Data Management Solutions for Virtualization Simon Tippett CommVault Pre-Sales

Data Management Solutions for Virtualization

Simon TippettCommVault Pre-Sales

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Simpana9: Ranked #1 for Virtual Server Backup

Virtual Server Agent• 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

• CommVault has been positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant in Gartner’s 2011 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Disk-Based Backup and Recovery

Agenda

VStorage deduped backups for DRSimplify VM Backup and DR deduplication

Storage profiling for VSphere environmentsHow backup metadata can help streamline a VM environment

Zero impact Backup with VStorage Hardware SnapshotsMaking hardware snapshots part of your VM backup strategy

General Features

Challenges in the new Data CenterFamiliar Challenges but new parameters require shift in thinking

Protection • Not enough time to move data

Recovery • Full System and Granular Recovery

DR and Retention

• Create DR and Retention copies effectively and economically

Manage and Monitor

• Minimize time spent managing• Integrated reports for all servers

Old Data• Store data offline• Email, Documents and File’s

SnapProtect for hardware snapshot

based protection

Full VM and File Level Recovery

Secondary Copy with Deduplication

and DASH Copy

Auto-Discovery, integrated SRM and Archiving

Archiving IDA’s

Agenda

VStorage deduped backups for DRSimplify VM Backup and DR with deduplication



General Features

Offline Vaults or the Cloud

75%+ reduction

Job1 Job2 Job3Managed Copies

Online Data

Nearline Backups

Dedupe Engine

90%+ reduction

Data-Dedupe Store Normal Disk

Store

Eliminating Repeated Data Targeting the Cost of Recovery and Retention

Content AlignmentVariable Block

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CV offers a true single solution.

MAMA

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Check in

..oh yes, it can be set at one place too (SP).

One check box, one architecture, one set of shared resources, one

operational viewDedupe Variable Data

Store (Pool) (up to 180TB per pool)

DDBCheck in

Source-Side Option: Smarter clients that dedupe inline, reducing 90%+ amounts transferred which shrink backup windows by 50%

Working Smarter and Faster at the Source Shrink the Window, Optimize Movement to All Tiers

source

target

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.

Bonus Round: Adding variable block segmentation optimization, …

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)

Configuration Option 1: No physical serversLeverage VMs for protection

Each VSA Server is a virtual machine that manages a group of ~50 VMs with VADP

• Leverage HotAdd mode in VSA client

• MediaAgent collocated with VSA Virtual Server. Ensure virtual server hosting VSA/MA meets MA sizing requirements

• DeDupe on Media agents

-DISK / VOL /FILE ModeSnap/Mount/Read

Windows

MA

VSA Server

Virtual Layer

Physical Layer

Windows

MA

VSA Server

Windows

MA

VSA Server

Windows

MA

VSA Server

• Disk Library on a NAS share or Shared Static mode

• For deduplication, host dedupe database (DDB) on dedicated physical DDB managers.

Backup CopiesShared File System

(NAS or CFS)Open Disk

Shared Disk Library with Virtual MA’s

Configuration Option 2: Higher Fan-inVirtual VSA with Physical MA

MA

VSA Server

VSA Server

Each VSA Server is a virtual machine that manages a group of ~50 VMs with VADP

HotAdd VM hosting VSA client

Data transferred over the LAN to MediaAgent

Source Side DeDupe


• Physical MediaAgent with primary on disk library using local index cache

• Dedupe Database

• Size # of MAs based on data size and throughput needs, independent on # of VSA agents

VSA Server

VSA Server

Virtual Layer

Physical Layer

Backup CopiesProtection Copies

Deduplicated, Encrypted, TieredOpen Disk TapeCloud

Shared Storage Policy / DataMover

MA

VSA Server is a physical machine that manages subclients grouped by datastores


VSA agent and MediaAgent on physical server for SAN only backup - no data transferred over the LAN.

• Backup policies grouped by datastore for maximum performance

• 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.

Virtual Layer

Physical LayerData Stores

SAN SANVSA

VADP

Physical server hosting VSA Client/ MA

Backup CopiesProtection CopiesDeduplicated,

Encrypted, TieredOpen Disk TapeCloud

Configuration Option 3: 100% LAN freePhysical VSA/MA

DASH Copy – Copy Incremental Blocks

DescriptionAuxCopy 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, multi-streaming , and reporting

Low Impact: No rehydration, fast asynchronous copy movement of just the changed blocks to the new copy (DDB)

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,

“Move just the changed blocks between any MA/copy”

DDB-3

DC Copy 2

DR Copy 3

Retain 15days

DDB-2

Remote Copy 1DDB-1

Retain 5 days

Retain 30 days

W/L/U

W/L/U

W/L/U

Automated Restore

Agenda

VStorage deduped backups for DRSimplify VM Backup and DR deduplication



General Features

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Simplified Data Management Backup opens a full spectrum of options to utilize your data

ESX or VM Level Operational Analytics

VM Full Image Browse/ Restore

VM File Level Image Browse/ Restore

VM File Contents Analytics

Restore

Analyze

Manageability and Monitoring

Storage Resource Management

Description

Integrated SRM for reports describing the physical environment as well as the contents of individual VMs

Benefits

No impact data collection: Reuse backup catalog.

File Level Analytics: In-depth file level analysis and trending VM files

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”

Integrated vCenter View in Console

Agenda




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

Granular File Level Recovery

Multiple RPOs per day

Storage Array Independent

# of VMs

1000s

Time to Backup

Minutes

500

100

Hours

VCB

VADP

Data Store Pool

ESXi Proxy

SnapProtect for VSALeverage Hardware Snapshots for fast recovery copies

Description Benefits

Fast Recovery

Copies

Backup CopiesOpen Disk TapeCloud

VSA

MA

SPC

SPC/VSA on VM on ESX

Proxy

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 wide variety of Storage Arrays

Selective Tier 2 Backups for DR: Move selective snapshots to backup copies using VADP

Embedded Deduplication: For secondary copies

Application Aware

“Enable rapid switch to the modern data center with

confidence”

Storage

Virtual Machine Pool

ESX Server Pool

Data Stores on VMFS

8 hr16 hr

24 hr

Agenda




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 FlexibilityManage 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

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

Simpana® Software completely modernizes data management and protection for virtual server environments.

Solves Physical, Virtual, and All that Lies Between