IM B36 Why You Should be Using NetBackup Bare Metal Restore (BMR) in Your DR Solution Dick Goter, NetBackup Product Management Jaime Vazquez, Senior Tech Principal Support Engineer
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Agenda 1 Welcome 2 Use Cases 3 BMR Nuts & Bolts 4 Best Practices 5 Roadmap 6 Q & A and Survey drawing for Amazon Gift Cards IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 3
BMR Use Cases IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 4
NetBackup BMR Recovery Vs Traditional Server Recovery Server Recovery Time Step 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Reboot Load tape(s) and restore Reboot Reload backup software Reboot Reload OS Reboot Collect all media Repair hardware Step 3. 2. 1. An integrated method for automated server recovery of major platforms A method of recovery that results in consistent recovery of server using normal backup data A Recovery solution that is flexible and easy to administer Reboot Click Prepare to Restore Repair hardware Traditional Recovery Bare Metal Restore IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 5
Point in time recovery from previous backups Last Full Backup Incremental Backups BMR recovery points F F Recovery points Recovery to a specific point in time Recovery from FULL and any Incremental backups Recovery from Synthetic backups IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 6
Flexible Recovery Options Original System Restoring server to Destination System 7 Recovery to different disks Recover with different RAID layout Recovery using a different RAID or non-raid adapter Recovery to different hardware server P2V, V2P & V2V Supports recovery of servers that boot from SAN IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 7
Site Recovery Process with Auto Image Replication New with NetBackup 7.5 Recovery NBU BMR Master Domain A NBU BMR Master Domain B BMR Boot Server Backup BMR configuration backup NBU Media Server Import image BMR Configuration Import Site Recovery using BMR Device Notifies NBU Duplication Bare Metal HW to restore NBU Clients NBU Media Server Image OST Appliance or PureDisk Image OST Appliance or PureDisk Image OST Optimized Duplication Source Domain Target Domain IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 8
BMR supports Virtualization Platforms BMR Boot Server On Guest BMR Client On Guest VMware Y Y Hyper-V Y Y Xen Y Y LPAR Y Y N-PAR V-PAR Y Y Zones N Y BMR client needs to be running inside the Virtual Machine P2V, V2P & V2V types of restores supported Statement of Support for NetBackup 7.x in a Virtual Environments http://www.symantec.com/docs/tech127089 IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 9
BMR Supported Platforms as of NetBackup 7.5 Clients Windows (2008, 2008 R2, 2003, 2003R2, XP, Windows 7, Vista) Red Hat 4/5/6 x64, SUSE x64 10/11, Oracle Enterprise Linux (4 and 5) Solaris 10 (Sparc & x64), Solaris 9 (Sparc) AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1 HP-UX 11.31 IA64, HP-UX 11.11 PA-RISC Servers: Any NBU Master Server Back-Level support for supported NBU 6.x clients IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 10
How NetBackup BMR does it? IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 11
NetBackup BMR Primary Functions Backup: Captures system configuration Physical layout of disks, TCP/IP, NBU and OS configuration Windows disk and network device drivers Changes captured with every server initiated backup (Full or Inc) No special images required for recovery purpose Pre-Restore: Provides configuration editing environment for DDR/DSR Creates customized restoration procedure Builds partitions on drives to be restored Re-creates original layout of file systems, volumes Restores original OS and data from NetBackup Provides hook points to execute custom external procedures Restore: Via network or media based boot IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 12
Enabling BMR Protection For NBU Clients 1. Configure BMR DB component on the NBU Master Server (bmrsetupmaster CLI) 2. Enable the BMR feature in the NBU Policy 3. Perform an initial full backup BMR Master Server BMR Client BMR Protected IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 13
NetBackup BMR Primary Functions Backup: Captures system configuration Physical layout of disks, TCP/IP and NBU configuration Windows disk and network device drivers Changes captured with every scheduled backup No special images required for recovery purpose Pre-Restore: Provides configuration editing environment for DDR/DSR Creates customized restoration procedure Builds partitions on drives to be restored Re-creates layout of file systems, volumes Restores original OS and data from NetBackup Provides hook points to execute external procedures Provides recovery environment Restore: Via network or media based boot IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 14
NetBackup BMR Recovery Environment Configuration Boot Environment for recovery purpose BMR Master Server BMR Boot Server BMR Client BMR Protected 1. Install BMR Boot Server(s) (bmrsetupboot -register) 2. Create Shared Resource Trees (SRTs) A SRT is: a. Collection of necessary OS files, NBU b. Created any time prior to a restore. c. Used to provide a temporary restoration environment until the OS is restored from NBU. (bmrsrtadm wizard) 3. Optionally Create BMR Media Boot CDs IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 15
Getting ready to boot? Choose Network or Media boot IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 16
Boot Mechanism - Network Boot BMR in VLANs BMR Boot Server on VLAN1 can network boot clients on VLAN1, VLAN2 VLAN switch route boot requests (DHCP, TFTP) to the correct BMR Boot server IP Platform specific boot protocols (emulates native OS actions) Requires BMR Boot server during boot process IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 17
Boot Mechanism Media Boot Highlights Preferred in case of firewall or port restrictions Does not require BMR Boot server during boot process Customer s setup: Large Auto Manufacturer Protected Windows clients running on similar hardware and OS level, geographically located at different sites. Do not have BMR Boot server setup at each local site. Use a central BMR Boot server to create BMR SRT ISO and distribute it to the local sites. Boot client over this media containing BMR SRT and restore using local backup managed by local NBU master server IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 18
NetBackup BMR System Recovery Process BMR Master Server BMR Boot Server NBU Media Server BMR Client 1. Prepare to Restore (optionally edit the client configuration for DDR/DSR) BMR Server digests client configuration BMR Server creates restore procedures BMR Server allocates SRT on Boot Server (if needed) 2. Boot the BMR Client (Network or Media) Client accesses SRT (Network or Media) Client retrieves restore procedures Client configures disks/partitions Client restores data from NBU Client reboots into restored system Final cleanup is performed BMR Server de-allocates SRT on Boot Server DSR Tasks are completed (Windows only) IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 19
Supports Dissimilar Disk and System Restore scenarios IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 20
DDR: Dissimilar Disk Restore - Admin Console UI IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 21
DSR: Dissimilar System Restore Target system with different hardware configuration Detects and performs HAL changes Detects if NICs have changed and configures NIC settings Processes new Storage Device Drivers (MSDs) Analyzes driver installation files, creates the driver settings effectively for each critical device Note: Currently support is only for Windows platform. A tech-note describing methodology for performing UNIX DSR, http://www.symantec.com/docs/tech62678 Original System Restoring server to Destination System IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 22
Best Practices IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 23
BMR Best Practices Deployment Initialize the BMR database when you install the NBU Master Create and initialize Boot Servers at earliest convenience Create baseline SRT information ahead of a need. Verify BMR support of client Policy Verification Always use <<ALL LOCAL DRIVES>> as your backup selection Verify the include/exclude list for critical system files IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 24
BMR Best Practices SRT Maintenance Verify architecture and version compatibility Prefer single Boot server to host SRTs for both architectures ( Windows) Upgrade NBU Client in the SRT when the NBU environment is upgraded IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 25
BMR Best Practices Restore Verify the Client OS version and SRT version compatibility Verify all the necessary device drivers are added to configuration ( required for Windows DSR ) Single cumulative Media Boot ISO can serve multiple clients (Windows) Use System Only to test quick restores Mark SAN disks as Restricted (they are typically backed up by separate policy) IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 26
Best Practices at DR test Use static IP address information for all restore actions Use BMR media restores at DR sites (no need to build a Boot Server) Gather as much hardware specific information from DR site Maintain an electronic link back to production site from DR IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 27
BMR Roadmap IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 28
What s next Convert backup image to VMDK Initially Windows on VMware Solaris 11 Sparc/x86 Windows Server 2012 IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 29
Convert backup image to VMDK BMR Enabled Backup Convert to VHD/VMDK Scheduled Selected backup (On Demand) Boot the VM Site recovery Solution / Single click DR IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 30
End-To-End DR Use Case NBU Master Domain A NBU BMR Master Domain B NB client which drives conversion Back up NBU Clients Physical/Virt ual Client System Configura tion backup Device Notifies NBU NBU Media Server Import image Import client system info Create Clients Virtual Instances NBU Media Server OST Appliance or PureDisk Image Image OST Appliance or PureDisk Virtual Environment Hypervisor Server: (VMWARE ESX or HyperV) OST Optimized Duplication Production Data Center DR Domain IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 31
References Demo Videos http://www.symantec.com/connect/videos/netbackup-bmr-701-release-windows-2008-clientphysical-machine-virtual-machine-restore-part1 http://www.symantec.com/connect/videos/netbackup-bmr-701-release-windows-2008-clientphysical-machine-virtual-machine-restore-part2 Compatibility Lists Refer to the support matrices at http://www.symantec.com/docs/tech59978 for the latest information. Specifically: OS Compatibility List at http://www.symantec.com/docs/tech76648 Virtualization Compatibility List at http://www.symantec.com/docs/tech127089 Training http://www.symantec.com/business/training/product_training/detail.jsp?pkid=bare_metal_restore IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 32
Questions IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 33
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Appendix IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 36
Shared Resource Tree ( SRT) SRT s are created on the BMR Boot Server An SRT is Collection of OS files, NBU software, other programs, such as VERITAS Volume Manager Created any time prior to a restore Used to provide a temporary restoration environment An SRT is NOT: Backup image copied from BMR Clients Single SRT can be used simultaneously by multiple BMR clients SRT 1 SRT 2 IM B36 NetBackup Bare Metal Restore SYMANTEC VISION 2012 37