Backup Exec 2012 Agents and Options

Markku A Suistola Principal Presales Consultant

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Backup Exec 2012 Architecture Overview

Understanding the technology workflow

Backup Exec 2012

Backup Exec 2012 Core Components

Options

• Enterprise Server • Data Deduplication • File/E-mail Archiving • NDMP • Centralized Management

Agents (Physical servers)

• Protects remote systems • Windows, Linux, and Mac • Databases and applications • VMware/Hyper-V (agent-less or

agent-assisted)

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Backup Exec Server

• Backup data sent from agents to media server for storage

• Disk or tape backup devices

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Physical Servers

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Virtual Servers

Backup – Software, Whatever Your Needs

Backup Exec 2012

Backup Exec Small Business Edition

Backup Exec Capacity Licensing

4-17 Servers 71-999 Seats

1-3 Servers 3-70 Seats

18+ Servers 1000+ Seats

Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition

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Capacity Licensing Single SKU Protects an entire

site

Metered Per TB

Includes:

Backup Exec 2012

Unlimited Agent for Windows®

Unlimited Agent for Linux®

Deduplication

Unlimited Agent for Applications and Databases,

Unlimited Agent for VMware® and Hyper-V®

Agent for Mac®

DLO not included

Backup Exec 3600 Appliance

Symantec Desktop Laptop Option

Backup Exec 1. Backup Exec Server

2. Agent for Windows/Linux/Mac

3. Remote Media Agent for Linux

4. Application Agent

5. Virtualization Agent

6. Deduplication Option

7. File System Archiving Option

8. Exchange Mailbox Archiving Option 1-10

9. Enterprise Server Option

10.NDMP Option (per device)

11.Library Expansion Option (per device)

12.VTL Unlimited Drive Option (per device)

• DLO not included

Backup Exec Small Business Edition

Manage multiple instances of Backup Exec Small Business Edition

Self-contained

• Protects an entire server, can be scaled to protect up to 3 servers in total

Microsoft Servers Supported

• Windows (all Editions), SQL®, Exchange® SharePoint®,

Active Directory®, Hyper-V

Integrated System Recovery

Virtual Conversions

Backup Destinations

• Disk (B2D)/Local Tape

DLO not included

Backup Exec 2012 Edition To Protect Virtual Environments

Metering based on number of cores (multiples of 2); OPL generic meter: per processor

Agent for Applications and

Databases Deduplication

Option

Agent for VMware and

Hyper-V

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Protection For Virtualized Infrastructures

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License Consolidation

• Agent for Applications and Databases includes:

– Agent for Exchange

– Agent for SQL

– Agent for SharePoint

– Active Directory Recovery Agent

– Agent for Enterprise Vault

– Agent for Oracle

– Agent for Lotus

• Also includes an Agent for Linux and an Agent for Windows

• Option eval will have one clock for all 7 options.

• Should have one Agent for Applications and Databases for each protected resource.

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License Consolidation

• Agent for VMware and Hyper-V:

– Agent for VMware

– Agent for Hyper-V

• Also includes an Agent for Linux and an Agent for Windows.

• Should have one Agent for each host.

• Option eval uses one clock for both underlying agents.

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Application And Database agents Advanced and modern protection technology used to protect business critical applications and databases

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Restore granular Exchange, SQL,

SharePoint, and Active Directory Data in

Seconds: • Individual Mailboxes

• E-mails • Private or Public

Folders • Calendar Items

• Tasks • User Accounts or

Attributes • SQL Databases

Granular Recovery for Physical and Virtual

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Backup Exec™ 2012 Server + Virtual Agent

Single-pass Backup of Virtual Guest Systems

VMware or Hyper-V Running Virtualized Application Servers

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Symantec V-Ray

Exchange New Feature: Redirected Restore to PST

• Server Redirection

– Can redirect to media server ( localhost ) or RAWS

– Outlook 2003/2007/32-bit 2010 required on target server

– User specifies local path on target server

• File Naming Convention

– Engine creates PST file names matching mailbox display name in UI

– File name collisions handled with ‘(n)’ suffix • Gary Stoops [gstoops].pst

• Gary Stoops [gstoops](1).pst

• Gary Stoops [gstoops](2).pst

• File Size Limitations

– Outlook 2003/2007 20GB limit

– Engine will span mailbox data across multiple PST files when span threshold is reached

– Default 20GB span threshold can be modified by registry key

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SharePoint Agent Enhancements Overview

• New Backup Options

– Block Level Incremental and Differential Backup Support

– Removal of Log backup support

• New Restore Workflows

– Specific workflows for the data type being restored

• Individual item restore (GRT)

• Web Application or Portal Site restore

• Other farm components

• Search for items to restore

• Legacy / previous versions

– Individual item restore (GRT) from incremental or differential backup

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SharePoint Agent Enhancements Overview (cont’d)

• Cross Site Restore

– Individual item restore to other destinations within SharePoint

– No longer limited to restoring only to original location, or restoring to the filesystem

• Enhanced Search

– Search for specific SharePoint data types

– Restore directly from the search result

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New Backup Options

• Block Level Differential Backup

– Snapshot-based backup required

– Individual item restore supported

• Block Level Incremental Backup

– Snapshot-based backup required

– Individual item restore supported

• Removal of Log Backup Support

– Exception instructs user to change recovery model to “Simple”

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Incremental

Differential

Delayed Cataloging

• Catalog search

– Great improvement compared to previous versions of BE not only on the functionalities, but also on the performance.

• Support guided search

• Greatly performance improvement

• Provide direct restore from search results

• Delta GRT catalog for Exchange and Sharepoint greatly saves disk storage usage.

• Delay cataloging design greatly reduces backup window by releasing the device post backup

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Virtual Machine Protection Advanced and modern protection technology designed specifically for virtual environments

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VMware Virtual Machine Discovery

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LAN (Discovery)

SAN (Data Transport)

vSphere Server

Virtual Machines

Backup Exec Server +Agent for VMware and Hyper-V

Data Store

VMware Virtual Machine Discovery Methods:

• Enter vSphere/vCenter hostname or IP address into Backup Exec interface

• Virtual machines then available for backup selection

Hyper-V Virtual Machine Discovery

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Backup Exec Server +Agent for VMware and Hyper-V

LAN (Discovery and Data Transport)

Hyper-V Server

Virtual Machines

AWS

Hyper-V Virtual Machine Discovery Methods:

• Deploy Agent for Windows Systems (AWS) to Hyper-V host

• Virtual machines then available for backup selection

Virtual Machine Backup Methods

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Agentless (file servers) Agent-assisted (application servers)

Agentless

• Image-level backup (agentless)

• Restore full virtual machine or files/folders

• VMware vStorage API for Data Protection (VADP) integration

Agent-assisted

• Image-level backup (agentless)

• Agent within VM adds application-level intelligence

–Restore full virtual machine –Restore application

–Restore application objects –Restore files/folders

• Integrated with VDAP

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Symantec V-Ray

Agentless, Agent-assisted, or Agent-based

Agent-based

• Legacy agent-based backup

• Not image-based

• Local agent gathers and transmits data to backup server

• No integration with VDAP

Virtual Machine Deduplication Stream Handlers

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Symantec V-Ray

• Intelligent Stream Handlers for VMDK and VHD Files

• Deduplication Blocks Align to File Extent Boundaries

• Data Changes Result in Fewer Unique Blocks; Increased Efficiency

• Applies to Image-level Backups of Virtual Machines

File Segment File Segment

Block

128k

File Seg.

Block Block Bl.

128k 128k 32k

Block

128k

Block

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Block

128k

VMDK/VHD Backup With Deduplication

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Enterprise Server Option

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Introduction

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Backup Exec 2012 Enterprise Server Option

• Central Admin Server Option (CASO)

– Management of large and distributed Backup Exec environments

– Centralized management and monitoring

– Load balancing of backup operations

– Centralization of backup data

– Offsite disaster recovery management

• Advanced Disk Backup Option (ADBO)

– Synthetic backups

– True Image Restore

– Off host backups

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Central Admin Server (CAS)

• Backup Exec Server with CASO Installed

• Can Bring Other BE Servers Under Management

• Can Deploy New Managed BE Servers

Managed Backup Exec Servers

Backup Exec 2012 CAS Server

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CASO Load Balancing Features

• Backup Server Pools

– Managed Backup Exec servers can be defined in pools

– Servers can be a part of more than one backup server pool

– Can prevent task processing bottlenecks

– Only available with a CAS

Backup Server Pool

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CASO Load Balancing Features

• Storage Device Pools

– Backup devices can also be configured into pools

– Pools can only include devices of the same type (e.g. tape pool, disk pool)

– Can prevent task processing bottlenecks

Storage Device Pool

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CASO Load Balancing Features

• Task Delegation

– CAS can delegate backup and restore tasks

– Tasks can be delegated to server/device pools

– If a particular MBES or device is unavailable, others in the pool considered

Backup Exec 2012 CAS Server Device

Busy

Device Offline

Device Ready

Backup Exec 2012 Server Pool

Job Dispatch

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Backup Exec Private Cloud Services

• Designed for MSPs and Distributed Environments

• Enables Backup Over Internet to Private Cloud As Alternative to Tape at Remote Customers/Sites

Central Backup Exec Server CAS and Offsite Data Store

Local Backup Exec Server

Local Backup Exec Server

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Example CASO Configurations

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Centralized Data Center

Backup Exec 2012 CAS Server

Managed Backup Exec 2012 Server

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Centralized Data Center with Remote Sites

Managed Backup Exec Servers Central Site

Remote Office 1

Remote Office 2

WAN

Backup Exec 2012 CAS Server

VPN Secured

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Questions? Demo…

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