Symantec Virtualization Solutions for Backup and Data Protection

Jim Keeley, Symantec Sr. SESun CEC 2008

Agenda

Sun & Symantec Partnership Overview1

NBU, PureDisk and Virtual Environment Backup3

Backup Exec and Virtual Environment Backup4

Wrap up and Q/A5

Review of Virtualization and Data Protection2

Agenda

Sun & Symantec Partnership Overview1

NBU, PureDisk and Virtual Environment Backup3

Backup Exec and Virtual Environment Backup4

Wrap up and Q/A5

Review of Virtualization and Data Protection2

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

Agenda

Sun & Symantec Partnership Overview1

NBU, PureDisk and Virtual Environment Backup3

Backup Exec and Virtual Environment Backup4

Wrap up and Q/A5

Review of Virtualization and Data Protection2

Smart Companies Virtualize

Virtualizing your data center brings many benefits…

…Financial: Save money by consolidating servers

…Administrative: Deploy new servers more easily

…Flexibility: Your hardware selection becomes less critical

…Disaster Recovery: Quickly restore to different locations and hardware when needed

…Agility: Make your servers move across your hardware

Challenges of the Virtualized Data Center

But new backup challenges are introduced with VMware deployments because:

– Proliferation‏of‏servers‏(“VM‏sprawl”)‏makes‏backup‏configuration more time-consuming

– VM sprawl increases storage requirements

– New‏“proxy‏servers”‏and‏the‏movement‏of‏VMs‏across‏hardware 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”)‏enables‏high-performance off-host backup

– DR can easily occur to different hardware in different locations

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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

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The relationship delivers results:

Not all VMs are Created Equal

Mission-CriticalVMs

• Unique Server Image

• Large data sets

• SAN/NAS attached

• App integration

Departmental

Application VMs

• Unique Server Image

• Outside datacenter

• Local storage

File/PrintVMs

• Standard image

• Large data sets

• Granular recovery important

CommodityServer VMs

• Standard image

• Less-important data

• Best-efforts recovery is sufficient

Remote OfficeVMs

• Geo dispersion

• Some critical apps

• Granular restores

Typical Virtual Machine Types:

Protection and Recovery Considerations:

• Backup: On-host (client) or off-host

• Storage: Direct-attached or SAN/NAS

• Protection: Data, VM, or VM + data

• Location: Static‏or‏“mobile”‏VMs

• Recovery: VM, files, application, all

• DR: Local or remote recovery

• Vaulting: Replication or tape shipping

Agenda

Sun & Symantec Partnership Overview1

NBU, PureDisk and Virtual Environment Backup3

Backup Exec and Virtual Environment Backup4

Wrap up and Q/A5

Review of Virtualization and Data Protection2

Protecting the Virtualized Enterprise with NetBackup for VMware

Mission-CriticalVMs

Departmental

Application VMs

File/PrintVMs

CommodityServer VMs

Remote OfficeVMs

Datacenter

Backup Infrastructure

Backup ProxyMedia Servers

Core VMware Cluster

RemoteOffices

VCBBackup

StandardClient

Backup

DedupeClient

Backup

DedupeClient Backupw Replication

VMware Granular Recovery

PureDisk

Virtual Machine Protection Scenarios

On-host (VM Client-Based) Backup (Normal Backup Client or Deduplication Client)

Backup Server and Storage

ESX Server

Client and Application Agent

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Off-Host Backup via VMware VCB (Data, VM or Data + VMDK)

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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

File Recovery

Image Recovery

VMDK

VMware ESX VMware ESX

NetBackupMediaServer

PrimaryShared Storage

Backup Storage

VMDK

VMDK

VMDK

VMDK

VMDK

VMDK

VMwareProxyDriver

NetBackupEnterprise Client

PureDisk

Plug-in

NetBackupMediaServer

VMwareProxyDriver

NetBackupEnterprise Client

PureDisk

Plug-in

VMware ESXVMware ESX

BackupDisk

TapeBackup Disk

1Backup policy alerts NetBackup that it is time to do a virtual machine backup

2NetBackup instructs VMware to snapshot the virtual machine

3The new VMDK snapshot is mounted to the NetBackup Server via the proxy driver

4Backup is then performed to any NetBackup storage device (disk, tape)

5 The VMDK snapshot is deleted

6 The backup image is then mapped for file-level recovery

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7Virtual Machines can then be restored from image backups for DR

8 Or, single files can be recovered to any location

VMDK

VCB Backups and Granular Recovery

NetBackup with VCB Alternatives

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copyone fast image backup

file-level recovery

full-VM recovery

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backupone fast image backup

file-level recovery

full-VM recovery

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second slow file backup

VMDK VMDK

• NetBackup‏uses‏VMware’s‏VCB‏technology to backup only once, then maps the image backup for file-level restores

• Deduplication then can reduce storage even further – by up to 95%!

• 2x the storage

• 2x the CPU and network usage

• More than 2x the backup time!

NetBackup and VCB: Resource Consumption

• 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

• Performance hit is isolated to the dedicated backup server

Backup Server and Storage

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Backup Server and Storage

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• Competitive solutions require backup to run inside VMs, thereby reducing performance of the ESX Server

• LAN bandwidth becomes a key choke-point

NetBackup and VCB: Performance

AlternativesNetBackup with VCB

NetBackup with VCB Alternatives

• No penalty for running VMware: No per-VM fees, pay per ESX server

• 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

• Per-Guest‏VM‏fee…the‏more‏VMs,‏the‏more you pay

• No savings for moving to VMware from traditional infrastructure

• Backup server still licensed separately

Backup Server and Storage

ESX Server ESX Server

Backup Server and Storage

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NBU and VCB: License Cost and Tracking

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

Agenda

Sun & Symantec Partnership Overview1

NBU, PureDisk and Virtual Environment Backup3

Backup Exec and Virtual Environment Backup4

Wrap up and Q/A5

Review of Virtualization and Data Protection2

Backup Exec 12.5 and Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5

Backup Exec 12.5 – Next Gen Windows Data Protection

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

Backup Exec 12.5 & 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

VMware ESX Server or Microsoft Hyper-V

Backup Exec 12.5

Media Server

Agenda

Sun & Symantec Partnership Overview1

NBU, PureDisk and Virtual Environment Backup3

Backup Exec and Virtual Environment Backup4

Wrap up and Q/A5

Review of Virtualization and Data Protection2

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:

• “Veritas‏NetBackup‏6.5‏for‏VMware3‏.x‏- Best‏Practices”

• “Comprehensive‏Backup‏and‏Recovery‏of‏VMware‏Virtual‏Infrastructure - Symantec‏Backup‏Exec‏12.5‏for‏Windows‏Servers”

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Contacts

Symantec Sales Symantec Technical Pre-Sales

Tom Hylas

Sun Global Partner Manager

tom_hylas@symantec.com

Jim Keeley

Sun Americas Sr. Systems Engineer

jim_keeley@symantec.com

Come to the Symantec Booth and talk to us!

Mike Wilson

Sun EMEA Alliance Manager

mike_wilson@symantec.com

Andrew Oatley

Sun EMEA Technical Account Manager

andrew_oatley@symantec.com

Thank You / Q&A

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