Data Management Solutions for Virtualization
Simon Tippett
CommVault Pre-Sales
Simpana9: Ranked #1 for Virtual Server Backup
Virtual Server Agent
• CommVault has been positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant in
Gartner’s 2011 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Disk-Based
Backup and Recovery
• Market leadership position – Leader in Gartner MQ and DCIG
• Universal Virtualization solution Supporting VMware,
Microsoft, and XEN
• Modernized Protection - Snap/Backup/Cloud – deep integration
with Dell storage platforms--Compellent due shortly…
• Bridges P2V – Migrate or Recover into VM, Recover cross
platform (VMware to Microsoft)
• Resource Monitoring - SRM for Infrastructure, VMs, Guest
Hosts integrated with backup indexes and extends into archive
use-cases
• Application Aware VM backups including content mining
(msg/docs) for compliance/archive/discovery
• Global inline deduplication: across all source targets, backup
and archive) – maximizes reduction, extends deduplication to the
cloud
• Modular solution – deliver in small footprint kit stretch to the full
Enterprise breadth
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Agenda
VStorage deduped backups for DR
Simplify VM Backup and DR deduplication
Storage profiling for VSphere environments
How backup metadata can help streamline a VM
environment
Zero impact Backup with VStorage Hardware
Snapshots
Making hardware snapshots part of your VM backup
strategy
General Features
Challenges in the new Data Center
Familiar Challenges but new parameters require shift in thinking
SnapProtect for
hardware snapshot
based protection
Protection
•
Not enough time to move data
Recovery
•
Full System and Granular Recovery
DR and
Retention
•
Create DR and Retention copies
effectively and economically
Secondary Copy
with Deduplication
and DASH Copy
Manage and
Monitor
•
•
Minimize time spent managing
Integrated reports for all servers
Auto-Discovery,
integrated SRM
and Archiving
Old Data
•
•
Store data offline
Email, Documents and File’s
Archiving IDA’s
Full VM and File
Level Recovery
Agenda
VStorage deduped backups for DR
Simplify VM Backup and DR with deduplication
Storage profiling for VSphere environments
How backup metadata can help streamline a VM
environment
Zero impact Backup with VStorage Hardware
Snapshots
Making hardware snapshots part of your VM backup
strategy
General Features
Eliminating Repeated Data
Targeting the Cost of Recovery and Retention
Online Data
Managed
Copies
Job1
Job2
Job3
Content Alignment
Variable Block
Dedupe
Engine
Nearline
Backups
Offline
Vaults or
the Cloud
90%+
reduction
Data-Dedupe
Store
Normal Disk
Store
75%+
reduction
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Working Smarter and Faster at the Source
Shrink the Window, Optimize Movement to All Tiers
CV offers a true single solution.
source
Check in
One check box, one
architecture, one set of
shared resources, one
operational view
target
MA
Check in
DDB
Dedupe Variable Data
Store (Pool)
(up to 180TB per pool)
MA
Source-Side Option: Smarter clients that
dedupe inline, reducing 90%+ amounts
transferred which shrink backup windows by
50%
DASH Copies: All tiered copies /MediaAgent
(MA) are now dedupe enabled to deliver speed,
reduce loads and unleash the full array of
“open” targets to drive copies across your tiers,
including dedupe direct to cloud.
DASH Full: Dedupe optimized synthetic
backup – reducing processing time from 20 hrs
to 20 minutes.
Dedupe Accelerated Streaming Hash (Fast, quick)
Global Dedupe Store: Expands dedupe pool
to comprise many Storage Policies – offering
higher reduction scenarios
DDB Engine Upgrade: Increases Store scale
(50%), doubles performance, adds resilient
self-healing/automatic-recovery.
..oh yes, it can be set at one place too (SP).
Bonus Round: Adding variable block
segmentation optimization, …
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Configuration Option 1: No physical servers
Leverage VMs for protection
Shared Disk Library with Virtual MA’s
Each VSA Server is a virtual machine that
manages a group of ~50 VMs with VADP
-DISK / VOL /FILE Mode
Snap/Mount/Read
• Leverage HotAdd mode in VSA
client
VSA Server
VSA Server
VSA Server
VSA Server
MA
MA
MA
MA
Windows
Windows
Windows
Windows
• MediaAgent collocated with VSA
Virtual Server. Ensure virtual
server hosting VSA/MA meets MA
sizing requirements
• DeDupe on Media agents
Virtual Layer
Physical Layer
Backup Copies
Open Disk
Shared File System
(NAS or CFS)
• Disk Library on a NAS share or Shared
Static mode
• For deduplication, host dedupe
database (DDB) on dedicated physical
DDB managers.
Configuration Option 2: Higher Fan-in
Virtual VSA with Physical MA
Shared Storage Policy / DataMover
Each VSA Server is a virtual machine that
manages a group of ~50 VMs with VADP
-DISK / VOL /FILE Mode
Snap/Mount/Read
HotAdd VM hosting VSA client
VSA
Server
VSA
Server
VSA
Server
Data transferred over the LAN to
MediaAgent
VSA
Server
Source Side DeDupe
Virtual Layer
• Physical MediaAgent with primary on disk library
using local index cache
Physical Layer
MA
• Dedupe Database
• Size # of MAs based on data size and throughput
needs, independent on # of VSA agents
Backup Copies
Open Disk
Cloud
Tape
Protection Copies
Deduplicated, Encrypted, Tiered
Configuration Option 3: 100% LAN free
Physical VSA/MA
Physical server hosting VSA Client/ MA
VSA Server is a physical machine that
manages subclients grouped by datastores
-DISK / VOL /FILE Mode
Snap/Mount/Read
Virtual Layer
VSA agent and MediaAgent on
physical server for SAN only
backup - no data transferred over
the LAN.
Physical Layer
Data Stores
SAN
VSA
VADP
SAN
• Backup policies grouped by
datastore for maximum
performance
MA
Protection Copies
Deduplicated,
Encrypted, Tiered
Backup Copies
Open Disk
Cloud
Tape
• Size physical server for
maximum possible I/O, including
dedicated HBA to access
datastores
• Physical server can also host
DDB if hardware requirements
are met.
DASH Copy – Copy Incremental Blocks
Description
AuxCopy just got a lot smarter. Deduped copies
can now be created faster while minimizing
transfer and processing by using the new
Dedupe Accelerated Streaming Hash (DASH)
method.
Benefits
Resiliency: Bandwidth throttle, job based
confirmation, robust network options,
HTTP/S security, restart-ability, multistreaming , and reporting
Low Impact: No rehydration, fast
asynchronous copy movement of just the
changed blocks to the new copy (DDB)
MA W/L/U
Remote Copy 1
DDB-1
MA W/L/U
Retain 5 days
DC Copy 2
DDB-2
Retain 30 days
MA W/L/U
Performance: On fast networks, read,
compare and move (no rehashing-LAN
mode) between any MA-OS, or switch to
cache mode for WAN-mode (minimizing
network lookups)
Full Copy Mgmt Options: Independent
copy retention, selective rules, data
verification, job aging flags,
DR Copy 3
DDB-3
Retain 15days
“Move just the changed
blocks between any MA/copy”
Automated Restore
Agenda
VStorage deduped backups for DR
Simplify VM Backup and DR deduplication
Storage profiling for VSphere environments
How backup metadata can help streamline a VM
environment
Zero impact Backup with VStorage Hardware
Snapshots
Making hardware snapshots part of your VM backup
strategy
General Features
Simplified Data Management
Backup opens a full spectrum of options to utilize your data
Restore
VM Full Image Browse/ Restore
VM File Level Image Browse/ Restore
Analyze
ESX or VM Level Operational Analytics
VM File Contents Analytics
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Manageability and Monitoring
Storage Resource Management
Description
Benefits
Integrated SRM for reports describing the
physical environment as well as the
contents of individual VMs
No impact data collection:
Reuse backup catalog.
File Level Analytics:
In-depth file
level analysis and trending VM files
Integrated vCenter
View in Console
Integrated Archiving:
Automatically archive files inside VMs
based on reports
Actionable Reports: File level
analytics to make decisions on VM
location.
“360 degree view of the
physical and virtual
resources”
Agenda
VStorage deduped backups for DR
Simplify VM Backup and DR with deduplication
Storage profiling for VSphere environments
How backup metadata can help streamline a VM
environment
Zero impact Backup with VStorage Hardware
Snapshots
Making hardware snapshots part of your VM backup
strategy
General Features
SnapProtect™ for Virtual Servers
Use rapid fire creation of persistent recovery copies by embracing and extending
native HW snapshots
Protect 500 VMs in under 17 minutes
Application Consistent Protection
# of
VMs
1000s
Granular File Level Recovery
Multiple RPOs per day
500
VADP
Storage Array Independent
100
VCB
Minutes
Hours
Time to Backup
SnapProtect for VSA
Leverage Hardware Snapshots for fast recovery copies
Benefits
Description
Rapid fire creation of persistent recovery copies
using native snapshot technologies in storage arrays
Protect 100s of VMs in minutes:
With minimal impact on production VMs
Multiple RPOs per day: Recover back
to a few hours ago.
Hardware Independent: Supports a
Virtual Machine Pool
wide variety of Storage Arrays
ESX Server Pool
Selective Tier 2 Backups for DR:
Data Stores on VMFS
Move selective snapshots to backup copies
using VADP
8 hr
16 hr
24 hr
Fast
Recovery
Copies
Data Store Pool
VSA
MA
SPC
Storage
SPC/VSA on
VM on ESX
Proxy
Embedded Deduplication: For
secondary copies
Application Aware
ESXi Proxy
Backup Copies
Open Disk
Cloud
Tape
“Enable rapid switch to the
modern data center with
confidence”
Agenda
VStorage deduped backups for DR
Simplify VM Backup and DR with deduplication
Storage profiling for VSphere environments
How backup metadata can help streamline a VM
environment
Zero impact Backup with VStorage Hardware
Snapshots
Making hardware snapshots part of your VM backup
strategy
General Features
Auto-Discovery and Protection of VMs
Automatically add new VMs to backup policies based on pre-defined rules. Catch-all
policy protects VMs that do not qualify for any protection policy
No More Manual Deploy and Configure
Eliminate VM Detective Work
Variety of Discovery Rules Available
Manual Discovery Override
Policies to Customize Your SLA
Automatically Optimize Resources
Auto-Discovery Rules
Description
Automatically add new VMs to backup
policies based on pre-defined rules.
Catch-all policy protects VMs that do not
qualify for any protection policy
Benefits
 Minimal Administrative Effort: Configure and
forget policy automatically protects new VMs,
freeing admins from the daily time consuming
burden of finding and manually adding new VMs.
 Customized SLA: Apply distinct protection
policies to VMs depending on their importance (or
agreed SLAs)
 Enables workload distribution for faster
protection operations: Data Store Affinity
ensures backup workload is equally distributed
across all data stores while preventing a single
data store from being overloaded.
 Variety of Rules available: Including Data Store
affinity, Cluster affinity, ESX affinity, Resource
Pool affinity, OS affinity, etc.
 Manual Discovery Override: Option to manually
add VMs for greater control for those critical,
must watch VMs.
“Save time and effort
hunting down VMs”
Highlight VSA features
Restore Virtual Machine in place
Overwrite existing machine
Convert VMDK files to Thick or Thin disk
provisioning
Multiple datastore restore for VM’s with
multiple disks
Linux file level restore from images
One step restores (no license agents)
Licensing Flexibility
Manage your environment, not your licenses
Description
Capacity Based licensing (CLA) allows unlimited
deployment of agents. Restore-only lightweight
agents consume no capacity nor add workload.
Benefits
License for Production Data
Size: Enables all backup, archive,
replication and reporting
Unlimited agents
Dashboard view to measure
usage
Trending for future capacity
planning
Restore only mode for direct
restore into VMs: No workload, no
license.
“Simple. Lightweight agents
inside VM have no workload”
Summary
Simpana® Software completely modernizes data
management and protection for virtual server environments.
Backup 100’s of VMs in a matter of minutes
Scale seamlessly to protect 1000s of VMs
Integrated granular file-level recovery
Auto-discovery & protection policies
Integrated SRM capabilities
Simplified licensing – capacity based
Solves Physical, Virtual, and All that Lies Between