KBID:1956

Products:VeeamBackup&Replication
Version:8.x
Published:20141114
Created:20141114
LastModified:20141118

Challenge
Thisarticledocumentsgeneralperformanceexpectations,bestpractices,andconfigurationadvice,whenusinganEMC
DataDomainappliancewithdeduplication.

Cause

PerformanceExpectations

DuetowayDataDomainactivelydeduplicates,storesandrehydratesblocksoperationswithinVeeamBackup&Replication
maybelimitedbytheoverheadthattheseactivitiesrequire.Thiscanimpactoperationsthataredesignedforproduction
storagebytheirnaturearehighlytransactionalorrequirerandomI/O.

OperationsthatutilizetheDataDomainasareplacementforproductionstoragewillbelimitedbythespeedatwhichthe
DataDomaincanactivelydeduplicateinboundblocks.

IfDDBoostisnotlicensedandtheDataDomainappliancemustbeaddedasarepositoryunderconventionalmethodsitis
advisedtouseaLinuxserverwiththevolumemountedviaNFSasarelayservertohelpimproveperformance.UsingSMB
sharewillprovideacceptable,butlowerperformance.

Solution

Restores

Allrestoreswilloccurasfastastheenvironmentcanacceptnewinformation,andasfastastheDataDomaincandeliverthe
data.

Thefollowingarespecialconsiderations:

InstantRecovery
ThistypeofrestorecanbeeffectedadverselybytheaforementionedlimitationsofaDataDomainappliance,and
dependingonthetypeofVMbeingrestored.HighlytransactionalVMswillrequiremoreIOPSfromtheDataDomain
thanothers.Withthisinmindyoucanexpect,dependingonDataDomainmode,toonlybecapableofrunningonly
fromonetoafewInstantRecoveriessimultaneously.InstantRecoveredVMsthatarestartedfromabackupfilestored
onaDataDomainmayreactorstartslowlyasthemajorityoftheirreadoperationswillbehinderedbythelimited
rehydrationperformanceoftheDataDomain.
ForVMwareusersitishighlyadvisedwhenperforminganIRthattheuserselecttohavevirtualdiskupdates
redirectedtoahighperformanceDatastore.Thiswillassistinimprovingsomeperformance.
ForVMwareusersitisadvisedthatiftheVMisintendedtobemadepermanentthatthemigrationstepbebegunas
soonaspossible.
PerforminginstantVMrecoverieswillconsumeDataDomainsystemresources,whichmayimpactperformanceof
otheroperatings(i.e.ingest,replication,cleaning,etc).
FileLevelRestores
Thebackupbrowsermaytakelongerthanusualtoopenifanincrementisselectedandfurthermorebythat
incrementsdistancefromthefullrestorepoint.
NavigatingbetweenfolderswithintheBackupBrowsermaytakeadditionaltimeaseachfolderscontentmust
retrievedfromthebackupfiletodisplayit.

BackupandBackupCopy

WhennotusingaDDBoostenableRepositorysyntheticandtransformoperationsmayhavediminishedperformance
duetoreadandwritelimitations.
FormoreinformationregardingBackupJobsettingspleasereference:
http://www.veeam.com/kb1745
SpecifictoBackupjobs,reversedincrementalisnotsupported.
SpecifictoBackupjobsuseoftheForeverIncrementalbackupmethodisonlyadvisableinsituationswhereretention
willbelessthan30points.Ifyouintendonretainmorerestorepointsthan30itisadvisedtoenabletheActiveFull
optionandconfigureittocreateanewactivefullmonthly.Thiswillreducerestoretimesbysegmentingeachmonth

intoitsownbackupchain.

RepositoryConfiguration

WithDDBoost:

IfyourDataDomainislicensedforDDBoostpleaseproceedtoconfigureitusingthefollowingsteps.

1. LaunchthecreationofanewRepository,ontheTypetabselectDeduplicationstorageappliance.

http://helpcenter.veeam.com/backup/80/vsphere/repository_launch.html
http://helpcenter.veeam.com/backup/80/vsphere/repository_type.html
2. SelectthededuplicationstorageasEMCDataDomain.
3. OnthenexttabconfiguretheinformationtoforconnectingtotheDataDomainappliance.
Verybottomonthispage:http://helpcenter.veeam.com/backup/80/vsphere/repository_server.html
4. OntheRepositorytabclickBrowseandselectthenecessarylocationfromthelistofavailablepaths.
http://helpcenter.veeam.com/backup/80/vsphere/repository_repository.html
5. Thedefaultsettingscanbetakenforthelaststepsinrepositoryconfiguration.
UnlessyourenvironmentrequiresyoutospecifyadifferentvPowerNFSServer.

WithoutDDBoost:

IfyourDataDomainisnotlicensedforDDBoostyouhavetwoprimaryoptionsforconnectivitytotheappliance.
CIFS
1. LaunchthecreationofanewRepository,ontheTypetabselectCIFS

http://helpcenter.veeam.com/backup/80/vsphere/repository_launch.html
http://helpcenter.veeam.com/backup/80/vsphere/repository_type.html
2. OnthenexttabconfigurethepathtowhichtheRepositorywillwriteto,andsetcredentialstoaccessthatshare.
SecondsectionnamedSharedFolderonthispage:
http://helpcenter.veeam.com/backup/80/vsphere/repository_server.html
3. OntheRepositorytabwithintheadvancedsection,
EnabledDecompressbackupdatablocksbeforestoring
4. Thedefaultsettingscanbetakenforthelaststepsinrepositoryconfiguration.
UnlessyourenvironmentrequiresyoutospecifyadifferentvPowerNFSServer.
NFS
YouwillneedtoconfiguretheDataDomainforNFSaccess,andconfigureaLinuxservertomountthevolumesfromthe
DataDomainviaNFS.PleaserefertothefollowinglinksforfurtherinformationregardingconnectingLinuxtotheData
DomainviaNFS:
http://forums.veeam.com/veeambackupreplicationf2/veeamdatadomainandlinuxnfssharet8916.html
http://tsmith.co/2014/veeamanddatadomain/

1. LaunchthecreationofanewRepository,ontheTypetabselectLinux

http://helpcenter.veeam.com/backup/80/vsphere/repository_launch.html
http://helpcenter.veeam.com/backup/80/vsphere/repository_type.html
2. OnthenexttabselecttheLinuxserverthatwebeconnectedto.IfitisnotpresentinthelistselectAddNew
3. OntheRepositorytabspecifythepathontheLinuxserverthatleadstowhereyoumountedtheDataDomainvia
NFS.OnthistabintheadvancedsectionenabledDecompressbackupdatablocksbeforestoring.
http://helpcenter.veeam.com/backup/80/vsphere/repository_repository.html
4. Thedefaultsettingscanbetakenforthelaststepsinrepositoryconfiguration.
UnlessyourenvironmentrequiresyoutospecifyadifferentvPowerNFSServer.