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Backup Exec 2012 Core Components
Options
• Enterprise Server • Data Deduplication • File/E-mail Archiving • NDMP • Centralized Management
Agents (Physical servers)
• Protects remote systems • Windows, Linux, and Mac • Databases and applications • VMware/Hyper-V (agent-less or
agent-assisted)
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Backup Exec Server
• Backup data sent from agents to media server for storage
• Disk or tape backup devices
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Physical Servers
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Virtual Servers
Backup – Software, Whatever Your Needs
Backup Exec 2012
Backup Exec Small Business Edition
Backup Exec Capacity Licensing
4-17 Servers 71-999 Seats
1-3 Servers 3-70 Seats
18+ Servers 1000+ Seats
Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition
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Capacity Licensing Single SKU Protects an entire
site
Metered Per TB
Includes:
Backup Exec 2012
Unlimited Agent for Windows®
Unlimited Agent for Linux®
Deduplication
Unlimited Agent for Applications and Databases,
Unlimited Agent for VMware® and Hyper-V®
Agent for Mac®
DLO not included
Backup Exec 3600 Appliance
Symantec Desktop Laptop Option
Backup Exec 1. Backup Exec Server
2. Agent for Windows/Linux/Mac
3. Remote Media Agent for Linux
4. Application Agent
5. Virtualization Agent
6. Deduplication Option
7. File System Archiving Option
8. Exchange Mailbox Archiving Option 1-10
9. Enterprise Server Option
10.NDMP Option (per device)
11.Library Expansion Option (per device)
12.VTL Unlimited Drive Option (per device)
• DLO not included
Backup Exec Small Business Edition
Manage multiple instances of Backup Exec Small Business Edition
Self-contained
• Protects an entire server, can be scaled to protect up to 3 servers in total
Microsoft Servers Supported
• Windows (all Editions), SQL®, Exchange® SharePoint®,
Active Directory®, Hyper-V
Integrated System Recovery
Virtual Conversions
Backup Destinations
• Disk (B2D)/Local Tape
DLO not included
Backup Exec 2012 Edition To Protect Virtual Environments
Metering based on number of cores (multiples of 2); OPL generic meter: per processor
Agent for Applications and
Databases Deduplication
Option
Agent for VMware and
Hyper-V
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Protection For Virtualized Infrastructures
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License Consolidation
• Agent for Applications and Databases includes:
– Agent for Exchange
– Agent for SQL
– Agent for SharePoint
– Active Directory Recovery Agent
– Agent for Enterprise Vault
– Agent for Oracle
– Agent for Lotus
• Also includes an Agent for Linux and an Agent for Windows
• Option eval will have one clock for all 7 options.
• Should have one Agent for Applications and Databases for each protected resource.
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License Consolidation
• Agent for VMware and Hyper-V:
– Agent for VMware
– Agent for Hyper-V
• Also includes an Agent for Linux and an Agent for Windows.
• Should have one Agent for each host.
• Option eval uses one clock for both underlying agents.
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Application And Database agents Advanced and modern protection technology used to protect business critical applications and databases
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Restore granular Exchange, SQL,
SharePoint, and Active Directory Data in
Seconds: • Individual Mailboxes
• E-mails • Private or Public
Folders • Calendar Items
• Tasks • User Accounts or
Attributes • SQL Databases
Granular Recovery for Physical and Virtual
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Backup Exec™ 2012 Server + Virtual Agent
Single-pass Backup of Virtual Guest Systems
VMware or Hyper-V Running Virtualized Application Servers
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Symantec V-Ray
Exchange New Feature: Redirected Restore to PST
• Server Redirection
– Can redirect to media server ( localhost ) or RAWS
– Outlook 2003/2007/32-bit 2010 required on target server
– User specifies local path on target server
• File Naming Convention
– Engine creates PST file names matching mailbox display name in UI
– File name collisions handled with ‘(n)’ suffix • Gary Stoops [gstoops].pst
• Gary Stoops [gstoops](1).pst
• Gary Stoops [gstoops](2).pst
• File Size Limitations
– Outlook 2003/2007 20GB limit
– Engine will span mailbox data across multiple PST files when span threshold is reached
– Default 20GB span threshold can be modified by registry key
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SharePoint Agent Enhancements Overview
• New Backup Options
– Block Level Incremental and Differential Backup Support
– Removal of Log backup support
• New Restore Workflows
– Specific workflows for the data type being restored
• Individual item restore (GRT)
• Web Application or Portal Site restore
• Other farm components
• Search for items to restore
• Legacy / previous versions
– Individual item restore (GRT) from incremental or differential backup
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SharePoint Agent Enhancements Overview (cont’d)
• Cross Site Restore
– Individual item restore to other destinations within SharePoint
– No longer limited to restoring only to original location, or restoring to the filesystem
• Enhanced Search
– Search for specific SharePoint data types
– Restore directly from the search result
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New Backup Options
• Block Level Differential Backup
– Snapshot-based backup required
– Individual item restore supported
• Block Level Incremental Backup
– Snapshot-based backup required
– Individual item restore supported
• Removal of Log Backup Support
– Exception instructs user to change recovery model to “Simple”
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Incremental
Differential
Delayed Cataloging
• Catalog search
– Great improvement compared to previous versions of BE not only on the functionalities, but also on the performance.
• Support guided search
• Greatly performance improvement
• Provide direct restore from search results
• Delta GRT catalog for Exchange and Sharepoint greatly saves disk storage usage.
• Delay cataloging design greatly reduces backup window by releasing the device post backup
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Virtual Machine Protection Advanced and modern protection technology designed specifically for virtual environments
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VMware Virtual Machine Discovery
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LAN (Discovery)
SAN (Data Transport)
vSphere Server
Virtual Machines
Backup Exec Server +Agent for VMware and Hyper-V
Data Store
VMware Virtual Machine Discovery Methods:
• Enter vSphere/vCenter hostname or IP address into Backup Exec interface
• Virtual machines then available for backup selection
Hyper-V Virtual Machine Discovery
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Backup Exec Server +Agent for VMware and Hyper-V
LAN (Discovery and Data Transport)
Hyper-V Server
Virtual Machines
AWS
Hyper-V Virtual Machine Discovery Methods:
• Deploy Agent for Windows Systems (AWS) to Hyper-V host
• Virtual machines then available for backup selection
Virtual Machine Backup Methods
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Agentless (file servers) Agent-assisted (application servers)
Agentless
• Image-level backup (agentless)
• Restore full virtual machine or files/folders
• VMware vStorage API for Data Protection (VADP) integration
Agent-assisted
• Image-level backup (agentless)
• Agent within VM adds application-level intelligence
–Restore full virtual machine –Restore application
–Restore application objects –Restore files/folders
• Integrated with VDAP
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Symantec V-Ray
Agentless, Agent-assisted, or Agent-based
Agent-based
• Legacy agent-based backup
• Not image-based
• Local agent gathers and transmits data to backup server
• No integration with VDAP
Virtual Machine Deduplication Stream Handlers
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Symantec V-Ray
• Intelligent Stream Handlers for VMDK and VHD Files
• Deduplication Blocks Align to File Extent Boundaries
• Data Changes Result in Fewer Unique Blocks; Increased Efficiency
• Applies to Image-level Backups of Virtual Machines
File Segment File Segment
Block
128k
File Seg.
Block Block Bl.
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VMDK/VHD Backup With Deduplication
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Backup Exec 2012 Enterprise Server Option
• Central Admin Server Option (CASO)
– Management of large and distributed Backup Exec environments
– Centralized management and monitoring
– Load balancing of backup operations
– Centralization of backup data
– Offsite disaster recovery management
• Advanced Disk Backup Option (ADBO)
– Synthetic backups
– True Image Restore
– Off host backups
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Central Admin Server (CAS)
• Backup Exec Server with CASO Installed
• Can Bring Other BE Servers Under Management
• Can Deploy New Managed BE Servers
Managed Backup Exec Servers
Backup Exec 2012 CAS Server
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CASO Load Balancing Features
• Backup Server Pools
– Managed Backup Exec servers can be defined in pools
– Servers can be a part of more than one backup server pool
– Can prevent task processing bottlenecks
– Only available with a CAS
Backup Server Pool
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CASO Load Balancing Features
• Storage Device Pools
– Backup devices can also be configured into pools
– Pools can only include devices of the same type (e.g. tape pool, disk pool)
– Can prevent task processing bottlenecks
Storage Device Pool
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CASO Load Balancing Features
• Task Delegation
– CAS can delegate backup and restore tasks
– Tasks can be delegated to server/device pools
– If a particular MBES or device is unavailable, others in the pool considered
Backup Exec 2012 CAS Server Device
Busy
Device Offline
Device Ready
Backup Exec 2012 Server Pool
Job Dispatch
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Backup Exec Private Cloud Services
• Designed for MSPs and Distributed Environments
• Enables Backup Over Internet to Private Cloud As Alternative to Tape at Remote Customers/Sites
Central Backup Exec Server CAS and Offsite Data Store
Local Backup Exec Server
Local Backup Exec Server
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Centralized Data Center with Remote Sites
Managed Backup Exec Servers Central Site
Remote Office 1
Remote Office 2
WAN
Backup Exec 2012 CAS Server
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