TSM Data Protection for Virtual
Environments: Hyper-V Suite
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Agenda
 Product overview
 Install
 Configure
 Use
 References
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Data Protection for Hyper-V
 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager For Virtual
Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V
 Provides online data protection for
Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines
 Virtual machine backup and restore
 Supports both full backup and incremental
forever methodologies
 Instant access to virtual machine files
using the TSM Recovery Agent
 Protects Hyper-V virtual machines running
in a Windows 2012 or Windows 2012 R2
failover cluster
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Technical Facts and Install
 Data Protection for Hyper-V Facts
 Windows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V hypervisors
 No off-server data mover
 Backup and restore GUI and commands part of the Backup Archive Client
 Uses same Recovery Agent as Data Protection for Vmware
 Integrates with 7.1.1 Operations Center for creating schedules and
monitoring
 Install
 Backup Archive Client, Recovery agent, and DP for Hyper-V license bundled in single
install package
 BA Client and license installed directly on Hyper-V servers
 Recovery Agent can be installed on any physical or virtual machine
 Requires reboot
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Install Steps
1. User installs TSM VE: DP for Hyper-V on the Windows Hyper-V server
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Install Steps
Select installation type, Typical does not install the Recovery Agent
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Install Steps
 Custom install to get the Recovery Agent
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Windows 2012 and 2012 R2 Start Screen
 TSM BAC GUI, Recovery Agent, CLI and GUI icons
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Configure
 Define TSM Server and proxy nodes
 Launch BaC GUI and configure with the wizard
 BA Client
 Scheduling Wizard
 Cluster Configuration Wizard
 TSM server schedules can be configured with the TSM 7.1.1
Operations Center
 Install Recovery Agent in one or more virtual machines
 That's it!
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Install and Configure Complete
 Success – Summary of Steps
1. The TSM for VE: Hyper-V suite installed on one or more Hyper-V servers.
2. The TSM Recovery Agent installed on one or more Windows Servers.
3. TSM client configured
 The IBM Tivoli Storage Manger for Virtual Environments:
Data Protection for Hyper-V suite is ready for use.
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Use – BaC Actions – Backup VM
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Use – Backup VM from list of virtual machines
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Use – BaC Actions – Restore VM
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Use – Restore VM from list of virtual machines
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Use – Restore file level with Recovery Agent
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Use – Restore file level available to OS
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Use – Create schedules using the Operations Center
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Use – Monitor At Risk virtual machines using the
Operations Center
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Demo system configuration
Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V Server
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Reference Materials
• YouTube Videos
• DP for Hyper-V Videos
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvVj_Kj0ZFOXnrQnW-5yDYvkCffT-1xRW
• Documentation
• TSM Knowledge Center – All Supported Versions of Documentation
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/welcome
• See TSM for Virtual Environments 7.1.1 documentation for Hyper-V details
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Randy Watson, TSM4VE Hyper-V Suite
August 2014
FlashCopy Manager for Windows 4.1.1
Tivoli Data Protection for Mail – Exchange 7.1.1
Tivoli Data Protection for Databases – SQL Server 7.1.1
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New Operating System / Application Support
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Support for Windows 2012 R2
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Support for SQL Server 2014
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Support for Exchange 2013 SP1
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Individual Mailbox Restore Improvements
• Ability to easily use same Recovery Database (RDB) for multiple restore
operations
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Individual Mailbox Restore Performance Improvements
• Significantly improved performance for mailbox restore operations
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Does not include the time for other operations in the restore process such as restore
database to create a RDB, list the mailboxes in the RDB
"Mailbox Restore
Browser" view in
MMC GUI
Restore RDB for opening a mailbox
No performance change
List mailboxes, folders and messages in RDB
No performance change
Restore Mailbox/Folder/Messages to Original Mailbox
Significantly improve performance
Drag-and-Drop Mailbox/Folder/Messages from source mailbox to
destination mailbox
Significantly improve performance
Drag-and-Drop Mailbox/Folder/Messages from source mailbox to
destination PST file
Significantly improve performance
Restore Mail/Folder to SMTP server
No performance change
"Mailbox Restore" view in MMC GUI
N/A
Note: The performance is already equivalent to the
enhancements made in the Mailbox Restore Browser above.
"tdpexcc restoremailbox" CLI
N/A
Note: The performance is already equivalent to the
enhancements made in the Mailbox Restore Browser above.
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Exchange Security Requirements and Configuration Wizard
• Reduced authority required for mailbox restore operations
• Improved configuration wizard for Exchange
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Miscellaneous Enhancements
 Improved GUI database selection for Individual Mailbox Restore
 Right-click options in Mailbox Restore Browser
 Improved configuration wizard for Exchange
 AES 256-bit encryption added as an available encryption type
 Ability to bypass database integrity checking if there are two or more
healthy copies of a database in an Exchange Database Availability Group
(DAG)
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Reference Materials
• Many YouTube Videos
• FCM / DP for Exchange
• FCM / DP for SQL Server
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvVj_Kj0ZFOW1sbZdRy9WdkeykmF7cnwM
• New White Papers on TSM for VE integration
• Protecting Microsoft SQL Database hosted in VMware
• https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/form/anonymous/api/wiki/93193ba0-be334733-9b03-9ab823a7475c/page/36548a5d-a9df-4e5a-ae3a-eada9f2f37ee/attachment/ee3a9d099427-423e-938f38cb8cafd9e8/media/Protecting%20Microsoft%20SQL%20Databases%20in%20VMware%20V201
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• Application and Database Protection in a VMware vSphere Environment
• https://ibm.biz/BdFdjN
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