Why Virtual Machine Backups Are Different David Davis Twitter: @davidmdavis Blog:
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Why Virtual Machine Backups Are DifferentDavid DavisTwitter: @davidmdavisBlog: www.VMwareVideos.com
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About the speaker
Previous VMware Customer, IT Manager, Server & Network Admin with 18 years in IT
Contributor to industry publications
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Agenda
Hardware IndependenceImage Level vs. File Level BackupsChange Block Tracking (CBT)New Possibilities With VM Backups – Fast Restore, Replication, Virtual Lab, and moreTraditional Backup Doesn’t Understand VirtualizationWhat is the Right Tool for the Job?
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Hardware Independence
Totally different approach required for virtualization
Traditional architecture
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Hardware IndependenceVirtualization architecture
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Hardware Independence
Abstracts OS from being tied to the hardware Guest OS now uses virtual hardware that works no
matter the underlying server hardware Allows you to move VMs from server to server (within
processor family) Hardware independence makes the benefits of
virtualization possible
Completely changes how you should look at backup
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Image Level vs. File Level Backups
With virtualization, you can backup the entire “image” of the serverNo agent is required in the guest OSNo load is put on the guest OS No end users are affected when the backup occursBacking up the image of the server is much faster and less disruptive than backing up the files in the guest OSImage level restores are much faster
Restore
Backup
Restore options and speed are critical
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Change Block Tracking (CBT)
With VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 or later and virtual machine HW version 7 or later, change block tracking is possible
Virtual machine disk blocks that are changed are tracked outside of the guest OS
CBT allows virtualization backup software to backup only the changed blocks (software that takes advantage of this feature)
Allows backups to only process changed blocks
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New Possibilities with VM Backups
VM portability (HW independence) vMotion / svMotion / DRS / VMHA Fast backup (change block tracking) Fast restore (mount for backup repository & image
level restore) Simplified disaster recovery Replication of only changed blocks to DR site Virtual Lab using backups of production VMs for
test & development
All made possible with use of virtualization
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Traditional Backup Doesn’tUnderstand Virtualization You need backups of the VMDK (virtual machine disk)
as well as the VMX (virtual machine configuration)
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Traditional Backup Doesn’tUnderstand Virtualization The VMX contains the VM’s virtual hardware and
configuration
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Traditional Backup Doesn’tUnderstand Virtualization Virtual machines move around thanks to vMotion and
Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
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What is the Right Tool for the Job?
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What We Covered
Hardware IndependenceImage Level vs. File Level BackupsChange Block Tracking (CBT)New Possibilities With VM Backups – Fast Restore, Replication, Virtual Lab, and moreTraditional Backup Doesn’t Understand VirtualizationWhat is the Right Tool for the Job?
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