DR Made Simple! Vreplicator and Other Cool Tools: George Pradel Sr. Systems Engineer

Enhancing VMware Infrastructure Enhancing VMware ESX Server
DR made simple! vReplicator and other cool tools

George Pradel Sr. Systems Engineer
Vizioncore: Strategic Virtualization Software

Founded in 2002 Majority owned by Quest Software
(acquired Provision Networks yesterday)
Chicago-based HQ, Worldwide Sales Channel Proven 5,000 customers; 50,000 licenses, 700 partners worldwide
Vizioncores Strategic Solutions

Backup and Recovery:* vRanger Pro Replication:*vReplicator Monitoring/Cost Reporting: * vCharter Migration to VI3:*vMigrator
Threats to your business
Acronyms for Todays Discussion
RTO
RPO
Enhancing VMware Infrastructure
Backup and Recovery with vRanger 3.2

(and yes, we will support the 3i technology when it hits the streets)
Backup Technology Inside Guest Agents

Advantages
Restore individual files Consistent transactional data Doesnt need to be DRS/VMotion aware
Challenges
OS recovery difficult/impossible Guest/host resources heavily utilized Control number of guests running backups at a time Not designed for Virtual Infrastructure
Backup Technology - Image Level

Disaster Recovery Advantages
Up and running fast Full virtual machine captured Simple recovery NO need for backup window
Challenges
Transactional data consistency
VSS Integration
DRS/VMotion
vRanger and vReplicator are DRS/VMotion aware vRanger and vReplicator integrate with Virtual Center
Hot Image Backups of Virtual Machines

Full Image Backups Seamless VCB Integration Differential Block Backups VSS Enabled for Consistent Images File Level Restore From Image P2V Disaster Recovery No Compression Option
Mainly for De-Duplication Technologies
vRanger Pro Standalone
vRanger for Backup

Backup in 3 easy steps Differential Backups Compress backups Easily integrate with VCB
Quiesce at Application level

vRanger 3.2 currently has VSS support Current VMware Tools quiesces file system only
P2VDR
Agentless! Leverages vConverter technology Supports Windows 2000 and above
Physical Compatibility RDMs

Not possible to backup with vRanger Not possible to backup with VCB HOWEVER you could use the new P2VDR module to back up this RDM (physical) from inside the guest
NB the recovery would be to virtual disk
VMware Consolidated Backup

To get the most out of vRanger use VCB To get the most out of VCB use vRanger! Offloads backup process from host!
Exports VMDK or mounts VMFS
Backup platform, requires backup applications
vRanger Professional
Will leverage a proxy server
Can quiesce the VMDK (Windows) LAN free backups available Intended as a Framework for backup vendors No usable restore capability iSCSI supported on 1.0.3*
Combined Solution
Simple VCB integration

VCB integration in a couple of mouse clicks! Provides resilience for VCB
Recovery
Ranger will restore full images using the traditional network method. Restores can be made to any vmfs, the vm name can be changed as well. VMDKs can be mounted by vRanger and file level restores can be accomplished. NTFS rights are respected
vRanger for Recovery

Recovery in 3 easy steps File level recovery
File Level Recovery
Restore to different Data Store(s)

VMs and VMDKs can be restored to different data stores
vRanger Benefits
DRS/VMotion aware Agentless VSS integration! P2VDR protect physical machines and VMs with pRDM Easy VCB Integration
vRanger augments VCB! Can provide failover for VCB.
Image level backup to file level restore! Differentials available Compress backup jobs
vReplicator Replication of Select Virtual Machines
Replication Methods
Agent Level
Inside the Guest OS
User data and transaction level
Image Level
Complete copy of entire virtual machine
OS, applications & user data
Array Based
Complete copy of the LUN and the Virtual machines contained therein. OS, applications & user data for all vms on a lun.
Agent Based Replication

Advantages
File level Transactional consistency
Challenges
Requires more administration
Must maintain both systems
Only replicates data Performance Overhead

Disk & Network I/O Compression
High cost
Similar hardware at Source & Target Must license both servers
Image Level Replication

Advantages
Destination powered off until needed
Failover Testing Failover w/options
Challenges
Less flexible in options
No Fiber Option Scan time
LUN Level Replication (Initial SRM)

Advantages
Timely copies of the full lun and all of the data therein. Elegant solution with no host or network resources used
Challenges
Expensive Requires similar/identical equipment on both sides Requires re-registering the virtual machines upon recovering from a failure at the remote site. Works on a group of VMs at one time.
SRM is seeking to automate this process first
vReplicator
Full VM image replication
OS and Data Volumes Asynchronous Changed data only
LAN or WAN options Selectively replicate VMs

One to One Many to One
Ensure the quality of your replication

Test Failover Initiate Manual Failover with or without Synchronization
Initial Sync
Leverages proven technology from vRanger Pro for initial copy Leverage vRanger Pro differential engine for changes
Replication Passes
Process:
Check for vRanger running jobs Check for hardware changes Calculate changes to VMDK Send and embed changes
vReplicator Benefits
Enhance H/A
Test Failover Initiate Failover Reduce total RTO
Reduce D/R costs

Disparate Hardware Supported Disparate Networks Supported No Common Virtual Center Supported
vReplicator GUI driven management

Wizards
Setup Job
Manage jobs VC Integration Alerting Logging Host Stats
More
Summary
Built for VMware Infrastructure! Leader - Image backups Great for Virtual Machines that require multiple daily Replications Active/Passive Setup to gain the benefits of replication without the hardware requirements of array replication Innovative & Unique
Image level approach New technology additions to virtualization
Value
Immediate ROI, Low entry point
Questions? Comments?
For more information, visit www.vizioncore.com Presenter: gpradel@vizioncore.com Sales:pbuergey@vizioncore.com
Systems Engineer: jahn@vizioncore.com
Vizioncore Inc. 975 Weiland Road Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 847-603-7619

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