BACKUP FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES

EMC Avamar for VMware Environments

Horia Constantinescu horia.constantinescu@emc.com Backup & Recovery Systems Division EMC Corporation

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Backup and Recovery Architectures: In Transition from Tape to Disk

Backup/Recovery Architecture Application Backup Clients Backup/Media Manager Onsite Backup Storage Disaster Recovery Storage

Backup NetWorker software

Tape

Tape

Conventional (Tape-centric)

DB
Backup software NetWorker

Disk VTL Library

VTL/Tape

Home Backup software NetWorker Deduplication storage Data Domain

Transformational (Disk-centric)
Deduplication backup software and system Avamar

Data Protection Advisor Data Protection Management Software

on premise

off premise

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Backup is a Key Virtualization Consideration

Organizations top server virtualization initiatives for 2010
Consolidate more physical servers onto virtualization platforms Improve backup and recovery of virtual machines Expand number of applications running on virtual machines Make use of virtual machine replication for disaster recovery Increase security of virtual server environment
0% 10% 20%

48%

37%

36%

32%

23%
30% 40% 50% 60%

Source: Enterprise Strategy Group White Paper, Innovate, Integrate, and Accelerate Virtualization, Figure 3, May2010.

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Server Virtualization Brings Backup Challenges and Opportunities

Contention Consistency Complementary technologies Consolidation optimization

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The Must Have List

Backup for VMware solutions Must address issues, smooth phase transitions
Resolve resource contention Support both guest and image level backup Provide both file and full virtual machine recovery

Must provide business value

Offer value for both physical and virtual worlds Reduce downtime, cost and risk

Must integrate with VMware infrastructure

VMware vStorage API; VMware vCenter Server VMware Site Recovery Manager (for DR automation)

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Deduplication is the Key

Relieve resource contention Support rapid virtual machine cloning Contain backup storage growth Enable more effective disaster recovery

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Why Avamar?
Deduplication backup system End-to-end, software/hardware solution

Improves backup window, less network load

Avamar VM

Integrated high availability and reliability Flexible deployment options

Avamar Data Store Avamar Virtual Edition

Full backups, every timeone-step recovery

Higher backup success rate and reliability

Increased ROI, lower TCO, less risk
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Move Less Data

Data deduplication is the enabler

VMware ESX B A C B A C D D D B C B A A

Network

1. Divides data into sub-file segments 2. Determines if segments are unique or duplicate 3. Backs up only data that is unique 4. Sends data compressed and encrypted

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Avamar for VMware

Optimized for VMware backup Guest backup
Low impact agents, relief from resource contention issues

Image backup
Integrated with VMware vStorage API

Easy file-level recovery from image backup

Tight VMware vCenter integration Deployable as a virtual appliance Avamar Virtual Edition

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VMware Guest Backup

Avamar backup versus traditional backup
CPU USAGE NETWORK USAGE DISK USAGE

1:20 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

1:40 p.m.

1:20 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

1:40 p.m.
Avamar

1:20 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

1:40 p.m.

Traditional

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VMware vSphere Change Block Tracking

Avamar full-image recovery is faster and more reliable
Proxy CPU Utilization Over Time for Image Backup of 40 GB Virtual Machine

9:15 a.m.

9:25 a.m.

9:135 a.m.

9:145 a.m.

VM Version 4 Initial Backup

VM Version 7 Backup

VM Version 7 CBT Backup

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Flexible Image-level Recovery

NEW
Original Existing

Three ways to restore a virtual machine:

Restore back to original virtual machine Restore to an existing virtual machine Restore to a new virtual machine

VMware

Avamar Data Store

Change the game: help simplify disaster recoveries leveraging Avamar

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Integration with VMware vCenter

Manage data protection, and contain VM sprawl Browse to VMware vCenter via the Avamar UI Auto-discover VMs and their associated groups Monitor backup/restore operations in the Activity Monitor View VM protection status (guest/image/none)

Single point of management for VMware backup options

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Accelerate the Virtualization Journey

Increase Consolidation Ratios 90% Faster Backups 40x-60x Data Reduction 99% Reduction in Replication Bandwidth File, Image, and Site Recovery

Lower Backup Infrastructure Costs

Simplify Management

Improve Operations

Investment Protection

Reduce Risk

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Avamar for VMware Benefits Summary

Maximize virtualization investments
Support for latest VMware vStorage APIs; tight VMware vCenter Server integration

Deduplicated guest and image-level, daily full backups

Shrink storage requirements Increase retention periods Shorten backup/recovery windows Improve bandwidth efficiency Simplify data management Lower costs

Scalability, high availability, and reliability One-step full recovery Replication and disaster recovery Flexible physical and virtual deployment options EMC backup recovery systems portfolio

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EMC Avamar Real World Results

Daily full backups vs. traditional daily full backups
Amount of Primary Data Protected 3,573 GB 5,097 GB 3,265 GB 9,583 GB 7,831 GB Amount of Data Moved Daily 6 GB 11 GB 24 GB 80 GB 104 GB Data Type Windows file systems Mix of Windows, Linux, and UNIX file systems Engineering files on NAS (NDMP backups) Mix of 20 percent databases, 80 percent file systems (Windows and UNIX) Mix of Linux file systems and databases
Source: EMC

While results will vary by data type and mix, Avamar can dramatically improve backup performance and efficiency
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Avamar Supported Operating Systems and Applications

Client Operating Systems Supported
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Application Modules
Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007 Lotus Notes Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, 2000, 2005 Oracle 9i, 10g, 10gR2 IBM DB2 8.2.x, 9.5 NDMP (EMC Celerra) DART 5.5, 5.6 NDMP (NetApp) Data ONTAP 6.5, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.1x. 7.2

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server

Microsoft Windows XP, XP Professional, Vista Red Hat Linux 9.0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 Solaris 8, 9, 10 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.2, 9, 10 IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 HP-UX 11.0, 11iV1, 11iV2, 11iV3 Mac OS X 10.4x, 10.5x NetWare 6.5 Free BSD 6.2 Novell Storage Services (NSS) OES 2
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VMware Infrastructure New Avamar software expands client operating system, application support
VMware ESX Server versions 3.0.x, 3.5, 3i = ESX client OS-certified using RHEL 4 client (support within virtual machines depends on VMware support of client operating system)

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THANK YOU

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