gwavacon 2013: requirements to backup solutions
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Requirements to backup solutionsin modern IT environments
Hubert [email protected]
Agenda What is a „modern“ IT environment – collect requirements „Buzz Words“ and more Compile a SEP sesam infrastructure – example Backup in virtual and distributed environments Example – Replication to a private Cloud
The Company
German vendor of Backup and Disaster Recovery Software.
Headquarter in Weyarn, near Munich.German development – german support!
Subsidaries in Germany and USA
World Wide Sales via Partners4000 Customers in > 50 countries
Hoppenstedt Top Financial Rating – only 3,3% of all German companies got a a No. 1 rating.
20-years of Backup Experience
1992: First Backup Solution for VMS, UNIX
1996:Patented backup processes
1999:sesam2000 for Linux, Unix & Win NT
2004:sales exclusively through distribution partners
2008:start of international business
2012: Satisfied customers in +50 countries
SEP sesam Backup for all
Database – hot backup extensions
Operating System / Filesystem
OS/2 VMSFreeBSD
Virtualis ation
Bare M
achineR
ecove ry
Update / T
raini ng / Su pport
Application backup
Actual IT environment?
Your input is needed?
Session title
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Cost
Actual IT Different Databases Huge amount of Data Virtualization Databases „Buzz Words“ and more VMware HyperV MS Exchange Linux Open Enterprise Server Groupwise Directory Server
Backup–What to look for Does the product fully support my platforms
– Operating systems– Database
Does the product backup many clients to one drive simultaneously Can the product automatically create multiple simultaneous backups
from one client? How will the product help me meet extremely aggressive
requirements?– LAN free backup– Remote office backup– Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape-(2Tape-2Tape-...)
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Backup–What to look for Does the product support virtual infrastructure
– VMware, Citrix Xen, Hyper V– Red Hat virtualization, KVM, Xen
Does the product have storage management features?– Could it handle the newest Technology?– Could it migrate data from “old” to “new” technology?
How easy is the product to administer? How automated is the product What does the product cost?
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Session title
SEP & Big Data
SMART Architecture
Multiple StreamMultilocation BackupDeduplication
Session title
SEP & Cloud
It's about Agility - Flexibility
Hybrid BackupWidest DB & OS supportDedup & Replication
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SEP sesam in a virtual world!
Backup - fundamentals
System
Database
Data / File
Critical
Systemstate Registry HAL(Hardware
Abstraction Layer) Partition information
Bootloader ...
Backup in a Virtual Environment
System
Database
Data / File
Critical
Hypervisor
Backup in a virtual environment – with API
Hypervisor (Citrix Xen, VMware, Hyper V)
Guest1 ... GuestN
Ba
ckup A
PI
Database
Binaries / File
Hot Backup via Backup Agent
Snapshot via Backup API
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Backup in distributed environments
Distributed backups
Single Data Center – no distributed environment – basic environment– Backup in the data center – Backup media connected to the sesam Server– All Servers are backed up to the Backup media connected to the sesam
Server
Single SEP sesam management Server for the complete environment – with subsidaries– Backup in subsidaries with sesam Remote Device Server– Backup media are connected to Remote Servers – not only to the sesam
server itself
SEP sesam Master GUIManage different sesam server within one GUI– Consolidated view on many sesam servers– Servers itself are independent
Backup ScenariosSingle SEP sesam management Server for the complete environment
Backup in subsidaries with sesam Remote Device Server
– Managed from the central backup server
– Keep the backup data local – local backup devices
– Logfiles / Management information stored central
Flow of Backup / Restore Data
Flow of Control / Log Data
SEP Remote Device Server
Additional Servrer to backup - SEP Clients
Server 1
Server 2
Server 3
Backup ScenariosSEP sesam Master GUI - Consolidated view on many sesam servers
– Environments with more sesam servers
– Logfiles / Management information stored on each server
– Master GUI provides a single GUI to manage all independent sesam servers
– No information in the GUI
SEP Remote Device Server
Backup Client
Backup Client
SEP Master GUI
Backup Client
Backup Client
Three Backup Servers managed within one SEP sesam GUI → so called Master GUI
SEP sesam Master GUI
Two Backup Servers managed within one SEP sesam GUI → so called Master GUI
Systems connected to the relevant backup servers, the backup server are independent. Only a joint view to the Database on each server, consolidated in the GUI.
SEP sesam Master GUI
Column shows the backup server where the job belongs to. All Servers are displayed in the same view
SEP sesam Master GUIstatus window
All Backup Servers displayed in „this Master GUI view“
Session title
Red Hat Storage & SEP Sesam
Backup is not important
All backup is done to ensure a fast and reliable restore!
The restore and disaster recovery requirements define the backup strategy – not the other way around!