VMworld 2013
Keith Farkas, VMware
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Jeff Hunter, VMware
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VMware Dramatically Simplifies IT Business Continuity
vSphere HA
vSphere FT
vSphere
Replication
Site Recovery
Manager
vSphere
vMotion
vSphere APIs
for Data
Protection
vSphere Data
Protection
Advanced
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VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) Advanced
ď§Built on proven EMC Avamar⢠technology
ď§Minimize backup data storage requirements
ď§Easy, wizard-driven set-up and management
ď§Agent-less virtual machine backup and restore
ď§Agents for granular tier-1 application protection
ď§Backup and recovery for VMware, from VMware
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Whatâs New with VDP Advanced â Scale
ď§Supports up to ~200 VMs per appliance
ď§Up to 8TB of de-dupâd backup data capacity
⢠Deployed with 2TB
⢠Capacity can be added (up to 8TB total)
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Whatâs New with VDP Advanced â Applications
ď§Tier 1 Application Agents â App-level backup
for Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server
⢠Select individual databases for backup and restore
⢠Application-consistent backup and restore
⢠Higher level of de-duplication than image-level backup
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Whatâs New with VDP Advanced â Upgrade
ď§Upgrade from VDP to VDP Advanced
â˘In-place upgrade preserves backup data
â˘Capacity growth to VDP Advanced sizes
VDP
VDP
Advanced
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Versions and Packaging
ď§vSphere Data Protection Advanced
â˘Included with vSOM Ent, Ent+ Acceleration Kits
â˘Can also be purchased separately
â˘Simple per-CPU licensing, just like vSphere
ď§vSphere Data Protection
â˘Included with vSphere Essential Plus and higher
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Deployment
ď§DNS host record for VDP appliance
ď§Deploy .ova
ď§http://<VDP ip address>:8580/vdp-configure/
â˘Customize appliance size, storage layout
â˘Option to use existing VDP storage
â˘Storage performance test
ď§Reboot appliance
New
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Application Agents
ď§SQL Server and Exchange
ď§Application-consistent backup and restore
⢠SQL Server Virtual Device Interface (VDI) API
⢠Exchange Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
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Backup and Maintenance Windows
ď§Backup window
⢠Backup jobs should be scheduled in backup window
ď§Maintenance window
⢠Scheduled integrity checks and garbage collection
⢠Integrity check can also be run manually
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Recommendations
ď§Add DNS host record prior to deployment
ď§Right-size VDP appliance at deployment
⢠Capacity can be added to VDP Advanced, not VDP
ď§Use proper storage
⢠Many VDP support calls related to slow storage
ď§Manage your snapshots
⢠Majority of VDP support calls related to snapshots
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Recommendations
ď§Monitor storage capacity
⢠Capacity warning issued at 80%
⢠Look for ways to lower capacity utilization <80%
⢠Health check limit at 95%
⢠Performance issues, new backup activities suspended
⢠Server read-only limit at 100%
⢠No new data allowed
ď§Ideal steady-state capacity is 65-75%
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Recommendations
ď§Place VDP appliance close to protected VMs
⢠VDP utilizes SCSI hot-add
⢠Keep traffic of off network
ď§Latest version of VMware Tools
ď§Do not power-off the appliance
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Recommendations
ď§One partition per .vmdk file
⢠FLR does not support disks with multiple partitions
ď§Time synchronization
⢠âMost recent request has been rejected by the serverâ
⢠VDP plug-in not showing
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Recommendations
ď§Avoid backups during maintenance window
⢠Restores can be performed any time
ď§Make sure you are using latest version
⢠Example: Win 2008 R2, 2012 issue resolved
ď§Always use fully qualified domain names
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vSphere Data Protection Advanced and VDP
Software
Defined
Data
Protection
Hybrid
Data
Protection
Application
Aware
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vSphere Data Protection 5.5 Feature Overview
Enhancing user experience and
simplicity
Single VMDK Backup and restore
Detachable/Re-mountable data disks
Direct to host recovery
New Storage enhancements
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Bringing Enterprise Technology to all markets
VDP Advanced/VDP
Data Protection by VMware for VMware
Great Value at Affordable Price
Easy to Deploy and Manage
Best De-dup Technology Enabling Agility and
Infrastructure Efficiency
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More VDP Advanced at VMworld
ď§VMware Support (GSS) session
⢠BCO4756 Technical Deep Dive and Troubleshooting
ď§Demos
⢠VMware BCDR booth on show floor
ď§BCDR sessions
⢠BCO5160 Part 1
⢠BCO5162 Part 2
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Other VMware Activities Related to This Session
ď§ HOL:
HOL-SDC-1305
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery In Action
ď§ Group Discussions:
BCO1002-GD
Data Protection and Backup with Jeff Hunter
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Replication
ď§ Replicate backup data from VDP to EMC Avamar
ď§ Easily move backup data offsite for DR
New
Service
Provider
Backup Data Replication
VDP