EMC Solutions for VMware

Feb/March Webcast Schedule

Join us for EMC Solutions for VMware webcasts

Every Thursday at 11:00 AM ET – www.emc.com/emclive

y Today’s Webcast: VMware Data Protection with Deduplication

y 2/18 - Unstoppable Computing for the Small-to-Medium Business
– http://info.emc.com/mk/get/DBM6065-3449_raf_lp?reg_src=IN
y 2/25 - Virtualizing Desktops - An Inside Look at EMC IT
– http://info.emc.com/mk/get/DBM6065-3450_raf_lp?reg_src=IN
y 3/04 - EMC's IT Virtualization Journey – Updated
– http://info.emc.com/mk/get/DBM6417-4298_raf_lp?reg_src=IN
y 3/11 - VMware on EMC Celerra NFS
– http://info.emc.com/mk/get/DBM6417-4299_raf_lp?reg_src=IN
y 3/18 - EMC Proven Solutions for VMware View
– http://info.emc.com/mk/get/DBM6417-4300_raf_lp?reg_src=IN
y 3/25 - Securing VMware Desktop and Server Environments with RSA
– http://info.emc.com/mk/get/DBM6417-4301_raf_lp?reg_src=IN
1
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 EMC Data Protection Approaches
for VMware Environments

Tom Martin
EMC Avamar

© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.

 EMC Avamar

Avamar Software Revolutionizes Backup with Global,

Agent-only or deployed Source Data Deduplication
on qualified, industry
standard servers
y Enables fast, daily full backups across existing
physical and virtual infrastructure
– Reduces daily backup times up to 10x
– Reduces daily network bandwidth impact up
Avamar Data Store to 500x
Fully integrated software/
hardware solution y Deduplicates across sites and servers for
maximum efficiency
– Reduces total disk backup storage by up to
50x
y Provides centralized web-based management
Avamar Virtual
Edition for VMware y Stores full backups on disk for extended period of
Avamar
VM
Avamar server deployed time
as a virtual appliance

3
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 How Avamar’s Source Deduplication Works

Global Data Deduplication Instances

n Client agent scans the o Modified files broken p Only unique
data for changes into sub-file variable sub-file segments
length segments are backed up

Queries local file cache Compresses and applies a hash

to identify and disregard to each object
static files
Queries local hash cache, and
then the Avamar server to
determine if objects are unique Avamar Data Store
or Avamar server

4
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 Avamar Real World Results
Avamar daily full backups vs. traditional daily full backups

Amount of Amount of Daily

Data Type Primary Data Data Moved Deduplication
Backed Up Daily Ratio

Windows file systems 3,573 GB 6.1 GB 586:1

Mix of Windows, Linux, and UNIX file systems 5,097 GB 11.7 GB 436:1

Engineering files on NAS (NDMP backups) 3,265 GB 24.2 GB 135:1

Mix of 20 percent databases, 80 percent

9,583 GB 80.0 GB 120:1
file systems (Windows and UNIX)

Mix of Linux file systems and databases 7,831 GB 104.2 GB 75:1

Source: EMC

5
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 Virtualization Backup and Recovery
Challenges

Virtualization changes the IT paradigm…backup must evolve to

deliver even greater consolidation and value

Old Paradigm New Paradigm

Physical Environment: Low overall server Virtual Environment: High overall server
utilization and plenty of bandwidth for backup utilization and little bandwidth for backup

100% 100%
CPU Utilization

CPU Utilization
80 80
% %
60% 60%
ESXServer
40% 40%
Hardware
20% 20%
0% 0%
Shared Physical Resources
Server A Server B Server C Virtual Virtual Virtual
Server A Server B Server C

20 percent resource utilization 80 percent resource utilization

6
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 Avamar Delivers Optimized Backup
for VMware

Traditional Backup
Up to…
y 95 percent reduction in data moved
y 90 percent reduction in backup times
y 50 percent reduction in disk impact
y 95 percent reduction in NIC usage
y 80 percent reduction in CPU usage
y 50 percent reduction in memory usage
Avamar Backup
All backups are stored as “virtual full
backups,” ready for immediate restore
Maintains effective consolidation ratios
without overtaxing CPU utilization

7
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 Avamar’s Source-based Client Backup
Solutions

VMware Guest OS Backup vStorage APIs for Data Protection

Resource
Pool

VMware Virtualization Layer

x86 Architecture

= Avamar Software Agent = Avamar Software Agent

Avamar client software runs Avamar client software runs

directly on each virtual machine on the proxy server, hosted on a VM

8
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 Avamar Backup for VMware Guest

y Guest level backup involves installing an Avamar

Agent inside each Virtual Machine.
y This method is the most common method used in
deployments, due to the many advantages.
y Configuration is no different than a physical server with
this method. No advance scripting or configuration is
Resource needed. The only configuration beyond basic client
Pool would be to support a specific application (ie: SQL,
Oracle, Exchange)
VMware Virtualization Layer y Deduplicates data within the virtual machine before
any data is moved
x86 Architecture y Moves minimal backup data
– Reduces resource contention
– Accelerates backups
= Avamar Software Agent
y Optimizes consolidation ratios
y Avamar Agents for:
– OS: Windows, LINUX, Solaris
– DB: Oracle, SQL, Exchange

9
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 VMware Guest Backup Considerations

Requirements
• Avamar agent on each VM

Advantages
• Highest Level of deduplication
• Application Backup – SQL, Exchange, Oracle
• Allows for partial or file level restores
• Easily fits into most existing backup schemes
• Requires no advanced scripting or VMware knowledge
• Day to day procedures for backing up do not change

Considerations
• Although file level restores are one-step, a two step restore is required for full
system recovery

10
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 Backup for VMware Guest:
Avamar vs. Traditional Backup

Avamar vs. Traditional Backup

CPU Usage Network Usage Disk Usage

Disk Usage

1:20 p.m. 1:30 p.m.% 1:40 p.m. 1:20 p.m. 1:30 p.m.% 1:40 p.m. 1:20 p.m. 1:30 p.m.% 1:40 p.m.

Traditional Avamar
11
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 Avamar Backup & VMware vStorage API

• Single-step file & image-level

backups & restores
Proxy server Avamar • Option to leverage change block
Virtual Machines hosted on a VM - Server feature – greatly reduces backup
with Avamar agent
processing

How it Works
• Proxy server is hosted on a VM
• Avamar agent resides on the proxy
Mount to Proxy
– no data movement
VM
• Leveraging SCSI Hot Add, VMDK
Physical Server files are mounted to the proxy – no
data movement required
• Avamar deduplicates within and
across VMDK files
Storage
• Avamar replication provides DR
= Avamar Software Agent
for backed up VMDKs

12
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 vSphere Image Level Backup Considerations

Requirements
• Single Avamar agent hosted on a virtual proxy server

Advantages
• Backup resources are offloaded to a virtual proxy server
• Full image backups of running virtual machines
• File level backups for Windows and Linux virtual machines
• Image virtual disks are compressed
• Image recovery to same VM, new VM or on top of existing VM

Considerations
• Virtual proxy server must have access to backup target VM’s

13
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 EMC Advantages

y Overall Features
– Deduplication BUILT INTO the Avamar backup software for 50:1 media reduction
– Deduplication removes shared resource contention and network bandwidth issues
– RAIN, RAID and Replication BUILT INTO the product for high availability

y Guest level backups

– Easiest approach for file level backup and recovery
– All client agents are free
– Browse capability to recover a single file

y vStorage API integration (no scripts)

– Granular file-level restore from image-level backups (Windows)
– Changed-block integration for fast backups and full backup reconciliation on a daily
basis

y vCenter Integration
– Displays protected VMs, describes protection approach (guest versus image
– Identifies VMs that are not protected

14
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 vCenter Integration

FEATURES
• Integration provides discovery of VM’s and their associated groups in the
Avamar UI
• Ability to add individual VM’s or groups and define “image” and/or “guest”
backup policies
• Ability to define multiple VMware Image Proxies
• Ability to initiate VM image or guest backup/restore operations
• Ability to monitor backup/restore operations in the Activity Monitor
• Ability to view VM protection status (guest / image / none)

BENEFITS
• Simple views of whether VMs have been backed up or not, and simple ability to
remediate.
• Showing HOW a VM was backed up (guest, VM, not at all) and when.
• Automatically adding backup policy to virtual machines as they are added.

15
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 vCenter Integration Illustrated

16
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 Avamar and VMware View

Approach 1
VMware vCenter

y Application-consistent
backups for:
VMware Virtual
– vCenter database
Desktop Manager Avamar – Virtual Desktop Manager
Data – Active Directory
Store
– User home directories
Microsoft Active
Directory

Approach 2
Virtual Desktop
Templates
y Crash-consistent backups
Avamar Accelerator using the underlying
Node
storage and Replication
Manager
Centralized
Storage = Avamar Software Agent
User Home Directories

17
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 Avamar Server Backup Products

Avamar Data Store Avamar Virtual Edition

for VMware

Avamar
VM

VMware Virtualization Layer

x86 Architecture

Resource
Pool

Fully integrated
hardware/software product Single-node Avamar server
with single point of support running as a virtual machine

18
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 Avamar Data Store

Fully integrated software/hardware product

y Complete EMC backup and recovery product

– Avamar backup and recovery software with integrated
source/global data deduplication
– EMC-certified hardware—fully configured and delivered

y Built-in high availability

– Avamar RAIN technology
– Spare node, RAID
– REPLICATION

y Simplifies
– Purchase (single vendor, certified hardware)
– Deployment (minimizes onsite setup)
– Service (single vendor support)

19
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 Avamar Virtual Edition for VMware

Avamar
Avamar server software deployed as a virtual
Virtual
Edition appliance
y Industry’s first deduplication virtual appliance for
Avamar
backup, recovery, and disaster recovery
VM
y Leverages existing servers and storage
– Can utilize existing iSCSI, SAN or DAS disk storage

VMware Virtualization Layer y Replication (of applications and storage) eliminates

shipping tapes
x86 Architecture – Replicate between virtual Avamar servers and physical
Avamar servers
Resource
Pool y Facilitates rapid, cost-effective deployment and return
on investment
y Supports vMotion for deployment flexibility
y Up to two Avamar Virtual Edition virtual appliances per
ESX server for scalability

CHECK OUT OUR EVALUATION PROGRAM !!!

20
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 Avamar Deployment Options

Remote Offices with VMware Remote Offices without VMware

Avamar agent Avamar

moves data to VM
WAN
Avamar Virtual (ENCRYPTED) (ENCRYPTED)
Edition for
VMware; data is
then replicated to ESX Server
the corporate
data center
Hardware Avamar agent moves data to a physical Avamar
Single Node server; data is then replicated to the
(ENCRYPTED)
Resource corporate data center, OR an Avamar agent can
Pool back up directly to the data center over the WAN

VMware Virtualization Layer VMware Virtualization Layer VMware Virtualization Layer VMware Virtualization Layer VMware Virtualization Layer VMware Virtualization Layer

x86 Architecture x86 Architecture x86 Architecture x86 Architecture x86 Architecture x86 Architecture
Resource Resource Resource Resource Resource Resource
Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool

LAN/ SAN
SAN
Virtual
Proxy Server

VMware Data Center with Guest-Level Backup VMware Data Center with vStorage APIs for Data Protection
21
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.
 Thank You!

y Backup to Disk Deduplication

Calculator –
http://www.emc.com/collateral/demos/
microsites/emc-bura-
calculator/index.htm
y ESG Lab Validation Report Avamar –
http://www.emc.com/collateral/analyst-
reports/esg-avamar-lab-validation-
report.pdf
y Data Domain and VMware –
http://www.datadomain.com/solutions/
vmware.html

Questions? Comments?
vmwaresolutions@emc.com

22
© Copyright 2009 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.