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Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments - Data Protection for VMware Deployment Guide

Julien SauvanetMikael Lindstrom

Describes Data Protection for VMware 6.4 new features

Provides detailed planning, installation, and operational procedures

Includes optimization and troubleshooting information

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Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments - Data Protection for VMware Deployment Guide

November 2013

REDP-4991-00

Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2013. All rights reserved.Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP ScheduleContract with IBM Corp.

First Edition (November 2013)

This edition applies to Version 6, Release 4 of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments (product number 5725-A44).

Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in Notices on page vii.

Contents

Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiTrademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ixAuthors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ixNow you can become a published author, too! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xComments welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xStay connected to IBM Redbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x

Chapter 1. Architect corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 System context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.2 Role and responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.3 Key decisions to sketch your solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.3.1 Using Data Protection for VMware to protect Virtual Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.3.2 Virtual or physical vStorage Backup Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.3.3 Protecting in-guest applications when there is a Tivoli Data Protection solution for

your application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.3.4 Protecting in-guest applications when there is no Tivoli Data Protection solution for

your application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.4 Design consideration scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1.4.1 Scenario 1: Small environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.4.2 Scenario 2: Big environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.4.3 Scenario 3: Shared environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 2. Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware product introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.1 Tivoli Storage Manager solutions to protect VMware vSphere Environments . . . . . . . 122.1.1 Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive client within VMware guest option . . . . 122.1.2 Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive client off host backup option . . . . . . . . . 132.1.3 Data Protection for VMware DP for VMware option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.1.4 FlashCopy Manager for VMware option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.1.5 FlashCopy Manager within VMware guest option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.1.6 Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack within a VMware guest option . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.2 Data Protection for VMware Solution components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.2.1 Component definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.3 New in Backup-Archive client and Data Protection for VMware V6.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.3.1 Incremental forever backup processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.3.2 Configuration wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.3.3 Parallel backup from a single Tivoli Storage Manager instance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.3.4 Expanding VM backup criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.3.5 Controlling which disks in the VMware environment are processed. . . . . . . . . . . 222.3.6 Protecting applications that run in virtual machine guests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.3.7 Preserving VMware configuration attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.3.8 Virtual machine templates and vApps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.3.9 View VM backup status reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.3.10 Secure Sockets Layer communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.3.11 Role-based usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.3.12 Data Protection for VMware vCenter plug-in error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

2.4 Product requirements: Supported platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Chapter 3. Planning the installation of Data Protection for VMware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.1 Collecting and consolidating data protection policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.2 Learning about the Virtual Environment to protect it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

3.2.1 VMware infrastructure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.2.2 Virtual Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.2.3 vCenter Server credentials considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.2.4 Data Protection for VMware vCenter plug-in user roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

3.3 Protecting applications in a virtual environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.3.1 MS-SQL data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.3.2 Exchange data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.3.3 Active Directory data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343.3.4 Unstructured data protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3.4 Communication ports between VMware and Tivoli Storage Manager components . . . 363.5 Choosing your backup strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3.5.1 Periodic full backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.5.2 Incremental forever backup strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.5.3 Backup strategy considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3.6 vStorage Backup Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.6.1 Data transfer and transport methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.6.2 vStorage Backup Server: Physical versus virtual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393.6.3 Physical vStorage Backup Server LUN access considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413.6.4 Virtual vStorage Backup Server HotAdd considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423.6.5 vStorage Backup Server Sizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423.6.6 When to use multiple datamover agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

3.7 Storage location versus recovery features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.8 Determining the location to start backup or restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.9 Effect of Data Protection for VMware backups on the Tivoli Storage Manager Server. 46

3.9.1 How to handle CTL files (FULL-VM backup control files) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.9.2 VM full-vm backup on physical tape or virtual tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.9.3 Incremental forever backup strategy consequence on Tivoli Storage Manager server

database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .