phd virtual image-based backup for citrix xenserver
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This presentation shares information about PHD Virtual's Image-based backup for Citrix XenServer environments. This solution is a simple and cost effective alternative to those who are still wrestling with agents and writing scripts to perform backups.TRANSCRIPT
Image-based Backup for Citrix XenServer
Agenda
• Corporate Overview• PHD Virtual Backup Overview• Product Features• Deploying XenServer Backup• Q&A
Who We Are
Best value in data protection and recovery assurance for virtual & cloud environments
• Reduce the cost of assuring data, application and business service restoration within SLAs
Experiencing record growth• 13 quarters of record growth• 6000+ customers
Industry leadership• Two-time winner Best of VMworld• Only backup DR company Citrix has invested in• Product of the year: Search Server Virtualization• Reader’s choice award: Virtualization Admin.com• Highest rated product: InfoTech• Fastest growing start-up: Storage.com
Who We
Serve
What Makes PHD Virtual Unique?
Unmatched Value:Effective products:
• Powerful and scalable• Value evident out-of-the-box
Easier to use:• Easy to download, install and use
Lower cost:• Priced at a fraction of the cost of competitors
Ultimate Fan Club!“I can’t afford to spend much time managing backups.
PHD makes the process a piece of cake. How they put so much functionality into such an easy to use product, I don’t know, but they did”.
- Marek Friedl, Hardt Equipment
“PHD Virtual allows you to easily deploy multiple Virtual Backup Appliances thatcreate unprecedented scalability, without the cost and complexity of other solutions.”
- Virtualization Blogger, Roy Mikes
Customer Success
Consistent Customer Growth
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PHD Virtual Backup & Replication• Supports Citrix XenServer v6.1, v6.0 and
earlier versions
• Installs and configures in 10 minutes and requires no training
• Rollback Recovery
• Performs 3 to 5 times faster on incremental backups
• Uses less storage than any competitor
• Unique Virtual Backup Appliance plugs into the XenServer Hypervisor; scales quicker and easier
• Requires no physical machines, 3rd party OS or software
Image-based Comparison
Agent-based Image-based
Expensive Inexpensive
Difficult to deploy Easy to deploy
Limited Flexibility Supports almost all OS and databases
Works in physical and virtual environments
Works in virtual environments
Backup Storage
Primary Storage
The VBA Architecture Advantage
Virtual Backup Appliance100% Virtual FootprintNo Physical Servers
No Additional Software
Backup / Proxy ServerPhysical Server
Operating SystemBackup Software
SAN Attach (HBA)Maintenance
Backup Storage
Primary Storage
VIRTUAL BACKUP APPLIANCE
OTHER PRODUCTS
VS.
Backup / Proxy Server
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PHD TrueDeDupe™ Technology
True Source Side Data Deduplication
Deduplicated Backup Data
Virtualization Host
• VBA processes and dedupes data before leaving host• Unique data compressed & written to backup storage• Customers regularly see 25:1 dedupe ratios• Reduces backup storage requirements by 96%• Reduces network impact and optimizes data transfer
Full and Incremental Backup Mode
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Ideal Targets CloudNetwork (CIFS)DedupeTape
Virtual Full
Initial V Full V Full V Full V Full V Full V Full V Full V Full V Full V Full V Full V Full
Full & Incremental
Attached Virtual Disk
Application Aware
• Small application installed in the guest (PHD Guest Tools)
• Ensures application consistency
• Performs Microsoft Exchange Log Truncation– Combined with Digiscope email recovery, provides a complete
data protection story for virtualized Exchange
• Executes additional scripts for other applications, such as SQL server– Before and after a snapshot– After a backup
E0008DD3.log
E0008DD2.log
E0008DD4.log
PHD Tools
Application Aware Backups – Exchange Log
Truncation
1. Snapshot is taken and PHDVBA communicates with the PHD Tools
2. PHDVBA performs the backup of your Exchange VM
3. PHDVBA communicates to the PHD Tools to truncate the Exchange logs.
PHD Virtual Dynamic Recovery
Dynamic Recovery Technology
• Quickly Restore Full VM
- Standard or Rollback
• Quickly Restore Virtual Disk
• Instantly Recover App Object
• Instantly Recover File or Folder
Specific Data,Faster
All VM Data,Longer
Recovery Time
Recover the Right Level of Data Quickly and Efficiently
No Additional Physical or Virtual Infrastructure Required
PHD TrueRestore™ Technology
BackupStorage
DeduplicatedBackup Data
TrueRestore™ Technology
TrueRestore™ Technology – Confidence in Restore
• Backup data integrity checked during backup process• Data integrity checked during restore process• Ensures restored data matches original source data• Increases confidence in your ability to restore
Virtual Machine Replication
• Replicate Virtual Machines for DR– Single pass backup and replication
• No additional snapshots for replication• Replicate without impacting production
– Intelligent Data Replication– Replication Seeding– Verify Replicated VM’s with Test Mode
Virtual Machine Replication
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Virtual Machine Replication1. Replication VBA Reads Backups
from PHD Backup Storage and Rehydrates VM’s
2. Replication VBA Restores VM’s tothe Replicated VM Storage in a “powered down” state.
ProductionHost
ReplicationHost
ProductionStorage
ReplicatedStorage
Backup StorageDe-duped & Compressed
Replicate VM’s for DR Replicate From Backup Storage No Additional Snapshots Intelligent Data Replication
Optimized Virtual Machine Replication
PHD Virtual Open Export
PHD Virtual Open Export1. PHD Virtual Open Exporter converts
Backups to compressed OVF Files.2. (Optional) Tape backup software
sweeps OVF Files to tape storage. TapeStorage
PHD Backup StorageDe-duped & Compressed
WindowsTape Server
TemporaryStorage
1 2Export Backups to Standard OVF Backup Faster to Tape Storage Archive Backups Offsite Restore Without Any Software
Optimized Portability of Backup Data
Demo: Backup for Citrix XenServer
