1© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. EMC Backup/Recovery Best Practices for VMware Improve VMware Operations with Optimized Protection Ed Walsh Chris Horn Sr. vSpecialistSr. Manager EMCBRS Integration

2© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Transform backup and recovery Accelerate your virtualization journey The Virtualization Journey => Transform your backup and recovery to accelerate your journey Source: ESG Research Report, 2012 IT Spending Intentions Survey January 2012

3© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Backup/Recovery Features for VMware Backup & Recovery solution aware of, and integrate with, app’s & VMware –vCenter, VDAP, CBT API’s –Microsoft VSS, Oracle RMAN Optimize for Recovery as well as Backup Secure Backup & Recovery data inflight, and at rest File, VM, Image level Recovery flexibility Leverage disk as storage media Data De-duplication of all backups “Data growth continues to expose the inefficiencies of some backup approaches, and server virtualization is creating new problems for traditional data protection methods, as well as new opportunities to protect data.” ESG Navigating VMware Backup and Recovery Approaches and Solutions August 2011

4© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Integration with VMware vCenter Manage data protection, and contain VM sprawl Browse to VMware vCenter via the backup UI Auto-discover VMs and their associated groups View VM protection status (guest/image/none) Enable change block tracking on VMs Single point of management for VMware backup options

5© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. VMware Image-Level Backup Deduplication within and across VMDK files 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 Avamar integration with VMware vStorage API for Data Protection Resource Pool VMware Virtualization Layer x86 Architecture Physical server Virtual machines Storag e Mount = Avamar Proxy VM Physical server

6© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. CBT Blocks Faster Restores for VMDK VM Image Proxy VM Image Proxy LAN-free LAN/WAN LAN-free CBT Blocks CHANGED BLOCK TRACKING (CBT) BACKUP STANDARD RESTORE CBT RESTORE VM Image Proxy VM Image Proxy VM Image Proxy VM Image Proxy Unique Blocks Whole VM CBT Blocks Changed block backup –Minimizes backup times Changed block restore –Transfer delta blocks between backup set and virtual machine –Accelerates image restores Avamar full-image recovery is faster and more reliable

7© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Proxy CPU Utilization Over Time for Image Backup of 40 GB Virtual Machine VM Version 7 CBT Backup VMware vSphere Change Block Tracking Avamar full-image backup is faster and more reliable 9:15 a.m. 9:25 a.m.9:35 a.m. 9:45 a.m. VM Version 7 Backup VM Version 4 Initial Backup

8© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Key Drivers for VMware Protection Service Level Policy Recovery-point objective (RPO): How recent is the point in time for your recovery? Recovery-time objective (RTO): How fast can you restart a failed application? Backup Retention (BR): How long do you need to be able to restore the point in copy? SLP - RPO+RTO+BR = cost + acceptable business risk Backup & Recovery Cost Drivers RTO RPO MIN DAYS SEC HRS Event TIME

9© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Next Generation VMware Data Protection VMWorld 2012 Backup & Recovery Solutions vSphere Data Protector (VDP) Review Update VMware vCloud Director backup & recovery VMware Data Director Backup & Recovery Solution

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11© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. vSphere Data Protection (VDP) Definition –Leverages Avamar De-duplication Technology –New backup functionality built into VMware’s new vSphere Web Client –Full image backup/recovery; end user file-level restore for Linux/Windows –Scales to 2TB of deduplicated backup storage –included with vSphere Essentials+ and above Positioning –Targeted at the SMB market segment –A good starting point for VMware backup and recovery –Migration from VDP to Avamar via Professional Services Availability –Initial release bundled with vSphere 5.1 (Aug 2012) –Follow-on releases to coincide with VMware release cycles

12© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. vSphere Data Protection (VDP) Technical Details Scalability (maximums) –100 VMs per appliance –10 appliances per vCenter Server –2 TB of de-duplicated storage Appliances deployed with.5 TB, 1 TB, or 2 TB Other Facts –Average deduplication rates in the range of 20:1 –Supports vRDM’s –Can run 8 concurrent backup jobs – proxies are built in to VDP appliance –Leverages CBT for restore

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15© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. VMware vCloud Director vCloud requires new resource abstractions Secure Private Cloud Organization: MarketingOrganization: Finance Organization VDCsCatalogs Organization VDCsCatalogs VMware vSphere VMware vCenter Server Resource PoolsDatastoresPort Groups (Gold) (Bronze) Provider Virtual Datacenters (Silver) Users & Policies

16© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. vCloud Component Needing Protection Image Recovery of Data Drive for VM/vApp Image Recovery of Entire VM/vAPP FLR Recovery from Image Backup vCloud DB Protection (Oracle Plugin) vSphere DB Protection (SQL Plugin)

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20© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. vFabric Data Director with DD Boost Technical Details Benefits –vFabric Data Director “cloudifies” the world of databases –version 2.0 supports Postgress and Oracle –elastic resource pools of all the resources database need (CPU, memory, storage) –self-service provisioning from templates simple and easy –creating test/dev copies and backup/restore self-service and easy Backup/Restore –by integrating EMC Data Domain boost natively with vFabric Data Director – we can improve backup speed by 3x or more, and Data Domain is an ideal backup target (since vFabric Data Director creates backups to a datastore – you can use an NFS datastore exported by Data Domain and leverage killer inline dedupe)

21© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Backup Server Application Client NetWorker TSM, CommVault, VEEAM & Backup Exec DD Boost Universal Backup & Recovery Storage Appliance Oracle RMAN NEW Greenplum DD Boost NEW Quest vRanger DD Boost NEW NetBackup DD Boost Enhanced Avamar DD Boost Enhanced DD Boost DD Boost Ecosystem

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23© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. VMware Protection Black Hole VMware Optimized Protection Requirements: –VMware API Support Simplify Management Optimize Performance Maximize Reliability Maximize Scalability –Storage Optimization Data De-Duplication –VMware & Application Integration vCD SQLServer, Oracle, SharePoint, and Exchange, … VMware Protection Requirements Are Unique

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