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Possible reasons of VM failure Why cant HA technologies guarantee full protection of your VM? Why insufficient backup solution can be even worse than none at all? 5 problems that an improper backup solution may bring
Stupid users;
Stupid admins;
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#1
Failure in capturing data across datacenter layers
A virtualization-aware backup tool must be cognizant of each layers impact to ensure that data is captured successfully.
#2
Failure in verifying backup integrity
If you cant get a verifiably good backup, you dont have a backup! Reliable backup tool should provide an easy way to check backup integrity to ensure availability of any data, at any point in time!
#3
Failure in quiescence
A backup solution designed for virtualization should include the extra monitoring that keeps an eye on quiescence across each virtual environment layer.
#4
Failure in notifying you when something happens
Almost any backup tool can notify you when problems occur, but are your notifications actually being received?
If not, then youll never know that the data youre collecting isnt good data.
#5
Failure in accounting for organic VM growth
Your backup tool contains extra functionality that exposes it to your virtual platforms management solution. This is the only way to ensure youre capturing the right VMs as theyre being organically created and decommissioned.
Failsafe Tip #1
Ensure backups and primary VM storage stay separate!
Failsafe Tip #2
Ensure backups include comprehensive integrity verifications that automatically occur with each backup!
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Disk volume
Failsafe Tip #3
Take the right approach with VSS: Trust, but verify!
Failsafe Tip #4
Monitors are better monitors than you are Use them!
Tip #5: Dont Add New Backup Jobs for New VMs
refer to Tip#2 if you dont get the joke ;) Organic growth of dynamic virtual environments (esp., the ones manages like a Private Cloud) can only be supported by a backup tool that is aware of your virtual platform. Such tool can easily accommodate organic VM growth!
Failsafe Tip #5
Ensure your backup tool backs up by virtual platform constructs:
datacenters,
folders,
clusters, other objects
at http://go.veeam.com/wpg-backup-shields-2012-5-waysyour-vmware-hyper-V-backups-may-fail-you.html