© 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved Data Protection Module 10

Module 10-2 © 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved You Are Here vSphere Environment Introduction to VMware Virtualization VMware ESX and ESXi VMware vCenter Server Networking Storage Virtual Machines Operations Access Control Resource Monitoring Scalability High Availability Patch Management Installing VMware ESX and ESXi VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A Data Protection

Module 10-3 © 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved Importance  Over time, your VMware vSphere™ environment might undergo changes to its hardware or software configuration. In addition, application data goes through constant change. From a manageability perspective, it is important to take regular backups of your vSphere environment. VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A

Module 10-4 © 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved Module Objectives  Describe the strategy for backing up a host’s configuration data  Describe a strategy for backing up virtual machines  Describe solutions for backing up virtual machines  Use VMware Data Recovery to back up and restore a virtual machine VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A

Module 10-5 © 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved Backup Solutions for Virtual Machines VMware provides these solutions for backing up your virtual machines:  Third-party backup software that uses the VMware vStorage APIs for Data Protection  Data Recovery VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A

Module 10-6 © 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved vStorage APIs for Data Protection vStorage APIs for Data Protection:  Allows backup and recovery of entire virtual machine images across SAN storage or local area networks  Is an API that is directly integrated with backup tools from third- party vendors  Enables you to remove load from the host and consolidate backup load onto a central backup server  Protects virtual machines that use any type of storage supported by ESX/ESXi (Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NAS, or local storage) VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A

Module 10-7 © 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved Data Recovery Backup-and-recovery appliance:  Agentless, disk-based backup- and-recovery virtual appliance: Linux-based Based on the vStorage APIs for Data Protection Integrated with VMware vCenter Server:  VMware vSphere Client plug-in Supports up to ten appliances per vCenter Server instance:  Supports up to 100 virtual machines per appliance Intended for small- to medium- sized environments VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A vCenter Server host

Module 10-8 © 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved Installing and Configuring Data Recovery 1.Install the client plug-in. 2.Install the backup appliance. 3.Add a hard disk to the backup appliance. VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A Installation: 1.Power on the appliance and change the root password. 2.Configure network settings, and reboot the appliance if necessary. 3.Connect the appliance to vCenter Server. Configuration:

Module 10-9 © 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved Creating a Backup Job Use the client plug-in to create a backup job. A backup job requires the following information:  Virtual machines to back up: Individual virtual machines, virtual machines in a datacenter, on a particular host, in a certain folder  Backup destination: Deduplication store or CIFS share  Backup window: Default window: every night Monday through Friday, any time on Saturday and Sunday  Retention policy (length of time that backups are preserved): Predefined (few, more, many) or custom A maximum of eight backup jobs can run simultaneously. Backup jobs can back up 100 virtual machines total. VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A

Module © 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved Restoring a Virtual Machine When restoring a virtual machine, you can perform a restore rehearsal or an actual restore.  Restore to most recent backup rehearsal: A way to ensure that virtual machine backups are created correctly and that they can be successfully restore  Restore: Actual restore of a virtual machine to a selected previous state Both types of restore jobs require:  Source selection: Virtual machines and virtual disks to restore  Destination selection: Original or different location of the virtual machine  Reconfiguration options: Whether to connect the network interface card (NIC), whether to power on the virtual machine VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A

Module © 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved Lab 17 In this lab, you will use Data Recovery to back up and recover a virtual machine. 1. Install the Data Recovery plug-in. 2. Modify the Data Recovery virtual appliance. 3. Do the initial setup of the Data Recovery appliance. 4. Create a backup job. 5. Create a restore job. 6. Prepare for the next lab. VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A

Module © 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved Module Summary  Describe the strategy for backing up a host’s configuration data  Describe a strategy for backing up virtual machines  Describe solutions for backing up virtual machines  Use Data Recovery to back up and restore a virtual machine VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A

Module © 2010 VMware Inc. All rights reserved Key Points  Data Recovery is an agentless, Linux-based virtual appliance used for backing up and recovering virtual machines.  Data Recovery uses deduplication store technology to make efficient use of the backup storage.  Data can be restored per virtual machine, per virtual disk, or per file. VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage – Revision A