賽門鐵克 NetBackup 7.5 完整簡報
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賽門鐵克 NetBackup 7.5 完整中文簡報, 其內容於 西元 2013 年 2 月更新, 歡迎自行閱讀. NetBackup 原本是 Veritas Software 的明星企業備份產品, 而 Veritas 在西元 2005 年和賽門鐵克合併. NetBackup 在 Gartner Report 中, 居於 Leadership 象限.
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- 1. NetBackup 7.5 Wales Chen (陳瑞文) 資深顧問 技術暨解決方案 NetBackup 7.5 1
- 2. 主題 • 核心與選項功能 • 與快照技術的整合 • 支援虛擬環境的備份與還原 • 提供最靈活的重複資料刪除功能 • 完整的監控及報表系統 • NetBackup 硬體裝置 NetBackup 7.5 2
- 3. 今日資訊防護的挑戰 50% 資料爆炸性成 長 • 儲存支出每年50-60% 高成長 • 資訊防護要無所不在 預算的壓力 • 預算要花在刀口上 • 人力更精簡, 但要做 的事只會更多 資料復原與事證 搜尋 資料中心再進化 • 資料不能快速復原嚴 重打擊使用者信心 • 遺失資料很快成為大 眾焦點 • 新的技術與管理工具 • 主機虛擬化, 整併與 雲端運算架構 *來源: IDC NetBackup 7.5 3
- 4. NetBackup – 領先業界的備份與復原 資料保護客戶群規模全球最大… 賽門鐵克在 VMware 備份方面 排名第一 共有 35,000 家企業客戶 Global 2000 大 企業 90% 全球最大的 企業分散式系統備份/復原 2010 年營收市場佔有率 Fortune 500 大 企業 99% 全球最大的醫 療保健業者 10 家中的 10 家 電信業者 10 家中的 10 家 全球最大的 金融服務業 10 家中的 10 家 賽門鐵克備份了全球 半數以上的企業資 訊。 總計市場佔有率為 35% – 備份/復原市場佔有率排名第一 NetBackup 7.5 • NetBackup – 在針對大型企業的 VMware、儲 存、複製管理和規模領域排名第一 • Backup Exec – 在針對中小企業的 Microsoft 應 用程式保護與簡易性方面排名第一 • V-Ray 技術 – BE 和 NetBackup 中均有提供，包 括支援重複資料刪除、VMware 等等 4
- 6. NetBackup 硬體裝置系列產品 具備重複資料刪除 的備份硬體裝置 重複資料刪除硬體 裝置 NetBackup 5220 NetBackup 5020 機身尺寸 2U 或 2U+3U 4U 可用容量 4TB – 36TB 32TB 重複資料刪除容量 至多 32TB 採用 6 個節點時至 多 192TB 主伺服器 媒體伺服器 全面刪除重複資料 SAN 用戶端 10Gb 乙太網路 複製 NetBackup 7.5 6
- 7. Symantec 重複資料刪除技術的差異性 高擴充性的「端對端」全面重複資料刪除 媒體伺服器選項 用戶端/來源 端伺服器 媒體 伺服器 2 NetBackup 5200 系列 NetBackup 5000 系列硬 體裝置 虛擬機器 3 1 內建的重複資料 刪除 虛擬/實體 內建的重複資料 刪除 媒體伺服器 備份伺服器硬體 裝置，擁有以下 功能： 內建重複資料刪 除 全面刪除重複資 料 16TB 192TB+ 全面刪除重複資料 NetBackup 7.5 7
- 8. 對資訊為主的企業提供完整的保護 簡單 & 完整的 虛擬主機保護 NetBackup 7.5 搭配全面性資 料保護提供更 好的災難備援 任何地方皆可 以執行重覆資 料刪除, 更接 近來源端 8
- 9. 領先業界的備份與復原 資料保護客戶群全球規模最大… 企業分散式系統備份/復原 2010 年營收市場佔有率 共有 35,000 家客戶。 賽門鐵克在 VMware 備 份方面排名 第一 Fortune 500 大 99% Global 2000 大 99% 全球最大的 電信業者 10 家中的 10 家 全球最大的 醫療保健業者 10 家中的 10 家 全球最大的 金融服務業者 10 家中的 10 家 企業用戶 • 35,000 家大型企業 • 150 萬家中小企業 總計市場佔有率為 35% – 備份/復原市場佔有率排名第一 • Symantec NetBackup™：在針對大型企業的 VMware、儲存、複製管理和規模領域排名第一。 • Symantec Backup Exec™：在針對中小企業的 Microsoft 應用程式保護與簡易性方面排名第一。 • Symantec™ V-Ray 技術：Backup Exec 和 NetBackup 中均有提供，包括支援重複資料刪除、 VMware 等等。 根據 Gartner, Inc. 於 2010 年 3 月 30 日由 Alan Dayley 撰寫之 2010 年全球儲存管理軟體市場佔有率的自訂資料。 NetBackup 7.5 9
- 13. 支援主流儲存硬體 • 支援主流磁帶機或磁帶櫃 – 磁帶錯誤及使用資訊 – Volume Pool 管理 (包括資料跨磁帶) – 讀寫頭清潔執行自動化 – 多個設備可同時存取資料 – 所有的伺服器平台可共享磁帶機 NetBackup 7.5 13
- 14. 提供資料快速還原 - D2D2T • 備份資料先暫存於磁碟, 可快速還原 • 可排程資料搬移至後端磁碟 / 磁帶, 做到 long-term 資料保存 Long-Term Restores NetBackup Client Short-Term Restores Backup to Disk NetBackup Media Server Migration to Long-Term Storage Disk Tape NetBackup 7.5 14
- 15. 一次產生多個備份, 縮短磁帶複製時間 – Inline Copy • 資料備份作業進行中也同時進行備份複製作業 Duplication Session Inline Copy Primary Backup Traditional Backup & Duplication Primary Backup Duplication Session Time NetBackup 7.5 15
- 16. 縮短備份時間 – 利用合成式備份 (Synthetic Backup) NetBackup Client NetBackup Media Server Disk Disk Full Backup NetBackup 7.5 Tape Full Backup Tape Synthetic Backup Full Backup 16
- 17. 具彈性的備份還原作業 — Checkpoint • 不成功的備份還原自動由最後一個時點自動繼續作業 • 管理員可手動暫停 checkpointed 備份還原作業, 之後再重啟 Job Start NetBackup 7.5 Job Resumed Job Suspended Job Finish 17
- 18. 透過磁帶多工, 整合備份資料 • 提升網路備份效能, 減低全備份對 client 及頻寬資源消耗 • 提升磁帶讀寫頭效率 • 每個讀寫頭最多一次可以多工處理32 個client 或檔案系統 備份 Client #1 Client #2 Multiplexed Data Stream Tape Library NetBackup Media Server NetBackup 7.5 18
- 19. 提供最完整的資料庫與應用程式保護 • 降低風險與複雜度: 資料庫 / 應用程式 專屬的代理程式 • 集中控管: 單一介面控管相關資料/應用程式的備份與還原 API Database or Logs NetBackup 7.5 NetBackup Database Agent NetBackup Master/ Media Server Tape, optical or disk media 19
- 21. 支援 NAS 的資料備份 – NDMP • 透過 NDMP 進行 NAS 設備的備份與回復 • 支援 Direct Access Restore (DAR) • NDMP 與其它設備 (透過 Shared Storage Option) 可共享磁帶 讀寫頭 LAN Tape Drive Tape Drive Local Backup NetBackup 7.5 Automated Tape Library Veritas NetBackup for NDMP Server 3-Way Backup Remote NDMP Backup 21
- 22. 允許磁帶櫃的資源分享 - Shared Storage Option 異質平台分享磁帶讀寫頭 LAN NDMP Host Server Fibre Channel Switch Automated Tape Library NetBackup 7.5 Bridge SCSI Automated Tape Library 22
- 23. 提供從用戶端到讀寫頭的加密功能 Support for Tape Drive/ Appliance LAN Client Encryption Client NBU SAN Media Server Encryption Media Server Option *Client Encryption now bundled in the NetBackup 6.5 Standard Client NetBackup 7.5 23
- 24. 提供磁帶異地存放流程與管理 – VAULT NetBackup 7.5 24
- 25. 提供主機系統還原功能 — Bare Metal Restore • 簡單自動的還原流程 • 可針對 資料庫 / 應用程式 還原 Bare Metal Restore™ • 由 NBU 單一控管介面即可管理 Step • 支援各主流平台 9. – 還原 Linux 伺服器 (Red Hat & SUSE) – 單一解決方案: Windows, Linux, 及 UNIX 8. 主 機 還 原 時 間 Reboot Load tape(s) and restore 7. 6. 快速還原 Reboot Reload backup software 5. Reboot 4. Reload OS Step 3. Reboot 3. Collect all 2. media 2. Repair 1. hardware 傳統方式 NetBackup 7.5 1. Reboot Click “Prepare to Restore” Repair hardware Bare Metal Restore 25
- 27. 減輕重要主機備份的負擔 – Off-Host Backup (Server-Free) • 有效利用各種快照機制 – Veritas Storage Foundation FlashSnap – 微軟 Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Client A Backup Server – 第三方硬體為主的解決方案 – EMC, HDS, HP, SUN 等等 • 優點 – 降低備份對主機 (Client A) 的負擔 – 支援各種資料庫/應用程式 (Oracle, SQL, DB2, Exchange) – 備份資料可由磁帶直接還原至主機 Client A – 支援精細檔案或子目錄還原 Primary Mirror Disk Array NetBackup 7.5 Tape Library 27
- 28. 進行更快速的備份 – FlashBackup • 實體備份, 輕盈的備份負載 (適用在有上百萬個小檔案的主機上) • 和硬體為主的解決方案比較起來更加省錢且精細 • 線上檔案系統的完整或異動備份 • 支援 NTFS, UFS, Online JFS 或 Veritas File System • 可回復單一檔案或路徑, 遠端或本地檔案系統 Raw Partition Backup 1. Map of file system is made 2. Physical backup begins File System NetBackup 7.5 3. For live data, old image is cached 4. Cached data is written to tape Cache 28
- 29. 更快速的備份且更快速的復原 – Accelerator 搭配加速工具的備份 完全 異動檔案追蹤 + 重複資料刪除 速度快 100 倍 復原 傳統備份 完全 – 整個檔案系統 增量 完全 + 增量復原 時間 NetBackup 7.5 29
- 30. 傳統的備份 1 • IO 負載: 高 Backup Server Client – 讀取全部 2 • CPU 負載: 一般 – 通常較低, 但是等待 時間長 Application 2 Backup agent 3 1 Backup server 3 • 網路負擔: 高 – 傳送所有資料 4 • 儲存空間負載: 高 4 File System – 儲存所有資料 / 包括重複的 Synthesis Engine NetBackup 7.5 30
- 31. 伺服器端重複資料刪除備份 Backup Server Client 1 • IO 負載: 高 – 讀取全部 2 • CPU 負載: 一般 – 通常較低, 但是等待 時間長 Application Backup agent 3 1 Dedupe Engine 2 Backup server 3 • 網路負擔: 高 – 傳送所有資料 4 • 儲存空間負載: 較低 4 – 僅針對獨有的資料 File System Synthesis Engine NetBackup 7.5 31
- 32. 用戶端重複資料刪除備份 1 • IO 負載: 高 Backup Server Client – 讀取全部 2 • CPU 負載: 高 – Compute signature Application 1 3 Dedupe Engine Dedup Backup agent 2 3 • 網路負載: 高 Backup server – 僅針對獨有的資料 4 • 儲存空間負載: 較低 – 僅針對獨有的資料 4 File System NetBackup 7.5 32
- 33. NetBackup 加速器 (Accelerator) Backup Server Client 1 • IO 負載: 低 – 僅針對易動的資料 2 • CPU 負載: 低 – Less signatures Application Accelerator agent 1 3 Synthesis Engine 2 3 • 網路負載: 低 Backup server – 僅針對獨有的資料 4 • 儲存空間負載: 低 – 僅針對獨有的資料 4 File System Change Tracking NetBackup 7.5 33
- 34. 全備份時間 – 臺灣某 XXX 券客戶環境實測 • 測試環境 – – – – – Windows 2003 ( 32 bit ) Qual Core CPU * 1 4G RAM 檔案數 : 1百24萬(1,244,910) 資料量 : 289GB • 傳統全備份 – 第一次全備份時間 : 07:16:56 ( 1,244,910 / 289GB) – 第二次全備份時間 : 07:16:56 ( 1,244,910 / 289GB) • NBU 7.5 Accelerator + NBU 5220 Appliance – 第一次全備份時間 : 05:08:38 ( 1,244,910 / 289GB) – 第二次全備份時間 : 00:17:18 ( 1,250,557 / 290GB) ( 增加 5,647 檔案) – 第三次全備份時間 : 00:15:28 ( 1,262,853 / 290.63GB)(增加 12,026檔案) NetBackup 7.5 34
- 35. 整合快照與備份 – Replication Director Snapshot Snapshot Primary Data Duplicate Snapshot Snapshot Duplicate Snapshot Application Server (NetBackup Client) Snapshot SnapVault Production Data Center NetBackup 7.5 Snapshot Snapshot Duplicate Duplicate Snapshot SnapMirror Snapshot DR Data Center 35
- 36. Replication Director: 透過 OpenStorage 進行整合 NetBackup Master Server 8. Mount Snapshot 9. Duplicate Snapshot 1. Quiesce OpenStorage API 2. Create Snapshot 3. Copy Snapshot 5. Copy Snapshot to other site NetBackup Media Server or 52xx appliance 7. Export Snapshot 11. Duplicate Snapshot Application Server (NB Client) Primary Data 4. Replicate Snapshot Snapshot Snapshot Filer/Array NetBackup 7.5 Snapshot Snapshot Vault Snapshot 6. Replicate Snapshot Snapshot Snapshot Snapshot Vault 36
- 37. 支援虛擬環境的備份與還原 Hyper-V & VMware NetBackup 7.5 37
- 39. 需考慮的關鍵項目 #1 – 備份你的虛擬主機 虛擬主機的備份 備份面對的障礙 35% 65% Don't Backup • 虛擬主機的來來去去 • 備份代理程式的費用 • 對 I/O & 頻寬的影響 Backup 資料來源: Symantec Disaster Recovery Global Data; June 2009 NetBackup 7.5 39
- 40. 需考慮的關鍵項目 #2 – 不要備份同樣的資料兩次 A B C D E A B C D 應用程式 NetBackup 7.5 應用程式 作業系統 E 作業系統 40
- 41. 需考慮的關鍵項目 #2 – 應用重複資料刪除功能在實 體與虛擬環境 A B C D E A B C D 應用程式 A 應用程式 作業系統 作業系統 B C D E A B C D 應用程式 E 應用程式 作業系統 A E 作業系統 B C D E A B C D 應用程式 A B C D E 應用程式 作業系統 E 應用程式 作業系統 重 複 資 料 刪 除 作業系統 NetBackup 7.5 41
- 42. 需考慮的關鍵項目 #3 – 不要像備份實體主機一樣去 備份虛擬主機 在 Source/Client 端就進行保護 傳統的 Guest 虛擬主機 部署簡單 和實體主機一樣 PROS 效能影響 非影像為主的還原 花時間的 DR 持續的維護 CONS 1 TB 1 TB *1 TB of VM systems NetBackup 7.5 42
- 43. 需考慮的關鍵項目 #3: 使用虛擬化原廠的 API 做到更 進階的資料保護 Agentless/Off-host 保護 PROS 降低對效能的影響 精細的 Windows 還原 進階的保護 更棒的儲存效率 更快的 VM 備份 更簡單的 DR 虛擬主機 1 TB .5 TB ? CONS *1 TB of VM systems NetBackup 7.5 43
- 44. 需考慮的關鍵項目 #3 – 不需要維護兩個獨立的備份 基礎架構 實體主機 你們大夥知 道 VM Admin 在做什麼嗎 ?O NetBackup 7.5 ? 虛擬主機 ? 你們大夥知 道 Backup Admin 在做什 麼嗎?O ? ? 44
- 45. 需考慮的關鍵項目 #3 – 橫跨實體與虛擬主機的集中 備份架構 集中的備份基礎架構 NetBackup 7.5 45
- 46. 需考慮的關鍵項目 #5 – 不要只考慮備份, 也要考慮到 還原 災難備援 你的 “保單” 完整的影像為主的還原 NetBackup 7.5 單一檔案 “在稻草堆中的一根針” 大部份的還原需求 46
- 47. NetBackup 7 – 在虛擬化的支援是第一名 降低管理人力 – 橫跨實體與虛擬主機的集中保護機制 更快速的備份 & 回復效能 – 與 VMWare vStorage 及 Microsoft Hyper-V 提供更深的整合 – 尚在申請專利的 精細檔案回復技術 透過重覆資料刪除降低儲存費用 – 任何地方皆可以執行重覆資料刪除 – 透過單一 GUI, 可在 source 或 media server 端執行 NetBackup 7.5 Gold 47
- 49. 全面的虛擬環境資料防護 NBU 提供操作簡單的虛擬備份 縮短備份 時間多達 90% 立即搜尋 並還原單 一檔案 old 90% new Recovery File 1.. VM File 2.. • Client 端重複資料刪除與獨步的增量備份技術 • Hyper-V & VMware 環境低投資的備份 • 簡化還原流程 – 導引虛擬主機還原 • 從磁碟磁帶立即還原部份資料 VM Backup Storage 提升儲存 使用效益 NetBackup 7.5 VM VM VM Hypervisor • 虛擬實體環境皆適用的重複刪除技術 • 整合VMware 優化技術提供更環保的備份方式 49 49
- 50. NetBackup 7 可做到更快的虛擬主機備份 縮短備份達 90% 以上 Block-level 的異動 - VMware File-level 的異動 – Hyper-V Up to 90%* 在虛擬主機內的重覆資料刪除 VM 或 VM VM Hypervisor S M T W Th F 滿足災難備 援且不造成 影響的備份 Off-host 備份 - Hyper-V Block-level 的異動 - VMware VM VM Off-host Backup is here VM 磁碟 Hypervisor 磁碟 Blocks 磁碟 * Assumes 10% daily change rate of data NetBackup 7.5 50
- 51. NetBackup 7 簡化虛擬主機的還原 不論備份方式或目的地為何, 皆可做到快速的還原 快速的備份 可透過異動 備份滿足災 難備援需求 使用磁帶但 不會造成任 何犧牲 引導式的虛擬主機還原 File 1 File 2 File 3 Incremental S M T W Th F Complete VMware 自 VMware 取回檔案 in 1 step BLIB 或 Hyper-V Blocks VM VM VM 不需要 Disk Staging 空間 Hypervisor 精細 還原 NetBackup 7.5 File 1 File 2 或 51
- 52. NetBackup 對 VMware vSphere 的支援 vSphere vStorage API (為資料備份 API) • 不需要 VCB 拷貝的真正 off-host 備份機制 • 強化的異動備份 虛擬主機還原的 BLIB 單一檔案還原 以上兩種皆可混用 NetBackup 7.0 開始所提供的新功能: • Block-Level Incremental Backups (BLIB) • Optimized Backup vSphere 與 VCB 的比較 • 相同的 off-host 設定 • 簡化的安裝方式 • 更快的效能 • 不需要 staging area NetBackup 7.5 52
- 53. VMware® Policy • 全新的 VMware policy 種類 – 不再是 FlashBackup-Windows • 全新的 VMware tab • 所有的 VMware 相關設定整合到新的 tab 內 NetBackup 7.5 53
- 54. Hyper-V® Policy • 全新的 Hyper-V policy 種類 – 不再是 FlashBackup-Windows • 全新的 Hyper-V tab • 所有的 HyperV 相關設定整合到新的 tab 內 NetBackup 7.5 54
- 55. Media Server Load-Balancing For VMware Policies ESX/i Hosts VM backups jobs 自動選擇最不忙碌 的 NBU media server. Backup Hosts - Windows® Media Servers 這提供了: • 強化的備份效能 • 高可用性 支援任何/所有備份目的地 MSDP Tape Off Host Dedupe Shared Storage Pools OST Devices Shared Backup Storage NetBackup 7.5 55
- 56. Virtual Machine Intelligent Policy - VIP 主要功能 • 管理虛擬主機的自動挖 掘及保護 痛處: VMs 持續在改變, 引發了管理及效能 方面的問題 主要功能 VMs NetBackup 7.5 VMs • 可自動偵測 – 新的, 複製的, 或已移轉 的虛擬主機 – 可辨識 vMotion, Storage vMotion, 及 DRS • 隨時保護 VMs – 不需要編輯備份政策 • 強化過的負載平台/調節 – 更快速的備份 56
- 57. Virtual Machine Intelligent Policy – 過濾 • 透過過濾機制, 提供可保護虛擬主機的子群組能力 過濾種類 (Filters) 欄位 Physical Data store ESX server Logical folder vApp Attributes Power State OS Type Cluster Display Name • Filters 可以進行組合, 以進一步縮小結果 – 備份所有在 Data Store ‘storage 1’ 且 Power State 為 ‘On’ 的 VMs, 但它們的 OS Type 必須是 ‘RedHat Linux’ – 備份所有在 folder ‘Dev’ 中的 VMs, 但它們必須屬於 cluster ‘Cluster03’ NetBackup 7.5 57
- 58. Virtual Machine Intelligent Policy - 提供全新 vCenter Fields • New query builder variables, 包括: – Datastore Cluster: Storage Dynamic Resource Scheduling (SDRS) 的一部份 – 客製的 VM 屬性: 使用者定義的 vCenter 變數 NetBackup 7.5 58
- 59. 全新的 VM 磁碟排除功能 • 排除 boot disk – 當 VM 是從 template 部署出來時 (舉例. WS2008 R2 template) • 排除 data disks – 當資料是透過 guest 中的 agent 保護時 (舉例. Oracle®) • 支援 Windows®, Redhat®, SuSE® VMs NetBackup 7.5 59
- 60. 備份狀態回報並記錄在 vCenter 的 Event Log 中 • NetBackup 選項可將 log 事件丟到 vCenter 內 – Backup Success – Backup Failed – Snapshot Delete Failed NetBackup 7.5 60
- 61. 範例: Backup Failed Event In vCenter Console NetBackup 7.5 61
- 62. vSphere 5 的支援 – Datastore Clusters • VM policy 可依照 Datastore Cluster, 去備份虛擬主機 • VM Recovery Wizard 可以回復 VM 到 Datastore Cluster Datastore Cluster Datastore NetBackup 7.5 62
- 63. 其它值得注意的強化 • 支援 Redhat/SuSE EXT4 filesystems 的檔案層級還原 • Swap 及 Paging 系統檔案可自備份中排除 (exclude) 出去 Hyper-V • 全新的 Hyper-V policy-type • EXT4 也支援 Hyper-V VMs – 支援 Hyper-V 上, 針對 Windows/RedHat/SuSE 檔案層級的還原方式 NetBackup 7.5 63
- 64. 在 VM 內的應用程式保護 • 簡單的 checkbox 設定 • 透過 VM intelligent policy 的自動應用程式偵測 • 與應用程式一制的 VM 備份 • 選項式的 database transaction log truncation • 任何層級的還原: VM, Files, Databases, Items NetBackup 7.5 64
- 65. 應用程式的保護 – 細節 • 支援的 VMs: Windows Exchange, SharePoint, SQL Server • NetBackup Windows Client in VM 提供 – 與應用程式同步的 VM 快照 – 應用程式精細還原 • NetBackup for VMware 提供 VM 備份 • 從 VM 備份的還原種類 Recovery Exchange SharePoint SQL Server Media VM Any File Any Database Not Tape Item n/a Not Tape • 支援 VMware (Hyper-V 的支援, 在計劃中) NetBackup 7.5 65
- 67. 重複刪除技術提升資料儲存效益 大幅減少重複的資料 • 重複刪除技術可於不同點啟動: – Source – Target – 透過 NBU Media Server – 與 appliances 硬體搭配 • 優點: – 備份更少量資料 = 縮短備份時間 – 大幅降低儲存成本與備份負擔 NetBackup 7.5 67
- 68. 重複刪除無所不在 Production Storage 端點主機 從production storage 搬離檔案並 進行資料精簡 從端點主機開 始重複刪除 Media Server 在Media Server 重複刪除 備份設備 利用 OpenStorage 刪 除 New in NetBackup 7 優勢 NetBackup 7.5 更快速備份與還原 減少頻寬消耗 使用更少儲存空間 優化事證搜尋 68
- 69. 在資料來源重複刪除 • 在備份資料透過網路傳送前就先 進行資料重複刪除 • 優點: Client/Source – NBU 內建, 容易使用 – 減少網路頻寬的消耗 – 減少後端儲存空間需要 • 適合以下環境: Media server/Target – 外點或遠端辦公室 – 虛擬主機資料備份 – 異動量較低的檔案, 資料夾或資料庫 Dedupe appliance = Deduplication engine NetBackup 7.5 69
- 70. 在備份主機重複刪除 • 備份資料存到磁碟或磁帶前 在 Media Server 進行重複刪 除 (In-line 模式) Client/Source • 優點: – 整合於 NBU, 容易操作 – 不會影響前端主機運作 Media server/Target – 可彈性搭配磁碟 (SATA / IDE / SCSI 等) – 減少後端儲存空間消耗 • 適用於: Dedupe appliance – 一般企業機房 = Deduplication engine NetBackup 7.5 70
- 71. NBU 與重複刪除設備整合 • 在設備端精簡備份資料, 但由 NBU 集中管理 • 優點: Client/Source – 改善VTL 的缺點, NBU 可直接有 效管理設備端儲存 – NBU 備份策略提供集中化管理, 包含複寫控管 Media server/Target – 改善效能 • 支援以下硬體廠商: Dedupe appliance = Deduplication engine NetBackup 7.5 71
- 72. NetBackup 7 - Auto Image Replication 更快, 政策為主的 Global 災難還原 全新 NBU Master Domain B Production Data Center NBU Master Domain A NBU Master Domain C Auto Image Replication • 電子化的 Off-siting • 資料及應用程式馬上執行備份, 去重覆, 及複製 NBU Master Domain D • 資料及應用程式隨即可進行回復 – 馬上 • 不需要搜索磁帶及載入 NetBackup 7.5 72
- 73. NetBackup Auto Image Replication - 滿足災難備援 (DR) 的需求 主要功能 • 針對兩個 NetBackup domain 之間, 自動管理 已經 dedupe (重覆資料 刪除) 影像的複製動作 • 政策所驅動的複製/副 本並可支援不同的保留 次數 (retention) NetBackup 7.5 痛處 待機 DR 機房不便宜, 而 DR 磁帶外 送又慢且沒有效率 主要功能 • 讓專屬的 DR 設備變的不需要 更低的 TCO • 營運機房可以身肩兩份工作, 做為 其它營運機房的 DR 機房 (local/global) • 針對已複製資料的隨選還原 – 不需 要載入或使用腳本 73
- 74. Auto Image Replication, 私有雲端備份 NBU Master Domain A NBU Master Domain B NBU Client NBU Media Server OST image replication (OST Optimized Duplication) 範例: • PDDO, Media Server Dedupe, 及 OST 設備能透過 NetBackup 的完整控 管, 將 backup image 進行拷貝 Import the image Backup • NetBackup Storage Lifecycle Polices 會控制 Domain A 到 Domain B 之間的 資料複製. 當 image 自動被 Policy 匯入 後, Domain B 的拷貝會被那個 domain 管理. Device Notifies NBU Duplication NBU Media Server Image OST Appliance or PureDisk Image OST Appliance or PureDisk Image OST Optimized Duplication Production Data Center (台北) NetBackup 7.5 DR Domain (高雄) 74
- 75. Auto Image Replication, 私有雲端備份 Many-to-one NBU Master Domain A NBU Master Domain C Image A Device Notifies NBU Import the images 營業資料中心 1 (台北) Image A NBU Master Domain B OST Appliance or PureDisk Image B 營業資料中心 2 (台中) NetBackup 7.5 NBU Media Server Image B DR Data Bunker (高雄) 75
- 76. 臺灣某 XXX 信公司 NBU 雙向備援方式 機房 B 機房 A NBU Master Domain B NBU Master Domain A Media Server Image Image Disk NetBackup 7.5 Media Server Image Image Disk 76
- 77. 臺灣某 XXX 電信公司 NBU 三資料中心雙向及多對 一備份備援方式 機房 C NBU 5220 機房 A 機房 B Media Server NBU Master NBU Master Media Server Fibre switch Fibre switch 資料複製 Fibre switch Storage NetBackup 7.5 Storage Tape Library Storage Tape Library VTL 77
- 79. NBU 7 改善備份作業與監控 - OpsCenter 各地集中化監 控, 報表與預警 能力 備份與歸檔作業報 表集中化 改善備份服務 品質與掌握備 份成本 NetBackup 7.5 79
- 83. OpsCenter – 更多能見度及報表功能 主要功能 1. 稽核線索 2. 儲存生命週期 (SLP) 強化的報表 3. 負載分析功能 4. 容量為主的授權報表 主要功能 • 追蹤 “誰在何時做了什麼” • 深入到儲存生命週期政策 的點對點能見度 • 辨識出哪一筆 jobs 使用最 多或最少的資源 • 容易地決定 FETB 授權容量 NetBackup 7.5 83
- 85. 硬體裝置的選擇 供應形式的選擇 賽門鐵克提供了各種選擇 NetBackup 7.5 單一平台上更多的選擇 NetBackup 5220 備份硬體 裝置 NetBackup 5020 重複資料 刪除硬體裝置 85
- 86. Symantec NetBackup 硬體裝置 NetBackup 5220 NetBackup 5020 具備重複資料刪除功能的備份硬 體裝置 重複資料刪除硬體裝置 2U 至 8U* 高機身尺寸 4U 高機身尺寸 主要/媒體伺服器的角色 儲存群組的角色 4TB 至 72TB* 可用容量 32TB；採用 6 個節點時至多 192TB 來源端與目標端的重複資料刪除 多種連線選項：乙太網路與光纖通道 可轉換的軟體授權 免費的複製功能 86
- 87. 什麼是 NetBackup 硬體裝置？ NetBackup 再搭配智慧型 重複資料刪除 Veritas Storage Foundation 賽門鐵克強化的作業系統 最佳化的硬體 最新！ 內建廣域網路 (WAN) 最佳化 Symantec Critical System Protection 最新！ 備援儲存設備 NetBackup 7.5 87
- 88. 內建特定功能的備份硬體裝置 (Purpose-Built Backup Appliance，簡稱 PBBA) 之效益 我們發現 PBBA 能藉由簡化部署與管理，大 幅節省成本。這些系統能夠與現有的備份與 應用程式軟體工具整合。在許多案例中，客 戶部署後都能在維運開支方面達到立即改善 的成效。 Robert Amatruda IDC 產品快訊：賽門鐵克以 NetBackup 5220 內建特定功能的備份硬體裝置使其 硬體裝置產品更臻完美 NetBackup 7.5 88
- 89. Symantec NetBackup 硬體裝置如何改善 C.O.S.T. (FETB) 的 軟體授權方 式 • 可轉換的授 權 • 安裝與整合 • 單一虛擬管 理平台 • 改善的復原 點目標/復原 期目標 (RPO/RTO) (Single- • 精細回復 Pane of • 單一連絡窗 Glass) • 高擴充性的 • 遠端辦公室 / 分公司 • 實體 / 虛擬 環境 • 層級式儲存 設備 • 災難復原 • 升級與更新 硬體平台 口 轉型 TB 數 • 採購 服務等級 • 前端資料量 維運開支 固定資產開支 創新的備份與復原 修補程式 NetBackup 7.5 89
- 90. 節省固定資產開支：軟體授權 3 個 R – 複製 (Replication)、保存 (Retention) 和更新 (Refresh) 他牌 複製 (Replication) 每增加一套授權還是付相同的 價錢 複製引擎要收費 保存 (Retention) 更新 (Refresh) 當資料老舊且後端儲存容量增 加時，重複資料刪除的成本會 大幅增加 每次更新硬體時，就要購買重 複資料刪除技術的授權 授權不能轉換至其他平台 NetBackup 7.5 複製儲存容量不需授權成本 複製引擎無需成本 當資料老舊時，增加的備份儲 存容量不需授權成本 授權是永久的 – 購買一次，永 久擁有 授權不會和硬體綁在一起 – 沒 有硬體規格的限制 90
- 91. 固定資產開支：高擴充性的容量 當需要時再擴充 多達 64 TB 的重複 資料刪除儲存群組 來源端、目標端、同 步型 (inline) 或後處 理型 (post-process) 的重複資料刪除功能 至多 72 TB 至多 36 TB 4 TB NetBackup 7.5 91
- 92. 垂直擴充與水平擴充 用戶端、媒體伺服器、目標端、記憶體和容量均提供了領先業界的擴充性。 192TB 160TB 128TB 96TB 64TB 1 台 5020 = 32TB 2 台 NetBackup 7.5 3 台 4 台 5 台 6 台 92
- 93. 節省維運開支：時間與人工 採購 備份應用程式 伺服器平台 支援 作業系統 Symantec NetBackup 硬體裝置 更新修補程式 支援 NetBackup 7.5 安裝 系統管理員 儲存設備 附加元件
- 94. 服務等級：滿足復原點目標 (RPO) 和復原期目標 (RTO) 自動影像複製 (Auto Image Replication) NetBackup Accelerator 更多的災難復原據 點與更快速的復原 期目標，同時還能 降低成本 使備份速度加快 100 倍 NetBackup 7.5 裸機復原 (Bare Metal Restore) 廣域網路最佳 化 由裸機狀態復原 針對高延遲的連線 最多可使備份速度 加快 10 倍 94
- 96. 轉型：解決複雜問題的建構元件 企業級的擴充性、安全性與效能 傳輸中與儲存中的資料加密 Critical System Protection 大型遠端 辦公室 5200 系列 小型遠端辦公室 Accelerator A.I.R 廣域網路最佳化 雲端 NetBackup OpsCenter 主要資料 中心 虛擬機器 虛擬機器 虛擬機器 虛擬機器 虛擬機器 虛擬機器 虛擬機器 虛擬機器 直接備份 vSphere NetBackup 7.5 192 TB 5000 系列 192 TB 5000 系列 …. 全面 刪除重複資料 硬體裝置 虛擬機器 A.I.R. 5200 系列 虛擬機器 虛擬機器 次要資料中心 災難復原據點 96
- 98. 聽聽我們的客戶怎麼說 「NetBackup 硬體裝置非常適合我們，它提供了一種立即可用的重 複資料刪除方式，以及高效率的儲存最佳化資料保護。」 「Symantec NetBackup 5200 硬體裝置 …. 簡直就是 『隨插即用』─ 我們只是將裝置插上、設定位址、然 後指向主伺服器就完成了」 「我們利用 Symantec NetBackup 7 軟體和 Symantec NetBackup 5000 硬體裝置達到了高達 90% 的重複資料刪除率，我們預期未來 三年在備份硬體和媒體方面將可省下 $400,000 美元以上。」 「當我們將硬體和軟體分開時，我們必須對應與協調系統事件，例 如作業系統升級、更新修補程式以及儲存設備的變更，而它們總 是沒辦法順利地磨合。硬體裝置則簡化了這一點。」 NetBackup 7.5 98
- 99. NetBackup 硬體裝置如何改善 C.O.S.T. (FETB) 的 軟體授權方 式 • 安裝與整合 • 單一虛擬管 理平台 • 改善的復原 點目標/復原 期目標 (RPO/RTO) (Single- • 可轉換的授 權 • 精細回復 Pane of • 單一連絡窗 Glass) • 高擴充性的 • 遠端辦公室 / 分公司 • 實體 / 虛擬 環境 • 層級式儲存 設備 • 災難復原 • 升級與更新 硬體平台 口 轉型 TB 數 • 採購 服務等級 • 前端資料量 維運開支 固定資產開支 創新的備份與復原 修補程式 NetBackup 硬體裝置：一體適用的備份再進化 NetBackup 7.5 99
- 100. Thank you! Wales Chen (陳瑞文) Copyright © 2010 Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved. Symantec and the Symantec Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. This document is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended as advertising. All warranties relating to the information in this document, either express or implied, are disclaimed to the maximum extent allowed by law. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. NetBackup 7.5 100
Editor's Notes
- The sheer volume of information and its continued growth is a root cause. Over the next four years, IDC estimates that the digital universe will expand by 400%, while IT budgets will expand just 20% and IT staffing 10%.Clearly, IT budgets can’t keep up with information growth and IT teams are expected to do more with the same staffing levels.At the same time, failure to properly secure and manage information is landing organizations in the news, because halting information flow means halting business. A Recent example of this in the US include the total loss of T-Mobile / Microsoft customer data after an upgrade went wrong. The information was eventually recovered days later, but during that time customers had no access to their email, contacts and calendar. Information outages and data breaches are headline news.There’s also a revolution going on in the data center around server virtualization, which provides terrific ROI in server consolidation. It also opens up the possibility of public and/or private cloud deployments in the future. Of course, the revolution around virtualization introduces a layer of abstraction and new tools, both of which increase complexity.
- According to Gartner in its latest report for 2010, Symantec is the worlds largest provider of Backup and Recovery solutions. Symantec backups up more than half of the worlds business information. NetBackup has the largest global data protection footprint with 35,000 enterprise customers and nearly 2 million small to medium customers using Backup Exec. With such a large global footprint and protecting some of the largest enterprise customers on the planet, we understand the data protection needs of these organizations and work closely with them to provide the solutions to meet both current and future challenges.
- The 5220 is the fourth NetBackup appliance released to the market in the last 12 months. Symantec offers both backup appliances and deduplication appliances which make it easier and more cost effective for customers to scale up performance. 1) The 5220 offers expandable storage (2U for the appliance with 4TB of dedupe disk and a 3U storage tray expansion for either 24 or 36TB of capacity). 2) If a customer needs additional capacity out of the gate, they can add 5000 series appliances in 16/32 TB blocks 3) The 5000 appliance series offer “global dedupe” across each node 4) Multiple connectivity options to receive & send data including FC
- NetBackup 7 offers the industry’s first, highly scalable “end-to-end” global deduplication that is truly a fully integrated, seamless data protection software and appliance solution. No other vendor has the ability deploy such a flexible and cost effective solution built right into the backup software and support a wide range of compatible, highly scalable NetBackup Family Series of deduplication appliance solutions.A simple “click-of-the-mouse” enables the deduplication built into every NetBackup 7 client. This unparalleled flexibility allows you to optimize your enterprise data center today, and easily change your mind as it evolves, without a cost penalty. By upgrading or deploying NetBackup 7 agents across your virtual and physical environments, you will be able to dedupe at the client or source, at the Media Server, or target the NetBackup 5000 appliances with up to 192TB of Global dedupe pool today and nearly 400TB in the future. While enjoying the benefits and security of an Enterprise-class data protection solution you have grown to trust.The new 5200 series is the latest option to offer the fastest and most flexible method of deploying NetBackup and Dedupe in one shot. Also know as “NetBackup-in-a-Box”, NetBackup and Dedupe can be deployed as a scalable solution in the enterprise or easily in larger remote offices or as a complete backup or turnkey solution.
- The NetBackup 7 release focuses not only on features, but also on the user experience associated with these features. Symantec recognizes the evolving nature of backup and recovery teams, towards less specialization, and the increased complexity of application backup and recovery. We focused improved usability efforts around deduplication, virtual machines, and replication.Dedupe Everywhere, Closer to the Source: Instead of taking the “brute force” approach of buying more and more storage, Symantec allows organizations to deduplicate information everywhere and closer to the source. Our new client/source-side deduplication allows customers to gain more than storage benefits from deduplication.While many organizations continue to deploy virtual servers with increasingly critical applications, they also continue to search for a better way to not only protect the information, but recovery information more quickly. Again, Symantec focused on how it could make virtual machine protection both simple and comprehensive. NetBackup can not only standardize VM data protection across multiple hypervisors, but offers unique features that improve backup performance, enable fast, single-file recovery, and simplify management and reporting efforts.For large organizations, backup is not local to one data center. They think about it data protection on a global scale. NetBackup 7 can help these organization deliver Better Disaster Recovery with Global Data Protection. Replication and deduplication are driving forces behind evolving DR approaches.Traditional disaster recovery approaches have begun to change as organizations seek to rationalize existing infrastructure already spread across sites and geographies. Again, with NetBackup 7, Symantec focused on how to make the management of global backup operations easier and how to improve their DR readiness with integrated replication features.
- The traditional model of full and incremental backups impose high costs on most infrastructure components from the I/O system on the client to the storage on the server.<click>Using synthetic backup can reduce the I/O and network traffic during backup but increases the CPU and I/O overhead on the media server.
- Using deduplicating storage on the backup server reduces the storage costs but does not affect the other overheads significantly.<click>Again using optimized synthetic backup can go some way to reducing the I/O and network traffic during backup but at the cost of increased CPU overhead on the backup server.
- Client side deduplication reduces the network and storage overheads but increases the peak CPU loading on the client.
- NetBackup Accelerator uses a combination of file tracking and backup synthesis to reduce I/O at all levels without impacting CPU loading. The accelerator agent ensures that, after the initial full backup, only changed data is ever sent from the client to the backup server. Combining this with client side deduplication can reduce the network traffic even further as only changed segments of changed files need to be transmitted.Unlike existing synthetic backup operations where the synthesis occurs independently from the backup, Accelerator full backups are automatically synthesized on the backup server at the time backup runs. In NetBackup 7.5 Accelerator supports file systems backup on Windows (NTFS) and Posix complaint UNIX/Linux file systems. It can take advantage of the Windows Change Journaling feature in NTFS to further accelerate the discovery process.
- Replication Director reduces the administrative complexity around managing a combination of snapshots and backup by providing a unified NetBackup interface for configurationConfiguration of primary storage replication and snapshots is achieved using familiar NetBackup terminology and management paradigms and policies.SLPs control the whole process from initial snapshot creation through to long term backup storage including performing backups from snapshots.Snapshot content is catalog in NetBackup and search and restore can be performed across both snapshots and backups.During a typical sequence of operation: NetBackup quiesces entire stack and verifies consistent state of applicationA NetBackup policy initiates snapshot, replication of snapshot, and copy of replica to tape for archivingNetBackup is “aware” of all copies of the data and applies different retention dates to each copyReplication director reduces administrative overhead, reduces or eliminates the need for vendor-specific tools and knowledge and offers significant benefits in performance over conventional NDMP backup models.
- The following steps illustrate Replication Director manages the creation of snapshots and their replication to a secondary site where the snapshot can be exported to tape or disk storage as a backup image. Note that in NetBackup 7.5 the two sites are part of the same NetBackup domain, in future releases Replication Director will have “auto image replication” capability to allow snapshots to be managed across domains.<click>First, if necessary, NetBackup quiesces the application. (Note, only file system snapshots are supported in NetBackup 7.5, application support will be introduced in future releases.)<click>Then a snapshot is created.<click><click>The snapshot is replicated to secondary storage<click><click>Then the snapshot is replicated again to the secondary site<click><click> This snapshot is mounted on a media server<click><click>And duplicated to create a backup image for long term storage on tape or disk.
- So let’s drill into each area a bit more. Virtualization slows the backup process. Because backup is the process of copying data and moving it from one location to another, it requires server resources, specifically I/O and CPU power. This is in direct conflict with virtualized server environments which typically maximize all of a server’s resources. The result is that the backup of one virtual machine negatively impacts all the other virtual machines running on a physical server. Not only will those servers run more slowly, but the virtual machine backup itself may also be impacted. And because many virtual machines share network resources, the backup process often creates network bandwidth problems for other machines sharing that local area network.Plain and simple, virtualization increases backup storage consumption. How can virtual machine backups be different from standard physical machine backups? There are two important concepts here. First, many customers choose to backup both the individual files in a virtual machine as well as the entire machine (e.g., the VMware VMDK or Microsoft VHD). There’s a lot of duplicate data, such as OS data, in those virtual machine images that many customers backup every day. Second, even if you don’t do both of these types of backup, most customers will acknowledge virtual machine sprawl. Most or all of these servers in the so called “sprawl” need to be protected resulting in more backup storage consumption.Finally, if you are using virtual machine backups for disaster recovery, then you are probably storing full image backups from a number of days or weeks at both your data center and at your DR site. These images may give you faster recovery, but they consume a lot of storage. Do all of these VM backups need to be on disk? We would be talking about weeks of full server backup data often stored on disk.Virtualization improves the efficiency of the server team, but it can reduce the productivity of the backup team. How can this be you ask? Well, many companies often deploy different backup & recovery tools for virtual servers & applications. The result is that not all team members understand the backup process because of the increase of tools. Worse, you now need to monitor and report on backup activities across multiple applications. Did all your jobs complete with success? How much data are you protecting? Can everybody execute a recovery? You get the picture.What about recovery of specific files or directories?At EMC World 2009, a speaker stated that 80% of VM recoveries were for individual files. If you perform image-based virtual machine backups, you have no detailed file information within your backup catalog. This means that your backup administrator have to spend more time performing a recovery request. In fact, some IT teams simply refuse to perform individual file recoveries! Finally, let’s talk about the toll of administration and monitoring. How much time is your team spending making sure that they’re protecting all of the virtual machines deployed? If some virtual machines are intentionally not protected has that gap been documented with business owners? Separate backup tools for virtual and physical machines only makes this problem worse.
- Last year Symantec conducted an extensive global survey of thousands of end-users. It is astonishing the nearly two-thirds of virtual machines are not backed up! The amount of risk businesses are taking on as a result of not backing up is amazing. There are some very real historical reasons for these results:1. Virtual machine sprawl – virtual machines spread like rabbits. Often times, IT just doesn’t know about the new machine (or knows about it but doesn’t know the RPT/RTO requirements/no SLA). This is one of the top reasons virtual machines are not backed up.2. Cost of backup agents – in the past, IT would have to buy individual backup agents for each new server. Potentially costing thousands of dollars...destroying much of the cost savings created with virtualization. 3. I/O & bandwidth impact – IT may have been concerned with dragging down the host machine and/or network by moving a lot of data for backup. The whole idea of virtualization is to increase server utilization/CPU utilization/network utilization and if you are successful, there is less “slack in the system” to handle backup loads.
- Today many IT shops are backing up the same data two times in virtual environments: they backup the first time for full image recovery and then they backup a second time for more granular file, object recovery. The thinking is that when you want to recover a single email or a single calendar item from Exchange if you have only backed up the virtual machine then you will have to first restore the entire server, then recover the granular data you seek.The problem, as shown in the graphic, is you take twice as long, put twice the load on the network and you take up twice the storage capacity for the same data.Today, thanks to new capabilities from virtualization vendors and backup application vendors, there are solutions that allow you to do a single backup and still recover granular object items.
- According to Enterprise Strategy Group most recent research (see appendix), 62% of companies still backup virtual machines this way. There are a lot of historical reasons for doing this, including a physical machine “mindset” in IT, uncertainty about the ability to recover granularly, and most importantly the limitations imposed by virtualization vendors. Example: VMware Consolidated Backup required a proxy server and had significant limitations for backup at the hypervisor level.The impact of this approach is significant: higher real costs (of agents) and unnecessary management complexity.Today, the virtualization vendors have improved APIs to support centralized backup and many vendors have the ability to backup at the hyper-visor level.
- In a 2010 survey, customers were asked what approach they use today for physical and virtual machine backup: one single backup infrastructure or TWO separate infrastructures. More than half of IT shops use two vendors. The survey went on to ask what is your *preferred* approach, and IT shops correctly recognized the mistake of running two separate backup infrastructures and almost three quarters (74%) of them said a SINGLE vendor is the preferred. The growth of virtualization has been a lot like the growth of many disruptive technologies. In the early days of Linux, for example, there were specialized people and niche technologies that supported the exciting new technology. Today, Linux is simply part of how IT organizations work. Similarly, some organizations have developed a divergent approach to backup for their virtual servers. This is a mistake.What some people do:Using one tool for physical serversUsing a different tool for virtual serversWhy do some people do this:Limitations in backup support from VMware & Hyper-V Poor support from major vendorsVMware guy different than Backup guyLack of awareness of support from major vendorsWhy is this approach a problem?Inconsistent data management resultsConfusion and conflict between IT organizationsTurf wars, budget battles, etc.
- How to Avoid?Explore your backup vendor solutions for virtualization. If your current backup solution doesn’t have strong support for both physical and virtual machines, find one that does.Get the virtualization & backup teams together, assign ownership & budget for backup of both physical and virtual machines.
- NetBackup can help to simplify how organizations protect their virtual server environments by allowing them to centralize protection and recovery operations, to quickly find and recover individual files, and efficiently store and manage backup data. With NetBackup, virtual and physical servers are protected with similar types of policies, but different technologies, which makes administration easier. In addition to standard types of reports and alerts for backup operations, NetBackup offers specialized reports for VMware and Hyper-V environments that can lower the risk of missed backups or unprotected data.Market Pains: In the Symantec 2009 State of the Data Center survey reducing the impact of backup - and making it faster – and granular recovery of data from virtual machines were the top two concerns.Shorten Backup Window: NetBackup 7 can make all types of VM backups faster whether using hypervisor integration, such as our NEW support for the vStorage API, or client-based deduplication. Client-based deduplication can be one way effective way to shorten the backup times and it works across any hypervisor. For VMware and Hyper-V customers, we have hypevisor integration that provides more options for data center and DR recovery. As I mentioned, we now support the VMware vStorage API which allows for fast block-level incremental backup (BLIB). And we’ve gone further with our Windows support and can reduce the impact of backup for these environments.Of course customers using VM backups for disaster recovery as well, but backing up an entire VM each day takes time and storage. NetBackup 7 helps customer make these DR based-backups more quickly using incremental backups. An incremental VM backup can cut backup times by up 50-90%. More importantly, with NetBackup 7 – a customer doesn’t lose the ability to recover files.Speaker note only: Unique Proof Point - TODAY, NetBackup is the only vendor to enable incremental backups of a Hyper-V VMSymantec won recognition for its unique granular file recovery technology beginning with application like Microsoft Exchange. We delivered the same technology for both VMware and Hyper-V environments and allowed organization to perform one backup operation and to access two types of recovery – file or image based. (NetBackup won awards for VMware protection from SearchStorage in 2007 and 2008)Find & Recover Files Instantly: NetBackup 7 builds upon this technology leadership with improved usability, faster backups, and more unique file-level recovery features. NetBackup 7 addresses the first concern by allowing customers to immediately find and recover a file from ANY type of backup – whether it be a block-level incremental in VMware or an image-based backup of Hyper-V.NetBackup 7 also lets customer backup directly to tape and recover individual files or an entire VM directly from tape without the need for staging storage. The ability to recover without an additional operation and storage saves time and money.Speaker Note ONLY Unique Proof Point: TODAY, NetBackup is the only vendor that enables a customer to recover a file from a VMware block-level incremental backup (BLIB).Improving Storage Efficiency is important to any virtual machine backup strategy, especially given the increasing number of customers using VM backup to augment their DR strategy. The first and easiest place to start is with deduplication. NetBackup 7 deduplication can eliminate duplicate data across BOTH physical and virtual machine backups. And it doesn’t matter what type of backup you make. Storing less data not only reduces storage costs in the data center, but makes it easier to move data to a DR site using replication.NetBackup 7 offers even greater storage (and performance) benefits for VMware. We have a unique block-based optimization that allows for the most efficient backup possible. This feature allows NetBackup to skip deleted, unused, or worthless blocks. These can accumulate rapidly over the life of a VM and can easily represent between 10 and 30% of total data within a VM. For an organization with 10TB of VM backups and 20% unused blocks, this represents 24TB of data given over a retention time of 3 months or 12 weeks (10Tb *20% * 12 weeks = 24). That extra 24TB of reduced data movement and storage is significant given that the original VMs were only 10TB.We’ve talked about how NetBackup makes virtual server backup even better than physical server backups and how more organizations are using them for DR. That’s a great way to talk about our last focus area.Speaker Note only Unique Proof Point:TODAY, NetBackup is the only vendor able to offer this block optimizationSpeaker Background Here’s how block optimization works:When a file is moved or deleted, only the references to that file are removed. The data inside each block that used to be associated with the deleted file still exists. NetBackup knows this and can automatically skip these full but unused blocks (Windows). This can reduce the amount of backed up data by 30% or more when compared to standard backup technologies.
- In addition to the unique ability to recover individual files from an VHD level backup, NetBackup 7 further improves how customers can protect Hyper-V environments. Shorten backups by up to 90%NetBackup offers the unique ability to perform a file-level incremental backup of a Hyper-V virtual machine (VHD). This allows customers to have a DR ready copy of data without needing the time and infrastructure of daily full backups of the entire virtual machine. Since most incremental backups are 10% of a daily full, this incremental backup approach can reduce the amount of data moved by up to 90%. Client-based deduplication also provides customers with another approach to reduce the impact of VM backups by eliminating full backups and only transmitting changed blocks on each backup. The overall backup is shorter and as much as 99% less data is transmitted.Protect critical applications in Hyper-V environments more easily with low, impact off-host backups. Hyper-V does not provide a specific backup API similar to VMware’s VMware Consolidated Backup or the vStorage API but it does provide the ability to integrate virtual machine split mirror and off-host backups with hardware vendors. This is essentially the same implementation as mirror based backups that are commonly performed with database applications but in this case the application is the Hyper-V system itself. NetBackup automatically controls the entire backup process including quiescing each virtual machine before the mirror is detached for backup.
- The concern over individual file recovery from VM backups grew from 26% to 34% in the latest Symantec “2009 State of the Data Center Report”. NetBackup 7 addresses this need in a unique way for both VMware and Hyper-V.Previous to NetBackup 7, Symantec offered the unique ability to recover individual files or an entire VM from a single image-based backup. We offered this for both VMware and Hyper-V. With VMware this required the use of a the VCB framework and a proxy server. NetBackup 7 implemented the VMware vStorage API which offers block-level incremental backup (or BLIB). VMware BLIB offers a more efficient backup that eliminates the need for a proxy server, but it does not allow for individual file recovery.NetBackup 7 solves this problem and allows a customer to recover an individual file from any type of VMware or Hyper-V backup, including a VMware BLIB. Our unique file mapping technology allows us to keep track of which files changed regardless of the backup method. More importantly, an organization can recover an entire VM or an individual file. NetBackup 7 offers some additional features for VMware. In particular, it can recover the entire VM, in its exact state, in one step, regardless of the last backup type, using a new Guided Recovery Process. What do we mean by recovery of the VM in its exact state?In a traditional incremental based recovery process where each day, only new and changed files are backed up, the recovered virtual machine can have files or directories that were previously deleted. This occurs because the incremental recovery process only applies new files during the rebuilding process. So if a full occurs on Monday, and files are deleted on Tuesday, the incremental backup process on Tuesday does not capture those deleted files. As a result, the recovery of a full on Monday, and then the application of the Tuesday incremental will not reflected deleted files. NetBackup can eliminate this problem for VMware, allowing recovery of an exact state VM. Reporting on VM exposure
- In NetBackup 7.5 there is a new policy type for VMware and it is no longer necessary to use the policy type of FlashBackup-Windows. However, for existing installations, the old policy type remains valid and there is no automated conversion of existing policies. Customers can manually convert their policies to the new type in their own time.The new policy type includes a tab...<click>...that has VMware specific settings on it
- The same is true for Hyper-V policies. Again there is a new policy tab...<click>...that has Hyper-V specific settings on it
- Virtual machines by design are easy to clone and deploy which explains why virtual machine sprawl is a growing management challenge within IT organizations today. Many IT managers would be hard pressed to give an accurate count as to how many virtual machines they’re running or whether or not they’re all being protected. And as the number of servers being virtualized grows, management of backup and recovery becomes more problematic. With Virtual Machine Intelligent Policy – backup admins can automatically discover new, cloned or moved Virtual Machiness and easily protect them without having to edit backup policies. Customers have been asking for this feature! It basically let’s you put virtual machine protection on “auto-pilot”Virtual machine Intelligent Policy automatically adjusts for any other changes that VMware technologies such as VMotion, Storage Vmotion, Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) etc. have made to every virtual machine. Virtual Machine Intelligent Policy is currently only available for VMware in the NetBackup 7.1 release….but support Microsoft Hyper-V is planned for future release.Another exciting feature within VM Intelligent policy is how you apply resource limits for load balancing and efficient throttling for better backup performance. Let’s look at that more closely (NEXT SLIDE)
- The VM Intelligent Policy continues to grow by offering new vSphere 5 and vCenter 5 variables to use in queries. Three noteworthy additions have been made:vSphere 5 introduces a new storage concept called “Datastore Cluster”, which is fully supported. This is simply a collection of Datastores that acts as a single Datastore.We’ve also added several new Datastore attributes.Lastly, we’ve added the ability to include vCenter “custom attributes” into a query.The last capability is very powerful! Users can add any new variable, or custom attribute, to vCenter. NetBackup will show these attributes enclosed in square brackets, in this format: [user_custom_attribute]. For example, users could add a custom attribute called NBU_DISABLE_BACKUP with a true/false value. As shown in the screenshot, that value can be tested in the query. So in this example, VMware administrators can manipulate the NBU_DISABLE_BACKUP attribute on a VM to control whether (or not) it will be included in the next scheduled backup.That is just one example of the possibilities of leveraging vCenter custom attributes in the VM Intelligent Policy.
- Customers have frequently asked for the ability to exclude VMDKs from VM backups. There are 2 common scenarios:They do not want to backup the OS, aka boot disk. In this case, they plan to use VM templates to recover the OS and file or application-recovery to recover the data.They do not want to backup the data disks. In this case, they data is protected using another policy-type, e.g. Oracle. They only need to recover the VM, and Oracle backups will be used for data recovery.Again, the VM Intelligent Policy come to the rescue by allowing users to optimize backups per their specific needs. By default, all VMDKs or virtual disks are included in a VM backup. But there is now an advanced setting toExclude the boot disk, orExclude the data disks.This feature is available on any VM which supports file-level recovery: Windows, Redhat, and SuSE.(Note: there are some implications when using this advanced setting with Application backups. Please consult the administration guide before using this feature with VM application backup.)
- Another common request has been to report backup status within the vCenter console, also known as the vSphere client GUI. Now, you can have NetBackup report backup status directly into the vCenter console.There are 3 events that can be reported:Successful BackupFailed BackupCould not delete the VM snapshot after the backupThe last condition is important to the VM administrator, because the accumulation of VM snapshots can result in a VM performance penalty. With this visibility in the vCenter event log, VM admins now can react immediately and delete these snapshots directly. Otherwise, NetBackup will attempt to delete them later when the next backup is performed.To manage volume, users can also choose to only report errors, and do not report successful backups.
- Here is a screenshot of a “backup failure” event as shown in the vCenter event log. It contains all of the necessary information for a VM administrator to forward to a NetBackup administrator, so they can quickly and easily investigate the failure.
- Another notable enhancement is the support of vSphere 5 “Datastore Clusters”. Simply put, a datastore cluster is a new vSphere 5 storage container for grouping datastores. Generally speaking, a datastore cluster in simply one, large datastore comprised of smaller individual datastore. Consequently, NetBackup policies can now protect VMs that reside on a datastore cluster. And the VM recovery wizard now accepts a datastore cluster as a recovery destination.Here you can see a NetBackup browser for selecting a recovery destination of either a datastore cluster, or an individual datastore.When restoring into a cluster, vSphere 5 automatically determines which datastore will be the actual destination, based upon vSphere storage policy criteria.
- Finally, there are some additional optimizations:The Linux EXT4 filesystem is now supported for file-level recoveryWe’ve added optimizations for excluding swap files and paging files, which are typically large and cannot be recovered.And let’s not forget Hyper-V!There is a new Hyper-V policy and all of the file-level recovery for Windows and Linux is also supported on Hyper-V too.
- Previous versions of NetBackup offered sophisticated VMware virtual machine protection as well as advanced database protection with Symantec’s patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology (GRT). However, they were not integrated… database backups, with or without GRT, did not work with VMware VADP backups and required a separate backup pass, treating the virtual machine as if it were a physical machine. NetBackup 7.5 does away with this limitation, saving time, disk space, and money by integrating these two technologies for VMware virtual machines. Now it’s possible to perform a high-speed VMware VADP backup of a database server while retaining all the features of NetBackup’s advanced database agents, including item-level granular recovery. All of this is done in one fast backup pass – no more redundant copies of the same data. You can recover data at any level – full virtual machines, individual files, entire databases, or specific objects and items within a database. These recovery options work in exactly the same way as they always have in NetBackup, so there’s no need to retrain operators and database administrators. Setting up a VMware backup policy is easy – simple checkboxes allow you to select the types of databases that you’re protecting, optionally truncating database logs during the backup process. Virtual machines are automatically selected for backup using a VMware intelligent policy (VIP).
- NetBackup’s new VMware application protection features work with Microsoft Exchange, SQL and SharePoint databases. The NetBackup client application must be installed in each virtual machine; the NetBackup client does not perform the backup itself, but it’s needed to assist with application consistency and granular recovery. An entire VMware-based database server can be restored in one operation for one-step disaster recovery, as well as individual files in the VM. Database-level recovery options are similar to those available for physical machines – entire databases can be recovered in a single operation, and single objects and items in Exchange and SharePoint databases can be restored quickly and easily. Note that the database recovery options require the backup image to reside on disk, rather than tape or virtual tape libraries. These features are currently not supported for Hyper-V virtual machines, but we expect to offer this capability in future NetBackup versions.
- Too many copies. The primary. 5 snapshots. Daily incrementals. Weekly fulls. The archives.
- Symantec advocates that customers deduplicate data everywhere, as close to the source as possible. Deduplication includes not just the reduction of duplicate backup data, but the reduction of old data off primary servers – archiving. Moving old data into an archive with Enterprise Vault, that also eliminates deduplicate data, benefits the backup and recovery process.With backup deduplication, the traditional approach has been to use appliances, which perform deduplication occurs at the end of the backup data path. This leaves significant savings on the table. By moving deduplication closer to the source, customers can reap more benefits from backup times, to network usage, to backup infrastructure.#1 We believe that most customers could use client side deduplication for as much as 50-70% of their data. The result will be faster backups, up to 99% less network usage, and of course, less storage consumption. NetBackup 7 deduplication is fully integrated and supports all clients, applications, and databases.Client Side Value: Faster Backups, up to 99% less network, fully integrated, and full application & database support#2 Of course, not all data is equal, and sometimes a particular client may not be suited to client-based deduplication. Or maybe a customer is not ready to upgrade their clients as part of a NetBackup 7 upgrade. For these instances, media server integration can be used. Regardless of whether client or media server is used, the data goes to the same disk target. A given media server can manage up to 32TB of deduplication data. A dedupe disk target can be configured with a simple wizard and commodity disk. Because we include replication and license based on a front-end / source data, it’s very easy and cost effective for a customer to begin replicating backup data to another location. We’ll talk about this more in the Better DR section of our presentation. The value of using commodity storage behind NetBackup for deduplication, especially when configured for replication, makes it easier to deploy deduplication everywhere. The savings can be up to 70% when compared to a replication approach with appliances.And going back to the usability theme, we mentioned earlier, we made it easy for organization to see their deduplication rates at a glance in the administration console. Backup Server: No Client Impact, Scales Efficiently, Easy Configuration, Up to 70% Less Than Appliances*#3 Of course, some customers may choose an appliance based approach for deduplication, despite the benefits of source-based deduplication, or may already have a dedupe appliance. NetBackup OpenStorage can turbo-charge these appliances giving customers more control and performance. The leading dedupe appliance vendors today, EMC/Data Domain, Quantum, and FalconStor all participate in OpenStorage and offer plug-ins for NetBackup today. Of course, the beauty about NetBackup 7 and OpenStorage is that a customer does not have to choose one or the other. A customer can have an appliance and still use NetBackup 7 client/source-based deduplication. True, the data will exist in separate “pools”, but the management of each copy of data at each location will be centralized by NetBackup. Organization can not only manage the policies centrally, but monitor and report on data on a global basis. Storage Appliance / OpenStorage: Simplify Management, Improve Infrastructure, Better PerformanceSymantec also kept in mind existing customers using PureDisk. NetBackup 7 is compatible with existing PureDisk storage pools which means that an existing customer can upgrade to NetBackup 7 and use the new client deduplication to backup to their existing PureDisk storage pool. Or they can use media-server deduplication to backup to a PureDisk storage pool.
- Client deduplicationThis method reduced the amount of data sent over the network and stored. It does increase the CPU load on the client machine but for a relatively short period of time. This is ideal for remote offices, some virtual machines, and some LAN connected machines.
- But with NetBackup 7 – Auto Image Replication – you can significantly extend the reach of your current Disaster recovery capabilities…while at the same time ….driving down the Total Cost of Ownership of global DRNetBackup 7 Auto Image Replication enables you to have multiple DR site that are located far enough away so as to be untouched by the disaster affecting the primary or secondary data site.
- NetBackup’s Auto Image Replication allows you to automatically create copies of mission critical backups at a remote location that forms part of a separate NetBackup domain. This domain could be another data center belonging to the same organization, a dedicated disaster recovery site within the organization or even a third party disaster recovery facility. Once backup data is replicated, then you know your mission critical applications and data are ready to be restored at a moments notice. No tapes to search for, load and restore.Also importantly…you can easily set retention expiration policies at the target domains (sites) – so you can quickly make room for new backups to be replicated across and to minimize the storage impact to any site target. This also insures that none of your secondary site resources are unduly overburdened.So you can see why NetBackup Auto Image Replication disk-based duplication offers significant benefits over tape off-siting.Notes: Licensing AIR is part of the Storage Lifecycle Policies feature and requires the enterprise disk license for both the source and target domains. Customers using capacity based licensing do not have to pay a license fee for the target domain as capacity used by Auto Image Replication backups is only counted in the source domain and do not count towards the used capacity in the target domain. In the NetBackup 7.1 release the Auto Image Replication feature is only supported using the Media Server Deduplication Option to duplicate backups between domains. (Support for OpenStorage devices and PureDisk Deduplication Option are expected to follow in the first half of 2011.)
- AIR “Import” is a) Immediate and b) Optimized (fast) operation:The OST API now provides an event mechanism for the OST plugin. When a new image arrives at the target site, the OST plugin will notify NB, and NB will immediately take action on the image.AIR “Import” is NOT the traditional (slow) import because the metadata is replicated directly to the target site, as a part of the image. (Traditional import has to read the whole image so as to construct the .f file.) The image metadata (the red block) is laid down on the source disk device as another fragment of the image. Therefore the replicating device will send the metadata to the remote site by virtue of replicating the image itself. The AIR “Import” process is a simple matter of moving the metadata into the catalog.Notice that the image metadata (the red block appended to the image) is removed when the image is duplicated to a traditional NB storage unit. There is no need to store the metadata with the image outside of the context of replication and import.
- The only point here is that AIR supports a many-to-one, spoke-and-hub configuration across multiple NB domains.
- The only point here is that AIR supports a one-to-many configurations as well. Yes, it supports many-to-many too.
- For large organizations or enterprises with multiple locations and data centers, managing backup and recovery can be a challenge, especially if the goal is to improve efficiency and use of resources. NetBackup OpsCenter, a new component in NetBackup 7, offers out of the box reporting, alerts, and monitoring screens designed to streamline the operations of data protection.NetBackup OpsCenter replaces NetBackup Operations Manager (NOM) with usability and management improvements and also incorporates a previously stand-alone product, Backup Reporter. The business-level reporting , analytics, and 3rd party backup reporting features of Backup Reporter are now offered in OpsCenter Analytics. These features can be turned on with a simple license key from within OpsCenter, no additional software is required. OpsCenter Analytics provides multi product and platform support, business reporting, and complete customization (including customized and chargeback reportsandfull control on data retention).Because OpsCenter can centralize information from multiple sites, domains and versions of NetBackup, one team can view and assist other data centers or smaller sites through one console. Another new feature, not previously available in NetBackup Operations Manager, is the ability to report on Symantec backup and archiving (NBU, BE, and EV) products for no additional charge within OpsCenter. And if an organization has 3rd party backup products such CommVault, IBM TSM, or EMC Networker, they can standardize reporting from these product as well, through a quick and easy upgrade to OpsCenter analytics.Improved server efficiency is another part of the improvements offered with OpsCenter. Smaller customers, with only one master/media server, benefit from the ability to run OpsCenter on their existing NetBackup 7 servers, something that was not possible previously with NetBackup Operations Manager. For example, one of the more recent and popular reports is the ability to see quickly see both protected and unprotected virtual machines (Hyper-V and VMware only) with the click of mouse.
- Audit Trails help you determine what changes are being made in the NetBackup environment. This can be very helpful especially when troubleshooting. For example, you can finally answer the question “What changed” when something that used to work, is no longer working. From a compliance or security stantdpoint it is also useful in detecting unauthorized access or changes to your backup environment. Some types of audit reporting OpsCenter can perform -- auditing of changes to storage units, storage servers and volume pools.Storage Lifecycle Policy Reporting – BecauseStorage Lifecycle Policies can be used to automatically create additional copies of data – it can create unanticipated loads on infrastrucuture. SLP Reporting gives greater visibility into your storage environment, it can help you better understand when there is not enough hardware to handle the load Storage Lifecycle Policy places on a backup infrastructure. SLP reporting provides drill-down reports on such things as Auto Image Replication jobs – if/when data was successfully replicated to the DR site; Backlog – showing which and how many backup jobs are unfinished. Workload Analyzer – reports can help a customer understand where there are available resources that can be used for backup and recovery. In many environments it seems that backups run 24/7 however they may not be actually using all of the resources available which reduces ROI. It can also show things such as when jobs are staying too long in the queue which means that too many backups might be starting at one time or that not enough resources are in the infrastructure to handle the jobs. On the flip side, it can also help you uncover additional or under-utilized resources for backup & recovery – and thereby allow you to postpone hardware purchases.Capacity based FETB License Reporting – If you’re currently a NetBackup customer using our Capacity (formerly called Front-End TB) licensing model, then this is a great tool for you. New OpsCenter 7.1 this feature helps you determines how much source data NetBackup is protecting in your environment – rather than the number of components deployed. NetBackup ustomers not using this model have to count the number of NetBackup Clients , Servers, and Options they would like to run NetBackup on or with and purchase the same number of licenses. If you’re considering moving to the Capacity model this OpsCenter tool (which is included as part of NetBackup) is very easy to use and can be a great help in calculating what you need to protect and how much Capacity Licensing is needed if you want to protect very large environments and leverage such advanced features as Enterprise Client, Application and Database Packs, Deduplication Option and RealTime
- Symantec backup appliances provide many benefits over traditional build-your-own or point solutions. The benefits take the form of faster time to deployment, reducing risk, reducing planned and unplanned downtime, improving staff efficiencies, and enhancing service levels. Symantec offers a choice of form factors; NetBackup software or as an integrated NetBackup or Deduplication appliance. NetBackup Appliances are an all-in-one, integrated and performance optimized appliance based on the industries leading enterprise backup software, NetBackup. It provides a turnkey solution for customers that wish to rapidly modernize their data protection environment. In addition, Symantec provides a choice of appliances: NetBackup 5220 Backup Appliance: an enterprise backup appliance that installs in minutes, with expandable storage starting at 4 TB, and deduplication for physical and virtual systems.NetBackup 5020 Deduplication Appliance: offers scalable deduplication appliance solutions for the enterprise that provides operational simplicity, effective utilization of network bandwidth and storage, and high performance.
- Symantec’s NetBackup Appliance family consists of two series; Backup Appliances which are the 5200 series and Deduplication Appliances which are the 5000 series. Let’s examine the NetBackup 5220 backup appliance. The 5220 starts as a 2U appliance with 4TB. It can scale with the addition of up to two (2) additional storage shelves. Each storage shelf is 3U and can expand the capacity in 24 or 36TB increments. Maximum usable capacity is 72TB. The 5220 can function as a media or a master server, and both can be easily configured with a simple mouse click through the NetBackup management console. The NetBackup 5020 is a deduplication appliance that supports 32TB of usable capacity. Up to six appliances or nodes may be connected to form a global deduplication pool of 192TB. Both the backup and deduplication appliances provide:source and target duplication, the only products in the market that provide this flexibility through a single, fully integrated appliance. Also, it provides multiple connectivity options for both Ethernet, 1 and/or 10Gig, as well as 8Gb fibre channel connectivity. Symantec has a unique front-end TB licensing model, so customers know exactly how much they are paying for in advance, regardless of their retention policy and/or the number of replicated copies they create. Software licensing is fully transferable, so this makes a great solution for media server replacements, just drop in the NetBackup appliance, transfer the licensing, and resume operations. Lastly, replication is included at no additional charge. With the NetBackup 5220 backup appliance and the NetBackup 5020 deduplication appliance, Symantec provides the choices that customer demand for their backup and recovery needs. *NetBackup 7.5 updates available for appliances late April / early May 2012
- What is NetBackup appliance? Is it just NetBackup pre-installed on hardware? The answer is both yes and no! You may ask why?Yes, NetBackup appliance is simply backup in a box if you are looking for a solution for your data protection and disaster recovery readiness. That is the business problem you are solving with this turnkey appliance that installs in minutes and reduce your operational costs. No, NetBackup appliance is more than a backup in box if you are comparing it with rolling your own hardware for NetBackup or if you are comparing it with third party deduplication appliances. Here is why I say this…NetBackup appliance comes with redundant storage in RAID6 for storing your backupsSymantec worked with Intel to design the hardware for running NetBackup optimally for predictable and consistent performance. Eliminates the guesswork while designing the solution. Many vendors will talk about various processes running on their devices to perform integrity checks, some solutions even need blackout windows to do those operations. NetBackup appliances include Storage Foundation at no additional cost. The storage is managed by Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and presented to operating system through Veritas File System. Why is this important? SF is industry-leading storage management infrastructure that powers the most mission-critical applications in the enterprise space. It is built for high-performance and resiliency. NetBackup appliance provides 24/7 protection with data integrity on storage provided by the industry leading technology. The Linux based operating system, optimized for NetBackup, harden by Symantec eliminates the cost of deploying and maintaining general purpose operating system and associated IT applications. NetBackup appliances include built-on WAN Optimization driver. Replicate to appliances on remote sites or to the cloud up to 10 times faster on across high latency links. Your backups need to be protected. Symantec Critical System Protection provides non-signature based Host Intrusion Prevention protection. It protects against zero-day attacks using granular OS hardening policies along with application, user and device controls, all pre-defined for you in NetBackup appliance so that you don’t need to worry about configuring it. Best of all, reduce your operational expenditure and eliminate complexity! One patch updates everything in this stack! The most holistic data protection solution with the least number of knobs to operate.
- Symantec has listened to its customers and developed the NetBackup appliances to assist in lowering their operating expenditures. The need for fully integrated appliances is also supported by industry analysts, such as Robert Amatruda at IDC.
- At Symantec we are focused on reducing the overall C.O.S.T of Enterprise Data Protection by 80% over the next 5 years. How we do this is to provide our customers with a single data protection platform that enables the reduction of all elements of how customers measure the expense and success of any data protection solution. These are: C – Capital Expense (CapEx) - ensuring our data protection provides the lowest storage cost for backup data. As well as optimizing the backup process to reduce the amount of data which is transported to perform the backup and recovery. O – Operational Expense (OpEx) - driving out operating cost by removing the need to manage multiple solutions or point products, to provide complete data protection while providing simple and turn key solutions. S – Service Level Attainment (SLA) - providing optimized solutions for the different workloads that are being protected to ensure SLAs are never missed. T – Transformation - providing within the platform the ability for organizations to continue to protect their environment as new technologies and initiatives transform their environment such as virtualization and cloud. Let’s look at each of these four measures and how Symantec delivers NetBackup Appliances which helps our customers continue to reduce the C.O.S.T of data protection.
- An important differentiator with Symantec is our software licensing. Software licensing is based on a front-end capacity license – allows customers to scale their capacity as needed. What is different are the 3Rs; replication, retention and refresh. Replication is included in our licensing. Compare this to our competitors who charge for every replication copy: Retention; competitors will charge for retention volume. Also, their software is tied to the hardware platform. This means their software license must be repurchased whenever the hardware is refreshed. Symantec reduces the CapEx of software licensing. Our hardware and software licenses are independent, giving customers the freedom to refresh their hardware without penalty.
- The NetBackup 5220 appliance starts at a form factor of 2U with 4TB useable capacity. It can be easily expanded using either 24 or 36TB capacity storage expansion shelves with a maximum of 2 storage shelves. This provides a total maximum capacity of 72TB usable storage and 64TB of deduplicated storage.
- Symantec appliances provides both scale-up and scale-out functionality. Scale-out occurs in three areas: Clients – the more clients running backups and dedupilcation, the greater processing power and that lowers the network bandwidth usage.Media servers – more media servers provide incremental process power and higher data ingest rates.Additional target deduplication appliances, depicted in the graphic, expands the global deduplication pool and provides higher processing power, while increasing the system capacity up to 192TB of global deduplication.
- By offering an appliance, Symantec simplifies our customers lives through OpEx savings. This is evident in five key areas: Acquisition, Installation & Integration, Administration, Patching and Upgrades, and Support. Compare this to the complexity of building and supporting your own media server. There are numerous components which must be ordered, interoperability of the components must be verified, install and integration takes hours sometimes days, configuration is tested and performance tweaked. For administering the media server, the customer is faced with multiple components to manage, multiple patches, firmware updates that are separate and need to be tested. And lastly, support often turns into the finger pointing game with 3, 4 or even 5 vendors. With a build your own media server; there are five areas and four major components, a total of 20 cost factors. Compared to the fully intergrated NetBackup appliance, it is easy to see how OpEx savings are derived. As a fully integrated, tested, performance optimized solution, Symantec appliances provide significant benefits by reducing cost, complexity, and risk.
- Symantec NetBackup provides many current and new features in NetBackup 7.5 which allow companies to improve their service levels and ensure all data is protected. Let’s look at a few features that address recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO): NetBackup Auto Image Replication or AIR –initially released in NetBackup 7.1, AIR allows NetBackup users to improve Recovery SLAs and reduce both CapEx and OpEx costs. Automating the backup and recovery process and leveraging deduplication to efficiently duplicate data to a remote site; data replication is seamless, transparent and cost effective; failover is fast, and leverage existing secondary site resources to eliminate the need for costly, dedicated disaster recovery sites.NetBackup Accelerator – New in NetBackup 7.5, NetBackup Accelerator with its uniquely integrated change tracking and source deduplication not only provides better ways to manage and reduce CapEx costs, it can offer huge improvements in Backup and Recovery SLA performance. With NetBackup Accelerator full backups can happen in virtually the time it takes to do an incremental backup and restore the data at the speed and cost of a full backup. In some cases you will see backups happen up to 100x faster, and our remote offices tests have indicated up to 600X faster performance. Fast, cost effective, consolidated global data protection becomes a reality.Bare Metal Restore is integrated into NetBackup and is included at no extra charge. Bare Metal Restore provides all the files and services necessary to perform system recovery, including the ability to perform diskless network booting, temporary OS installation, and disk configuration. This allows a complete system recovery time of approximately 15 minutes on any platform, even disparate hardware platforms. NetBackup appliances have WAN optimization layer drivers built-in. This means reliable backups even in high latency environments. These industry leading features allow customers to implement the solutions and policies to attain their service level commitments.
- Transformation is key to organizations success as they must protect their data today, while positioning and implementing solutions that will support dynamic growth and new technologies as they emerge. Four key areas are: Remote offices, providing streamlined solutions which eliminates the complexity of multiple point solutions and provides centralized management and data protection. With NetBackup appliances, remote offices can backup, dedupe, and then replicate the copies to the corporate office under the direction and control of headquarters staff. While backup takes many forms, recovery shouldn’t. Symantec backup and recovery solutions with V-Ray provide the single solution when recovery is needed, whether from tape, disk, snapshot, cloud – physical or virtual. As a single solution, NetBackup appliances backup and recover both physical and virtual servers.Tiered storage – NetBackup provides the backup and recovery solutions whether from tape, disk, snapshot; physical or virtual, and even cloud. Cloud storage is an emerging tool for data protection. It has the potential to significantly reduce OpEx and CapEx costs. In NetBackup 7.5, Symantec has expanded the number of cloud storage vendors to provide more choice and options.Every choice Symantec makes in designing and implementing NetBackup is made to eliminate complexity from our customer’s jobs as IT professionals. With features like bare-metal disaster recovery, AIR, WAN Optimization, Replication Director, and Accelerator, Symantec is delivering the best solutions for disaster recovery today, and in the future.
- The Symantec NetBackup appliances are a fully integrated hardware and software solution based on Symantec’s leading backup software. Our customers demand simplicity, ease of deployment, ease of use, and ease of support. Delivering Symantec’s best of breed software with hardware from Symantec makes this possible. The NetBackup 5220 backup and 5020 deduplication appliances provide tremendous flexibility for meeting the needs of organizations; Location; remote or branch offices, regional office(s), datacenter, and disaster recovery sites.Environments: support for both physical and virtual environments.Deduplication at client, media server, or target.Deduplication either inline or post process.Tiered storage: disk, tape, and cloud. Also, OST third party products. Protection; WAN efficient replication and tape out capabilities. The NetBackup and Deduplication appliances provide the flexibility and choice for customers to implement appliances from the remote office to the corporate data center, for physical to virtual machines, refresh existing systems; such as NetBackup master or media servers, or competitor VTL systems in a NetBackup environment, and replicate to disaster recovery sites. Here’s a ‘birds-eye” view of typical global enterprise configuration. Leveraging NetBackup’s wide range of advanced “single platform” Enterprise Data Protection and Deduplication options, management of backup and recovery on a global scale can be achieved with a single management console, leverage existing data protection skills and resources, reduce OPEX costs.In the data center, with NetBackup 7, data is easily protected and deduplicated across virtual and physical environments with a wide range of on- and off-host configurations. We can help you to characterize your environment to ensure the best possible performance at the lowest cost. Here you see deduplication enabled across the environment which can significantly reduce backup times and give back precious network resources. In fact in some cases, customers have reported the ability to defer expensive CAPEX performance upgrades to their networks because of the bandwidth they were able to regain. With the 5000 series of Global Dedupe Appliances, scalability is simple and affordable. You can start with a capacity footprint that meets your needs, and more capacity when you need.Replication to a Secondary Data Center (DC) or Disaster Recovery site (DR) is simple and cost effective. NetBackup Deduplication includes both Replication and Encryption at no additional charge with unlimited usage giving you the freedom to configure disaster preparedness and consolidation without breaking the bank.In those larger Remote offices, NetBackup and Deduplication can be easily and quickly deployed and managed with the NetBackup 5200 series appliance. These latest additions to the NetBackup Family Series of Appliances give true flexibility to global data protection needs.In the smaller Remote Offices, simply enabling client side deduplication and encryption at now extra charge can allow you to optimize data protection and global consolidation.Deploying and managing both Global Data Protection and Deduplication on an affordable, proven Enterprise-Class platform has never been easier.
- Not only does Symantec believe in its products, but the NetBackup appliances have received very positive feedback and reviews from industry analysts.
- Symantec has a long history of product innovation and leadership, and offering a NetBackup appliance provides our customers even greater choice. Symantec NetBackup appliances deliver on the COST methodology: Symantec NetBackup and Deduplication appliances are comprehensive, easy and scalable, flexible, and reliable. Providing our customers the data protection they need today and tomorrow.