Backup Exe – VSE+ Training

Virtualization
Backup Exec Virtualization Support
One Unified Backup Solution
Protects Both Virtual and Physical Resources

Reduce cost and management of multiple products – Complete data, application, and
system protection for physical and virtual environments

Reduce licensing costs – Included in Bonze, Silver, Gold and V-Ray Editions to enable
simple and fast licensing of the right virtual protection features

Reduce storage resources – Advanced deduplication and granular file and application
recovery from a single online, image-level backup

Virtual Hosts Backup Exec Physical Servers

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VMware Protection

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Advanced Protection of VMware Environments
• Full VMware VADP integration VMware
VADP
• Block optimization VMware API Integration

• Support for Virtual Machines on vSAN Datastores

• Key Features Include:
– Full VM recovery and granular restore of files, application objects Instant Recovery
– Instant Recovery and Recovery Ready
– Data deduplication
– Full, differential, & incremental backups (Changed Block Tracking)
– SSL Certificate Handling Data Deduplication

– Include/exclude specific VM disks

• Support for vSphere 6.7, 6.5, 6.0 and 5.5
Instant GRT

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VMware Platform Integration
Backup Exec and VMware
Integration features and benefits

vStorage API Changed Block Block Granular Data

Integration Tracking Optimization Recovery Deduplication
✓Enables backup of Full – captures full ✓VMware APIs report ✓Single-pass backup ✓VMDK Stream
all virtual machines backup of virtual status of disk blocks Handler technology
✓Recover an entire
machine
✓Image-level, off- ✓Backup Exec skips virtual machine ✓Fully integrated into
host backups (SAN) Differential – backs empty or unused Backup Exec
✓Recover individual
up changes since last blocks
✓Flexible transport files and folders ✓Increases
full
modes, including ✓Reduces size of deduplication
✓Recover entire
SAN Transport Incremental – backs backups efficiency
applications
up changes since last
✓VMs protected while ✓Increases backup ✓Reduces backup
backup event ✓Recover granular
online speed storage needs
application objects

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Backup Exec and VMWare Storage DRS
Backup Exec and VMware Storage DRS
Protecting VMware VMs in an SDRS configuration

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VMDK

Datastore_1 Datastore_2 Datastore_3 Datastore_4

• For SDRS events during active backup/restore, temporary “lock” place on VMDK file
• Backup/restore operation completes
• Lock is released, SDRS event continues

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VMware Virtual Volumes (vVOL)
Backup Exec and VMware VVOLs
New VMware management framework Software-Defined Storage

VMware VVOLs Backup Exec and VMware VVOLs

✓ Application-centric ✓ Supported by Backup Exec
Software-Defined Storage

✓ Common management across ✓ VVOL VMs can be protected by

heterogeneous devices Backup Exec
✓ Policy-based, dynamic ✓ Includes support for VADP
composition of services backups and NBD/HotAdd
✓ Fine control of data services to transport modes
individual VMs ✓ Includes GRT features support,
data deduplication, and more

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VMware Backup Security
VMware Security Features
Ensuring data security during backup operations and storage

SSL Certificate/Thumbprint
• Clients required to pass matching SSL thumbprint of vCenter/ESXi for certain operations
SSL • Backup Exec checks to see if it has already retrieved the SSL certificate from the server
Certificate
• If needed, Backup Exec retrieves SSL certificate and thumbprint, places thumbprint in a
cache
• Thumbprint used when making applicable API calls
HTTPS Port Number Handling
• HTTPS port number must be passed instead of VIX number of a vCenter server or ESXi host
• The HTTPS default port number is 443; VIX default port number is 902
HTTPS • In Backup Exec, the VDDK port number is no longer exposed in the UI
• If a vCenter HTTPS port is non-standard, the server must be added to Backup Exec with a
port suffix

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Hyper-V Environments

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Advanced Protection of Hyper-V Environments
• Agentless, Image-level Hyper-V Backups
• Support for SMB, Scale out, CSV and legacy LUN configurations Support for
Hyper-V 2016

• Support for Hyper-V Resilient Change Tracking (RCT) and block

optimization
Volume
• Key Features Include: Shadow Copy

– Consistent protection of Windows VMs through Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy

(VSS)
– Full VM recovery and granular restore of files, application objects
– Instant Recovery and Recovery Ready Instant Recovery
– Data deduplication
– Full, differential, & incremental backups (RCT) Data
– Include/exclude specific VM disks Deduplication

• Support for Hyper-V Server 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2012, 2008 R2
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Hyper-V Platform Integration
Backup Exec and Microsoft Hyper-V
Integration features and benefits

Microsoft VSS Resilient Change Block Granular Data

Integration Tracking Optimization Recovery Deduplication
✓Consistent backup Full – captures full ✓Tracks status of VM ✓Single-pass backup ✓Hyper-V Stream
of Hyper-V VMs backup of virtual disk blocks Handler technology
✓Recover an entire
machine
✓Proper protection of ✓Backup Exec skips virtual machine ✓Fully integrated into
applications such as Differential – backs empty or unused Backup Exec
✓Recover individual
Exchange, SQL, up changes since last blocks
files and folders ✓Increases
SharePoint, Active full
✓Reduces size of deduplication
Directory ✓Recover entire
Incremental – backs backups efficiency
applications
✓Application up changes since last
✓Increases backup ✓Reduces backup
quiescence and log backup event ✓Recover granular
speed storage needs
truncation application objects

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Extended Hyper-Converged Storage Support
Backup Exec and API Integration with Hyper-V
Resilient Change Tracking (RCT) Support

Hyper-V

SMB 3.0 S2D Scale out storage Nutanix

• Improved performance, up to 50% faster
• Does not require VSS
• Removes the storage overhead associated with a volume snapshot

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Microsoft Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
Backup Exec and CSVs
Support for Hyper-V clusters using CSV technology

Hyper-V Cluster Backup Exec Server

VM VM VM VM

VM VM VM VM Backup Data
Shared Volume

• Hyper-V virtual machines in a CSV configuration are fully supported by Backup Exec
• Includes virtual machines configured for high availability
• When a Cluster Shared Volume is detected, the path C:\Cluster Storage\Volume1 is displayed,
which is where the VHDs reside

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Optimizing Virtual Machine Backups

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Block Optimization

Block Optimization
Only used disk blocks captured when protecting virtual machines

Virtual Disk Block Map

Used blocks captured during backup Empty blocks ignored

Reduces size of virtual Increases backup Reduces storage

backups performance requirements

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Change Block Tracking / Resilient Change Tracking
Differential and Incremental Backups (CBT or RCT)
Tracking and capturing changed blocks

Virtual Disk Block Map

Used blocks Empty blocks Changed blocks

• Incremental - captures blocks that have changed since the last backup operation
• Differential - captures blocks that have changed since the last full backup operation
VMware Change Block Tracking (CBT) Microsoft Resilient Change Tracking (RCT)

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Installing Backup Exec in a Virtual Machine

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Running Backup Exec in a VMware Virtual Machine
Installing Backup Exec in a VMware Virtual Machine
Important notes

• Backup I/O will have an impact on vSphere Server performance

VM VM VM
• Consider using “Hot Add” transport method
Backup
Exec
• vSphere support of local tape devices is limited to certain SCSI
configurations
VMware KB Articles • Instructions for SCSI pass-through available via VMware’s
• Configuring tape drives knowledge base:
and media changers on • Fiber Channel attached tape devices not supported by VMware
VMware ESX/ESXi • Ensure tape device is supported on the Backup Exec HCL
• VMware Compatibility • Recommended that disk storage devices be used
Guide

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Installing Backup Exec to a Hyper-V Host
Running Backup Exec on a Hyper-V Host
Important notes

• Backup Exec can be installed to most Hyper-V Host configurations

VM VM VM
• Exceptions: Windows Hyper-V 2008 R2/2012 R2 Server Core
Backup
Exec • May offer solid performance since the virtual machines and the
backup storage are local
Note: Microsoft best • Limited support of host-attached backup devices; host-attached
practices recommend that a SCSI tape devices are not supported
Hyper-V host only run the
• Disk storage devices recommended In this configuration
Hyper-V role for best
performance of the VMs

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Backing up Virtual Machines

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Virtual-based vs. Agent-Assisted Backups
Virtual-based vs. Agent-assisted Backups
Capability comparison

Virtual-based Backups Agent-assisted Backups

Optimal for virtualized file servers Optimal for application VMs

• Entire VM, including applications, • Entire VM, including applications,

protected via VSS protected via VSS
• Ensures applications are consistent at the • Ensures applications are consistent at the
time of backup time of backup
• VMware Tools must or Hyper-V Integration • Agent for Windows must be installed to
Services be installed to VM the VM
• Recovery options: full VM recovery and • Recovery options: full VM recovery,
file/folder recovery (requires AW) application recovery*, granular application
recovery*, and file/folder recovery

*Requires Silver or Gold capacity edition, V-Ray or Agent for Applications and Databases license
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Virtual Machine Backups Widget

Detects Virtual Machine

backups and shows
recommendations for Virtual
or Agent-based backups

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Virtual Machine Backup Options

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VMware Transport Mode Options

Best practice:
Select all four
transport modes

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Enabling Instant GRT

Instant GRT Full catalog

Instant GRT makes backups faster by Full catalog immediately or on a schedule
collecting minimum information collects more thorough information
Contents of the backup must be browsed Contents of the backup can be searched for
for GRT restores GRT restores
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V-Ray Technology
V-Ray Technology
True visibility enables proper protection

Backup Exec edition to protect only virtual environments

Simple licensing – Per CPU socket

Patented visibility into virtual machines and applications

3rd-generation Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)

Instant GRT & Instant Recovery

Virtual Environment Support included in Bronze, Silver and Gold capacity editions

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Instant Recovery

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Instant Recovery for VMware and Hyper-V

Ultra-fast Instant Recovery for Virtual Machines

Introduction and overview

VM Key Features VM Key Benefits

• Powers on the virtual machine directly • High Speed – No more waiting for restores
from the backup storage to finish before VMs can be accessed
• Makes the VM visible in vCenter or Hyper-V • Improved RTO – Decrease downtime of
manager as soon as it’s powered on your production VMs
• VMware – Leverages vMotion to move the • Safe – Source VM backups protected
VM back to production storage during restore event
• Hyper-V – Leverages Live Migration to • Infrastructure Neutral – Requires no new
move the VM back to production storage or additional infrastructure

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Instant Recovery for VMware and Hyper-V Process
Ultra-fast Instant Recovery for Virtual Machines
Process diagram

Backup Exec Server VM Instant Recovery Process Hyper-V or VMware Host ✓ High Speed
Recovery event boots
backup VM images
directly from storage
✓ Safe
VM VM
Storage vMotion Backup VM image
VM VM VM Live Migration VM kept in read-only
VM VM VM VM
mode during recovery
VM Backups High-speed Instant Recovery Production VMs ✓ Infrastructure
Neutral
No new infrastructure
needed to support
VM mounted from VM migrated to production VM production ready instant recovery
1 backup storage 2 datastore 3 feature

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