1. EMC Avamar 6.1 Release
April 2012

2. Agenda Avamar 6.1 Overview Extended Retention Overview New features
Beta results
Positioning/Use Cases/Pricing/Licensing
Performance metrics
Sizing Guidelines
Extended Retention Overview
Feature Overview (appliance and software)
Comparatives between ADT/AST/ATO

3. Avamar 6.1 Release Summary
Avamar Management, Security & Supportability
Improved management including LDAP/AD group authentication* more granular backup scheduling*, and node add/replace from the UI*
Enhanced supportability including hardware fault detection in Avamar GEN4 switches* and clear/concise descriptions for new error/event codes*
Improved encryption including client-server encryption using FIPS validated encryption*, key rotation for encryption of data at rest
Performance & Efficiency
Avamar multi-stream expansion - for SQL, SAP, Sybase & Hyper-V
Data Domain – DD Boost Multi-stream for SQL, Oracle, Exchange, SAP, SharePoint, Sybase & Hyper-V; DD Boost single stream for DB2
Increased client-server connection limit to at least 30 per node (A 16 node server should support 480 (30x16) connections)
Avamar Server startup/shutdown performance improvements
Improved DT/LT Support
Privileged users have more control over their policy
Ability to specify that the last version of a file backup never be deleted
Qualify with IE 9 and Mac OS X 10.7
Expanded Avamar Client Support
Updated OS Support - Windows Disaster Recovery 64-bit ISO, CentOS 6, Debian 6, Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 & Apple OS X 10.7
New Avamar SAP & Sybase Protection
Improved DB2, Lotus and Oracle Protection
Improved Microsoft Protection – Exchange federated backups, Exchange incremental backups, SQL Server 2011 (Denali) support, multiple SQL backup/recovery TCE improvements
Support for Enterprise Vault 9.x/8.x
Command Line Interface (CLI) support for Application Plug-ins
Virtualization
VMware –Disk-level granularity to backup and restore, Universal image proxy, File level Restore from an Image-level Backup for Linux, Thin-provisioned recovery, Universal File Level Recovery (FLR) Proxy and Avamar management console command line interface (CLI) support
New Hyper-V Protection – including image-level backups for image and file level recoveries, Avamar multi-stream & DD Boost support for performance
Avamar Extended Retention to Tape or VTL
Export from Data Store to physical tape, Export from DD to physical tape, Export from Data Store to DD as VTL and Export from DD to DD as VTL

4. Avamar 6.1 Release Management, Supportability, Encryption
Avamar Server Management
LDAP/AD group authentication
More granular backup scheduling
Node add/replace from the UI
Enhanced supportability
Hardware fault detection in Avamar GEN4 switches
Clear/concise descriptions for new error/event codes
Improved encryption
Client-server encryption using FIPS validated encryption
Key rotation for encryption of data at rest

5. Avamar Grid Performance
Increased client-server connection limit from 18 to 27 per node means higher throughput and faster backups
Increased total number of concurrent connections per Avamar grid so that a full 16-node grid can use all connections for maximum backup performance
Faster Avamar Server startup
Faster Avamar Server shutdown
Waiting on some performance numbers.

6. Updated Data Domain Integration
Primary Avamar Server
Replica Avamar Server
Avamar Backup Application
NAS …
Avamar Clients
Client Backups, Metadata
Replication
ROBO
Metadata
NEW VM
All replication topologies are supported
Management
Phase 1:
Exchange, SharePoint,
SQL Server, Oracle,
VMware images
Phase 2:
DB2, Sybase, SAP, Hyper-V DB
Avamar Clients …
DDA
DD Boost
Database, VM Image Backups
Replication
SharePoint
Multi-stream support
All client options are supported (e.g., granular level recoveries)
Primary Data Domain System
Replica Data Domain System
NEW

7. Multi-Stream Performance
Faster backup throughput with Avamar multi-stream expansion
Added: SQL, SAP, Sybase & Hyper-V
Existing: Oracle, Exchange, SharePoint
New multi-stream support for faster backups to Data Domain systems through DD Boost
SQL, SAP, Sybase & Hyper-V
Oracle, Exchange, SharePoint
Faster backups through multi-streaming.
Added SQL, SAP, Sybase and Hyper-V for Avamar, which joins existing multi-threaded backups for Oracle, Exchange and Sharepoint.
Now Data Domain can receive multi=streaming for all selected workloads as listed here.
Note that there is still only a single stream for VMware Images and IBM DB2.
(Also note that Lotus notes for DD will be added in 2013).

8. New Features for Exchange & SharePoint
Exchange Server 2010 DAG Federated Backups
Exchange Incremental Backup
RSG/RDB Management
Retirement of Exchange Legacy Plug-in
SharePoint
Retirement of SharePoint Legacy Plug-in

9. Exchange DAG Federated Backups
Preferred Server order list: MBX3, MBX2, MBX1

10. New Features for SQL SQL Plug-in Enhancements
Up to 4X faster backups and recoveries
via multi-stream backups to Avamar Grids or Data Domain Systems
Support for SQL Server 2012
Including AlwaysOn Availability Group support
Enhanced SQL Backup & Recovery
Skip or promote SQL simple mode DBs during incrementals
GUI based recoveries for SQL FileGroups & files
SQL ‘NORECOVERY’ & ‘STANDBY’ recovery options
Simplified SQL database naming during recoveries
CLI support for backup & recovery operations

11. New Features for Oracle
Independent Log and DB backups
Complies with DBA requirements and common use models
Multiple log backups
DB backup daily, weekly
Corrupted block detection for faster recovery
Restore specific good blocks to replace corrupted blocks
Flashback Database Recovery
Fast recoveries to any point-in-time, through the Avamar GUI
DD Boost multi-stream support increases throughput for faster DB backup
Oracle: Log backups: many customers prefer to backup their database transaction logs more frequently than their actual database. As an example, backup the database once per day or perhaps every other day, but backup the log files every 2 or 4 hours – to free up primary storage space. With Avamar 6.1, we disassociate the backup of databases and logs; backups of db’s and logs can be scheduled and configured separately.
Oracle: Corrupted bock detection & recovery: Oracle can detect its corrupted block, and Avamar 6.1 can recover only the corrupted blocks. There is no need to recover or rollback a tablespace or an entire database.
Oracle: Flash recovery area integration: Flash Recovery Area (FRA) is a disk location used by Oracle for backup/recovery without the use of a backup software. Oracle manages the FRA itself, e.g. it retains the files only as long as they are needed for recoveries, etc. Avamar 6.1 offers integration with Oracle’s FRA, as it performs “usual” RMAN backup, but from the FRA area rather than from the Oracle database itself.
Multi-stream to Avamar Data Store or Data Domain system.

12. New SAP Support Fully Featured High Performance Backup via GUI
Full, partial, incremental &  logs
“Hot” (on-line) and “Cold” (off-line)
Fully Featured Faster Recovery via CLI
Full, granular and logs
Relocated restore (i.e. to different location or host)
Multi-stream support increases backup performance
to Avamar Data Store and Data Domain Systems
Active/Passive cluster support for the enterprise
Can restore, from any host of the cluster, without knowing which physical host was used for backup
Support all versions of SAP (7.00, 7.10, 7.20)
Supports all current versions of Oracle supported by all current versions of SAP BR*Tools which enables scripting
OS Support in-sync with SAP OS Support
Supports all current versions of RedHat, SuSE, Solaris and Windows, 32-bit and 64-bit supported by SAP
We offer first-class, feature-rich support for SAP environments.
Broad coverage:
*all* current versions of SAP
7.00, 7.10, 7.20
*all* current versions of SAP BR*Tools
SAP BR*Tools 7.00, 7.10, 7,20
on *all* bitnesses of *all* versions of *all*l tier-1 OS’s
32-bit and 64-bit for: RHEL 4, RHEL 5, RHEL 6, SuSE 10, SuSE 11, Solaris SPARC 9, Solaris SPARC 10, Win 2003, Win 2003 R2, Win 2008, Win 2008 R2
*All* of the features below are offered on *all* SAP environments above:
Customers can back the entire, or only part, or only the logs of the SAP environment
Customers can shut down their SAP and back it up, or they can do their backups while the SAP is up and running
Customers can perform their SAP backups via the standard Avamar GUI, and recoveries only via the CLI
Customers can recover their entire SAP database, or do a Granular Lever Recovery of it (i.e. they can recover only a subset of what they’ve backed up)
Customers can perform either single-stream or multi-stream backups and restores, to the Avamar Data Store and to a Data Domain system
Active/passive (failover) clustered environments, for SAP is supported
Non-English UTF8 SAP installations are supported.

13. New Sybase Support Fully Featured High Performance Backup via GUI/CLI
Full, partial, incremental &  logs
“Hot” (on-line) and “Cold” (off-line)
Fully Featured Faster Recovery via GUI/CLI
Full, granular and logs
Relocated restore (i.e. to different location or host)
Multi-stream support increases backup performance
to Avamar Data Store and Data Domain systems
Active/Passive cluster support for the enterprise
Can restore from any host of the cluster without knowing which physical host was used for backup
Support all versions of Sybase ASE (15.0.x, 15.5.x)
OS Support in-sync with Sybase OS support
Supports all current versions of RedHat, SuSE, Solaris and Windows, 32-bit and 64-bit supported by Sybase
We offer first-class, feature-rich support -- for Sybase environments.
Broad coverage:
*all* current versions of Sybase
Sybase ASE 15.0.x, 15.5.x
on *all* bitnesses of *all* versions of *all*l tier-1 OS’s
32-bit and 64-bit for: RHEL 4, RHEL 5, RHEL 6, SuSE 10, SuSE 11, Solaris SPARC 9, Solaris SPARC 10, Win 2003, Win 2003 R2, Win 2008, Win 2008 R2
*All* of the features below are offered on *all* SyBase environments above:
Customers can back the entire, or only part, or only the logs of the Sybase environment
Customers can shut down their Sybase and back it up, or they can do their backups while the Sybase is up and running
Customers can perform their Sybase backups and restores via the standard Avamar GUI, or via the CLI – whatever works for them best.
Customers can recover their entire Sybase database, or do a Granular Lever Recovery of it (i.e. they can recover only a subset of what they’ve backed up)
Customers can perform either single-stream or multi-stream backups and restores, to the Avamar Data Store and to a Data Domain system
Active/passive (failover) clustered environments, for Sybase is supported
Non-English UTF8 Sybase installations are supported.

14. Lotus & DB2 Plug-ins Lotus DB2 Recovery via CLI Internationalization
DPF support
Parallel servers for increased performance
Granular Level Recovery (GLR)
Faster restores
Enable specific table to be restored instead of entire DB
Recovery via CLI
Relocated recovery
To a different location or host
Lotus: recovery via CLI: self-explanatory; you can recover from the command-line, in case you need extra power/flexibility.
Lotus: I18N support: Lotus plugin now offers UTF8 support for Lotus environments, to the extent supported by the Avamar filesystem client
DB2: DPF support: DPF is DB’2 version of a “parallel server”, leading to increased performance. We now support these DB2 “parallel servers”.
DB2: granular recovery: GLR is now an option in the Avamar recovery GUI. Customer can restore one or more tablespace, out of an entire database backup. Not only the recovery is faster than before, but the recovery/repair of the database is more targeted (e.g. if a table is deleted accidentally, and DBA realizes that 3hrs later, only the deleted tablespace has to be recovered whereas the rest of the database remains intact and it’s not rolled back to the time of the tablespace deletion).
DB2: Recovery via CLI. This statement is incorrect, and it should be changed to “Backup and Recovery via CLI”. Sophisticated customers may prefer the flexibility and power of a Command Line Interface for the ad-hoc backups and restores. Other customers may have their own scheduler, to which they can plugin Avamar only if Avamar supports backups via CLI. As another user case, in the unlikely event that our GUI has a bug, customers want to fall back to a CLI interface. Avamar 6.1 now solves all these problems, by offering CLI support for both backup & restores.
DB2: Relocated recover: A backed up database can be recovered to a different location on the same host, or to a different host (e.g. in case of disaster recovery).

15. New Features for VMWare
Faster recovery with file level restore from an image backup for Linux
Disk-level granularity to backup and restore
Provides flexible backup and recovery options
Backup individual .vmdk and config files
Minimize backup and recovery windows by only protecting what is necessary
Universal image proxy for easier management of mixed environments
Protect both Linux and Windows VMs with a single proxy
Restore both Windows and Linux files with a single proxy

16. New Features for VMWare
Thin-provisioned recovery
Thin provisioned VMs are restored thin, as opposed to thick
Universal File Level Recovery (FLR) Proxy
Restore both Windows and Linux files with a single proxy
Avamar management console command line interface (MCCLI) support
Discover clients
Add new VM clients (vCenter/Proxy/VMs)
Proxy configuration
Recovery to the same VM (in-place)
Recovery to new VM (out of place)

17. New Hyper-V Support Full virtual server protection
Guest level backup and recovery
Application-aware protection for Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, etc.
Fine-grained recoveries
Hyper-V Image backup and restore
Disaster recovery
Complete protection of virtual hard disk (VHD) files
Recover guests to alternate Hyper-V servers
Granular Level Recoveries (GLR) from image backups in minutes
IN-GUEST
From a Avamar perspective you get all the benefit of deduplication, and a full range of backup and recovery services for Microsoft Hyper-V and Hyper-V R2. NetWorker targets everything you need to ensure complete recovery, including protection of Virtual Hard Disks (VHDs) as well as the operating system components—things like system state, data volumes, and the Hyper-V configuration database.
In the parent partition or virtual server host—now called the management operating system—NetWorker leverages the Hyper-V VSS Writer to deliver disaster recovery for Hyper-V servers, capturing Virtual Hard Disk files that make up the Hyper-V guests and support all of the server platforms that Microsoft is shipping that support Hyper-V.
NetWorker can also be used in the guest or child partitions to deliver application-aware backup with fine-grained recovery. In this case, in the guests, NetWorker application intelligence is leveraged to target application-consistent protection, which also delivers fine-grained recovery for applications.

18. Windows Server Hyper-V
Hyper-V Image Backup
Complete Hyper-V Protection
Protects OS, System State, Data Volumes & Hyper-V Configuration Database
Full Image Backups of Hyper-V Guests 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
Leverages Hyper-V VSS Writer
Quiesces Windows OS and Applications within guest for OS & application consistency
No requirements for in-guest Avamar software
Flexible Hyper-V Backup Options
Support for stand-alone Hyper-V Servers
Federated Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volume CSV) Backup
Backup to Avamar grid or Data Domain Systems
Multi-stream backups to Avamar grids or Data Domain via DD Boost
Virtual Machines
APP OS
APP OS
APP OS
Windows Server Hyper-V
Physical
Server

19. Federated Hyper-V CSV Backup
Federated Hyper-V CSV Backup Support
Scheduled VM backups from the CSV Cluster
Supports live migration of VM’s to different Hyper-V CSV node
Flexible CSV Backup Scheduling
Backup all VM’s in the CSV cluster
Backup Individual VM’s

20. Hyper-V Image Recovery
Physical
Server
Virtual Machines
APP OS
Windows Server Hyper-V

21. Hyper-V Granular Level Recoveries (GLR)
Avamar Hyper-V Granular Level Recovery (GLR) Proxy
Mount Hyper-V Image backups quickly from within Avamar & Data Domain savesets to recover guest level folders and files

22. New Features for Desktop/Laptop
Improved DT/LT Support
Privileged users have more control over their policy
Persistently override backup dataset and schedule
Option to specify that the last version of a file backup never be deleted
Prevents backups from expiring during extended time off/leave of absence
Change tray icon color based on status of last backup
Support for cross Mac <-> Windows restores
Option to not backup on wireless
Qualify DT/LT on IE 9, Mac OS X 10.7
Add client type in Home stats to better track DT/LT installs
Small changes
Preference to set default start page to search or browse
New property to disable restore from alternate computer
Limit the number of on-demand backups per day
Prevent user from queuing multiple restores
Privileged users have more control over their policy
When enabled by the Avamar admin, users can change the dataset that gets backed up by scheduled backups. They can also change the scheduled start time, but remember, this really only controls when a backup job is ‘submitted’. If there are other jobs in the queue, this backup may not start immediately.
Option to specify that the last version of a file backup never be deleted
To prevent a users backups from expiring, a backup must be run at least once before retention expires. This feature allows the admin to set a global flag to prevent the last version of each file from falling of the end, and supports long vacations or leaves of absence
Change tray icon color based on status of last backup
The icon will now provide a color coded indication of status, with green, yellow or red checkmarks super-imposed on the Avamar icon to represent success, warning or error.
Support for cross Mac <-> Windows restores
Option to not backup on wireless
This feature was implemented to support users who get charged for wireless usage. Since we are unable to differentiate between different wireless types (mobile phone vs WIFI) the user must be careful to set this properly to avoid significant phone bills.
Qualify DT/LT on IE 9, Mac OS X 10.7
Add client type in Home stats to better track DT/LT installs
Small changes
Preference to set default start page to search or browse
This feature is to support customers used to navigation trees who would prefer to start with our browse interface
New property to disable restore from alternate computer
This feature is to support security conscious customers who do not want to allow restore from an alternate computer
Limit the number of on-demand backups per day
This feature is to prevent overloading the server because of too many on-demand backups
Prevent user from queuing multiple restores
This feature is to prevent impatient users from queuing the same request over and over if a restore does not start immediately

23. Extended Retention

24. What is Avamar Extended Retention?
An Avamar 6.1 feature allowing selected Avamar backups to be automatically exported to tape / virtual tape for long-term retention periods
30-90 day retention
Multi-year retention
Management UI
Avamar Server
Tape Library or VTL
Media Access Node
All SW hosted on Media Access node
Administrative/monitoring UI
Streaming engine
Library management
Restore server
Solution is a read-only operation against Avamar – does not expire data on the grid (that is under exclusive control of Avamar)
Export asks Avamar to generate a restore stream, streams it to target device without staging
agnostic to what backend Avamar device it is coming from
contains all data (not deduplicated)
written to target device in fully “re-hydrated” format (blind to what target device does with it (dedupe, encryption, etc)
Restores are 2-step
Import reads data off tape into internal Avamar instance (Restore Server) within Media Access node
Restoring to target machine performed through standard Avamar Administrator associated with Restore Server
Does not involve original Avamar Server at all
SW license included in Avamar licenses
Data Store
Data Domain

25. Scalability One Media Access Node supports up to five grids
One Media Access Node supports up to eight devices
Media Access Node

26. Extended Retention Intuitive user menus and wizards
Avamar Administrator
Automated device discovery and configuration
100% recovery of permissions, Access Control Lists and other attributes to ensure security is enforced as originally set
Supports offsite restores for eDiscovery
REQUIRES AVAMAR 6.1
ACL stands for “Access Control List”, a more powerful way to define who can read/write and do other things to a file or directory than the standard OS permissions. These ACLs are stored by the OS as extended attributes of a file, as are other attributes an OS may allow a user to use or define (such as Window’s ability to define certain properties of each file such as Author, etc. – right-click on a file and open “Properties” and see the list of attributes Windows supports). Backup products must handle these attributes and restore them accurately to honor security measures and other things using these attributes.
SCSI-based libraries/robots & VTLs is a generic description of the salient characteristics of physical tape libraries we will support. A precise list will be in the Avamar 6.1 Compatibility Matrix doc, but this section alone is a dozen pages long.
The Media Access node is a new node type in the Data Store Gen4 family – different from all others. There are a couple specs that could be relevant here – and that is the connector type and speed of the FC interface.

27. Questions and Answers

28. Thank you.