Backup Exec 2012 Agents and Options Markku A Suistola Principal Presales Consultant Backup Exec 2012 Backup Exec 2012 Architecture Overview Understanding the technology workflow 2 Backup Exec 2012 Core Components 1 Backup Exec Server • Backup data sent from agents to 3 media server for storage Symantec Backup Exec™ • Disk or tape backup devices 2012 Server 1 2 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) 3 Options • Enterprise Server 2 • Data Deduplication • File/E-mail Archiving • NDMP Physical Servers Virtual Servers • Centralized Management Backup – Software, Whatever Your Needs Symantec Desktop Laptop Option Backup Exec Small Capacity Licensing Backup Exec Backup Exec Backup Exec Backup Exec Small Business Edition  Single SKU Protects an entire 1. Backup Exec Server Casitpe a city Licensing 2. Agent for Win2d0ow1s/2Lin ux/Mac  BMaunasgien meultsipsle Eindstaintcieos onf Backup Exec Small Business  Metered Per TB 3. Remote Media Agent for Linux Edition  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  Ag1en0t f0or0 M+a cS® e ats 12.VTL Un7lim1i-te9d9 D9riv eS Oepatiotns ( per  Virtual3 C-o7nv0er sSioensa ts  DLO not included device)  Backup Destinations • DLO not included • Disk (B2D)/Local Tape  DLO not included Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition Backup Exec 3600 Appliance 4 Backup Exec 2012 Edition To Protect Symantec V-Ray Virtual Environments Protection For Virtualized Infrastructures Backup Exec 2012 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 5 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. 6 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. 7 Symantec V-Ray Backup Exec 2012 Application And Database agents Advanced and modern protection technology used to protect business critical applications and databases 8 Symantec V-Ray Granular Recovery for Physical and Virtual VMware or Hyper-V Backup Exec™ 2012 Server Running Virtualized Application Servers + Virtual Agent 2 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 9 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 10