EMC RECOVERPOINT
FOR
VMWARE
ENVIRONMENTS
Integrated data protection for VMware
virtual infrastructure
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Agenda
• EMC protection for VMware
• Using RecoverPoint to protect
virtualized environments
• RecoverPoint functionality
• Customer example for VMware ESX
Server replication
• RecoverPoint integration with
VMware vCenter Site Recovery
Manager (SRM)
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Why EMC for VMware?
Consistent market leadership
2007 SERVER
VIRTUALIZATION SURVEY
RESULTS – IDC
43%
26%
12%
8%
7%
4%
2008 GOLDMAN SACHS IT
SPENDING SURVEY “STORAGE
OF CHOICE FOR VIRTUALIZED
ENVIRONMENTS”
HP
IBM
Dell
Sun Other
“Which vendor(s) supplied the networked
(SAN or NAS) storage used for your
virtual server environment?”
Aug-08
Jun-08
EMC
42%
40%
IBM
22%
25%
Hewlett-Packard
13%
7%
Hitachi
9%
8%
Dell
7%
9%
IBM
NetApp
6%
8%
Hitachi Data Sys
EqualLogic/Dell
2%
4%
Dell/EqualLogic
Sun Microsystems
1%
3%
—
1%
(multiple responses accepted)
Base: 124 global IT decision-makers currently using x86
server virtualization technology
Source: September 2008 Global Virtual Server
Environments Online Survey
Compellent
EMC
2009 FORRESTER STORAGE
CHOICES FOR VIRTUAL
SERVER ENVIRONMENTS
Source: Goldman Sachs IT Spending Survey
One report is interesting Two reports is a trend
EMC
NetApp
HP
Multiple reports, over
multiple years and multiple
analysts, is a legacy
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Why EMC is the Leader
Shared storage
• All EMC platforms (Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NAS)
• Virtual Provisioning, Quality of Service, Virtual LUNs, security, and ease
of use
Backup and recovery
• Avamar with VMware guest- and image-level backup, and Avamar
Virtual Edition for VMware
• NetWorker integration with VCB
Replication
• VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager integration for applicationconsistent disaster recovery
• Support for virtual machine business continuity and disaster recovery
• RecoverPoint support for discovery of protection of virtual machines
• Replication Manager for application consistency
Resource management
• EMC Ionix support for virtual machine discovery and management
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Why RecoverPoint for VMware?
#1 in replication for virtualization
VMware
VMware
VMware
SQL Server
Oracle
Exchange
SAN
• Protect VMFS and RDM/P
volumes
• Replicate physical, virtual, and
physical-to-virtual
• Restore individual or multiple
virtual machines (VMs)
• VM failover and failback support
• Monitor VM protection status
• Application reference architectures
• Supports heterogeneous storage
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RecoverPoint Concurrent Local and
Remote (CLR) Data Protection
LOCAL SITE
REMOTE SITE
VMware ESX Server VMware ESX Server
SAN
RecoverPoint
VMware ESX Server VMware ESX Server
WAN
SAN
RecoverPoint
Thirdparty
Thirdparty
Local Journals
Remote
Journal
SAN Storage
 Utilizes host, fabric, or array write splitting
 Write-order fidelity across servers and VMs
 Local replication with any point-in-time recovery
 Block-level local protection for SAN,VMFS,
RDM, SCSI/iSCSI (on CLARiiON CX3/CX4
volumes)
 Remote replication with point-in-time recovery
 Local and remote write journals enable roll-back
to a consistent point-in-time image
 Logical or physical access to replicated data
 Supports EMC and third-party storage
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VMware ESX Replication—
Host-Based Splitter
VM1-0.VMDK
VM2-0.VMDK
VM2-1.VMDK
VM3-0.VMDK
VM1-0
Virtual Machine 1
V Disk 0
Virtual Machine 2
VM2-0
V Disk 0
V Disk 1
VM2-1
Virtual Machine 3
V Disk 0
VM3-0
VMware ESX Server
= Write Splitting
For a Windows-based guest operating
system, the RecoverPoint splitter driver will be
installed on the guest operating system
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• Leverages host-based
splitter for replication of any
data on a SAN LUN used by
ESX Server
• Protect VMs in an individual
ESX Server, or in groups of
ESX Servers
• Simplifies failover and
recovery for virtual machines
(LUN level)
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VMware ESX Server Replication
—CLARiiON and Fabric-Based Splitters
VMware ESX Server VMware ESX Server VMware ESX Server
VMware ESX Server VMware ESX Server VMware ESX Server
Initiator 1 target
read/write
Fabric
Splitter
Copy of
primary
write
= Write Splitting
Target
Initiator 1 target
read/write
SAN
Copy of
primary
write
RecoverPoint
Not in primary
data path
= Write Splitting
RecoverPoint
Not in primary
data path
Target
• Mirrors each VM’s writes to the RecoverPoint appliance
• Supports VMFS and physical RDM, and vCenter Site Recovery
Manager
• Eliminates need for host agents and simplifies ESX configurations
• Allows applications to span groups of VMs or ESX Servers
• Simplifies failover and recovery for virtual machines (LUN level)
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Bank in Southwest U.S.
Situation:
• Replicate between twin data centers 250 miles apart, 10 Mb WAN
• 5-minute recovery point objective, 15-minute recovery time
objective
• Thirty five applications, each with a unique RPO
CUSTOMER PROFILE
Regional Bank with
headquarters in the U.S.
Southwest
• No disaster recovery testing
Solution:
• RecoverPoint CRR, 2-node clusters at each site
Two data centers with
about 250 miles separation;
180 branches; 35
applications
• Cisco MDS-9506 with SSM and SSE (MDS-9000 SANTap
Service)
• VMware Infrastructure 3 (ESX Server, VMware High Availability,
VMFS)
$3.2B assets, $280M
revenue
INDUSTRY
Finance
Benefits:
• Support of multiple RPO and RTO across their various
applications
• One solution that supports their virtual and physical environment
C U S T O M E R
P R O F I L E
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• Full disaster recovery testing without impact to production servers
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Customer Environment
DATA CENTER
REMOTE DISASTER RECOVERY SITE
Mount target
volume to VM
VMware ESX Server VMware ESX Server
RecoverPoint
WAN
Check Processing
VMware ESX Server VMware ESX Server
RecoverPoint
Independently
recover and
test data from
remote site
Back Office Systems
Separate application
managed across unique
consistency groups
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VMware vCenter Site
Recovery Manager
How RecoverPoint supports your
recovery plan
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VMware vSphere 4—Value and
Innovations
Data Center Solutions
Enabling a more dynamic, flexible service model, at lower costs
Consolidation
Management
Business Continuity
• Decrease capital expense
• Decrease operating expense
• Simplify infrastructure
• Manage SLAs, not
components
• Ensure high availability at low
cost
• Delay facility expansion
• Automate the mundane,
simplify the complex
Desktop Solutions
Enabling desktop as a service
• User access across
boundaries
• Desktop as a service, without
the headache
• Increase security and control
Cloud Services
Enabling the bridge to the external
cloud
• Single way to run, manage and
secure applications both internal and
via external clouds
• Broadest choice of leading cloud
service providers
• Recover quickly and
efficiently
• Guarantee service levels
Dev & Test Solutions
Optimizing development to deployment
• Simplify test set-up and execution
• Improve quality
• Close the gap between dev and
deploy
VMware vSphere™ 4
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VMware Infrastructure 3.5—
Value and Innovations
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Management
and
Automation
 Consolidate and
contain servers
Update
Manager
Converter +
Infrastructure
Optimization
vCenter Site
VDI
Recovery
ACE
Manager
Business
Desktop
Continuity
Management
DPM
2
Virtual
Infrastructure
Distributed
Resource
Scheduler (DRS)
Resource
Management
Workstation
Software
Lifecycle
Storage VMotion
VMotion
Availability
vCenterMobility
Security
 Optimize your
infrastructure
 Manage and
secure desktops
 Maximize
continuity and
uptime
 Automate your
virtual labs
VMware Virtual Machine File System
1
Virtualization
Platforms
High Availability +
Consolidated
Backup
Lab Manager
Virtual SMP
Virtualization Platforms
ESX Server 3.5
ESX Server 3i 3.5
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VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
Integration
Makes disaster recovery rapid, reliable, manageable,
affordable
PRODUCTION
RECOVERY
Virtual Machines
Virtual Machines
• Simplifies and automates
disaster recovery workflows
– Setup, testing, and failover
VMware Infrastructure
VMware Infrastructure
Servers
Servers
Heterogeneous Storage
EMC RecoverPoint
Heterogeneous Storage
• Makes disaster recovery a
property of the virtual machine
• Provides central management
of recovery plans from vCenter
• Turns manual recovery
processes into automated
recovery plans
• Supports ESX 3.5, ESX 4.0/4.1
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Without Site Recovery Manager
Nine administrator tasks, several GUIs
7. Scan for new
disk
3. Shut down the
8. Register VM
virtual machine
9. Power-up VM
4. Pause replicated image (journal
captures)
5. Select most recent snapshot
6. Allow image access to remote VMware
ESX
VMware ESX
ESX Server
SAN
RecoverPoint
WAN
1. VM mapped to LUNs
and consistency groups
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VMware ESX
ESX Server
(disaster recovery)
SAN
RecoverPoint
2. Replicate
LUNs
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With Site Recovery Manager
One task, one GUI
Shut down the virtual machine
Pause replicated image (journal captures)
Select most recent snapshot
Allow image access to remote VMware ESX
Server
Scan for new disk
Register VM
Power-up VM
Reverse replication direction
VMware ESX
ESX Server
SAN
RecoverPoint
VM mapped
to LUNs
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WAN
VMware ESX
ESX Server
(disaster recovery)
SAN
RecoverPoint
LUNs replicated
by
RecoverPoint
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RecoverPoint Integration with VMware
Site Recovery Manager
PRODUCTION
vCenter
SRM
DISASTER RECOVERY
SRA
SRM
Protected Virtual Machines
SRA
vCenter
Protected Virtual Machines
Automated
VM failover
Non-disruptive
DR testing
VMware Infrastructure
VMware Infrastructure
Servers
Servers
SAN
RecoverPoint
LUN
WAN
SAN
RecoverPoint
Heterogeneous
storage
Production LUNs
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LUN
DR Journal
LUN
DR Replicas
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Storage Replication Adapter
• Integrates with VMware Site Recovery
Manager
– Supports ESX 3.5, ESX 4.0/4.1
– Supports RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint/SE,
including CRR and CLR configurations
– Supports any FC LUN supported by RecoverPoint
and iSCSI with CLARiiON-based write splitter
• Licensing
– No separate RecoverPoint SRM license required
– Appropriate VMware Site Recovery Manager
licenses
• Downloads
– Available from the VMware web site
– VMware’s list of SRM qualified storage providers
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Automated Failback After SRM Failover
• Integrates into vCenter Server
• Automates failback by:
– Powering down VMs (recovery site)
– Failback replicated LUNs and
reversing replication (protected to
recovery site)
– Registering VMs (protected site)
– Powering on VMs (protected site)
• Provides real-time status
– Available in the plug-in
– Available in the Recent Tasks area of
the vCenter Server
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Monitoring VMware Virtual Machines
Tree view displays all the VMs belonging
to a vCenter Server
• Displays VMs and their
protection level
• Monitors vCenter for
creation of and changes to
VMs
• Updates display and sends
alert when a VM’s storage
protection changes
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Summary
• #1 in replication for virtualization
• Protect all your important systems and
applications
– Any mix of virtual and physical
• EMC Proven solutions
• VMware Certified solutions
• Decrease downtime
– Protect more with less resources
– Accelerate recovery
– Automate disaster recovery
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Physical to Local Virtual Replication
Replicating physical volumes enables
use by a local ESX Server
• Consolidates multiple physical servers
into a single ESX Server
Consistency Groups
CG1
ESX Server
• Imports replicated volumes as R/W
without impact to physical servers
• Imports array volumes for long-term
use
CG2
Physical
Server A
Physical
Server B
Virtual
Machine A
Virtual
Machine B
SAN
Storage Arrays
Physical
Server C
Fibre Channel
U S E
CG3
RecoverPoint
Virtual
Machine C
C A S E
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Physical to Local Virtual Replication and
Physical to Remote Physical Replication
• Replicates production data to use for import and test using local ESX Server
• RecoverPoint with VMware enables consolidation to a single ESX Server
– CLR enables quick provisioning and testing of ESX disaster recovery environment
– CRR enables concurrent support of remote physical disaster recovery environment
Fibre Channel
PRODUCTION SITE
ESX Testing
Server
DISASTER RECOVERY SITE
CG1
CONSISTENCY
GROUPS
CONSISTENCY
GROUPS
CG2
Virtual
Machine A
Physical
Server A
Server A
SAN
Storage
Arrays
Storage Arrays
U S E
SAN
Virtual
Machine B
Physical
Server B
CG3
Server B
Virtual
Machine C
Physical
Server C
WAN
Server C
RecoverPoint
RecoverPoint
C A S E
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Local Virtual to Remote Virtual
Replication
• Uses RecoverPoint consistency groups for replication of multiple VMs
– Uses vCenter integration to ensure volumes belonging to VMs on all ESX machines are protected
– RecoverPoint enables consolidation of ESX Servers at remote disaster recovery site
PRIMARY PRODUCTION SITE
Fibre Channel
Storage array
Storage array
CG1
ESX Server 1
Virtual
Machine A
DISASTER RECOVERY SITE
CLARiiON or
fabric-based
splitter
CG2
ESX Server
CLARiiON or
fabric-based
splitter
Virtual
Machine A
ESX Server 2
SAN
SAN
Storage array
Virtual
Machine C
U S E
Virtual
Machine B
CG3
Virtual
Machine B
WAN
RecoverPoint
RecoverPoint
Virtual
Machine C
C A S E
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Virtual Machine File System Replication
• RecoverPoint replicates VMFS
– Enables VMFS replication and protection of entire ESX Server
– vCenter integration ensures all VM volumes on all ESX machines are protected
PRIMARY PRODUCTION SITE
Fibre Channel
DISASTER RECOVERY SITE
ESX Server
CG1
Production ESX
Server 1
CLARiiON or
fabric-based
splitter
VMFS
VMFS
VMFS
VMFS
VMFS
VMFS
CLARiiON or
fabric-based
splitter
Virtual Virtual
Machine Machine
A1
A2
SAN
Virtual Virtual
Machine Machine
B1
B2
Virtual Virtual Virtual
Machine Machine Machine
A1
B1
C1
CG2
SAN
VMFS
VMFS
VMFS
Production ESX
Server 2
VMFS
VMFS
VMFS
Virtual Virtual
Machine Machine
C1
C2
Virtual Virtual Virtual
Machine Machine Machine
A2
B2
C2
WAN
RecoverPoint
U S E
RecoverPoint
Standby Virtual
Machine
C A S E
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Splitter Recommendations for VMware
ESX
Splitter
Type Features
Windows Host Splitter
CLARiiON Splitter
Brocade/Cisco Fabric Splitter
Physical RDM support
Yes
Yes
Yes
VMFS support
No
Yes
Yes
VMotion support
No
Yes
Yes
VMware DRS support
No
Yes
Yes
VMware SRM support
No
Yes
Yes
P2V replication support
RDM/P only
Yes
Yes
V2V replication support
RDM/P only
Yes
Yes
Guest operating system BFS
replication
RDM/P only
RDM/P and VMFS
RDM/P and VMFS
ESX BFS replication support
No
Yes
Yes
Maximum number of guests
supported per ESX Server
128 (VMware limit)
N/A
N/A
Maximum number of volumes
255 per guest
255 per guest, 1,024 maximum
255 per guest, 1,024 maximum
Heterogeneous array support
EMC CLARiiON CX series
and Symmetrix DMX series
only
EMC CLARiiON CX4 or CX3;
Celerra NS20, NS40, NS80,
NS120, NS480, NS960 over Fibre
Channel only
Yes
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