Backup Technologies
Micah Howard & Doug Whiteley
3/16/2011
Presentation Agenda
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Questions & Planning Considerations
New Hardware
Flat File / Traditional Backups
Virtual Environment Backups
Interface Demo
Questions
Backup Technologies
• What do you want to back up?
• Flat Files
• Local Drives or Network Storage
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Databases
Mailboxes
System State
Virtual Machines
• Full VM or Files
Backup Technologies
• What are your data requirements?
• Off Site or Local (or both)
• Network Speed
• Data recovery time frame (15 minutes vs. 1 day)
• Other Considerations
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Amount of data
Retention Period
Preferences on media (tape vs. disk vs. cloud)
Virtualization platform (Hyper-V or VMWare)
Time Window
Flat File / Databases
• Backup Exec 2010 R2
• Remote Agents
• Barracuda Backup
• NTBackup (Windows Server Backup)
Hardware
• Tapes
• LTO3 – 400gb/800gb @80meg/sec
• LTO4 – 800gb/1600gb @ 120meg/sec
• LTO5 – 1.5TB/3TB @ 140meg/sec
• Disk
• 2TB & 3TB SATA drives now available
LTO Tape Generations
Backup Exec 2010 R2 GUI
Backup Exec 2010 New Features
• Support for:
• SQL 2008 R2
• Exchange 2010 SP1
• Sharepoint 2010
• Backup job “recommendations”
• USE GRT!
• Integrated Renewal Manager
NTBackup (Windows Server Backup)
• Feature set changed in 2008
• No longer able to backup to tape
• Local Storage or Remote Storage
• Creates VHD files
• Cannot boot off of but can mount
• Needs dedicated drive for scheduled backups
Windows Server Backup GUI
Barracuda Backup Options
Barracuda GUI
Web based status & management console available online from anywhere
Barracuda GUI
Selection lists include data from various sources and operating systems.
Barracuda GUI
Granular control
of exchange
backups down to
message level
Barracuda GUI
Virtual Environment
• VMWare
• Quest Software vRanger Standard
• Quest Software vRanger Pro
• Hyper-V
• Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM 2010)
• Barracuda Backup Service
• Both
• Backup Exec System Recovery Server Edition
VMWare Solutions
• Quest Software vRanger
• Estimated server license cost $478.49
• Image backup of running/stopped VM’s
• Built on ESX storage API’s
• No agent to deploy
• Backup to disk
• Backs up to NFS/NAS, FTP, and CIFS share
• Restore individual files w/o mounting VMDK
VMWare Solutions
Quick Demo
Hyper-V Solutions
• MS Data Protection Manager 2010
• Approx. $432.00 for Ent license (required for
VM backup)
• Backup to disk
• Image backup of running/stopped VM’s
• Restore different host
Hyper-V Solutions
Quick Demo
Hyper-V Solutions
• Barracuda Backup Service
• Pay for initial appliance with monthly data
plan
• Agent installation
• Initial backup to disk
• Backup to Barracuda offsite location
• Fast restore times
Combined Solutions
• Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery
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Approx. $928.00 per VM
Agent based
Image based backup
Backup to disk
Can convert images to both Hyper-V and ESX
Can restore to dissimilar hardware
References
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MS DPM 2010 - http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/dataprotection-manager.aspx
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Quest Software vRanger - http://vizioncore.com/product/vRangerPro
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Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery http://www.symantec.com/business/backup-exec-system-recoveryvirtual-edition
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Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R2 http://www.symantec.com/business/backup-exec-for-windows-servers
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Barracuda Backup Service http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/products/backup_overview.php