Azure and AWS - Comparing DR and
Backup capabilities
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Daniel Mar
Introduction
Twitter: @danielmar268
What are we going to talk about today?
Introduction to Backup and DR
High Level comparisons with AWS
Discussion moves into 3 main areas
Partner solutions for backup and recovery
Disaster Recovery
RTO / RPO
Replication
Recovery Plans
DR Testing
Backup
D2D, D2C, D2T
Tape / Offsite
Recovery point
Retention period
Application /
Crash consistent
Let’s start with some high level comparisons
Resource Groups
Resource Groups
Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
Virtual Machines
Simple Storage Service (S3)
Blob Storage
Amazon Glacier
Cool Blob
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Virtual Networks
Direct Connect
ExpressRoute
Amazon Snowball
Azure Import / Export
DR strategy
Azure Site Recovery
3rd Party backup solutions via Storage APIs, Cloud Native
Backup strategy
Azure Backup
Storage Gateway
StorSimple
Backup and Restore, Pilot light, Warm standby, Multi-Site
Comparing solutions
DR strategy
Backup and Restore, Pilot light, Warm standby, Multi-Site
4 scenarios
3rd Party vendor support
Azure Site Recovery
Recovery Services vault
VMware, Hyper-V, Physical server
Planned Failover
Unplanned Failover
Test Failover
Migration
ASR region availability
Azure to Azure (coming)
Azure Site Recovery: Disaster recovery / migration solution
Site to Azure
Windows
Site to site
Linux
ASR guidance – VMware VM protection
Configuration Server [9.6.4386]
VMware infrastructure
Additional Process Servers
Vault Registration Key
Mobility Agent
Service
ASR guidance – VMware VM protection
Pre-deploy Mobility Agent Service [9.6.4386]
Manual Install
Wizard based setup
Enter Configuration Server and
Passphrase
Enterprise Deployment
Enterprise tool for software distribution
e.g GPOs, ConfigManager
Scripted Install
UnifiedAgent.exe [/Role ] [/InstallLocation ] [/CSIP ]
[/PassphraseFilePath ] [/LogFilePath ]
Extract installer with command
Microsoft-ASR_UA_9.6.0.0_Windows_GA_04Jan2017_Release.exe /q
/x:C:\Software\Extract
Run command below
C:\Software\Extract\UnifiedAgent.exe /Role "Agent" /CSEndPoint
“192.168.249.49” /PassphraseFilePath "C:\ASR\Passphrase.txt"
ASR guidance – Hyper-V VM protection
Protection out of the box with
Windows Server Hyper-V - 2012, 2012
R2, 2016
Utilizes Hyper-V replica feature
Deployment options
Standalone Hyper-V Host – Hyper-V Site
System Center Virtual Machine Manager – VMM clouds
No need for Mobility Agents in the VM
workload
ASR guidance – Physical server protection
For the any Cloud scenario
On Premises physical servers
AWS EC2 instance protection
Deploy Configuration server like VMware scenario
ASR guidance – Sizing and Considerations
Protecting VMware VMs
Network bandwidth for initial
replication
Continuous replication with
Replication policy – RPO, Recovery
points and Application consistent
Supports VMware versions 5.5, 6.0
Preinstall mobility service for disk
selection
Multi-VM consistency – protect as
group
Protecting Hyper-V VMs
Network bandwidth for initial
replication – scheduled
Replication Policy copy frequency –
30s, 5m, 15m
Schedule initial replication
Hyper-V site vs VMM cloud protection
Supports replication of offline VMs
ASR guidance – Replicated now what?
Protected VMware VMs
Protected Hyper-V VMs
1
2
1
Hyper-V VM scenario has an additional feature for Planned Failover
2
Difference in terminology – equivalent in functionality
ASR guidance – Support for WS/SC2016
Windows Server 2016
Configuration Server – No official
support for Windows 2016
VMware versions
vCenter versions 5.5, 6.0
vSphere versions 5.1 (latest), 5.5, 6.0
Guest VMs
Windows Server 2016 is compatible with ESXi 5.5
and later, hardware version 10 or later is
recommended
https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2132789
Windows Server 2016
System Center VMM 2016 UR2
Green Field only
To Azure
- Hyper-V site with only WS2016 hosts
- VMM 2016 with only WS2016 hosts
To Secondary VMM site
- VMM 2016 with only WS2016 hosts
Mixed VMM clouds – WS2012, 2012R2
and WS2016 managed by VMM 2016
support coming soon.
Reference: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-site-recovery-windows-server-2016-asr/
Using ASR as a Migration Tool
Azure Site Recovery
1
3
Migration Steps
1
2
3
4
5
2
5
4
Azure Site Recovery Resources and Links
General
Support Matrix - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/site-recovery-support-matrix
Hyper-V Scenario
Support for 2016 - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-site-recovery-windows-server-2016-asr/
VMM build numbers - https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/15361.system-center-virtual-machinemanager-list-of-build-numbers.aspx
VMware/Physical Scenario
Latest Update 15 Rollup - https://support.microsoft.com/en-ph/help/3155004/update-rollup-15-for-azure-site-recovery
Trial/Previews
Sign up for ASR - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/site-recovery/ - Free for first 31 days [$31.84 AUD to
Azure, $20.38 AUD Site to Site]
XenApp DR Solution - https://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/documents/white-paper/xenapp-andxendesktop-using-microsoft-azure-site-recovery.pdf
Azure to Azure Preview – Contact Microsoft Account Manager
Comparing solutions
Backup strategy
3rd Party backup solutions via Storage APIs, Cloud Native
3rd Party vendor support
Cloud Native – Storage
snapshots
Azure Backup
Recovery Services vault
Azure IaaS backup
On premises backup
Files & Folders – MARS
All the rest - Azure Backup Server or SC Data
Protection Manager
Backup and retention policies
Application consistent backups
Azure IaaS VM Backup
“Optimally protect your cloud data”
No backup infrastructure
Linux
SQL
Server
Premium
Storage
Virtual
Machines
Customer Need:
• Protection from
deletion/corruption
• Application consistent backup
• Backup without shutting down VM
• Data Retention for Compliance
Self Service Backup/Restore
Backup as a Service
Pay as you go
Azure IaaS VM Restore Scenarios
Restore VM
Full copy
Restore as-is
Restore Disks
Custom configuration
Suitable for Availability Sets, Alternate KeyVault etc.
Restore Items*
File & Folder Restore
Restore parts of an application
Backup VMs migrated to cloud from Day1
Backup VMs migrated from
on-premises using ASR
• Simple 2-step backup
• Flexible choice of vaults and
backup policies
• Protection from Day1 of
migration
•
MARS
Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent [Jan 2017 - 2.0.9062.0]
Azure Backup Agent
MARS installed on
supported 64-bit
OS and backup
files and folders
No Linux Support
Azure Backup Server / DPM
MARS installed on
1. Azure Backup
Server
2. Data Protection
Manager
Use Azure Import /
Export to move
backup data to
Azure
Protecting Hyper-V VMs
Hyper-V Site
1. MARS Installed on
Hyper-V host
2. Microsoft Azure Site
Recovery Provider
installed on host
VMM
1. MARS Installed on
Hyper-V host in the
VMM clouds
2. Microsoft Azure Site
Recovery Provider
installed on VMM
VENUS
Basically DPM without Tape support
Backup Application and VM workloads
Cloud as a backup and restore
point
Backup to disk first
Azure Backup Server – Update 1
11.0.137.0 is the same as DPM
2012 R2 Update 11
Basically DPM 2012 R2 under
the covers
• Free
• No Tape Support
Backup Application and VM workloads
Requires System Center license
Azure Backup supports
- DPM 2012 R2 UR12
- DPM 2016 UR 2
Supports Tape on premises
Can be deployed on premises
or in Azure.
Backup guidance – Support for WS/SC2016
Windows Server 2012 R2
Not yet supported on Windows
Server 2016
Update to Update 1 to get
VMware backup features
Windows Server 2016
System Center DPM 2016 UR2
Modern Backup Storage – ReFS
Hyper-V protection improvements
Update 2 – Feb 8 release
• Backups of SQL Server 2016 and
SharePoint Server 2016
• Enhanced security for backups
Azure Backup Resources and Links
General
Azure Backup Options - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-introduction-to-azure-backup
Backup VMware VMs - https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dpm/2016/08/26/four-simple-steps-to-backup-vmwarevms-using-sc-dpm/
Azure Backup security capabilities - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/blog/azure-backup-security-feature/
Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent
January 2017 Update - https://support.microsoft.com/en-sg/help/3216528/azure-backup-update-for-microsoft-azurerecovery-services-agent-januar
Azure Backup Server
Update 1 - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3175529/update-1-for-microsoft-azure-backup-server
Build Numbers - https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/36381.microsoft-azure-backup-server-list-ofbuild-numbers.aspx
System Center Data Protection Manager
DPM 2012 R2 Update Rollup 12 - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3209592
DPM 2016 Update Rollup 2 - https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/3209593/
DPM Build Numbers - https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4058.system-center-data-protectionmanager-list-of-build-numbers.aspx
Trial/Previews
Recover files from Azure VMs - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-restore-files-from-vm
Comparing solutions
Storage Gateway
StorSimple
On-premise hardware appliance
StorSimple 8100 and StorSimple 8600
SSD/SATA and iSCSI only
Full redundancy
On-premise virtual appliance
1. File - ESX only
2.a. Volume – Cached volumes – ESX, Hyper-V
2.b. Volume - Stored volumes – ESX, Hyper-V
3. Tape – ESX, Hyper-V
AWS Cloud virtual appliance
2.a. Volume – Cached volumes – EC2
3. Tape – EC2
On-premise virtual appliance = SVA
StorSimple Virtual Array – iSCSI
StorSimple Virtual Array – SMB
VMware and Hyper-V Images [4vCPUs, 8GB, 500GB
(8TB Max)]
Azure Cloud virtual appliance
8010 – Standard Storage – A4 compute instance - 30TB
8020 – Premium Storage – DS3 compute instance - 64TB
Azure StorSimple on premises & in the cloud
Customer Data Center
SAN
Smaller Enterprise Environment
SAN
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
Linux
Linux
VMware
VMware
StorSimple iSCSI
Physical
8000
NAS
StorSimple 8000 Series
Update 3 – current [6.3.9600.17759]
iSCSI
StorSimple Virtual
Array (SVA)
StorSimple Virtual Array
Internet
Update 0.4 – current [10.0.10289.0]
Azure-based
Applications
iSCSI
StorSimple
Cloud
Appliance
StorSimple
Manager
StorSimple Cloud
Appliance
8010 HDD and 8020 SSD
StorSimple Workloads
Extend Into
Azure
DR
Dev/
test
Search
Media
Services
Extend Into
Azure
Data Transformation
Cloud Appliance
Performance-driven workloads
Local Pinned Volumes
File Shares
Backup
Target
Capacity-driven
Tiered Volumes
Collaboration
Archive
Virtual
Machines
SQL Server
StorSimple for Backup
Needs detailed assessment for sizing and churn to determine applicability in your environment
Local- Cloud
Offsite ‘Snapshot’ of backup
Offsite ‘Snapshot’ of backup
Offsite ‘Snapshot’ of backup
Local
Tiered to Azure
Azure
Storage
StorSimple for Disaster Recovery
8020
Cloud Snapshots
Production Data
Datacenter-1
Production Data
Datacenter-2
New StorSimple Subscription Model
•
•
200TB capacity,
SDD & HDD, Form
factor 1 X 2U iSCSI
Azure Enterprise
Agreement
$1,698.44 AUD
Per Month
•
•
500TB capacity,
SDD & HDD, Form
factor 2 X 2U iSCSI
Azure Enterprise
Agreement
$2,441.12 AUD
Per Month
•
•
•
30TB HDD / 64TB
SSD capacity iSCSI
StorSimple in a
VM on Azure
With purchase of
Physical
StorSimple
•
•
•
64TB capacity,
iSCSI or SMB
StorSimple in a
VM on ESX/HyperV
Azure Enterprise
Agreement/CSP
$159.23 AUD
$159.23 AUD
Per Month
Per Month
Pricing for Azure BLOB storage (LRS/GRS/ZRS with HOT or COOL) needs to be
purchased separately
Example: StorSimple Subscription Model Calculation
REMOTE
OFFICE
DATACENTER
100TB
StorSimple management (with 8600)
Consumption $ AUD / month
$2,441
StorSimple management (with SVA @ 3 sites)
$477
Azure Cool BLOB LRS for 100TB (cumulative)
$1,956
Total
REMOTE
OFFICE
: $1,956
$2,441
Solution
$159 per SVA
3 sites
$4,874
REMOTE
OFFICE
Azure StorSimple Resources and Links
General
What is StorSimple - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-au/azure/storsimple/storsimple-overview
StorSimple as a Backup Target - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/storsimple-as-a-backup-target/
Automated DR with ASR - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-au/azure/storsimple/storsimple-disaster-recovery-usingazure-site-recovery
StorSimple 8000 Series
Release Notes 3.0 - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-au/azure/storsimple/storsimple-update3-release-notes
StorSimple Virtual Array
Release Notes 0.4 - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-au/azure/storsimple/storsimple-virtual-array-update-04release-notes
Trial/Previews
StorSimple Data Manager - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-au/azure/storsimple/storsimple-data-manager-overview
Partner Solutions – Backup and DR
Partner
Product Solution
Key Workloads
CommVault
Backup and DR, Workload and Data Migration, Endpoint Data
Protection
Veritas NetBackup (in Beta)
Backup and DR, Workload and Data Migration, Endpoint Data
Protection
HPE Data Protector (October 9.08 release)
HPE VM Explorer (September 6.2 release)
Backup and DR
NetApp AltaVault
NetApp AltaVault Cloud-Based Appliance
Backup and DR
EMC Isilon CloudPools
EMC Avamar Virtual Edition
EMC Data Protection Suite CloudBoost
Hybrid Storage
Backup and DR
Long-Term Retention
Veeam® Cloud Connect™ for the Enterprise
Veeam® Cloud Connect™ for Service Providers
Veeam® Direct Restore to Azure
Backup and DR, Workload and Data Migration, Endpoint Data
Protection
Dell Rapid Recovery Replication Target for Azure
Backup and DR, Archiving
DatacastleRed
Endpoint Data Protection
Virtual Replication
DR
Partner Solutions - StorSimple Backup Target
Providing Backup and Disaster Recovery with Azure StorSimple
• Certification in progress for other partner solutions
• Dedicated StorSimple Storage appliance
• Detailed planning, sizing and implementation guidance
Partner
Product Solution
Key Workloads
Veritas NetBackup
Veritas Backup Exec
Backup and DR
Veeam
Backup and DR
In Summary and Key Takeaways
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Use ASR to Migrate to the Cloud
Backup to the Cloud with Microsoft (or a Partner
solution)
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