1. Data Management Solutions for Virtualization Simon Tippett CommVault Pre-Sales

2. Simpana9: Ranked #1 for Virtual Server Backup
Virtual Server Agent
Market leadership position – Leader in Gartner MQ and DCIG
Universal Virtualization solution Supporting VMware, Microsoft, and XEN
Modernized Protection - Snap/Backup/Cloud – deep integration with Dell storage platforms--Compellent due shortly…
Bridges P2V – Migrate or Recover into VM, Recover cross platform (VMware to Microsoft)
Resource Monitoring - SRM for Infrastructure, VMs, Guest Hosts integrated with backup indexes and extends into archive use-cases
Application Aware VM backups including content mining (msg/docs) for compliance/archive/discovery
Global inline deduplication: across all source targets, backup and archive) – maximizes reduction, extends deduplication to the cloud
Modular solution – deliver in small footprint kit stretch to the full Enterprise breadth
CommVault has been positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant in Gartner’s 2011 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Disk-Based Backup and Recovery

3. Agenda
VStorage deduped backups for DR Simplify VM Backup and DR deduplication
Storage profiling for VSphere environments How backup metadata can help streamline a VM environment
Zero impact Backup with VStorage Hardware Snapshots Making hardware snapshots part of your VM backup strategy
General Features

4. EMC’s Next-Generation Backup and Archive February 2007
Challenges in the new Data Center Familiar Challenges but new parameters require shift in thinking
SnapProtect for hardware snapshot based protection
Protection
Not enough time to move data
Full VM and File Level Recovery
Recovery
Full System and Granular Recovery
Secondary Copy with Deduplication and DASH Copy
DR and Retention
Create DR and Retention copies effectively and economically
Auto-Discovery, integrated SRM and Archiving
Manage and Monitor
Minimize time spent managing
Integrated reports for all servers
Archiving IDA’s
Old Data
Store data offline
, Documents and File’s

5. Agenda
VStorage deduped backups for DR Simplify VM Backup and DR with deduplication
Storage profiling for VSphere environments How backup metadata can help streamline a VM environment
Zero impact Backup with VStorage Hardware Snapshots Making hardware snapshots part of your VM backup strategy
General Features

6. Eliminating Repeated Data Targeting the Cost of Recovery and Retention
Online Data
Content Alignment
Variable Block
Job1
Job2
Job3
Managed Copies
Data-Dedupe Store
Dedupe Engine
90%+ reduction
Nearline Backups
Normal Disk Store
Offline Vaults or the Cloud
75%+ reduction

7. Working Smarter and Faster at the Source Shrink the Window, Optimize Movement to All Tiers
CV offers a true single solution. MA
Source-Side Option: Smarter clients that dedupe inline, reducing 90%+ amounts transferred which shrink backup windows by 50%
source
DASH Copies: All tiered copies /MediaAgent (MA) are now dedupe enabled to deliver speed, reduce loads and unleash the full array of “open” targets to drive copies across your tiers, including dedupe direct to cloud.
DASH Full: Dedupe optimized synthetic backup – reducing processing time from 20 hrs to 20 minutes.
Dedupe Accelerated Streaming Hash (Fast, quick)
Check in
One check box, one architecture, one set of shared resources, one operational view
Dedupe Variable Data Store (Pool)
(up to 180TB per pool)
DDB
target
Check in
Global Dedupe Store: Expands dedupe pool to comprise many Storage Policies – offering higher reduction scenarios
DDB Engine Upgrade: Increases Store scale (50%), doubles performance, adds resilient self-healing/automatic-recovery.
Bonus Round: Adding variable block segmentation optimization, …
..oh yes, it can be set at one place too (SP).

8. Configuration Option 1: No physical servers Leverage VMs for protection
Shared Disk Library with Virtual MA’s
Each VSA Server is a virtual machine that manages a group of ~50 VMs with VADP
-DISK / VOL /FILE Mode
Snap/Mount/Read
Leverage HotAdd mode in VSA client
MediaAgent collocated with VSA Virtual Server. Ensure virtual server hosting VSA/MA meets MA sizing requirements
DeDupe on Media agents
Windows MA
VSA Server
Windows MA
VSA Server
Windows MA
VSA Server
Windows MA
VSA Server
Virtual Layer
Physical Layer
Disk Library on a NAS share or Shared Static mode
For deduplication, host dedupe database (DDB) on dedicated physical DDB managers.
Backup Copies
Open Disk
Shared File System
(NAS or CFS)

9. Configuration Option 2: Higher Fan-in Virtual VSA with Physical MA
Shared Storage Policy / DataMover
Each VSA Server is a virtual machine that manages a group of ~50 VMs with VADP
-DISK / VOL /FILE Mode
Snap/Mount/Read
HotAdd VM hosting VSA client
Data transferred over the LAN to MediaAgent
Source Side DeDupe
VSA Server
VSA Server
VSA Server
VSA Server
Virtual Layer
This is a good comparison slide to describe the end-to-end comparison of approaches
CV (1st up) simplifies configurations by policies, auto discovery
C1. On a VCB-disk backup we use the VCB cache (like all others) but we only scrape out block level changes
C2. When using a –volume level we can by-pass the cache and pull incremental block level changes directly from the VM infrastructure, saving network transfer resources
C3. Along we incremental space savings on the backup storage, we can also offer direct deduplication which extends the number of recovery copies you can keep on line – in the same space we can offer 30 days of recovery , not just 1-2 days..
C4. Now turning to the BUE use-case, they too use VCB, but only offer FULL IMAGE every job. Which drives more transfer, more stress on the infrastructure.
C5. Fulls stack up quickly either skyrocketing the disk B2D needs or forcing older backups to tape. In our 30 day RPO example you can fit perhaps 2 days on disk before you have run out of room – disk in BUE is not a recovery area rather it is a spooling area to tape.
C6. While SYMC touts BUE GRT features – the dirty secret is it only works from disk, so everything in the full images must be restaged to be mounted for extraction. That adds more complexity, time and cost to recovery. Something SYMC was trying to hide from the customer.
Physical Layer
Physical MediaAgent with primary on disk library using local index cache
Dedupe Database
Size # of MAs based on data size and throughput needs, independent on # of VSA agents MA
Backup Copies
Open Disk
Cloud
Tape
Protection Copies
Deduplicated, Encrypted, Tiered

10. Configuration Option 3: 100% LAN free Physical VSA/MA
VSA Server is a physical machine that manages subclients grouped by datastores
-DISK / VOL /FILE Mode
Snap/Mount/Read
VSA agent and MediaAgent on physical server for SAN only backup - no data transferred over the LAN.
Backup policies grouped by datastore for maximum performance
Size physical server for maximum possible I/O, including dedicated HBA to access datastores
Physical server can also host DDB if hardware requirements are met.
Virtual Layer
Physical Layer
Data Stores
SAN
VSA
VADP
Physical server hosting VSA Client/ MA
Backup Copies
Protection Copies
Deduplicated, Encrypted, Tiered
Open Disk
Tape
Cloud

11. DASH Copy – Copy Incremental Blocks
Description
Benefits
AuxCopy just got a lot smarter. Deduped copies can now be created faster while minimizing transfer and processing by using the new Dedupe Accelerated Streaming Hash (DASH) method.
Resiliency: Bandwidth throttle, job based confirmation, robust network options, HTTP/S security, restart-ability, multi- streaming , and reporting
Low Impact: No rehydration, fast asynchronous copy movement of just the changed blocks to the new copy (DDB)
Performance: On fast networks, read, compare and move (no rehashing-LAN mode) between any MA-OS, or switch to cache mode for WAN-mode (minimizing network lookups)
Full Copy Mgmt Options: Independent copy retention, selective rules, data verification, job aging flags, MA
W/L/U
Remote Copy 1
DDB-1 MA
W/L/U
Retain 5 days
DC Copy 2
AuxCopy in Dedupe to Dedupe now avoids the rehydrate / reprocessing steps – moving just the changed block/segments relative to the DDB destination
The jobs are qualified and copied in normal AuxCopy rules/options – restart-ability, multi-streaming (max reader/ writers) picking, holds, pinning, mixed targets. etc.
Eliminate the added complexities of host or storage replication (breaking mirrors, creating clones, attaching volumes, script central…)
Avoids CDR/Replication/Sync methods.
DDB-2
Retain 30 days MA
W/L/U
DR Copy 3
“Move just the changed blocks between any MA/copy”
DDB-3
Retain 15days

12. Automated Restore

13. Agenda
VStorage deduped backups for DR Simplify VM Backup and DR deduplication
Storage profiling for VSphere environments How backup metadata can help streamline a VM environment
Zero impact Backup with VStorage Hardware Snapshots Making hardware snapshots part of your VM backup strategy
General Features

14. Simplified Data Management Backup opens a full spectrum of options to utilize your data
Restore
VM Full Image Browse/ Restore
VM File Level Image Browse/ Restore
Analyze
ESX or VM Level Operational Analytics
VM File Contents Analytics

15. Manageability and Monitoring Storage Resource Management
Description
Benefits
Integrated SRM for reports describing the physical environment as well as the contents of individual VMs
No impact data collection: Reuse backup catalog.
File Level Analytics: In-depth file level analysis and trending VM files
Integrated Archiving: Automatically archive files inside VMs based on reports
Actionable Reports: File level analytics to make decisions on VM location.
Integrated vCenter View in Console
“360 degree view of the physical and virtual resources”

16. Agenda
VStorage deduped backups for DR Simplify VM Backup and DR with deduplication
Storage profiling for VSphere environments How backup metadata can help streamline a VM environment
Zero impact Backup with VStorage Hardware Snapshots Making hardware snapshots part of your VM backup strategy
General Features

17. SnapProtect™ for Virtual Servers
Use rapid fire creation of persistent recovery copies by embracing and extending native HW snapshots
Protect 500 VMs in under 17 minutes
Application Consistent Protection
Granular File Level Recovery
Multiple RPOs per day
Storage Array Independent
# of VMs
1000s
Time to Backup
Minutes
500
100
Hours
VADP
VCB

18. SPC/VSA on VM on ESX Proxy
SnapProtect for VSA Leverage Hardware Snapshots for fast recovery copies
Description
Benefits
Rapid fire creation of persistent recovery copies using native snapshot technologies in storage arrays
Protect 100s of VMs in minutes: With minimal impact on production VMs
Multiple RPOs per day: Recover back to a few hours ago.
Hardware Independent: Supports a wide variety of Storage Arrays
Selective Tier 2 Backups for DR: Move selective snapshots to backup copies using VADP
Embedded Deduplication: For secondary copies
Application Aware
Virtual Machine Pool
ESX Server Pool
Data Store Pool
Data Stores on VMFS
Fast Recovery Copies
8 hr
16 hr
SnapProtect Enable for Virtual Server Agent integrates with the snapshots built into the storage arrays for Rapid Fire Creation of recovery copies of Data Stores containing Virtual Machines.
When the SnapProtect job runs, the VSA agent
Queisces the VMs using VADP
Once the VMs are quiesced, creates a hardware snapshot of the data store LUN.
Each snapshot represents a consistent recovery point at that point in time and can be used to recover VMs.
Once the hardware snapshot is completed, VSA adds the snapshot to its list of recovery points.
With the hardware snapshots complete, the virtual machines are unquesiced.
Since the snapshots take only a few seconds to create, the virtual machines need to be quiesced for only a short time. With this method, you can create multiple recovery copies in a day for the entire virtual environment, and you can create recovery copies for literally hundreds of VMs in few minutes.
With the amount of data being generated, it is no longer sufficient to simply recover to last night’s backups. Simply too much data is generated every hour and losing any of that data could be catastrophic. Creating multiple recovery points per day allows businesses to a point closer to the point of failure, rather than only to last night’s backup. This type of flexibility is crucial for the modern data center.
Simpana supports a wide variety of storage arrays and does not require scripting on any of these storage systems. All that is needed is to enter the storage system details and credentials of users allowed to create snapshots. Simpana does not require entering details of individual data stores, those are automatically detected from vCenter.
Enterprise class storage systems are very reliable and it is extremely rare to loose a storage LUN. However, it does happen from time to time, hence it is advisable to create a secondary copy of the data on snapshots. Simpana also includes the ability to selectively copy the contents of one of the snapshots to a secondary disk or tape target. The VSA mounts the selected snapshot on a proxy ESX server, that has been designated for this role, and leverages VADP against this snapshot copy to copy data to a secondary location. It employs source side deduplication at this time to reduce the amount of data transferred and stored. While the copy is being created, VSA also catalogs individual files to enable granular recovery of files or folders.
Since the VM data in the snapshots are already consistent, there is no need to queisce the VMs again. Thus the secondary copy can be created with just a few minutes of impact on the virtual machines themselves. This combined approach is much superior to when using VADP directly on the production data stores, as it requires the VMs to be queisced for a longer period of time.
The proxy ESX server can even run the ESXi version. Also this does not need to be in the same high class as the other ESX servers. It simply needs to be configured for fast IO and does not necessarily need more than 4-8 cores.
SnapProtect Enabler provides the best of both worlds, it allows the creation of consistent recovery copies of VMs in minutes, that does not disrupt the production VMs, and provides the option to selectively create secondary copies for DR and granular recovery. By providing the same set of data management capabilities as in physical environments, Simpana SnapProtect allows as rapid switch to virtual infrastructure.
24 hr
VSA MA
SPC
SPC/VSA on VM on ESX Proxy
ESXi Proxy
Storage
“Enable rapid switch to the modern data center with confidence”
Backup Copies
Open Disk
Tape
Cloud

19. Agenda
VStorage deduped backups for DR Simplify VM Backup and DR with deduplication
Storage profiling for VSphere environments How backup metadata can help streamline a VM environment
Zero impact Backup with VStorage Hardware Snapshots Making hardware snapshots part of your VM backup strategy
General Features

20. Auto-Discovery and Protection of VMs
Automatically add new VMs to backup policies based on pre-defined rules. Catch-all policy protects VMs that do not qualify for any protection policy
No More Manual Deploy and Configure
Eliminate VM Detective Work
Variety of Discovery Rules Available
Manual Discovery Override
Policies to Customize Your SLA
Automatically Optimize Resources

21. “Save time and effort hunting down VMs”
Auto-Discovery Rules
Description
Benefits
Automatically add new VMs to backup policies based on pre-defined rules. Catch-all policy protects VMs that do not qualify for any protection policy
Minimal Administrative Effort: Configure and forget policy automatically protects new VMs, freeing admins from the daily time consuming burden of finding and manually adding new VMs.
Customized SLA: Apply distinct protection policies to VMs depending on their importance (or agreed SLAs)
Enables workload distribution for faster protection operations: Data Store Affinity ensures backup workload is equally distributed across all data stores while preventing a single data store from being overloaded.
Variety of Rules available: Including Data Store affinity, Cluster affinity, ESX affinity, Resource Pool affinity, OS affinity, etc.
Manual Discovery Override: Option to manually add VMs for greater control for those critical, must watch VMs.
“Save time and effort hunting down VMs”

22. Highlight VSA features
Restore Virtual Machine in place
Overwrite existing machine
Convert VMDK files to Thick or Thin disk provisioning
Multiple datastore restore for VM’s with multiple disks
Linux file level restore from images
One step restores (no license agents)

23. Licensing Flexibility Manage your environment, not your licenses
Description
Benefits
Capacity Based licensing (CLA) allows unlimited deployment of agents. Restore-only lightweight agents consume no capacity nor add workload.
License for Production Data Size: Enables all backup, archive, replication and reporting
Unlimited agents
Dashboard view to measure usage
Trending for future capacity planning
Restore only mode for direct restore into VMs: No workload, no license.
“Simple. Lightweight agents inside VM have no workload”

24. Solves Physical, Virtual, and All that Lies Between
Summary
Simpana® Software completely modernizes data management and protection for virtual server environments.
Backup 100’s of VMs in a matter of minutes
Scale seamlessly to protect 1000s of VMs
Integrated granular file-level recovery
Auto-discovery & protection policies
Integrated SRM capabilities
Simplified licensing – capacity based
Solves Physical, Virtual, and All that Lies Between