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Best Practicesfor VMware Backups
Rick Vanover
http://www.veeam.com/blog
Twitter: @RickVanover, @Veeam
MCITP vExpert VCPSoftware Strategy SpecialistVeeam Software
About the Speaker
Contributor to industry publications
Agenda
About VMware vSphere
Backup requirements and how-to
Difference-making technologies
Considerations of image-based backups
Virtual machine design and provisioning
Separation of source and target
Organization of backups
Ensuring application consistency
Testing recoverability
Considerations for multiple OSes and applications
Retention, availability and integrity
Job notifications, alerts and management
About VMware vSphere
VMware backup requirements
Key metrics: RTO and RPO Recovery time objective—The amount of downtime tolerable to get
back up and running. Recovery point objective—The tolerable amount of data loss during an
availability incident.
RTO & RPO
How are requirements going to be met
Bottom line: Confidence in the restore
Leverage the platform for optimized backups
Difference-making technologies
By leveraging the platform, fundamental improvements in data protection can be achieved.
vSphere platform enables changes to be made
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Restore
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Consideration of image-based backups
Image, agent and file-level backups all different
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File-level
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Virtual machine design and provisioning
Separation of source and target
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ESX(i) host(s)
Shared storage resources
Backupsoftware
Organization of backup jobs
Intuitive flow from production source to backup target
Organization in
vSphere with
Folders or
Resource pools
Jobs in backup
Software with the
same name as
folder in vSphere
Folders or shares
on file system with
same names as
backup jobs
vSphere Source Backup Software Backup Target
Design example – vSphere folders
Used as a container for VMs View accessible by selecting
“VMs and Templates” Can also be a parent object for
permissions Can be nested
Design example – backup targets
Good example is a folder or share Caution not to make it too complicated
This again will function as a container
Ensure application consistency
Difference between crash-consistent and application-consistent backups
Quiescing of application critical
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Test recoverability
Different than backup verification
Ensure a VMware virtual machine backup is usable
Consideration for multiple OSes and applications
Things are easier in a Windows-only world
Arrange best tools for each platform
Backup retention, availability and integrity
Ensure all requirements are met
Tape offload? VM replication? Backup file replication?
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Restore
Backup
Job notifications, alerts and management
Critical for ongoing success
What We Covered
About VMware vSphereBackup requirements and how-toDifference-making technologiesConsiderations of image-based backupsVirtual machine design and provisioning Separation of source and targetOrganization of backupsEnsuring application consistency Testing recoverability Considerations for multiple OSes and applicationsRetention, availability and integrityJob notifications, alerts and management
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