Backup Exec 2012 Agents and Options - Arrow ECS

31 Pages·2012·1.58 MB·English

by  Markku Suistola

Backup Exec 2012
Agents and Options
Markku A Suistola
Principal Presales Consultant
Backup Exec 2012
Backup Exec 2012 Architecture Overview
Understanding the technology workflow
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Backup Exec 2012 Core Components

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Backup Exec Server
• Backup data sent from agents to
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media server for storage Symantec Backup Exec™
• Disk or tape backup devices
2012 Server
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Agents
(Physical servers)
• Protects remote systems A B
• Windows, Linux, and Mac C D
• Databases and applications
• VMware/Hyper-V (agent-less or
agent-assisted)
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Options
• Enterprise Server 2
• Data Deduplication
• File/E-mail Archiving
• NDMP Physical Servers Virtual Servers
• Centralized Management
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 Metered Per TB 3. Remote Media Agent for Linux
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 Includes: 4. Application Agent
 Self-contained
 Backup Exec 2012 5. Virtualization Agent
• Protects an entire server, can
 Unlimited Agent for Windows® 6. Deduplication Option
be scaled to protect up to 3
 Unlimited Agent for Linux® 7. File System Archiving Option servers in total
 Deduplication 8. Exchange Mailbox Archiving Option  Microsoft Servers Supported
 Unlimited Agent for 1-10 • Windows (all Editions), SQL®,
Applications and Databases, 9. Enterprise Server Option Exchange® SharePoint®,
 Unlimited Agent for VMware® 10.NDMP Option (per device) Active Directory®, Hyper-V
18+ Servers 4-17 Servers 1-3 Servers
and Hyper-V® 11.Library Expansion Option (per device)  Integrated System Recovery
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• DLO not included • Disk (B2D)/Local Tape
 DLO not included

Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition
Backup Exec 3600 Appliance
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Backup Exec 2012 Edition To Protect
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Virtual Environments
Protection For Virtualized Infrastructures

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A C B A
A B
D C A B
C D
B D D C
Agent for Agent for
VMware and Applications and Deduplication
Hyper-V Databases Option
Metering based on number of cores (multiples of 2); OPL generic meter: per processor
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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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Symantec V-Ray
Backup Exec 2012
Application And Database agents
Advanced and modern protection technology used to
protect business critical applications and databases
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Symantec V-Ray
Granular Recovery for Physical and Virtual
VMware or Hyper-V Backup Exec™ 2012 Server
Running Virtualized Application Servers + Virtual Agent
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Single-pass Backup of
1 Restore granular
Virtual Guest Systems
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
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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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