Data Center Virtualization Skip Farmer Distinguished Systems Engineer
May 10, 2015
Data Center Virtualization
Skip FarmerDistinguished Systems Engineer
Agenda
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V-Ray Technology 1
Application Protection2
VM Intelligent Policy (VIP)3
Reporting4
Summary and Q&A5
Imagine having to do your job without being able to see your tools.Working in virtual darkness.
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No visibility.
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With a lot of money at stake.
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It’s what IT departments are forced to do when they virtualize business-critical applications without production quality data
protection technology.
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Introducing V-Ray technology from Symantec. An entirely new dimension in virtualization.
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Don’t Let Poor Visibility and Silos Slow You Down and Cost You More Time, Resources, and Storage
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• V-Ray – a group of Symantec technologies with: – Patented visibility into virtual
machines and applications
– Transparent backup and recovery across physical and virtual environments
– Third-generation granular recovery
Unified Protection, File & Application Recovery, Deduplication, & Automated Protection
VMware? Hyper V? Both?
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VMware? Hyper V? Both?
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VM2 VM1
x86OS
Disk Tape
VMware? Hyper V? Both?
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VM2 VM1
x86OS
Disk Tape
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V-Ray Visibility into the VM Image for Fast and Efficient Backup & RecoveryNetBackup Seamlessly Integrates with VMware vStorage APIs
SAN/LANESX
ESXDatastore
BackupDestination
• VM image (vmdk) moves directly to the backup destination (disk or tape) in a single step
• Snapshot and deduplication process done off-host• Change nothing! Use existing HW and procedures
NetBackup Server
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Single File Discovery
SANESX
Why Is Our Single File Restore Different?
ESXDatastore
Backup ServerVCB Framework
BackupDest
Backup Server
• NetBackup discovers single files before vmdk data is written to backup target
• This allows us to:• Backup to any storage technology• Restore from any storage technology
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V-Ray Visibility to Protect VMs “On the Fly”Wherever They May Reside
VMs VMs
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• Automatically discover and protect VMs as they move, change or come online
− Filter VMs by physical and logical attributes
− Balance the backup load across ESX servers
− No editing of the backup policy required
− vMotion, Storage vMotion and DRS aware
VM Intelligent Policy (VIP)
Available with NetBackup 7.1
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ESX Server Load – Client Backups vs. Off-host w/VADPSt
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NetBackup 7 for VM
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Off-host Backup
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New Virtualization Policy Types
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
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VMware Policy Type• New VMware policy type – not FlashBackup-Windows• New VMware tab
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VMware Tab• All VMware settings consolidated on new tab
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Fewer VMware Advanced Settings
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Hyper-V Policy Type• New Hyper-V policy type – not FlashBackup-Windows• New Hyper-V tab
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Hyper-V Tab• All Hyper-V settings consolidated on new tab
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Fewer Hyper-V Advanced Settings
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Application Protection
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
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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)
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Recovery Exchange SharePoint SQL Server Media
VM Any
File Any
Database Not Tape
Item n/a Not Tape
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VM Intelligent Policy Improvements
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New vCenter Fields
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• New query builder variables, including:– Datastore Cluster: part of Storage Dynamic Resource Scheduling (SDRS)
– Custom VM Attributes: user-defined vCenter variables
Resource Limits• New limits related to Datastores, DS Clusters, and NAS DS
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VIP Customer Requested Enhancements
You asked, We listened
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Media Server Load-Balancing• VMware policy now leverages media server load-balancing• Adds redundancy; eliminates backup host single-point-of-failure
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Media Server Load-Balancing - Overview
Shared Storage Pools
Tape
MSDP
OST DevicesOff Host Dedupe
ESX/i Hosts
Backup Hosts - Windows Media Servers
Shared Backup Storage
VM backups jobs automatically select the least busy media server.
This provides the best possible backup performance,
and scheduled jobs run even if a media server is down.
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VM Disk Exclusion• Exclude boot disk
– 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
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Post Backup Events into vCenter Server• NetBackup option to log events into vCenter
– Backup Success
– Backup Failed
– Snapshot Delete Failed
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vCenter UI - Backup Failed Event
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OpsCenter
Reporting for Your Backup Environment
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OpsCenter Makes Backup Better
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Monitor
Report
Alert
Search & Hold
New!
RestoreNew!
File Restore Using OpsCenter Operational Restore
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Quickly find files across multiple clients and multiple domains
Built into NetBackup 7.5 - no additional infrastructure or license key required
Ability to restore from multiple sources and to alternate locations without leaving OpsCenter
• Disaster Recovery Drills• Restore from Snapshots
Restore cart allows user to batch up restore job for future processing
Virtual Client Summary Report
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Summary
NetBackup & Backup Exec Powered By V-RayIndustry 1st “End-to-End” VMware & Deduplication Solutions
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Virtualized InfrastructurePhysical Infrastructure
NetBackupBackup Exec
“End-to-End” Scalable Global Deduplication
Built-In Client Dedupe Virtual/Physical
VMsVMsVMsVMs
Built-In Media Server DedupeOn your equipment or Symantec Appliances
Scalable Global Dedupe Across Symantec Dedupe Appliance
Unified Data Protection16TB – 192TBNBU 5200 Series NBU 5000 Series
BE Appliance Series
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Deduplicate Everywhere with NetBackup V-RayYet Manage Centrally As It’s Built Right In
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More Choices on a Single Platform
Client Servers
Built-In Dedupe at the client
Media Server
Built-In Dedupe at the media server
Target Device
Dedupe to a targetbackend storage target
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Questions & Answers
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Thank you!
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