Micah Howard & Doug Whiteley

3/16/2011

Backup Technologies

Presentation Agenda

• 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• 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• 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• 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

• MS DPM 2010 - http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/data-protection-manager.aspx

• Quest Software vRanger - http://vizioncore.com/product/vRangerPro

• Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery - http://www.symantec.com/business/backup-exec-system-recovery-virtual-edition

• Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R2 - http://www.symantec.com/business/backup-exec-for-windows-servers

• Barracuda Backup Service - http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/products/backup_overview.php