NetBackup Virtualized Backup from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

NetBackup Virtualized Backup from A(pplications) To V(mdk)
Renee Carlisle Sr. Regional Product Manager @SymRenRpm

Symantec Overview With VMware NetBackup VADP Integration VMware
Restores VMware And Deduplication Symantec Products That Integrate With VMware V.I.P. Overview And Best Practices Monitoring And Reporting Of VMware Environments Backup And Restore Performance What IS V-Ray Anyway? VMware Application Integration Disaster Recovery Licensing Virtualized Environments Virtual And Physical Unite Virtualization Policy Configuration Eliminate A Single Point Of Failure Additional Resources NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Symantec overview with VMware
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Symantec - Industry leading Backup and Recovery
Largest Global Data Protection Footprint Enterprise Distributed System Backup/Recovery Revenue Market Share, 2009 Fortune 500 99% Global 2000 90% Leading Telecom 10 of 10 Leading Healthcare 10 of 10 Leading Financial Services 10 of 10 Savvy Businesses 35K Enterprise 1.5 Million SMB With a combined 40% market share, Symantec is the leader, with more market share than the next three largest suppliers combined. We dominate both Fortune 500 enterprises and as well as global 2000 industries and are strong across telco, healthcare and financial services where all of the top 10 businesses are Symantec customers. Combined 40% Market Share NetBackup – Delivers 1st in Storage, VMware, Copy Management, and Scale for the Enterprise Backup Exec – Delivers 1st in Microsoft Application Protection, and Simplicity for SMB Underlying Technologies Shared Between Both Solutions – Dedupe, VMware, FlashBackup, etc. May 2010 #1 Backup/Recovery Market Share NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

The Value of Partnership & the Results
A NINE year strong partnership yielding collaborative solutions: Backup Exec 2010 NetBackup 7 + VMware and Symantec have partnered together for almost a decade to deliver the industry's best solutions that integrates with and complement the value of VMware virtualization. This includes not only data protection, but also spans high availability, storage, systems management, and security. Extended customer value! NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Key Trends in Data Protection  C.O.S.T.
What’s On Our Customers Minds Capital Expense Operating Expense Continued cost pressure Need for better utilization Retention mandates Continued budget pressure Lower cost IT skill sets More complex environments Customers today are facing many challenges as they transform and modernize their data centers. Virtualization is driving down server costs and making their business more nimble by making it easy to add new applications. Conversely, virtualization is driving a data explosion. The simplicity of adding more applications that generate more data is driving up storage costs and complexity. In the face of all this change, budgets are tight, with continued pressure to get more with less, along with discovery and compliance regulations are forcing longer retention periods and faster discovery response mandates to avoid penalties. At Symantec, we see 4 key trends that are a focus priorities for our customers: We call it our COST model. Capital Expense or Capex: How do I spend less, on what is essentially an insurance policy? This is the hard cost of deploying the IT infrastructure. New technologies have significantly helped to reduce or better utilize these costs such as virtualization and deduplication. Capex is a little easier to manage and control given the availability of faster, better, cheaper solutions, but there is still a high cost associated with capex and the constant pressure to drive more with less. Operating Expense or Opex: How do I do more, with less? “Opex is killing us”. This is the cost of what it takes to run the IT infrastructure and a big part of this cost is associated with the human element. The growing complexity of data centers, in part due to the usage of multi-vendor point solutions, requires skills, training, and expertise across many solutions. In order to try and control these costs, many organizations are turning to lower cost, and in some cases less experienced personnel to manage these complex and critical environments which creates another problem, increased risk. Service Levels or SLAs: How do I protect more and more critical data and applications that require tighter SLAs? Data growth has obliterated the backup window. Thousands of virtual applications create a scheduling nightmare. Customers are trying to figure out how to backup and recover 10s of millions of files in backup windows that no longer exist. Constantly evolving compliance regulations are forcing tighter recovery SLAs and requirements for more comprehensive disaster recovery solutions. Any of these areas can impact the Capex, Opex, and transformation of your IT environment with the growing need to be able to offset costs against the organization or department consuming resourcing. Transformation: How do I deal with the current trends rolling through IT? Virtualization is transforming the way we create and manage information. It is also a path. Not a process that happens overnight. Take the wrong path, and the process can become challenging and expensive. The Cloud, whether private or public, now or in the future, are offering new ways to reduce both Capex and Opex, provide faster time to market for new services and competitive advantage. Discovery – Whether, driven by legal, compliance, regulations, the need to retain and manage only data you need to control cost and reduce risk, or simply improve recovery SLAs, with the fantastic growth in data, how do you transform your IT infrastructure to find data fast, get access to it, and use it. While reducing cost. Service Levels Transformation Shorter backup windows Broader DR coverage Billing / chargeback Virtualization Private / Public Cloud Discovery NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Key Trends in Data Protection  C.O.S.T.
What’s On Our Customers Minds Capital Expense Operating Expense Vmware + Deduplication P2V & B2V V.I.P. & A.I.R Customers today are facing many challenges as they transform and modernize their data centers. Virtualization is driving down server costs and making their business more nimble by making it easy to add new applications. Conversely, virtualization is driving a data explosion. The simplicity of adding more applications that generate more data is driving up storage costs and complexity. In the face of all this change, budgets are tight, with continued pressure to get more with less, along with discovery and compliance regulations are forcing longer retention periods and faster discovery response mandates to avoid penalties. At Symantec, we see 4 key trends that are a focus priorities for our customers: We call it our COST model. Capital Expense or Capex: How do I spend less, on what is essentially an insurance policy? This is the hard cost of deploying the IT infrastructure. New technologies have significantly helped to reduce or better utilize these costs such as virtualization and deduplication. Capex is a little easier to manage and control given the availability of faster, better, cheaper solutions, but there is still a high cost associated with capex and the constant pressure to drive more with less. Operating Expense or Opex: How do I do more, with less? “Opex is killing us”. This is the cost of what it takes to run the IT infrastructure and a big part of this cost is associated with the human element. The growing complexity of data centers, in part due to the usage of multi-vendor point solutions, requires skills, training, and expertise across many solutions. In order to try and control these costs, many organizations are turning to lower cost, and in some cases less experienced personnel to manage these complex and critical environments which creates another problem, increased risk. Service Levels or SLAs: How do I protect more and more critical data and applications that require tighter SLAs? Data growth has obliterated the backup window. Thousands of virtual applications create a scheduling nightmare. Customers are trying to figure out how to backup and recover 10s of millions of files in backup windows that no longer exist. Constantly evolving compliance regulations are forcing tighter recovery SLAs and requirements for more comprehensive disaster recovery solutions. Any of these areas can impact the Capex, Opex, and transformation of your IT environment with the growing need to be able to offset costs against the organization or department consuming resourcing. Transformation: How do I deal with the current trends rolling through IT? Virtualization is transforming the way we create and manage information. It is also a path. Not a process that happens overnight. Take the wrong path, and the process can become challenging and expensive. The Cloud, whether private or public, now or in the future, are offering new ways to reduce both Capex and Opex, provide faster time to market for new services and competitive advantage. Discovery – Whether, driven by legal, compliance, regulations, the need to retain and manage only data you need to control cost and reduce risk, or simply improve recovery SLAs, with the fantastic growth in data, how do you transform your IT infrastructure to find data fast, get access to it, and use it. While reducing cost. Service Levels Transformation V.I.P Reporting CBT & Accelerator VADP integration vCloud Director NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

NetBackup for VMware Simple and Comprehensive Protection
TOP Agent-less Backup Built in P to V File Level and VMDK level Recovery Application Object Recovery Reduces ESX & application impact Easily migrate from physical to Virtual Addresses most common restore requests Recover just what you need NetBackup for GOLD FINALIST NetBackup provides market leading protection for VMware. A validation of this market leadership is winning “Best of VMworld” this year for the “Business Continuity and Data Protection” category. In fact, over the last 4 years, NetBackup has either won Gold, or was finalist 3 times. In terms of proof points around NetBackup’s simple and comprehensive market leading protection, this slide summarizes the key features and benefits at a higher level. Firstly, NetBackup provides native integration with VMware vStorage API for Data Protection or VADP. Through this integration, NetBackup provides agent-less, offhost backup. By doing backups off the ESX host [click], this not only dramatically reduces ESX impact, but impact to the applications that may reside within that ESX host as well. NetBackup also supports VMDK incremental backups. For NetBackup, we refer to this as Block Level Incremental Backup (referred by VMware as Change Block Tracking or CBT). [click] By only protecting the data that changes since the previous full or incremental backup, this can dramatically speed up overall backup time and shortened backup windows, while retaining full disaster recovery restore functionality. Single file recovery for Windows-based applications is another key differentiator for NetBackup. [click] Our research has showed us that the majority of recovery requests are for individual files. NetBackup is unique in the ability to instantly search for an individual file through full or block level incremental backups and then instantly restore that file from any destination (disk, tape, VTL, deduplication target, etc.). NetBackup’s integration with VMware vCenter [click] enables quick and efficient VM discovery. That means that NetBackup will automatically discover all the virtual machines on your network so you don’t need to hunt them all down individually and enter IP addresses or hostnames which equates to a huge administrative ime saver. With NetBackup 7, deduplication is now built-in and because NetBackup is aware of all the individual VM files that reside within the VMDK, it provides very high deduplication rates of [click] 95% or more. This helps to dramatically reduce backend storage requirements. Deduplication is also centralized from the NetBackup GUI – [click] so no need to leverage two different solutions – one for protecting physical machines, and another for protecting virtual machines - NetBackup can do both. And since deduplication is built-in to NetBackup, it allows you the flexibility to deduplicate anywhere [click] – at the source (within the virtual machine) so only unique data is sent across the network, at the NetBackup media server or via an appliance. Whatever way you choose – it can all be centrally controlled from the same GUI. And last, but not least, optimized replication [click]. Through NetBackup, only unique backup data will be replicated to a DR location. Not only does this reduce network bandwidth, but can dramatically reduce backend storage requirements at your DR site. VM aware Policies Send only unique data to DR location At the client, media server or appliance Quick and Efficient VM Discovery Intelligent Policy Management Optimized Replication Dedupe Anywhere vCenter Integration NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Symantec Products That Integrate With VMware
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Symantec Value Proposition
Symantec is #1 in VMware Backup TOP Data Protection High Availability Storage Management Backup Exec & NetBackup DMP for VMware & AppHA Veritas Storage Foundation Symantec provides tremendous value to customers with market leading solutions for data protection, archiving and HA/DR. Technologies include backup, deduplication, replication, continuous data protection (CDP), classification, retention, eDiscovery, HA clustering, storage management and DR testing. All these technologies provide the ability to recover applications and information to ensure you don’t “Gamble with your Recovery”. NetBackup, Enterprise Vault and Veritas Cluster Server, coupled with a broad portfolio of Support, Education, Consulting and Managed Services provides you with comprehensive coverage to optimize your data center operations. You can rest assure your data is protected with Symantec. In fact, over half the world’s information is protected by Symantec: 99% of the Fortune 500 90% of the Global 2000 10 of 10 leading telecommunications companies 10 of 10 leading healthcare companies 10 of 10 leading financial services companies Security Over half of the world’s information is protected by Symantec 99% of the Fortune 500 90% of the Global 2000 10 of 10 leading telecommunications companies 10 of 10 leading healthcare companies 10 of 10 leading financial services companies NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

What IS V-ray Anyway? prerequisites.
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You can’t PROTECT, DEDUPE, MANAGE or RECOVER what you can’t see.
The Virtual Machine Protection Challenge Bad Things Can Happen in the Dark VM Backup Challenge Don’t Backup Blind Putting a backup client in a VM can congest your network and impact your application performance. You can’t PROTECT, DEDUPE, MANAGE or RECOVER what you can’t see. When it comes to backup and recovery, bad things can happen in the dark. If you don’t have visibility or access to your information, how else are you going to back it up, or better yet, recover it? There are two challenges we’ve seen around customers protecting their virtual machines (VMs). The first one is thanks to human nature and backup in general. The old “if it ain’t broke, why change” and “this is always the way I’ve backed things up” applies here. For decades organizations have been putting a backup client in their physical servers to back them up. Why change for a virtualized infrastructure? Well, let’s start with the application you are virtualizing. The assumption is that you want that application readily available and not impacted by backup operations. The challenge is that both virtualization and backup processes are CPU & I/O intensive processes, so if you don’t plan accordingly, you will choke the network and impact the very application you didn’t want to impact to begin with. We have also found that some organizations deploy two different backup infrastructures: one for physical machines and another for virtual machines. The challenge is that this not only creates undue complexity into the environment by adding yet neither product to manage, but you’ve created a silo’d view of the environment as well. And if you don’t have full visibility across your entire infrastructure – both physical and virtual – you are essentially “backing up blind”. Some of the implications of backing up blind include: When you can’t see new or moved VMs, how are you going to be able to PROTECT them? Without visibility across physical and virtual, how are you going to be able to know what’s duplicate, and therefore be able to DEDUPLICATE across both? Without a unified solution – how are you going to centrally MANAGE across your entire infrastructure? And if you cannot manage, that also means you cannot efficiently alert, troubleshoot, or report across both And RECOVERING files is a shot in the dark because how are you going to know where they are if you have a silo’d view of your infrastructure? Only seeing half the picture with two separate solutions for physical and virtual backups adds to complexity and drives up cost – so don’t backup blind. NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Symantec NetBackup with V-Ray Technology
Visibility into Reducing Cost, Faster Performance, Better Backup Symantec V-Ray Patented visibility into virtual machines, applications, dedupe data streams Transparent backup and recovery Unifies both physical and virtual deployments Symantec’s 3rd Generation Granular Recovery Technology V-Ray is the name for a group of Symantec technologies that give customers additional visibility into their virtual machines and applications. This additional insight helps to break down physical and virtual silos and enables transparent backup and recovery across both. This unified protection allows you to more confidently secure, protect, run, and recover business-critical systems as well as reduce complexity and costs that can result by having multiple point solutions. This is sometimes a point of confusion: V-Ray is NOT a product or SKU. It is a RANGE of technologies which both Backup Exec and NetBackup have which give visibility into virtual machines, providing: -Flexible recovery options – entire VM or granular file or database object recovery -Industry leading deduplication -Automatically discover VMs as they come on line or as they move throughout the Virtual Machine environment -Report and manage centrally across physical and virtually Make sure your audience understands that V-Ray is a collection of technologies! Unified Protection File & Application Recovery Deduplication Automated Protection • NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

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The End of the Virtualization Dark Ages

NetBackup V-Ray Realized
TOP NetBackup V-Ray Realized “In the beginning, we used the old-fashioned way putting agents inside every virtual machine. But at some point, you don't make it, and we were looking for something different. And now, we are using the V-Ray technology.” - Peter Jakobs, SELEX Estag “Instead of having to manage backups from two different consoles, we can do it all from one with support for virtual machines in NetBackup.” - Albert Chin, Network Engineer, PerkinElmer, Inc. Many customers have realized the value of leveraging NetBackup V-Ray technology. “When I first started using VMware, I bought a VM-only backup solution. But, when it came time to virtualize critical business systems, I chose Symantec because of V-Ray.” - Joe Donahue, Storage & Backup Administrator, Maine Medical Center “NetBackup is the only tool that is efficient enough to accommodate virtualization and the backup of other platforms at the same time.” - Pablo Soto, IT Administrator, CartaSi S.p.A NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Virtual And Physical Unite
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Organizations need a holistic protection strategy, a single platform or solution, to handle the variety of data types and workloads as opposed to integrating a number of disparate point solutions, which proves to be costly and time consuming. Dave Russell, Vice President of Storage Technologies and Strategies, Gartner NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Physical Infrastructure Virtualized Infrastructure
Two Separate Infrastructures Mean Duplicate Processes, additional Capex, Opex, and risk Large Amounts of Duplicate Data and Wasted Storage Physical Infrastructure Virtualized Infrastructure Two separate backup solutions drives additional CapEx and OpEx costs. Assuming there is no integration between the two products, that means you will also require two separate storage pools. The amount of duplicate information that resides across both can be quite substantial. Just consider the amount of system data that is duplicate across both, e.g., MS Windows, MS Office, Linux Red Hat, and all associated binaries, etc. That can drive up to 90% more storage requirements. In addition, you only have one storage pool to manage which means lower management overhead – you don’t have to manage multiple deduplication pools for replication and disaster recovery. Separate Disk Pools NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

V-Ray Visibility Enables Unified Backup Management
TOP V-Ray Visibility Enables Unified Backup Management vCenter plug-in for monitoring backup events Symantec Using a unified data protection approach provides more standardization and consistent policies and SLAs across your entire environment. It also helps to eliminate confusion and conflicts between IT staff which can extend to turf wars and budget battles. Symantec NetBackup is designed to work across both physical and virtual environments. This enables a consistent and streamlined view for both the backup team and the VM team. No more duplicated efforts and now you are in keeping with the drivers and benefits of a consolidated strategy (which is the basis for virtualizing in the first place). This unified view enables a single data protection strategy. By having one solution to manage, alert, troubleshoot and report helps to mitigate risk and ensure that recovery time and recovery point objectives are met – including disaster recovery SLAs. You’ll also eliminate redundant storage pools, as well lower licensing, training and operational costs. Symantec Physical Infrastructure & Backup Team Virtual Infrastructure & VM Team Unified Data Protection NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

NetBackup VADP Integration
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Virtual Machine Backup Options: NetBackup for VMware
Direct vSphere integration with VMware vStorage API Advantages No client software to install or maintain No direct backup impact on virtual machine One backup, many restores Fast, efficient, block level incrementals Faster, more reliable backups VMware aware deduplication NetBackup supports both client based backups and enhanced vStorage API backups from single application ESX / ESXi VM1 VM2 VM3 VMDK VMware’s vStorage API provides significant advantages. NetBackup 7 fully integrates with this new API and takes advantage of all the new capabilities this API provides. These advantages are described later in this presentation. ESX / ESXi VM3 VMDK NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

NetBackup 7 for VMware Backup Process
ESX / ESXi VM1 VM2 VM3 VMDK VMware Backup Host ESX Datastore 1 The new NBU 7 backup process is much simpler than when VCB was used. As before, NBU requests a snapshot of the VM. ESX / ESXi VM4 VM5 VM6 VMDK Snapshot is created Tape Holding Tank NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

ESX / ESXi VM1 VM2 VM3 VMDK VMware Backup Host ESX Datastore This step is much simpler than the old VCB style of backup processing. No data needs to first be staged to a Holding Tank. VM data is streamed directly to any standard backup storage destination that NetBackup already supports. This means that customers can implement this technology without any backup infrastructure hardware additions or modifications. ESX / ESXi VM4 VM5 VM6 VMDK 2 Snapshot is created VM data copied directly to target (Disk, tape, VTL, etc.) Tape NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

ESX / ESXi VM1 VM2 VM3 VMDK VMware Backup Host ESX Datastore 3 Once the data has been transferred, the VM snapshot is now automatically released. The new BLIB technology that is supported by NBU 7 can further improve backup speeds and shorten the overall backup window. ESX / ESXi VM4 VM5 VM6 VMDK Snapshot is created VM data copied directly to target (Disk, tape,VTL, etc.) VM Snapshot released Tape NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

NetBackup 5000 Series Dedupe Storage Appliance
VMware vStorage APIs for Data Protection Storage layer access for Data protection Discovery (LAN) Data Path (NBD) Media Server Backup Storage ESX VM 1 VM 2 VM 3 APP OS DATA APP OS DATA APP OS DATA VMware Agent Example Configuration 1 This basic example of a VMware environment with a single ESX server being protected by Backup Exec is meant to illustrate the following points: Backup Exec can discover ESX hosts and their VM resources by either hostname or IP address in the Backup Exec console VMware discovery events occur over the LAN Backup data captured through Backup Exec’s VMware Agent and the vStorage API does not necessarily travel over the LAN, but more commonly travels from the datastore directly to Backup Exec-managed storage over the SAN Agent Summary vStorage API for Data Protection Integration Optimized Virtual Machine Deduplication vSphere Block Level Differential/Incremental Backup Application Granular Recovery (Exchange, SQL, AD) from a Single-Pass VM Backup Symantec Backup Exec™ Management Plug-in for VMware® vCenter and vSphere client Dynamic Inclusion of Newly Found or Created Virtual Machines Data Path (SAN) Datastore NetBackup 5000 Series Dedupe Storage Appliance NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VMware Backup Transport Modes
SAN Uses iSCSI or Fiber Channel shared storage for data transfers Near zero impact on vSphere hosts No loss in backup or restore functionality No direct communication with vSphere hosts required HOTADD Uses a virtualized backup host that exists as a virtual machine Uses the I/O stack of the vSphere host where backup host is located NBD Uses the LAN/ethernet for data transfers Supports NFS, DAS and SAN data stores No loss in backup or restore functionality Direct communication with vSphere host network stack NBDSSL Same as NBD but with added security (encrypted data streams) NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Virtual Disk (VMDK) Block Map Only Used Blocks Captured During Backup
Block Optimization Used Block Virtual Disk (VMDK) Block Map Unused Block Deleted Block Empty blocks and deleted blocks ignored Only Used Blocks Captured During Backup Greatly reduces size of virtual backups Increases backup performance Reduces backup storage requirements Used blocks captured during backup NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

vRay: vStorage API – Features
NetBackup Optimization* When files are moved or deleted, file system blocks are still populated Only reference to these blocks are removed Other technologies backup this “empty” data More efficient backups and deduplication Only NetBackup provides this space saving technology Competitors backup all occupied (unused) and used blocks NetBackup backs up only used blocks NetBackup is only vendor that can provide this advanced functionality Faster backups Less back end storage Superior deduplication When a file is moved or deleted, all reverences to that file are removed from the file system allocation table. However, the blocks associated with the file are not removed as removing the blocks associated with the files can create a tremendous amount of I/O. As physical or virtual systems age, the more that file data is moved, the larger the number of blocks that are occupied but not used or referenced increases. VMware knows how to remove unoccupied blocks from the backup process but it does not know how to remove unoccupied and unused blocks from the backup process. To error on the side of safety, the vStorage API backs up all occupied blocks regardless of whether they represent actual or deleted data. NBU understands the difference between blocks that are actually used and blocks that are occupied but unused and can skip all occupied and unused blocks. Competitors claim to provide a similar functionality but they simply skip unoccupied blocks and cannot skip the unused blocks. This significantly improves the backup efficiencies that NBU 7 can provide. No other backup vendor can provide this level of backup optimization. *Windows & Linux NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Changed Block Tracking (CBT)
Used Block Virtual Disk (VMDK) Block Map Unused Block Tracks blocks that have changed since last backup operation CBT Enables Differential and Incremental Backups captures blocks that have changed since the last backup operation captures blocks that have changed since the last full backup operation NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

V-Ray VMware Changed Block Snapshot Protection
Changed Block Tracking - AKA Block Level Incremental Keeps track of blocks that have changed since last backup Much more efficient incremental technology Snapshot exists for shorter time – less impact Makes non-SAN (DAS or NAS) backups viable NBU will uniquely restore at either block or file level Every CBT backup is a full recovery point in NetBackup Restore the entire VMDK from CBT incremental backup Not by restoring the vmdk then adding file restores V-RAY Synthetic Protection provides a single DR (full) recovery point from CBT backups Individual File Recovery from CBT backups Directly NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Client inside a guest versus VADP
Client inside Guest VADP Integration Guest uses RDM files EVERYTHING ELSE Non supported application inside guest Guest uses iSCSI Initiator Possibly remote offices No access to ESX layer NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Frees Media Servers for other workloads
TOP V-RAY Optimized Synthetic Protection You can’t Protect everything with a Snapshot Problem: Traditional cycle of full backups requires backup server cycles (I/O) and bandwidth Traditional Synthetic Backups still move data at the media server Client Solution: Accelerator Full Backup Leverages appliance CPU power & V-RAY Intelligence Reduced Data Movement requires less infrastructure Eliminates “heavy lifting” full backups Frees Media Servers for other workloads Incremental backups Incr. Backup Full Backup Accelerator Full Accelerator Full Backup Lightning fast backups! NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

V.I.P. Overview And Best Practices
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Phase 1: Discover prerequisites.

Hi Backup Guy! VM18 has gone down. I need it recovered right away.
Example Dialogue Between the VM and Backup Admin VM Admin Hi Backup Guy! VM18 has gone down. I need it recovered right away. Backup Admin Ummmm….WHAT VM? We didn’t know about that one, when did that one show up? Losing a file can be a hassle as well as jeopardize productivity, but the backend process can be more cumbersome than you think. Argghh. VM Admin NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk) 3636

V-Ray Visibility to Protect VMs “On the Fly” Wherever They May Reside
Reduce OpEx and risk by automatically protecting VMs as they move, change or come online Reduce performance impact from backup operations with automated load balancing VMs are very dynamic. They are easily created, cloned and migrated making protecting them a challenge. It also explains why virtual machine sprawl is a growing management challenge within IT organizations today. Many IT managers would be hard pressed to give an accurate count as to how many virtual machines they’re running or whether or not they’re all being protected. And, as the number of servers being virtualized grows, management of backup and recovery becomes more problematic. Avoid time consuming backup administration, unprotected VMs and overloading VM hosts with NetBackup VMware Intelligent Policy. This feature leverages V-Ray to automatically discover, identify and protect VMs as they come online - whether they are new, cloned or migrated from another location. This means that VMs can be protected wherever they may reside, WITHOUT having to edit the backup policy. It basically let’s you put VM protection on “auto-pilot”. This is significant because we’ve talked to customers who have a dedicated person doing nothing but aligning backup policies with datastores. Why waste a headcount doing something that can be automated with NetBackup? With VMware Intelligent Policy you can easily select (or filter) virtual machines for backup based on over 25 different VMware attributes for easier management. For example: Backup all the machines in Power On state Backup all the machines where OS type is RedHat Linux Backup all the virtual machines for which display name starts with VMprod In addition, this filtering can allow VMware vCenter to balance the backup load across the various ESX servers thus improving performance while reducing impact. VMware Intelligent Policy automatically adjusts for any other changes that VMware technologies such as VMotion, Storage Vmotion, Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) etc. have made to every virtual machine. Available beginning NetBackup 7. 1. With VMware Intelligent Policy Offload IT staff and reduce risk of unprotected data NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Phase 2: Classify prerequisites.

NetBackup VM Intelligent Policy - Filtering
Provides ability to protect a subset of virtual machines using filters Filter type Fields Physical Data store ESX server Cluster Logical folder vApp Attributes Power State OS Type Display Name The basic backup Policy is recreated and it communicates with vCenter. Basically, NetBackup gets a list of Clients from vCenter and it doesn’t matter which system they are on, then, using filters, NetBackup can instruct vCenter to send data based on any number of criteria. As I stated before, you can easily select (or filter) virtual machines for backup based on over 25 different VMware attributesSome of the filters that can be use are things such as: Backup all the machines in Power On state Backup all the machines where OS type is RedHat Linux Backup all the virtual machines for which display name starts with VMprod Or, we can get even more granular Backup all the virtual machines in folder Dev if they belong to cluster Cluster03 Filters can be combined to narrow the results further Backup all VMs that are Power State ‘On’ in Data Store ‘storage 1’ IF the OS Type is ‘RedHat Linux’ Backup all VMs in folder ‘Dev’ if they belong to cluster ‘Cluster03’ NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Phase 3: Load Balance prerequisites.

Without VIP – Backup Activity Unbalanced
ESX 1 VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 Network 1 JOBS Backup Server ESX 2 VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 6 JOBS LAN ESX 3 VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 0 JOBS Slower backups More backup failures Longer backup window ESX 4 VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 8 JOBS Backup Load NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

With VIP – Automatic Load Balancing
ESX 1 VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 Network 2 JOBS Backup Server ESX 2 VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 2 JOBS LAN ESX 3 VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 2 JOBS Faster backups Improved reliability Less load on ESX New VM’s automatically backed up ESX 4 VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 2 JOBS Backup Load NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VIP Query Generator Overview
VIP is selected via standard NetBackup policy client tab Traditional static or automatic (VIP) VM selection can be used VIP cache automatic update can be defined to minimize impact on vCenter server NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk) 4444

VMware Intelligent Policy Use Cases Improve Backup Performance & Reliability

Problem: Equalize Backup Load in SAN Environment
Manage SAN (iSCSI - shared storage) backups at Datastore level Managing backups at ESX server does not balance load at storage level Solution: Will protect every existing and new VM on any Datastore with “PROD” in name Fully compliant with Storage vMotion Set “Datastore” resource limit to balance backup load across all Datastores NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

SAN Backup Data Path Shared storage configuration Fibre or iSCSI
Near zero impact on ESX No loss in backup or restore functionality No communication with ESX required LAN The diagram in the bottom half of this slide shows the VM backup data path (RED) when shared storage is implemented. Shared storage would be either Fibre or iSCSI based. ESX Datastore = Backup Impact / Path NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

SAN Backups - Equalize Load at Datastore
ESX 1 VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 Fibre or iSCSI 2 JOBS Backup Server ESX 2 VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 2 JOBS SAN ESX 3 VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 2 JOBS Design resource limit setting for each Datastore to “2” (total=8) Jobs evenly stream data across every SAN connection ESX 4 VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 2 JOBS UCS NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Problem: Network backups – Equalize Load at ESX NIC
All backup traffic over network – no shared storage available Don’t want to saturate ESX network interface Solution: All powered on VMs on any ESX server in “Production” will be protected. Unimportant VMs in the “DEVELOPMENT” folder (only used for development) will be skipped Set “ESX” resource limit to balance backup load across all ESX NICs NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VIP Resource Limits These are global settings
Two most commonly used settings: ESXserver (NBD transport) Datastore (SAN transport) Use “limit jobs per policy” setting to limit total number of jobs per NBU server NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Network (NBD) Backup Data Path
Network Backups (NBD) NFS or DAS fully supported No loss in backup or restore functionality Direct communication with ESX server required (DNS, etc.) ESX server directly impacted LAN The diagram in the bottom half of this slide shows the VM backup data path (RED) when shared storage is implemented. Shared storage would be either Fibre or iSCSI based. ESX Datastore = Backup Impact / Path NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Network backups – Equalize Load at ESX NIC
VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 Network 2 JOBS Backup Server ESX 2 VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 2 JOBS LAN ESX 3 VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 2 JOBS Design resource limit setting for each ESX server to “2” (total = 8) No ESX NIC ever saturated with backup traffic ESX 4 VMDK VM1 VM2 VM3 2 JOBS UCS NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VIP Configuration Exercise

VIP Configuration Example – NBD Transport
ESXi ESXi Backup Server Network ESXi ESXi ESXi NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

ESXi ESXi Backup Server Network ESXi ESXi ESXi Number of ESXi servers 25 NBD: Network speed 10 GbE Streams to saturate NBU NIC 8 NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VIP Setting Recommendations ESXserver Resource Limit = 1 Backup Server Network Number of ESXi servers 25 NBD: Network speed 10 GbE Streams to saturate NBU NIC 8 NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VIP Setting Recommendations ESXserver Resource Limit = 1 Datastore Resource Limit = NO LIMIT Backup Server Network Note that the Datastore resource limit is just a recommendation for this configuration (1 Datastore per ESXi server). In an environment where the ratio of Datastores to ESXi servers is higher there it might be advisable to set a resource limit of the Datastore object. Please note that this example is only one way of many that the resource limits could be configured. Number of ESXi servers 25 NBD: Network speed 10 GbE Streams to saturate NBU NIC 8 NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VIP Setting Recommendations ESXserver Resource Limit = 1 Datastore Resource Limit = NO LIMIT Limit Jobs Per Policy setting = 10 Backup Server Network Number of ESXi servers 25 NBD: Network speed 10 GbE Streams to saturate NBU NIC 8 NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VIP Setting Results Minimal impact on each ESXi server Take advantage of performance of first VADP stream Saturate NBU NIC for fastest backup ESXi ESXi Backup Server Network ESXi ESXi ESXi Number of ESXi servers 25 NBD: Network speed 10 GbE Streams to saturate NBU NIC 8 NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VIP Configuration Lessons Learned
TOP VIP Configuration Lessons Learned Overall backup performance never faster than ability to ingest data into backup server This is true for SAN or Network (including HotAdd) Take advantage of ability to simultaneouly stream from multiple ESXi systems ESXi ESXi Backup Server Network ESXi ESXi ESXi NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VMware Application Integration
prerequisites. VMware Application Integration NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Introduction prerequisites.

V-Ray Visibility for Single File and Application Restore
Four types of recovery from a single backup – Individual File, Entire Database, Granular database objects (GRT) and VMware VMDK for DR All files are cataloged for instant recovery Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and SQL server application items Write data to backup storage once Recover directly from any storage type – disk or tape No staging to disk required Maintain existing user restore experience Symantec V-Ray Symantec V-Ray allows for the indexing and cataloging of the files and database objects within the vmdk or VM image. That means you can recover a single file or database objects within minutes vs. hours or even days. It gives you two types of restores from a single backup pass – the single file or database object AND the full vmdk image for disaster recovery. This saves you valuable time and backup storage as data is only written to storage just once. Symantec NetBackup also offers you the flexibility to restore single files or application objects from ANY type of storage – disk or tape – you choose. Remember this all done without having to stage first – which is a weakness that other vendors have. While other vendors often imply that they provide “instant single file or database object restore”, without V-Ray they don’t have the ability to index or catalog the files – this means two backup operations (twice the storage and twice the time) to garner the same level of granularity. It could also mean requiring the vmdk or VM image be restaged to disk as well. This means inserting another step into what should be a seamless recovery process and having to allocate dedicated disk storage – which let’s face it – could be better used elsewhere in your organization. This capability is supported across Linux and Windows and available for Microsoft Hyper-V. NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

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 Previous versions of NetBackup offered sophisticated VMware virtual machine protection as well as advanced database protection with Symantec’s patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology (GRT). However, they were not integrated… database backups, with or without GRT, did not work with VMware VADP backups and required a separate backup pass, treating the virtual machine as if it were a physical machine. NetBackup 7.5 does away with this limitation, saving time, disk space, and money by integrating these two technologies for VMware virtual machines. Now it’s possible to perform a high-speed VMware VADP backup of a database server while retaining all the features of NetBackup’s advanced database agents, including item-level granular recovery. All of this is done in one fast backup pass – no more redundant copies of the same data. You can recover data at any level – full virtual machines, individual files, entire databases, or specific objects and items within a database. These recovery options work in exactly the same way as they always have in NetBackup, so there’s no need to retrain operators and database administrators. Setting up a VMware backup policy is easy – simple checkboxes allow you to select the types of databases that you’re protecting, optionally truncating database logs during the backup process. Virtual machines are automatically selected for backup using a VMware intelligent policy (VIP). NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Application Protection - Details
Supported VMs: Windows Exchange, SharePoint, SQL Server SYMC VSS Provider required for log-truncation (optional) NetBackup Windows Client in VM provides Application cataloging and optional log-truncation Application granular recovery (same NFS client GRT requirement) NetBackup for VMware provides VM backup Types of recovery from VM backup Available for VMware (Hyper-V support in a TBD future release) Recovery Exchange SharePoint SQL Server Media VM  Any File Database Not Tape Item n/a NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Comparison Some situations require using agents in the VMs
VMware Policy Database Policy Full Backups Yes Incremental Backups VM BLIB DB Incrementals Log Backups No Recovery to Backup-Time Recovery to Point-In-Time Supports all DB features Some situations require using agents in the VMs How to use both VMware & DB policies together Disable VM log-truncation – VM backups are “copy-only” Use separate DB policy for any sequence of FULL/INCR/LOG backups NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Architecture Architecture
This topic discusses the architecture overview and details, including process flow and flow charts. Architecture NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Application State Capture job
New job type Performs collection and storage of application metadata required for restore and recovery Mappings between logical application entities and their physical counterparts Leverages multiple application views of the VMware backup image One Application State Capture job is run per VM Multiple application metadata collected in a single Application State Capture job (Exchange, SharePoint, and SQL Server) NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Application Aware VM Backup Job Hierarchy
Discovery Application State Capture VMDK Snapshot Backup NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk) 69

Application State Capture Behavior
Failure of ASC job does not prevent VM backup from continuing. Failure results in discovery/parent job exiting with status 1. Status 0 is returned if no applications are installed in guest OS NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VMware Independent Disks
Disks that do not participate in VMDK snapshots e.g., Raw Device Mapped disks Data residing on independent disks is not backed up Same behavior as previous NetBackup versions Application State Capture will skip database objects residing on independent disks Objects skipped are logged in the job details NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Required components VMware Tools installed in VM
NetBackup 7.5 client installed in VM Not used to move data; required to support Application State Capture VSS Snapshot Provider Symantec VSS Provider VMware Snapshot Provider Application state capture will fail if components are not installed NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Configuration NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VMware Policy Configuration
New VMware policy type New VMware tab Virtual machine selection via query builder VMware identifier options “Primary VM identifier” used to catalog image Alternate client restore configuration required if VM identifier does not match configured NetBackup client host name NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

SQL Server for VMware NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Key Benefits for SQL Server
Allows customers to perform a single pass VMware backup that quiesces all instances of SQL Server and their databases, allowing them to be fully recoverable up to the point of time of the backups. Allows customers to use the familiar existing SQL Server restore process to restore/recover data from VMware backups. Allows customers to restore/recover databases from VMware backups to alternate clients (physical or virtual). NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Support for SQL Server Supported Versions Supported Database Objects
System Databases User Database File Streams Full Text Catalogs NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Log Truncation Application logs optionally truncated during Application State Capture Logs are backed up to the OS temp directory and deleted Process occurs for each eligible database Requires installation of Symantec VSS provider Failure causes application state capture to exit with status 1 Requires that a non VM/VSS full backup of the database has been performed at least once – this is a requirement imposed by SQL server architecture; SQL Server will only allow log file truncation if a full backup has been performed. NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Database level restore
Restore Capabilities Database level restore User System Fulltext catalogs Filestreams Database move restore Alternate client restore Virtual to Virtual Virtual to Physical NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Limitations Backup restrictions Restore Restrictions
No differential (BLIB) backup support No clustering support No mirroring support Restore Restrictions Full database restore/recovery only VM Database backups cannot be mixed with legacy agent backups Transaction Logs Differentials Filegroups Filegeoup differentials Consistency check is disabled Page verification is disabled Mandatory restore with replace NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Exchange for VMware NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Key Benefits for Exchange
Exchange protection for a VM is configurable in policy Automatically protect Microsoft Exchange data while backing up VMware datastores By default, will recover an Exchange database to the DAG, cluster, or standalone server name that hosts the database Redirect the recovery of a storage group or database to another location, regardless of whether the target server is a virtual or physical machine Granular recovery of objects within an Exchange database, such as mailboxes, mailbox folders, mail messages, calendar entries, etc. Manage Exchange transactions logs during the VMware backup NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Supported Exchange Versions
Exchange 2007 and 2010 (x64) Exchange 2007 CCR (passive node will fail ASC job) Exchange 2007 Standalone Exchange 2010 DAG (passive databases will not be protected)* Exchange 2010 Standalone We’re testing a feature that may make it into 7.5 that would provide limited support for passive DAG backups. You’ll need to create some registry entries; among other things you’ll need to manually identify the desired backup server. This server must contain only passive DBs – a mix of active and passive DBs won’t be supported. Of course, it’s unlikely that you’d want to perform a backup of a mixed active/passive DAG rather than the live DB, since you won’t get as much out of it as a purely passive DB backup. NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Application state capture & log truncation
Only Active Databases in a CCR or DAG node will be protected Exchange consistency check is NOT run No log truncation takes place during ASC (Copy backup) Log truncation takes place during VM snapshot Must use Symantec VSS provider due to limitation in standard VMware VSS provider Future versions of VMware VSS provider may make Symantec provider unnecessary NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Exchange DB-Level Restore Capabilities
DB level restore matches today’s VSS restore functionality Select one or more Storage Groups or Databases for restore Combine with agent based incremental backup of logs Select point in time or log roll-forward restore Redirect restore to Recovery Storage Group or Recovery Database Redirect restore to an alternate server and/or Storage Group/Database (Virtual or physical server) NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Exchange Granular Restore Capabilities
GRT browse/restore matches today’s capability GRT is enabled automatically on backup (no extra configuration required) Client for NFS is required to browse or restore client VMware backup image must exist on supported format (Disk, Advanced Disk, MSDP, Puredisk, etc) Exchange database is not cataloged during backup All GRT view and recovery operations use “live browse” GRT cataloging not performed during a duplication job “bpduplicate -bc_only” is a work around to catalog the GRT information NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

SharePoint for VMware NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Key Benefits for SharePoint
Automatically protect Microsoft SharePoint data while backing up my VMware data stores Recover an SharePoint database in terms of the farm or standalone server name that hosts the database Redirect a web application to another location, regardless of whether the target server is a virtual or physical machine Recover individual objects within a content database, such as site collections, subsites, lists, documents and pictures NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Support for SharePoint
SharePoint 2007 and 2010 (x64) Stand-alone and Federated farm configurations SharePoint using database back-end SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 ESX 4.x and 5.0 NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Application state capture & log truncation
SharePoint will catalog under the SharePoint front-end server name (lexically the first one if many front-end servers are present in the configuration) Log Truncation is not available for SharePoint Same functionality as non-VM SharePoint agent SharePoint DBs normally do not require truncation Only an issue if administrators have done something unusual to DBs NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Database-Level Restore Capabilities
Database-level restore matches today’s VSS restore functionality Select SharePoint Database(s) for restore Redirect web applications to alternate web application within the same farm or across farms NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

GRT Restore Capabilities
TOP GRT Restore Capabilities GRT browse/restore matches today’s capability GRT is enabled automatically on backup (no extra configuration required) Client for NFS is required to browse or restore client VMware backup image must exist on supported format (Disk, Advanced Disk, MSDP, PureDisk, etc) SharePoint database is not cataloged during backup All GRT view and recovery operations use “live browse” GRT cataloging not performed during a duplication job “bpduplicate -bc_only” is a work around to catalog the GRT information NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Virtualization Policy Configuration
prerequisites. Virtualization Policy Configuration NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

New VMware & Hyper-V Policy Types
3 separate policies for 3 different uses – no more overloading FlashBackup-Windows VMware Hyper-V Can now create, manage, and report on “real” policy types NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VMware Policy Type New VMware policy type – not FlashBackup-Windows
New VMware tab NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VMware Tab All VMware settings consolidated on new tab

VM Disk Exclusion Exclude boot disk Exclude data disks
When VM is provisioned from template (e.g. WS2008 R2 template) Exclude data disks When data is protected via agent in-the-guest (e.g. Oracle) Supported for Windows, Redhat, SuSE VMs NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Fewer VMware Advanced Settings

New 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 The VM Intelligent Policy continues to grow by offering new vSphere 5 and vCenter 5 variables to use in queries. Three noteworthy additions have been made: vSphere 5 introduces a new storage concept called “Datastore Cluster”, which is fully supported. This is simply a collection of Datastores that acts as a single Datastore. We’ve also added several new Datastore attributes. Lastly, we’ve added the ability to include vCenter “custom attributes” into a query. The last capability is very powerful! Users can add any new variable, or custom attribute, to vCenter. NetBackup will show these attributes enclosed in square brackets, in this format: [user_custom_attribute]. For example, users could add a custom attribute called NBU_DISABLE_BACKUP with a true/false value. As shown in the screenshot, that value can be tested in the query. So in this example, VMware administrators can manipulate the NBU_DISABLE_BACKUP attribute on a VM to control whether (or not) it will be included in the next scheduled backup. That is just one example of the possibilities of leveraging vCenter custom attributes in the VM Intelligent Policy. NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Resource Limits New limits related to Datastores, DS Clusters, and NAS DS NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Hyper-V Policy Type New Hyper-V policy type – not FlashBackup-Windows
New Hyper-V tab NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Hyper-V Tab All Hyper-V settings consolidated on new tab
Support for Hyper-V VMs provisioned by SCVMM (System Center Virtual Machine Manager) beginning with NetBackup 7.5 NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Fewer Hyper-V Advanced Settings

Upgrade Notes TOP Two ways to update policies from FlashBackup-Windows
Admin Console Policy Editor GUI bpplupgrade CLI Upgrade Process Do not convert policies used for VCB Upgrade all needed master/media/clients to 7.5 before converting policies Confirm that existing FlashBackup-Windows policies are running successfully after upgrading to 7.5 Convert to new policy types at your leisure NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VMware Restores prerequisites.

The VM Recovery Challenge – Part 1
80% of restore requests are for single files ….but you still need to be able to perform Disaster Recovery You a require a VMDK backup for DR However the steps to recover individual items are: Recover the VMDK which requires dedicated disk Power on the VM(s) Find the VM image with needed file – hint this could take time Recover file VM recovery can be a challenge. An organization must outline clear recovery SLAs and weigh pros, cons, and costs associated with different solutions. You require a VM image or VMDK for disaster recovery, but internal research shows that 80% of restore requests are for single files. However, the devil is in the details. The multi-step recovery process can take hours, days or longer depending on the location of the file. It can literally be a “needle in the haystack” kind of situation if you don’t have the proper visibility and process for recovering that file. NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

The VM Recovery Challenge – Part 2
80% of restore requests are for single files ….but you still need to be able to perform Disaster Recovery If do a backup for files/folders only… How do you recover for DR? Provision and power on new VM Install NetBackup Client Start recovery over network – hint this could take time So it is always a trade off – right? Either backup for disaster recovery and call it a day, do a file/folder backup only and hope you don’t have a disaster, or, conduct two backup operations to get the best of both worlds – the single file, folder, object or the full image for disaster recovery. The problem is that is at least twice the amount of disk required and additional manpower to conduct both backup operations. NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

V-Ray Visibility Into Virtual Backup Images for Single File Restore
NBU7 VM2 VM1 Netbackup supports stage-less file level recovering , meaning that only one backup pass is required – data is written to backup storage just once. Competitors often imply that they provide instant single file restore. This is not possible with most competitors as they only index the backup of the entire VM (vmdk file). They do not index what is *inside* the VM. This is a significant competitive advantage that NBU provides. NetBackup supports single file recovery directly from a VM backup or backup storage. All files are cataloged so that you can locate them in minutes as opposed to hours or even days. Our capabilities are available for Linux and Windows. Stage-less file-level recovery Direct from VM backup Direct from any backup storage All files are cataloged File-level recovery for Linux and Windows NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Linux Granular File Restore
Brings Windows virtual machine backup efficiencies to Linux Single file or entire VM restore from block level incremental Maintain 100% of Linux file permissions during restore Optimized backups – skip unused, unneeded blocks Extend this capability to RHEL and SLES No additional hardware req’d Windows VMware Backup Host supports Linux virtual machines Separate Linux backup host not needed for Linux virtual machines Ext4 support on NBU 7.5 for Vmware and Hyper-V NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Operational Restore Provides a Self Service Portal for File Restores
Quickly find files across multiple clients and domains Allows key stakeholders to recover own files Offloads backup admin for more strategic tasks View access control for security Restore cart to easily batch restore jobs VM Admin OpsCenter 7.5 offers a self service Web portal for key IT stakeholders to be able to recover their own files. Key IT stakeholders can include the Help Desk, application owners, VM admins, etc. Not only can they browse the NetBackup catalog, they can search across multiple client and multiple NetBackup domains. This offloads the backup admin and enables key stakeholders to search and find the files or directories, even with limited information and service the restore request as quickly as possible. All of that is accomplished without any additional NetBackup infrastructure. Search results appear within seconds and you can refine or cancel them as needed to find the files fast. Files can also be batched into a restore cart for quick and efficient restores. Help Desk App Owner OpsCenter console provides an intuitive GUI for quick file restores NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Wizard based VM recovery
Simplified disaster recovery process Entire VM restored with 4 mouse clicks Wizard walks you through entire restore process Restore, clone, replicate, rename VM to original or alternate location All original VM attributes (resource pool, folder, etc.) retained An entire VM can be restored with 4 mouse clicks. NBU 7 provides a complete wizard based restore interface that requires no additional software such as VMware’s Converter. NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

vSphere 5 – VMware Recovery Wizard
TOP vSphere 5 – VMware Recovery Wizard Can restore VM to Datastore Cluster Datastore Cluster Datastore NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Monitor/Reporting of VMware Environments
prerequisites. Monitor/Reporting of VMware Environments NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Backup Status Reported In vCenter Event Log
NetBackup option to log events into vCenter Backup Success Backup Failed Snapshot Delete Failed Another common request has been to report backup status within the vCenter console, also known as the vSphere client GUI. Now, you can have NetBackup report backup status directly into the vCenter console. There are 3 events that can be reported: Successful Backup Failed Backup Could not delete the VM snapshot after the backup The last condition is important to the VM administrator, because the accumulation of VM snapshots can result in a VM performance penalty. With this visibility in the vCenter event log, VM admins now can react immediately and delete these snapshots directly. Otherwise, NetBackup will attempt to delete them later when the next backup is performed. To manage volume, users can also choose to only report errors, and do not report successful backups. NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

vCenter UI - Backup Failed Event

Easily sort, filter and track backup jobs from vCenter
Leverage the Symantec VMware vCenter Plug in for Visibility into Backup Operations Easily sort, filter and track backup jobs from vCenter NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VMware Monitoring Filter
On the Monitor -> Policies tab create a Filter for Policy Type = VMware by clicking on the green plus sign, give it a name (“VMware Type” for instance), select a column Type= VMware and click OK. NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Virtual Client Summary Report
TOP Virtual Client Summary Report Reports -> Report Templates -> Client Reports -> Virtual Client Summary This report takes in to consideration those VM’s for which you have entered the credentials in NetBackup so it can query the vCenter or ESX/i in order to determine the VM list. It will also take in to consideration in the “Exists in a Policy” column whether the VM is included under a VIP (VM Intelligent Policy) as well as VM’s declared explicitly on the client selection tab. You can remove columns from this report. All are present by default. NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Disaster Recovery prerequisites.

Accelerate Virtualization with Easy Physical to Virtual (P-V) & Worry-free Disaster Recovery
Easy physical to virtual (P-V) conversion with NetBackup Bare Metal Restore Efficiently replicate backup image to DR site. Advantages include: Uses most up to date physical backup to restore into virtual machine Stop trucking tapes for DR Drives less complexity, cost and risk Virtualization has taken disaster recovery to a whole new level. Being able to easily convert a physical backup to a virtual backup not only helps an organization accelerate virtualization, but provides a cost effective way to migrate that image to lower cost disk, storage, or replicated to a secondary site for disaster recovery. NetBackup Bare Metal Restore has been providing system recovery to dissimilar hardware for years – now organizations can take this a step further and easily convert a physical backup to a virtual backup. That image can in turn be migrated to lower cost disk or tape, or put into an archive for long term retention. In addition, that image can be replicated to an alternate site for disaster recovery. With Auto Image Replication (AIR), only unique data is replicated so network impact and backend storage is reduced. Bare Metal Restore is built-in and included in the NetBackup Standard Client. AIR is a separately licensed feature. NetBackup Client with BMR enabled NetBackup Media Server Recover Physical Backup to Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Production Data Center #2 Replicate Backup with AIR to DR Site NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Stop Shipping Tapes with NetBackup Auto Image Replication (AIR)
Reduce Cost, Better Disaster Recovery Domain B Branch office Production Data Center #1 Disaster Recovery (DR) standby sites and tape off-siting is costly, slow, and inefficient. The NetBackup Platform can change all of that by automating disaster recovery, accelerating the ‘recovery’ in disaster recovery, and make reducing costs as easy as Consolidating global disaster backup and recovery by leveraging existing common data protection platform was never faster and easier. NetBackup Auto Image Replication automatically – Backs up data according to policies, Duplicate data for both efficient storage and cost effective replication over LAN, Metro (MAN) or Wide Area Networks (WAN), Makes data and applications from multiple remote sites and domains available for fast restore from the local domain. Key Benefits Makes dedicated DR sites obsolete – Leverage existing secondary data center resources using NetBackup to reduce overall costs Comprehensive DR strategy to consolidate Global enterprise backup and recovery Production sites can do double-duty as DR for other production sites (local/global) On-demand recovery of replicated data – no need to import or use scripts Automatically manage replication of deduped backup images from one NetBackup domain to another Policy-driven replication/duplication that supports different retention periods Domain A Domain C Remote office Auto Image Replication (AIR) Off-Siting  Electronic NOT Tape Data and applications are automatically Backed up, Deduped, and Replicated Available for restore - NOW No tapes to lose, search for and load Domain D Production Data Center #2 NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Eliminate A Single Point Of Failure
prerequisites. Eliminate A Single Point Of Failure NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Media Server Load-Balancing
VMware policy now leverages media server load-balancing Adds redundancy; eliminates backup host single-point-of-failure NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Media Server Load-Balancing For VMware Policies
TOP Media Server Load-Balancing For VMware Policies ESX/i Hosts Backup Hosts - Windows® Media Servers Shared Backup Storage VM backups jobs automatically select the least busy media server. This provides: Improved backup performance High availability Supports any/all backup destinations There are 2 significant advantages to leveraging media server load-balancing: The VM backup job will always run on the least-busy media server, which ultimately provides optimum backup performance Until now, all scheduled VM backups would fail if the backup host was unavailable. Now, when using load-balancing, other media servers are available in the event of a downed media server. So both performance and availability are improved for VM backups! MSDP Tape Off Host Dedupe OST Devices Shared Storage Pools NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VMware and Deduplication
prerequisites. VMware and Deduplication NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Data Protection Key trends affecting data protection
Virtualization Starting, In the Middle, Completed – Everyone’s Doing It... Different Animal Requires Different Strategies HW is on Faster Refresh Cycles B/C of Utilization Rates The Information Explosion Deduplication is Mainstream Data Protection Requires “Modernization” HW Refresh is Accelerating Point of the slide: What are the big trends affecting the data protection space. Everybody’s doing it, it’s complicated, and we can help NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Data Protection Virtualization: Starting, In the Middle, Completed
Everybody’s doing it Project Based Decisions made out of backup team in many cases Example Deployments Data Center Economy Remote Office Consolidation Preparation for the Cloud Disaster Recovery Site Point of the slide: The Result: VMware consolidation accelerates the information explosion – On VMware So Deduplication is necessary to protect VMware environments NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

NetBackup Intelligent Deduplication
Visibility for Optimized, Green, Global Deduplication Traditional backup data stream NetBackup data stream What They See ? What We See Symantec is known for its deep technology base and its legacy understanding of files and file systems with a long history of patents supporting our path to leadership. This longstanding capability gives us the unique ability to ‘see’ into the backup data stream and understand what the application is and what the data format looks like. This level of “intelligence” allows us to select “on-the-fly” deduplication algorithms that: Give NetBackup the unique ability to perform a true “Single-Pass” Backup and Recovery of both Images and Files (Granular Recovery Technology – GRT, see below) Intelligent Deduplication  Optimize deduplication rates for a specific application and data set  requiring less ‘brute-force’ computing power, lower cost Reduces the need for computational resources for greener and more environmentally friendly (deduplication is computationally intensive) Provides a deduplication platform or roadmap that can be enhanced and fine tuned over time as data types and applications change. On the other hand, other dedupe vendors (such as EMC) use a “variable window” approach because they ‘can’t see’ what the data stream looks like is so they resort to varying the block size and then “guess” at what the optimum dedupe might be. This is computationally intensive, requires significantly more power to prevent performance bottlenecks, and does not offer a path to improved data deduplication rates and capabilities in the future. In addition to better, lower cost deduplication NetBackup offers faster backup and restore across virtual and physical environments: What We Can Do – “Single-Pass” Backup  VMDK or physical image or incremental backup “Single-Step” Recovery  Full application recovery from ‘image’ backup, and/or “Single-Step” Recovery  File level (or granular) recovery from ‘image’ backup Because we can ‘see the files’ in the image backup and restore directly from backup. No need to remount backup and restore file(s). No additional time or disk space required for file level restore File restores are the highest % of restore requirements Without V-Ray – “Multi-Step” Backup and Recovery  Slow “Guessing” at best-fit deduplication Requires ‘more’ compute power Limited to no growth potential What We Can Do – “Single-Pass” Backup and Recovery  Fast “Intelligent” Deduplication  Data Aware Use ‘less’ compute power  Green Deduplication Platform  Future growth NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

V-Ray Intelligent Segmentation VMDK Snapshot - Backup Data Stream
Tags, metadata, indexes Opens VM Snapshot Reads File Order Fidelity Indexes individual files for full, incremental and differential backups Aligns deduplication to achieve global deduplication FILE 3 C FILE 1 A FILE 1 B FILE 2 B FILE 3 B FILE 3 D FILE 3 A FILE 2 A File 1 File 2 VMDK image format File 3 DEDUPE up to 99% Across VMguests Across ESX servers Across virtual and physical sever Across NDMP data sets Media server NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

NetBackup - Embedded Deduplication for VMware
Client Servers Ideal for VM guest protection Lower I/O impact than standard backups Support applications (Exchange, SQL, …) Built-in deduplication for vStorage and VCB backups Supports SAN or IP based backups Enhanced “vmdk aware” dedupe Deduplicate outside the Backup Application with dedicated appliance 1 Built-In Dedupe at the client Media Server NBU 7 uniquely provides source, target and OST based deduplication. 2 Built-In Dedupe at media server Backup Appliance 3 NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Leverage the NetBackup 5200 Series Appliance for Simplified Backup in Minutes
Automated VM Protection High Performance End-to-End Deduplication Decrease OpEx Costs Complete master-media-storage backup solution Symantec provides software, hardware, services & support Automated disaster recovery Installs in minutes Decrease CapEx Costs Deduplication built-in Media server replacement Scale performance and capacity Global deduplication scales to protect petabytes of data Direct vSphere backup – No proxy server required Another approach for organizations that prefer an appliance form factor is leveraging the NetBackup 5200 series appliance as a target. Because it’s an “all in one” solution that includes the master, media and can be installed in minutes – it provides a great way to help reduce management overhead, and because deduplication is built in, and can scale as you grow – it provides a great means to help reduce overall CapEx costs as well. NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

What is NetBackup Appliance?
New! NetBackup with Intelligent Deduplication New! Veritas Storage Foundation Symantec Critical System Protection Built-in WAN Optimization What is NetBackup appliance? Is it just NetBackup pre-installed on hardware? The answer is both yes and no! You may ask why? Yes, NetBackup appliance is simply backup in a box if you are looking for a solution for your data protection and disaster recovery readiness. That is the business problem you are solving with this turnkey appliance that installs in minutes and reduce your operational costs. No, NetBackup appliance is more than a backup in box if you are comparing it with rolling your own hardware for NetBackup or if you are comparing it with third party deduplication appliances. Here is why I say this… NetBackup appliance comes with redundant storage in RAID6 for storing your backups Symantec worked with Intel to design the hardware for running NetBackup optimally for predictable and consistent performance. Eliminates the guesswork while designing the solution. Many vendors will talk about various processes running on their devices to perform integrity checks, some solutions even need blackout windows to do those operations. NetBackup appliances include Storage Foundation at no additional cost. The storage is managed by Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and presented to operating system through Veritas File System. Why is this important? SF is industry-leading storage management infrastructure that powers the most mission-critical applications in the enterprise space. It is built for high-performance and resiliency. NetBackup appliance provides 24/7 protection with data integrity on storage provided by the industry leading technology. The Linux based operating system, optimized for NetBackup, harden by Symantec eliminates the cost of deploying and maintaining general purpose operating system and associated IT applications. NetBackup appliances include built-on WAN Optimization driver. Replicate to appliances on remote sites or to the cloud up to 10 times faster on across high latency links. Your backups need to be protected. Symantec Critical System Protection provides non-signature based Host Intrusion Prevention protection. It protects against zero-day attacks using granular OS hardening policies along with application, user and device controls, all pre-defined for you in NetBackup appliance so that you don’t need to worry about configuring it. Best of all, reduce your operational expenditure and eliminate complexity! One patch updates everything in this stack! The most holistic data protection solution with the least number of knobs to operate. Symantec Hardened Operating System Optimized Hardware Redundant Storage NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Benefits of Using NetBackup 7.x and Deduplication
“Symantec NetBackup 7 together with VMware vSphere 4 allows us to do virtual machine backups much more efficiently and faster, and with a smaller footprint.” Maine Medical Center serves as a community hospital for greater Portland Maine and as the premier tertiary care center for northern New England 2-hour RTO and RPO, down from several weeks 10-fold reduction in backup times 90% reduction in storage requirements from deduplication 80% reduction in recovery administration 2 to 5-fold faster restore times Detailed write up and video can be found here. Joe Donahue Storage and Backup Administrator Maine Medical Center NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Benefits of Using NetBackup 7.x and 5000 Appliances
TOP Benefits of Using NetBackup 7.x and 5000 Appliances “By achieving up to 90 percent deduplication rates with Symantec NetBackup 7 software and Symantec NetBackup appliances, we project we’ll save more than $400,000 over the next three years on backup hardware and media.” PerkinElmer is a global company focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment. Increased backup speed for virtual machines twofold Saved 40 hours per week in backup administration Consolidated management of hundreds of worldwide locations Reduced time to deployment with turnkey deduplication appliance Detailed write up and video can be found here. Albert Chin Network Engineer PerkinElmer, Inc. NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Backup and Restore Performance
prerequisites. Backup and Restore Performance NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Backups and VMDK Files NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VMDK 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 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 0% NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

A Closer Look - What Happens During a Backup?
A Detailed Look at the VADP Snapshot Process During VM backups, VMware creates temp snapshot of VM. Process is as follows: 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 ESX/ESXi NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

A Closer Look - What Happens During a Backup?
Hey! This snapshot stuff takes a lot of time and I/O! Why not just skip it? Some B/U vendors do this. It is called a “crash consistent” backup. Crash consistent = data corruption We never recommend this. The snapshot process ensures data integrity. VIP automatically reduces snapshot load and balances backups (more on this later) A Detailed Look at the VADP Snapshot Process During VM backups, VMware creates temp snapshot of VM. Process is as follows: 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 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 ESX/ESXi NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Reducing Backup I/O Impact – Improve B/U Reliability
Shorten time backup snapshot is open Backup during periods of low VM activity Use incremental backups (CBT) liberally Limit simultaneous backups per ESX / Datastore (VIP) Configure backup application for optimal performance Design backup policies to evenly balance load across ESX / Datastores Faster backups = shorter time snapshots are open Tune backup application buffers for optimal performance Result: Snapshots more reliable Overall backup processing faster Higher level of backup success NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

NetBackup Application & VADP
Performance Settings & Considerations NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Ensure Optimal Backup Performance
Number of simultaneous backups? Single VADP backup stream typically won’t saturate backup path Max backup performance achieved by creating simultaneous backup streams Design backups so that data is streamed across multiple VMware components (ESX/DS) Improve backup speeds, shorten backup window NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VADP Performance Characteristics
Single ESX server – Creating Multiple Backup Streams 200 MB/sec Aggregate Throughput = 495 MB/sec 495 MB/sec Creates Significant Backup (I/O) Load on ESXi Datastore 200 MB/Sec 175 MB/Sec 75 MB/Sec 45 MB/Sec Based on Cisco/VMware/NetBackup Benchmark Testing Fibre = 8 Gb Stream #: NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VADP Performance Characteristics
Four Separate ESX servers – Creating One Backup Stream / ESXi 200 MB/sec Aggregate Throughput = 800 MB/sec 800 MB/sec Creates Less I/O Load Per ESX Server 200 MB/Sec 200 MB/Sec 200 MB/Sec 200 MB/Sec Based on Cisco/VMware/NetBackup Benchmark Testing Fibre = 8 Gb Stream #: NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Virtual Machine Restore Considerations

General Restore Considerations
Restore process involves more I/O than backup process Disks (vmdk’s) must be first created as target of restore Type of vmdk can impact restore speed and I/O required Single restore typically won’t saturate restore path DR – create simultaneous restore jobs As with backup – balance restores across ESX or Datastore Slow vCenter can also cause restore perf issues Optional: bypass vCenter by restoring directly to ESX(i) server Known to significantly improve restore perf in some cases NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

VMDK Type Can Impact Restore Speeds
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 disk zeroed out during creation Could take long time (and create lots of I/O) to complete entire process 0% 100% 100% 0% NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

How Fast Can It Perform? NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

ESX Server Load – Client Backups vs. NBU for VMware
SAN Backups Std Client Backups Std Client Backups NBU 7 for VMware SAN Backups NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

NetBackup Delivers Extremely Fast Performance and High Deduplication Rate for VMware
Benchmark Tests Conducted by Symantec, Cisco & VMware NetBackup 7 for VMware Cisco Unified Computing System VMware vStorage API for Data Protection NetBackup Delivered Maximum Performance The ability to protect over 3,200 VMs on a single backup host Effective media server throughput of 600 MB/s Dedupe rates of 98% + (using NetBackup 7 Media Server Dedupe) Test 1: 63 MB/sec NetBackup 6.5.x for VMware & VMware VCB *Test 2: 450 MB/sec NetBackup 7 for VMware to Basic Disk NetBackup delivers extremely fast performance and high dedupe rates for VMware. Detailed Benchmark WP can be found here: ware%20vSphere%20Joint%20Performance%20Benchmark%20WP_Oct2010_final.pdf?API1=100&A PI2= *Test 3: 600 MB/sec NetBackup 7 for VMware with MSDP Note: Tests 2 & 3 were performed on the exact same destination storage. NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

NetBackup 7 Performance Benchmark
Total Number of VMs Protected – Full Backups Single VMware Backup Host Weekend B/U = 60 hours Avg. VM size = 40GB Data Change = 5% Before vStorage APIs 340 VMs Test 1: 63 MB/sec 2430 VMs With vStorage APIs to regular disk Test 2: 450 MB/sec Symantec NetBackup™, Cisco® Unified Computing System, and VMware® vSphere™ Joint Backup Performance Benchmark Starts with VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB). 3240 VMs With vStorage APIs to Deduplicated disk Test 3: 600 MB/sec NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Protect More Virtual Machines with BLIB!
TOP Protection & Timeline Week 1 BLIB FULL Backup Backup Method Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Incremental BLIB Backup configuration: Stagger two week rotation period Avg VM size is 43 GB Assume 5% incremental change Lose no restore capability Significantly extend capabilities of single backup host Incremental Backup 92 Virtual Machines 5% Data Change 12 minutes! NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk) 156

Licensing Virtualized Environments
prerequisites. Licensing Virtualized Environments NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

NetBackup Licensing Models
Two License Models Offered NetBackup Platform per Terabyte Licensing NetBackup Standard Licensing Customers may choose between the two licensing options Supports customers with multiple locations within the same domain Customers with multiple domains Total number of front-end terabytes is licensed Customers with multiple domains also have the option of using different licensing models in each respective domain Customers are not allowed to utilize both the Platform Base licensing model and the Standard licensing model within the same domain The NetBackup Deduplication Optimization Option is licensed separately NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

NetBackup Platform Base Licensing Model
Simplified licensing model Uses a single licensing meter: per front-end terabyte Two Editions NetBackup Platform Base- Complete Edition NetBackup Platform Base – NDMP Edition NetBackup Platform Licensing Benefits Deployment for optimal performance – with the entitlement to NetBackup limited only by the amount for front end terabytes - customers can deploy the optimal configuration and architecture Easy and economical way to obtain advanced features such as Enterprise Client, Application and Database Packs, Deduplication Option and RealTime Simplified pricing and licensing compliance - single metric to understand, track and comply thus reducing cost of acquisition and license management NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

NetBackup Platform Base – Complete Edition License
Offering Included Products Licensing Requirement NetBackup Platform – Complete Edition • NetBackup Enterprise Server • NetBackup Server • NetBackup Enterprise Disk • NetBackup Enterprise Client • NetBackup Standard Client • NetBackup Replication Director • NetBackup Shared Storage Option • NetBackup NDMP Option • NetBackup Vault Option • NetBackup Library Based Tape Drive • NetBackup Search • OpsCenter Analytics • NetBackup SAP Agent • NetBackup Application & DB Pack Licensed per 1TB of front-end protected data Data Protection Optimization Add-on Intelligent Deduplication Feature NetBackup Accelerator Feature NetBackup Platform Base license is required for the protected TBs NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Front-end Terabyte Definition
The total aggregate amount of data on Clients or Devices on which NetBackup is installed or for which NetBackup is used to provide backup functionality Data is measured as the current largest aggregate full (or synthetic full) backup performed One Terabyte is equal to 1,024 gigabytes of data. Scenarios Data is no longer on the client but the backup image is maintained by NetBackup Data is excluded from the calculation Primary storage performs deduplication The quantity of pre-deduplicated data is included in the calculation Archived data Archived data is not calculated unless it is backed up by NetBackup. If achieved data is protected by NetBackup then the amount of data residing in the archive is measured NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

License Compliance The number of licensed FETBs must equal or exceed the number of FETBs protected by NBU at all points in time Resources are available determine the approximate number of FETBs: NBU FETB Calculator Go to URL: Use the appropriate license deployment tool NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

Traditional Licensing
TOP Simplified Licensing One Enterprise Client License per physical (ESX) host Single application and DB per physical (ESX) host NetBackup 7 licensing is VMotion and DRS friendly NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk)

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Other Customer Resources
(Live in depth technical webcasts with demos) NBU 7 for VMware NBU 7 for Hyper-V NBU 7 Dedupe Everywhere NBU 7 Exchange 2010 Protection NBU 7 OpsCenter OpsCenter Analytics See website for all upcoming dates, topics and “how to register” (NetBackup Platform) (NetBackup Platform) Solution Overviews & Videos – Deduplication and Virtualization (NetBackup Enterprise Server) Data sheets on client and agent updates Success stories, news, technical whitepapers (A Day in the Life of the Backup Admin) Who knew backup could be so cool? Whiteboard, mini-podcasts, technical white papers, fun “anime” NetBackup Virtualized Backups from A(pplications) To V(mdk) 2

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