Protecting the Virtualized Datacenter:

NetBackup and Backup Exec for VMware

Agenda

NetBackup 6.5 for VMWare22

Backup Exec & Backup Exec System Recovery for VMWare33

Symantec and Virtualization11

2

Symantec and Virtualization

• Storage Virtualization

• Server Virtualization

• Endpoint

3

Storage & Server Mgmt

Data Protection

Security &Compliance

DisasterRecovery

• EndpointVirtualization

NetBackup 6.5 for

4 4

NetBackup 6.5 for

VMWare

Not all VMs are Created Equal

Mission-Critical

VMs

• Unique Server Image

• Large data sets

• SAN/NAS attached

Departmental

Application VMs

• Unique Server Image

• Outside datacenter

• Local storage

File/Print

VMs

• Standard image

• Large data sets

• Granular recovery

Commodity

Server VMs

• Standard image

• Less-important data

• Best-efforts recovery

Remote Office

VMs

• Geo dispersion

• Some critical apps

• Granular restores

Typical Virtual Machine Types:

• SAN/NAS attached

• App integration

• Local storage • Granular recovery

important

• Best-efforts recovery

is sufficient

• Granular restores

Protection and Recovery Considerations:

• Backup: client or off-host

• Storage: direct-attached or SAN/NAS

• Protection: data or VM + data

• Location: static or “mobile” VMs

• Recovery: VM, files, application, all

• DR: local or remote recovery

• Vaulting: replication or tape shipping

ESX Server

C C

A

C

Deduplication

Client-Based Backup

ESX Server

DD D

A

VMware VCB

Off-Host Backup

ESX Server

A

Backup Server & Storage

Shared

Storage

Introducing NetBackup for VMware

Flexible Virtual Machine protection methods….

6.5.2 VMwareIncrementals

VMware

Granular

Recovery

Backup Server & Storage

VM

— or —

objectAuto-Discovery and

Flexible Recovery

ESX Server

Backup Server & Storage

VM Discovery viaVirtual Center

Automated Restorevia VMware Converter

ESX Server

Deduplication

ESX Server

DD D

A

Replication

Datacenter

VaultBackup Server

& Storage

6

NetBackup for

…coupled with unique enabling technologies

VM Protection Approaches

VM Client-Based Data Backup (Normal Backup Client or Deduplication Client)

ESX Server

Client and Application Agent

Inside VM

C C

A

Backup Server

and Storage

C

Simple

Leverages DB agents

High overhead with normal client

Low overhead with dedupe client

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

ESX Server

A

Backup Server

and Storage

Shared

Storage

Low overhead on ESX Server

Auto-discovery and configuration

Flexible recovery options

Individual file and/or VMDK options

Requires SAN infrastructure–

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CA Application Agent Client

Deep Dive: Core VMware SAN Cluster

Backup with NetBackup and VCB

Core VMware Cluster

VMware SAN

Storage

Features:

• Full integration w/ VMware VCB for off-host backup (no scripts!)

• VM auto-discovery and configuration

• Single-pass backup with granular

recovery: recover VMs or files!

Datacenter

Backup Infrastructure

Backup Proxy

Media ServersPureDisk

or VTL or tape

VMware

Proxy

VMware

Proxy

Storage

recovery: recover VMs or files!

• Optional media server-based

deduplication with PureDisk

Requirements:

• Requires shared SAN storage

• Windows media servers

• App/DB agent support in 6.5.4

VCB

Deep Dive: VCB and Granular Recovery

File Recovery

Image Recovery

VMDK

NetBackup

Media

Server

NetBackup

Enterprise Client

NetBackup

Media

Server

NetBackup

Enterprise Client

VMware ESXVMware ESX

1

Backup policy alerts

NetBackup that it is time to

do a virtual machine backup

2

NetBackup instructs

VMware to snapshot the

virtual machine

3

The new VMDK snapshot is

mounted to the NetBackup

Server via the proxy driver

VMware ESX VMware ESX

Primary

Shared StorageBackup Storage

VMDK

VMDK

VMDK

VMDK

VMDK

VMDK

VMware

Proxy

Driver

Enterprise Client

PureDisk

Plug-in

VMware

Proxy

Driver

Enterprise Client

PureDisk

Plug-in

Backup

Disk

TapePureDisk

4

Backup is then performed to

any NetBackup storage

device (disk, tape, PureDisk)

5The VMDK snapshot is

deleted

6The backup image is then

mapped for file-level

recovery

VMDKVMDK

7

Virtual Machines can then be

restored from image

backups for DR

8Or, single files can be

recovered to any location

VMDK

NBU 6.5.2

PureDisk offers both file-level and image-based deduplication

1 Dedup client in VM guest 2 Dedup on a NetBackup server (Proxy)

Off host

Backup via

VCBESX Server

DD D

A

Daily dedup up to

99% .1

ESX Server

DD D

A

ESX Server

DD D

A

ip

ESX Server

DD D

A

PureDisk Storage PoolESX Environment

Deduplication data transfer

Regular data transfer

ESX Server

Datacenter Virtual

Environment

1. NetBackup 6.5

Media Server

2. VCB Proxy and

PureDisk

High deduplication for incremental backups. Decent storage

optimization for full backups.2

ESX Server

DD D

A

ESX Server

DD D

A

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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

11

Datacenter

Backup Infrastructure

Backup Proxy

Media Servers

Core VMware Cluster

Remote

Offices

Vault /

DR Site

VCB

Backup

Standard

Client

Backup

Dedupe

Client

Backup

Dedupe

Client Backup

w Replication

Backup Image

Replication

VMware Granular

Recovery

PureDisk

Backup Exec 12.5

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Backup Exec 12.5

for VMWare

Backup Exec 12.5: NEW Comprehensive Data Protection for VMware

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Easily restore an entire guest machine…

Fast Recovery

Backup Exec 12.5 & Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5

Backup Exec 12.5: NEW Comprehensive Data Protection for VMware

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…and granular files or folders from a single image-level backup

Fast Recovery

Backup Exec 12.5 & Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5

Physical System

1Take

Recovery

Point

2Convert (P2V)

Recovery

Point to Virtual

3Load System

Powerful P2V and V2P Conversion

Supports:

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Conversion Process3

Load System

In a Virtual

Environment

4Use in Production

Or for Test

Purposes

5Convert Back

To Physical

If Desired (V2P)

VMwareVMware

Supports:VMware ESX ServerVMware ServerVMware Workstation

Q&A

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