Symantec Virtualization Solutions for Backup and Data Protection
Jim Keeley, Symantec Sr. SE Sun CEC 2008
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Sun & Symantec Partnership Overview Review of Virtualization and Data Protection NBU, PureDisk and Virtual Environment Backup Backup Exec and Virtual Environment Backup
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Wrap up and Q/A
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Sun & Symantec Partnership Overview Review of Virtualization and Data Protection NBU, PureDisk and Virtual Environment Backup Backup Exec and Virtual Environment Backup
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SUN Symantec Partnership
• Relationship for 15 years with what was Veritas and Now Symantec • History started relationship with Veritas File System/Volume Manger and NetBackup Solutions…in fact we have had… • Contracts in place for 13 years (2 contracts..)
– OEM - Sun price listed NBU (Any OS) & SF (Solaris)
• • SUN support these levels 1-3 More than three quarters of a billion dollars of license and support royalties since contract signed in ’1997
– Reseller – ANY Symantec product on ANY OS
• Did you know that SYMC drove >$700M/yr. in Sun IP in FY08? • Sun is the primary development platform for all Symantec Solutions that run on the “Unix” platforms • More than 50% of all our Storage Foundation UNIX licenses are on Sun Solaris
• More than 80% of Sun high end enterprise server customers also buy and install Storage Foundation
• Sun has over one hundred thousand service and support contracts on NetBackup and Storage Foundation • Sun sells and supports more NBU & SF licenses than any other Symantec Partner
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Sun & Symantec Partnership Overview Review of Virtualization and Data Protection NBU, PureDisk and Virtual Environment Backup Backup Exec and Virtual Environment Backup
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Smart Companies Virtualize
Virtualizing your data center brings many benefits…
…Financial: Save money by consolidating servers …Administrative: Deploy new servers more easily …Agility: Make your servers move across your hardware …Flexibility: Your hardware selection becomes less critical …Disaster Recovery: Quickly restore to different locations and hardware when needed
Challenges of the Virtualized Data Center
But new backup challenges are introduced with VMware deployments because:
– Proliferationofservers“(VMsprawl”)makesbackup configuration more time-consuming – VM sprawl increases storage requirements – New“proxyservers”andthemovementofVMsacross hardware increases backup and restore complexity – Backup processing is very I/O and CPU intensive, and simultaneous backups in multiple VMs can overload the ESX server
Advantages Due to Virtualization
Although virtualization brings new data protection challenges, it also brings new capabilities:
– VMware snapshotting technology“(VCB”)enables high-performance off-host backup – DR can easily occur to different hardware in different locations P V V V
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• 8+ year mutual interoperability and integration testing relationship including cooperative support for customers • Joint solutions across NetBackup, Backup Exec, Storage Foundation, VCS, Enterprise Security Manager, Altiris, and Endpoint Protection
The relationship delivers results:
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Not all VMs are Created Equal
Typical Virtual Machine Types:
Mission-Critical VMs Departmental Application VMs File/Print VMs Commodity Server VMs Remote Office VMs
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Unique Server Image Large data sets SAN/NAS attached App integration
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Unique Server Image Outside datacenter Local storage
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Standard image Large data sets Granular recovery important
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Standard image Less-important data Best-efforts recovery is sufficient
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Geo dispersion Some critical apps Granular restores
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Protection and Recovery Considerations:
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Backup: On-host (client) or off-host
Storage: Direct-attached or SAN/NAS Protection: Data, VM, or VM + data Location: Staticor“mobile”VMs
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Recovery: VM, files, application, all
DR: Local or remote recovery Vaulting: Replication or tape shipping
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Sun & Symantec Partnership Overview Review of Virtualization and Data Protection NBU, PureDisk and Virtual Environment Backup Backup Exec and Virtual Environment Backup
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Protecting the Virtualized Enterprise with NetBackup for VMware
Mission-Critical VMs Departmental Application VMs File/Print VMs Commodity Server VMs Remote Office VMs
Remote Offices
Standard Client Backup Dedupe Client Backup Dedupe Client Backup w Replication
Core VMware Cluster
VCB Backup
Backup Proxy Media Servers PureDisk
Backup Infrastructure
VMware Granular Recovery
Datacenter
Virtual Machine Protection Scenarios
On-host (VM Client-Based) Backup (Normal Backup Client or Deduplication Client)
Client and Application Agent Inside VM
Backup Server and Storage
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Off-Host Backup via VMware VCB (Data, VM or Data + VMDK)
Backup Server and Storage
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On-host Backup Overview
• NBU or PureDisk client in virtual machine
– Within a VM, NBU supports any standard client or agent in OS, DB, Cluster compatibility lists – Objective: Blanket support for physical configuration in VM – Used in non-shared storage environments – Advantages:
• Simple implementation • Single file backups • DB and application backups are supported • Restore files, appplications directly to VM • Support for advanced NBU technologies (synthetic backups) • PureDisk: Dedup data across VMs
On-host Backup Overview
• NBU or PureDisk client in virtual machine
– Restrictions:
• Entire VM (at OS level) restores are more complex • Full VM (vmdk) restores not supported • Backup processing load on one VM will negatively impact performance on entire physical server • VM must be powered on for backup processing to occur
Off-host Backup Overview
• NBU client inside VMware Service Console
– Considered off-host since no NetBackup client (NBU or PureDisk) runs inside the VM – Used in non-shared storage environments – Advantages:
• • • • • Simple implementation Entire VM backups are supported (vmdk files) Entire VM restores are supported Service Console OS can be backed up Supports both LAN and SAN implementations
Off-host Backup Overview
• NBU client inside VMware Service Console
– Restrictions:
• Single (OS level) file restores cannot be performed directly from NBU console • DB, application backups and restores are not supported • Script creation and maintenance are likely if consistent backups of live VMs are required • Backup processing load on one VM will negatively impact performance on entire physical server
Off-host Backup Overview
• NBU for VMware Integrated with VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB)
– Low backup impact for highly utilized ESX servers in a shared storage environment – Advantages:
• Two restores from a single backup:
– Single file and entire VM (vmdk level) restores – Single pass backup using NBU FlashBackup (patented)
• Integration with VMware Converter technology simplifies VM restores • Backup impact to all VMs is minimized
• Configuration is Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) and VMotion aware
Off-host Backup Overview
• NBU for VMware Integrated with VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB)
– Restrictions:
• Requires shared SAN or iSCSI environment • Requires a separate Win 2003 Proxy Server • Live (hot) DB and application backups require additional pre- and post-backup processing to ensure data consistency • Dedup of vmdk files through PureDisk Deduplication Option (PDDO) not recommended at this time
How does NetBackup leverage VCB?
• IfweleveragejustwhatVCBprovides…
– One policy for off-host backup of VMDK image files (VM DR) – Another policy for off-host backup of VM user files (i.e. D: drive)
• BylayeringFlashBackupontopofVCB…
– Single FlashBackup policy for off-host backup of VMDK image files – Granular file-level restore from VMDK images
• Integrated Policy Setup
– Wizard simplifies policy setup – Integrated VM discovery for policy setup
• Integrated Recovery
– Integrates with VMware Convertor for VM recovery
VCB Backups and Granular Recovery
File Recovery
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Image Recovery
VMDK
Backup policy alerts NetBackup that it is time to do a virtual machine backup NetBackup instructs VMware to snapshot the virtual machine
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VMware ESX
VMware ESX
NetBackup Media Server
NetBackup Enterprise Client PureDisk Plug-in
NetBackup Media Server
NetBackup Enterprise Client PureDisk Plug-in
The new VMDK snapshot is mounted to the NetBackup Server via the proxy driver
VMware ESX
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VMware Proxy Driver
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Backup is then performed to any NetBackup storage device (disk, tape)
The VMDK snapshot is deleted
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Backup Disk
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The backup image is then mapped for file-level recovery Virtual Machines can then be restored from image backups for DR
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Tape
Primary Shared Storage
Backup Disk
Backup Storage
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Or, single files can be recovered to any location
NetBackup and VCB: Resource Consumption
NetBackup with VCB
file-level recovery full-VM recovery
VMDK
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file-level recovery full-VM recovery
VMDK
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one fast image backup
one backup copy
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NetBackupusesVMware’sVCB technology to backup only once, then maps the image backup for file-level restores Deduplication then can reduce storage even further – by up to 95%!
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2x the storage
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2x the CPU and network usage
More than 2x the backup time!
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NetBackup and VCB: Performance
NetBackup with VCB
Backup Server and Storage
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ESX Server
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NetBackup software does not need to run on the ESX Server at all, thereby maximizing performance of ESX server Backup traffic travels on the abundant SAN, not the constrained LAN
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Competitive solutions require backup to run inside VMs, thereby reducing performance of the ESX Server LAN bandwidth becomes a key chokepoint
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Performance hit is isolated to the dedicated backup server
NBU and VCB: License Cost and Tracking
NetBackup with VCB
Backup Server and Storage
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Backup Server and Storage
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No penalty for running VMware: No per-VM fees, pay per ESX server
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Per-GuestVMfee…themoreVMs,the more you pay No savings for moving to VMware from traditional infrastructure Backup server still licensed separately
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An ESX server with 5 VMs or 20 VMs (of the same OS types) would cost the same!
For VCB Backups: License one Enterprise Client per OS type per ESX server For Dedupe: Capacity-based pricing
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VCB and PureDisk
• NetBackup for VMware and PDDO
– Current image format does not guarantee effective de-duplication – Specific to VCB and vmdk image, not file-based image
• De-Dup Alternatives
– Use file-based backups and PDDO
• NBU clients in VM
– Use PD clients in VM instead of VCB
• Outside of NBU 6.5 management for dedup data
NetBackup for VMware
• Currently supported (up to 6.5.2)
– – – – Image level VCB support for Windows, Linux Granular restore from image level backup (Windows) File-level incrementals for VCB full backups Proxy Server support
• Windows Server 2003 x86, x64
• Roadmap
– 1HCY09
• Hyper-V agent
– 2HCY09
• Improved PDDO vmdk deduplication * • VCB 4.0 support
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Sun & Symantec Partnership Overview Review of Virtualization and Data Protection NBU, PureDisk and Virtual Environment Backup Backup Exec and Virtual Environment Backup
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Backup Exec 12.5 – Next Gen Windows Data Protection
Backup Exec 12.5
NEW Comprehensive Recovery of Virtual and Physical Systems – From Individual Files to an Entire Application in Minutes
NEW Market Leading Data Protection for the Complete Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Portfolio
Enhanced Management and Scalable Platform Support for Added Backup Flexibility
Backup Exec 12.5 and Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5
Backup Exec 12.5: Comprehensive Data Protection for VMware and Hyper-V Systems
– Reduce Cost and Management of Multiple Products - complete data protection for physical and virtual server environments from a single console – Reduce Complexity – automatically discover and backup of unlimited guest machines to disk or tape with a single agent – Reduce Recovery Time - granular file-level and image-level recovery with a single backup
Exchange 2007
Backup Exec 12.5 Media Server VMware ESX Server or Microsoft Hyper-V Exec 12.5 & Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5
Backup
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Sun & Symantec Partnership Overview Review of Virtualization and Data Protection NBU, PureDisk and Virtual Environment Backup Backup Exec and Virtual Environment Backup
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Joint Sun and Symantec Portal
• sun.symantec.com
– Joint external portal focused on presenting Symantec sales and product information for Sun field personnel
• Sales • Marketing • Technical
– About 3 months old and growing – Registration is quick and easy – Adding White Papers:
• “VeritasNetBackup5.6forVMware.3x -BestPractices” • “ComprehensiveBackupandRecoveryofVMwareVirtual Infrastructure - SymantecBackupExec5.21forWindowsServers”
Contacts
Symantec Sales Tom Hylas Sun Global Partner Manager tom_hylas@symantec.com Mike Wilson Sun EMEA Alliance Manager mike_wilson@symantec.com Symantec Technical Pre-Sales Jim Keeley Sun Americas Sr. Systems Engineer jim_keeley@symantec.com
Andrew Oatley
Sun EMEA Technical Account Manager andrew_oatley@symantec.com
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Two great companies with a long history, solid relationship, complementary technologies, and great prospects
Great synergy
Thank you!
Jim Keeley
jim_keeley@symantec.com
303-887-5638