales upto 2 TB 10

11 VMware Guest-Level Backup Avamar agents ensure application consistency Avamar agents VMware ESX Application-specific agent within each VM ensures consistent state for hot backup Deduplicates within and across virtual machines Reduces resource contention and speeds backups Provides file-level restore for Windows, Linux, and Solaris Control cost with zero-dollar agents 11

12 Avamar for VDI Avamar enables Self user restores Faster & low impact backup result in higher VDI density 12

VMware Image-Level Backup Avamar integration with VMware vstorage API for Data Protection Virtual machines Deduplication within and across VMDK files VMware Virtualization Layer x86 Architecture

13 VMware Image-Level Backup Avamar integration with VMware vstorage API for Data Protection Virtual machines Deduplication within and across VMDK files VMware Virtualization Layer x86 Architecture Resource Pool Physical server Physical server = Avamar software agent Mount Storage Avamar Data Store Changed Block Tracking (CBT) reduces backup time and minimizes recovery time File-level recovery from image backup (Windows) Flexible restore to original, existing, or new virtual machine Proxy server load balancing for superior throughput 13

14 Avamar Integration with Data Domain High-speed, scalable Avamar backups to Data Domain systems Selectively back up and restore specific data types to a Data Domain system VMware image backup Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, SharePoint Distributed Segment processing Global Dedupe happens Easy to manage Associate Data Domain system(s) with Avamar Select the destination of backup data via policy Manage backups, restores, and replication through Avamar GUI Current Datastore capacity with Gen4 Nodes 124TB, Extended to 285 TB with DD integration 15

VCE Vblock Infrastructure Platforms Achieve large-scale virtualization as quickly as possible Avamar uniquely scales in Vblock environments Fastest throughput with proxy server load balancing

15 VCE Vblock Infrastructure Platforms Achieve large-scale virtualization as quickly as possible Avamar uniquely scales in Vblock environments Fastest throughput with proxy server load balancing and Changed Block Tracking Flexible restore capabilities Bare-metal restore for entire Vblock Cisco UCS profiles, network configuration files, etc. Avamar qualified on Vblock U S E C A S E 16

16 Backing Up 1,000 Virtual Machines 50 TB protected in 43 minutes STEADY STATE Proxy infrastructure: Dual-quad core, 64 GB memory Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day (250 1 (250 VMs) VMs) Day (500 2 (500 VMs) VMs) Day (750 3 (750 VMs) VMs) Day (1,000 4 (1000 VMs) Day (1,000 5 (1000 VMs) Day (1,000 6 (1000 VMs) Day (1,000 7 (1000 VMs) VMs) VMs) VMs) VMs) TB Protected TB Scanned Total Time (Min) 17

NetWorker and VMware Protection IN-GUEST OFF-HOST Granular and application-consistent guest-level backup VMs treated like physical machines Software installed on guests Backup sent through LAN CBT

17 NetWorker and VMware Protection IN-GUEST OFF-HOST Granular and application-consistent guest-level backup VMs treated like physical machines Software installed on guests Backup sent through LAN CBT integration Eliminates overheads associated with discovery of Changed files Optimized for file systems with large quantities of small files Storage API for Data Protection (VADP) for off-host, snapshot-based backup 18

18 VMware vcenter Server Integration Auto-discovery Automatically discovers virtual machines Notification of unprotected virtual machines Prevents missing backups of new virtual machines 19

19 VMware vcenter Server Integration Visualization See the relationship of backup with virtual machines Unique icons and indicators show protection type Interactive controls to customize and search map Simplifies management of large VMware environments 20

20 Centralized Management DEDUPLICATION APPLICATION SUPPORT Microsoft Oracle SAP Data Domain Avamar VIRTUALIZATION NetWorker Tape Cloud FILE SYSTEMS AND SERVER RECOVERY Disk Library Family EMC STORAGE PLATFORMS Centera VNX Family Symmetrix REMOTE AND BRANCH OFFICES 21

21 THANK YOU 22

22 EMC Data Domain Integrated VMDK and file backups Backup applications integrate with vsphere using vstorage API Proxy mounts VMDK snapshots, relieves ESX hosts & LAN of backup load Enables both VMDK & file level operations, block-level incremental/differentials ESX Server ESX Server ESX Server Step 1: Take VMDK Snapshot Step 2: Mount VMDK Snapshot Physical Server Backup Applications for vsphere 4 Step 3: Backup VMDK Snapshot Backup Server integrated with vstorage API for vsphere 4 Data Domain Deduplication Storage 23

23 EMC Data Domain Booting VMs from Data Domain for DR Data Domain system configured as NFS data store for VMDK files VMDK files moved in their native format template, archive, mount, boot Supports VMware Storage VMotion for live migration of VMDK files Step 5: Recover Files from within Guest OS ESX Server ESX Server ESX Server Step 1: Take VMDK Snapshot ESX Server ESX Server ESX Server Physical Server Step 2: Copy VMDK Snapshot via NFS Step 6: Migrate VMDK via Storage VMotion Step 4: Mount VMDK and Boot Virtual Machine via NFS Data Domain Deduplication Storage Step 3: VMDK files are automatically replicated to DR Site Data Domain Deduplication Storage 24

24 Summary Accelerate the virtualization journey Increase Consolidation Ratios 90% Faster Backups 40x 60x Data Reduction 99% Reduction in Replication Bandwidth File, Image, and Site Recovery Lower Backup Infrastructure Costs Simplify Management Improve Operations Investment Protection Reduce Risk 25

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Accelerate Your Virtualisation Journey With Backup Built For VMWare. Frederick Enslin. BRS Technology Consultant. Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation

Accelerate Your Virtualisation Journey With Backup Built For VMWare Frederick Enslin BRS Technology Consultant 1 Agenda Virtualization trend and benefits Must-have list Deduplication Avamar is optimized