TRANSFORMING BACKUP AND RECOVERY In virtual environments with EMC Avamar and Data Domain 1
Session Overview This presentation explores the data protection challenges faced in growing VMware and Hyper-V environments and shows how Avamar and Data Domain provide new levels of protection. 2
Top IT Priorities for 2012 Source: Source: ESG Research Report, 2012 IT Spending Intentions Survey, January 2012 Which of the following would you consider to be your organization's most important IT priorities over the next 12 18 months? (Percent of respondents, N=614, ten responses accepted) Improve data backup and recovery Increased use of server virtualization Major application deployments or upgrades Manage data growth Information security initiatives Business continuity/disaster recovery programs Data center consolidation Desktop virtualization Mobile workforce enablement Deploying a "private cloud" infrastructure Regulatory compliance initiatives Business intelligence/data analytics initiatives Deploying applications on or for new mobile devices Improve collaboration capabilities Use cloud infrastructure services Major database deployments or upgrades Reduce data center power and cooling requirements Applications delivered via software as a service (SaaS) model Deploy application or workload specific systems/appliances Deploy integrated computing platform Use platform as a service (PaaS) for application development 11% 11% 15% 14% 17% 16% 21% 21% 20% 20% 20% 23% 22% 22% 25% 24% 27% 27% 30% 30% 29% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 3
Data Protection Challenges Decreasing backup and recovery performance with traditional backup Increasing management complexity Increasing storage consumption Mobility of hosts, application, and storage (operational and DR) 4
Required Backup Technologies Backup to disk Replication Deduplication Proactive re-architecture required 5
Avamar s Client-side Deduplication Moves only unique data and reduces ESX contention B VMware ESX Network A D A C A B C B D C B Avamar Data Store 1. Divides data into DYNAMIC variable-length subfile segments 2. Determines if segments are unique or duplicate 3. Backs up only data that is unique 4. Sends data compressed and encrypted 6
Avamar for VMware Optimized for VMware backup and recovery Application consistency Guest-level backup Faster image-level backup Changed block tracking for faster backups Universal proxy with load balancing Bare-metal (VMDK) image-level restore Integrated with VMware vstorage API for data protection One-step recovery Changed block tracking for faster restores Agentless file-level recovery for Windows and Linux Streamlined management with vcenter Qualified for VCE Vblock data protection 7
Business Critical Application Backup Avamar agents ensure application consistency APP OS APP OS APP OS VM1 VM2 VMn Virtual Infrastructure 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 No charge for agents 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 9
VMware Image-Level Backup Avamar integration with VMware vstorage API for data protection Virtual Machines Mount Deduplication within and across VMs Changed Block Tracking (CBT) reduces backup time and recovery time Virtual Infrastructure Avamar client software runs on a universal proxy VM Storage Avamar Data Store File-level recovery from image backup (Windows, Linux, Solaris) Flexible restore to original, existing, or new virtual machine Universal proxy server load balancing for superior throughput 10
Changed Block Tracking Faster and more reliable CPU Utilization % 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 VM Proxy Server CPU Utilization for Image Backup 1. 2. 1. Traditional backup requires 80 percent CPU utilization for two minutes 2. With Changed Block Tracking, only changed blocks are processed Avamar uses 10 percent CPU utilization for just a few seconds 11
Flexible Image-Level Recovery Original Existing VMware NEW Three ways to restore a virtual machine: Restore back to original virtual machine Restore to an existing virtual machine Restore to a new virtual machine Change the game: Help simplify disaster recoveries using Avamar Avamar Data Store 12
Faster Restores for VMDK CHANGED BLOCK TRACKING (CBT) BACKUP LAN-free CBT Blocks LAN-free VM Image Proxy LAN/WAN STANDARD RESTORE Whole VM LAN-free CBT Blocks VM Image Proxy LAN/WAN CBT RESTORE VM Image Proxy Unique Blocks Whole VM LAN/WAN CBT Blocks Changed Block Restore Use Changed Block Tracking to transfer delta blocks between backup set and virtual machine Accelerates image restores Backup and restore to/from NFS and iscsi SAN storage 13
Universal Proxy Server Load Balancing VMware ESX Server Cluster ESX SERVER 1... ESX SERVER N A B C D E F Proxy VM Proxy VM VMware vcenter Server Automatic backup job assignment Distributed evenly Faster backups = Data Avamar Data Store 14
Integration with VMware vcenter Server Single point of management for VMware backup options Browse to VMware vcenter Server through the Avamar Administrator Auto-discover virtual machines and their associated groups Monitor backup/restore operations in the activity monitor Clearly see VM protection status (guest/image/none) 15
Avamar for VMware Unlike anything else in the industry Maximize virtualization investments Support for latest VMware vstorage APIs for Data Protection Tight VMware vcenter Server integration Deduplicated guest and image level, daily full backups Shorten backup and recovery time One-step full recovery Improve bandwidth efficiency Simplify data protection management Shrink storage requirements Lower costs Scalability, high availability, and reliability Replication and disaster recovery EMC Backup Recovery Systems (BRS) portfolio 16
Avamar for Hyper-V Protection Full virtual server protection Guest level backup and recovery Application-aware protection ensures consistency of recovery Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, Oracle, SAP, Sybase, DB2 and Lotus Notes Hyper-V Image backup and recovery Meets DR requirements Federated Hyper-V CSV backup and recovery Complete protection of virtual machines (VM s) Recover VM s to alternate Hyper-V servers Granular Level Recovery (GLR) for faster restores 17
Image Backup for Hyper-V Complete Hyper-V Protection Protects OS, System State, Data Volumes & Hyper-V Configuration Database Virtual Machines APP OS APP OS APP OS Windows Server Hyper-V Full Image Backups of Hyper-V VM s offering DR and granular protection Supports all Hyper-V Guest Operating Systems Windows Server 2008R2/2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7, Windows Vista, XP, SUSE Linux OS & Application consistency Leverages Hyper-V VSS Writer to quiesce Windows OS and applications Flexible Hyper-V Backup Options Support for stand-alone Hyper-V Servers Federated Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) Backup Backup to Avamar Data Store or to Data Domain systems Multi-stream backups for higher performance Physical Server 18
Federated Hyper-V Clustered Shared Volume (CSV) Federated Hyper-V CSV backup enables loadbalancing for speed Fully automated Scheduled VM backups from the CSV Cluster Supports live migration of VMs to different Hyper-V CSV node Flexible CSV backup scheduling Backup all VMs in the CSV cluster Backup Individual VMs 19
Hyper-V Image Recovery Virtual Machines APP OS APP OS APP OS Windows Server Hyper-V Flexible Hyper-V Image Recoveries Restore to Original VM in original location Restore to Original VM in new location Restore to a Different Hyper-V Server Initial Store Restore Hyper-V configuration file is protected Physical Server 20
Hyper-V Granular Level Recoveries (GLR) Avamar Hyper-V GLR Proxy Mount Hyper-V Image backups quickly from within Avamar & Data Domain savesets to recover files or folders Faster recovery Easy to use 21
Combining Avamar Simplicity/Efficiency With Data Domain Scale/Performance NAS Avamar Data Store Avamar directs backups to optimal purpose-built backup appliances (PBBA) based on workload attributes Avamar Data Store Data Domain systems VM DB Avamar Client DD Boost Data Domain integration provides access to an additional 570 TB of usable capacity SharePoint Oracle, SQL Server, Exchange, SharePoint, SAP, Sybase, VMware, Hyper-V, IBM DB2 Data Domain System DD Boost Avamar manages backups, restores, replication, and maintenance for all systems 22
Extended Retention Export to Tape or VTL Meet compliance regulations Full exports and full restores 100% coverage of mission critical plug-ins and clients Exports from any backups Avamar has directed (ADS, AVE, DD) Supports physical and virtual tape libraries 23
Desktop/Laptop Cross-Platform Restore Windows Mac Option: No backup when on wireless Avoid increase in wireless bill Retain bandwidth usage for email and web Users with higher privileges have more control over their policy Ability to override standard backup dataset and schedule Option to specify that the last version of a backup never be deleted Prevents backups from expiring during extended time off 24