Backup Exec 2012

Agents and Options

Markku A Suistola
Principal Presales Consultant
 Backup Exec 2012

Backup Exec 2012 Architecture Overview

Understanding the technology workflow

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 Backup Exec 2012 Core Components

1 Backup Exec Server

• Backup data sent from agents to
media server for storage
• Disk or tape backup devices
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2012 Server

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2 Agents (Physical servers)
• Protects remote systems A B
• Windows, Linux, and Mac C D
• Databases and applications
• VMware/Hyper-V (agent-less or
agent-assisted)

3 Options
• Enterprise Server
• Data Deduplication 2
• File/E-mail Archiving
• NDMP Physical Servers Virtual Servers
• Centralized Management
Backup – Software, Whatever Your Needs
Symantec Desktop Laptop Option
Capacity Licensing
Backup Exec
 Single SKU Protects an entire
Capacity Licensing
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®
18+ Servers
and Hyper-V®
1000+ Seats
 Agent for Mac®
 DLO not included
Backup Exec Backup Exec Small
1. Backup Exec
Backup Exec Server Backup Exec
Business Small
Edition
2. 2012
Agent for Windows/Linux/Mac Business Edition
 Manage multiple instances of
Backup Exec Small Business
3. Remote Media Agent for Linux
Edition
4. Application Agent
 Self-contained
5. Virtualization Agent
• Protects an entire server, can
6. Deduplication Option be scaled to protect up to 3
7. File System Archiving Option servers in total
8. Exchange Mailbox Archiving Option  Microsoft Servers Supported
1-10 • Windows (all Editions), SQL®,
9. Enterprise Server Option Exchange® SharePoint®,
10.NDMP Option (per device) Active Directory®, Hyper-V
4-17 Servers
11.Library Expansion Option (per device) 1-3 Servers
 Integrated System Recovery
71-999 Seats
12.VTL Unlimited Drive Option (per 3-70 Seats
 Virtual Conversions
device)  Backup Destinations
• DLO not included • Disk (B2D)/Local Tape
 DLO not included

Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition

Backup Exec 3600 Appliance

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Virtual Environments

Protection For Virtualized Infrastructures

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A C B A
A B
D C A B
C D
B D D C

Agent for Agent for

VMware and Applications and Deduplication
Hyper-V Databases Option
Metering based on number of cores (multiples of 2); OPL generic meter: per processor

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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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Granular Recovery for Physical and Virtual

VMware or Hyper-V Backup Exec™ 2012 Server

Running Virtualized Application Servers + Virtual Agent

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Single-pass Backup of
1 Virtual Guest Systems 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

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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 Differential

– Snapshot-based backup required

– Individual item restore supported
• Block Level Incremental Backup
– Snapshot-based backup required
Incremental
– Individual item restore supported
• Removal of Log Backup Support
– Exception instructs user to change recovery model to
“Simple”

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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
LAN (Discovery)
vSphere Server

Backup Exec Server

+Agent for VMware and Hyper-V

Virtual Machines

Data Store

SAN (Data Transport)

VMware Virtual Machine Discovery Methods:

• Enter vSphere/vCenter hostname or IP address into Backup Exec interface
• Virtual machines then available for backup selection

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Hyper-V Virtual Machine Discovery

Backup Exec Server

+Agent for VMware and Hyper-V Hyper-V Server
Virtual Machines

AWS

LAN (Discovery and Data Transport)

Hyper-V Virtual Machine Discovery Methods:

• Deploy Agent for Windows Systems (AWS) to Hyper-V host
• Virtual machines then available for backup selection

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Virtual Machine Backup Methods
Agentless, Agent-assisted, or Agent-based
Agentless
• Image-level backup (agentless)
• Restore full virtual machine or
files/folders
• VMware vStorage API for Data
Protection (VADP) integration
Agentless (file servers)
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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Agent-based
• Legacy agent-based backup
• Not image-based
• Local agent gathers and
transmits data to backup server
• No integration with VDAP
Agent-assisted
(application servers)
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Virtual Machine Deduplication Stream Handlers

• 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
VMDK/VHD Backup With Deduplication

File Segment File Segment File Seg.

Block Block Block Bl. Block Block Block

128k 128k 128k 32k 128k 102k 128k

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 Backup Exec 2012

Enterprise Server Option

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

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Server Pool
Backup Exec
2012 CAS Server Device
Busy

Job Dispatch Device

Offline

Device
Ready

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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 Local Backup

Exec Server Exec Server

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Example CASO Configurations

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Centralized Data Center

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CAS Server

Managed Backup
Exec 2012 Server

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Centralized Data Center with Remote Sites
Remote Office 1
VPN Secured

Managed Backup Exec

Servers
Central Site

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CAS Server

WAN
Remote Office 2

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Questions? Demo…

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Thank you!
Markku A Suistola

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