NetBackup for VMware Data Recovery Services to End the Dark Ages of Virtualization

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1 NetBackup for VMware Data Recovery Services to End the Dark Ages of Virtualization

3 VADP

4 vstorage APIs for Data Protection

5 Centralized Efficient Off-host LAN free

6 Challenges

7 Dynamic Environment Performance Compliance Recovery

8 Disk I/O

9 VADP Snapshot Process VMware creates temp snapshot of VM VSS provider flushes OS buffers in VM Snapshot of VM is taken (vmdk(s) are frozen) (SCSI reservation of LUN) Redo log created all writes redirected to redo log (Redo expanded in 16 MB chunks) VM is backed up Redo log data applied to original vmdk(s) Snapshot released - backup completed Why does this matter? Every one of these steps involves significant amount of I/O Reducing number of snapshots per Datastore improves backup perf & reliability Incrementals are quick and can reduce snapshot impact VM1 VM2 VM3 VMDK VMDK VMDK VMDK VMDK VMDK ESX/ESXi

10 Redo Log Creation Process VMware rules for creation of new VMDK Empty VMDK is created first Space within the VMDK must be zeroed (mandatory) Data is now written to zeroed space within VMDK 0% Redo log creation follows these same rules Expanded in 16 MB extension each extension must be zeroed Three steps: create, zero, write NOTE: similar process for thin provisioned VMDK creation Redo is a temporary VMDK At end of snapshot redo must be reapplied to original VMDK

11 Reducing Backup I/O Impact Shorten time backup snapshot is open Configure backup application for optimal performance Result: Snapshots more reliable Overall backup processing faster Higher level of backup success

12 General Restore Considerations Restore process involves more I/O than backup process Single restore typically won t saturate restore path Slow vcenter can also cause restore performance issues

VMDK Type Can Impact Restore Speeds 0% 100% 100% 0% thin Space not allocated during creation Space is supplied then zeroed out on demand Creation slow if vmdk turns out to be full zeroedthick 100% of

13 VMDK Type Can Impact Restore Speeds 0% 100% 100% 0% thin Space not allocated during creation Space is supplied then zeroed out on demand Creation slow if vmdk turns out to be full zeroedthick 100% of space allocated during creation Zeroed out on demand Can be faster than thin especially if vmdk is nearly full eagerzeroedthick 100% of space allocated during creation 100% of disk zeroed out during creation Could take long time (and create lots of I/O) to complete entire process

recovery Both Physical and Virtual deployments Symantec s 3rd Generation Granular

14 Symantec NetBackup With Symantec V-Ray Technology Symantec V-Ray Patented visibility into virtual machines, applications, deduplication data streams Transparent backup and recovery Both Physical and Virtual deployments Symantec s 3rd Generation Granular Recovery Technology Unified Protection Deduplication File & Application Recovery Automated Protection

NetBackup Appliance Family NetBackup 5220 NetBackup 5020 Backup Appliance with Dedupe Deduplication Appliance 2U to 8U* form factor 4U form factor Master/Media server roles Storage pool role 4TB to

15 NetBackup Appliance Family NetBackup 5220 NetBackup 5020 Backup Appliance with Dedupe Deduplication Appliance 2U to 8U* form factor 4U form factor Master/Media server roles Storage pool role 4TB to 72TB* usable capacity 32TB ; up to 192TB with 6 nodes Deduplication at source and target Multiple Connectivity Options: Ethernet and Fiber Channel Transferable software licensing Replication at no charge

16 NetBackup for VMware - Deployment VMware Environment OpsCenter VMware Environment NetBackup Media Server NetBackup Media Server SAN Deduplication Disk Pool 4-64 (72)TB Usable Disk Space Deduplication Disk Pool 4-64 (72)TB Usable Disk Space SAN

17 NetBackup for VMware - Deployment VMware Environment Active Load Balancing Media Servers OpsCenter SAN SAN NetBackup 5020 Appliance Global Deduplication 192TB Usable Disk Space NetBackup 5020 Appliance Global Deduplication 192TB Usable Disk Space

18 VMware Policy VMware policy type not FlashBackup-Windows New VMware tab

19 Hyper-V Policy New Hyper-V policy type not FlashBackup-Windows New Hyper-V tab All Hyper-V settings consolidated on new tab

20 vcenter Fields for VM Intelligent Policy New query builder variables, including: Datastore Cluster: part of Storage Dynamic Resource Scheduling (SDRS) Custom VM Attributes: user-defined vcenter variables

21 VMware Application Protection & Recovery Optimized for Source Workloads

22 Application Protection in VMs Easy checkbox setup Automatic application discovery via VM intelligent policy Application-consistent VM backup Optional database transaction log truncation Any-level Recovery: VM, Files, Databases, Items

23 Application Protection - Details Supported VMs: Windows Exchange, SharePoint, SQL Server NetBackup Windows Client in VM provides Application-consistent VM snapshot Application granular recovery NetBackup for VMware provides VM backup Types of recovery from VM backup Recovery Exchange SharePoint SQL Server Media VM Any File Any Database Not Tape Item n/a Not Tape Available for VMware (Hyper-V support planned)

24 NetBackup for VMware Enhancements Optimized for Source Workloads

25 NetBackup for VMware - Accelerator VMware Windows & Linux Backup Host / Media Server ESX Datastore VM1 VM2 VM3 VMDK VMDK VMDK VMDK VMDK VMDK ESX/ESXi

26 Recovery Options in NetBackup Instant Recovery Bulk Restore BMR VM restore

27 Instant Recovery Only CLI based VM IR can be done with FULL Backup Image and Accelerator INCR Image (MSDP and PDDO). Support Basic Disk, Advanced Disk, MSDP, PDDO Storage. Requires vsphere 5.0 or greater Only Storage vmotion option available Only Windows Proxy Host support No IPv6 support

Take a VM snapshot NBU Backup Host VM creates a new redo log file for writes, so writes happens at Local Data Store NFS Data Store

28 NBU Media Server NetBackup for VMware - Instant Recovery Deduplication Disk 2 VM 4 VM Instant Recovery 1. NetBackup mounts the VM Images as NFS Data Store 2. Register the VM and configure to use Local Data Store as Working Directory 3. Take a VM snapshot NBU Backup Host VM creates a new redo log file for writes, so writes happens at Local Data Store NFS Data Store (Read only) 3 1 DS for Writes 6 5 Production Data Store 4. Power On VM 5. Initiate Storage vmotion to Production Data Store 6. Unmount NFS DS * Redo log file can be merged later

29 vcenter Integration for Restore and Reporting Integrated using standard vsphere Client Complete VM restore wizard driven through vsphere client Empowers the VM admin with restore capabilities NetBackup reporting and VM restores made available to the VM administrator via a vsphere plug-in. Reports include: Most recent backup Backup timeline Success and failure

30 NetBackup for VMware - vcloud (vcd) Support NetBackup automatically discover new VM s NetBackup supports public and private vcd Direct integration with vcd backup API (v1.5) Enhanced V-Ray restore options are supported

31 NetBackup for VMware - Summary

32 NetBackup for VMware - Summary VADP Image backup Single file recovery Application protection NetBackup VMware Intelligent Policy Media Server Load Balancing Resource Limits NetBackup Accelerator for VMware NetBackup for VMware Instant Recovery vsphere Plug-in Global Deduplication

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