VMworld 2013: Implementing a Holistic BC/DR Strategy with VMware - Part One
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The document outlines a strategy for implementing holistic business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) using VMware solutions, emphasizing the importance of data protection and application availability. It discusses the limitations of traditional recovery methods and presents VMware's cost-effective solutions for IT resiliency, including site recovery, data protection, and local application availability. Key features include vMotion, high availability, and automated disaster recovery orchestration, designed to minimize downtime and enhance business continuity across virtualized environments.
VMworld 2013: Implementing a Holistic BC/DR Strategy with VMware - Part One
- 1. Implementing a Holistic BC/DR Strategy with VMware - Part One Mauricio Barra, VMware Gaetan Castelein, VMware BCO5160 #BCO5160
- 2. 2 Agenda Context of BC/DR VMware Solutions for IT Resiliency Data Protection Local Application Availability Site Application Availability Implementing a Holistic IT Resiliency Strategy with VMware
- 3. 3 Context of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
- 4. 4 Uptime and Protection of Data are Critical for Business Revenue Continuously available services ensure revenue streams Productivity Enables the workforce to work at full capacity Compliance Guarantees responsiveness to auditing entities (SOX, ISO) Reputation Protects relationships with customers and partners
- 5. 5 Organizations Require Recovery Objectives in Hours, not Days (1) “Move Beyond Disaster Recovery And Prepare For Business Technology Resiliency”, Forrester, September 2012 More mission- critical workloads Interdependence between applications
- 6. 6 Improving BC/DR Is At The Top Of IT Initiatives Source: Forrester “Server Virtualization Predictions For 2013”, March 2013 Source: Forrester “BC/DR Remain Priorities For 2012 But Take A Backseat To Cost-Saving And Efficiency Initiatives”, October 2011 Among top 5 technology priorities in 2012 40% report High Priority 20% report Critical Priority #1 driver for virtualization: 57% report it’s “very important” to adopt x86 virtualization
- 7. 7 Traditional Data Protection and Availability Imposes Silos and Tradeoffs Middleware / Java Oracle RAC Oracle DataGuard DB Mirroring MS Clustering DB Availability Groups CCR / SCR App Server Cluster Session State Replication Application-level availability is complex and expensive Replication is expensive has a longer RTO Backup has a longer RPO and RTO
- 8. 8 Traditional DR Is Expensive, Complex and Unreliable Complex ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Apps Hosts Storage Network Expensive Software Hosts Storage Facilities >$10K per app Unreliable DR tests once a year
- 9. 9 VMware Offers a Solution Portfolio for Cost-effective IT Resiliency Continuous Hours Days RTO / RPO Cost Efficiency ($ per app) $1,000 Minutes $10,000$100,000 $100 MSCS RAC Replication Backup VMware IT Resiliency vMotion, HA, FT, VR, SRM, VDP Adv Traditional Solutions
- 10. 10 VMware Solutions for IT Resiliency
- 11. 11 Planned Downtime Unplanned Downtime VMware Enables IT Business Continuity at All Levels • vMotion • Storage vMotion • Fault Tolerance • High Availability • App HA • Site Recovery Manager • DR to the Cloud with SRM • vSphere Replication • vSphere Data Protection Advanced • vSphere APIs for Data Protection (VADP) Site Application Availability Local Application Availability Data Protection
- 12. 12 Data Protection Store, Copy and Move Data to Ensure Business Continuity
- 13. 13 Store, Copy and Move Data to Ensure Business Continuity vSphere • Recover from deletion or corruption • Store multiple points-in-time of data for reference • Move data offsite to enable disaster recovery Data
- 14. 14 VMware Enables Choice for Backup and Recovery Software vSphere Data vSphere APIs for Data Protection VMware’s data protection framework to enable centralized, off-host virtual machines backups and more…
- 15. 15 VDP Advanced Is VMware’s Backup Solution for vSphere vSphere Data vSphere Data Protection Advanced Simple and efficient backup and recovery solution for VMs and mission-critical apps Fully integrated with vSphere Powered by EMC Avamar vSphere Data deduplicated VDP Advanced
- 16. 16 The Ideal Backup Solution for Midsize vSphere Environments 4x more storage-efficient 6x faster recovery Designed for the VI admin Application-Aware • Patented variable-length dedupe • Reduces ongoing backup storage consumption • End-to-end vSphere Web Client management • One-step VM recovery and End-user File-Level Recovery • CBT for backup and restore • Faster recovery than full image restores • SQL Server and Exchange agents • Granular, app-consistent backup and recovery VDP Advanced
- 17. 17 vSphere Data Protection Advanced for Midsize Environments VDP VDP Advanced Scalability • Protected VMs per appliance (avg.) 50 VMs 200 VMs • Appliances per vCenter Server 10 10 Features • Agent-less backup ● ● • Variable-length deduplication ● ● • CBT backup and restore ● ● • vSphere Web Client management ● ● • Full VM and File-level recovery ● ● • Dynamic storage provisioning ● • MS Exchange Server agents ● • MS SQL Server agents ● • Upgrade from VDP ● Included with vSphere* Licensed separately *vSphere Ess+ and higher editions
- 18. 18 What’s New with VDP (Included with vSphere) Restore without dependency on vCenter Server Reduce storage consumption and increase speed of recovery Restore to ESXi host and protect vCenter Server with VDP Advanced Granular VMDK backup and recovery Benefit Protect data offsite replicating to a target using EMC Avamar Replication to EMC Avamar Granular backup data placement Remount data partitions to a new appliance in case of loss of original New Feature New
- 19. 19 vSphere Replication is Cost-Effective Protection for All VMs Data vSphere Replication True hypervisor-based replication for vSphere that enables VM-level management with flexible, asynchronous RPOs Included with vSphere at no extra charge vSphere vSphere vSphere
- 20. 20 Fundamentally Simpler and More Cost-Effective Replication source target Managed as property of VMs Independent from underlying storage Even between heterogeneous datastores Replicates only changed data
- 21. 21 What’s New with vSphere Replication Multiple vSphere Replication appliances per vCenter Server Choose to revert to a previous ‘known good point’ after failover Enables new topologies with up to 10 vSphere Replication appliances Multiple point-in-time recovery Benefit Reduce storage costs replicating to and from Virtual SAN Support for Virtual SAN (public beta) Support for Storage vMotion and Storage DRS Leverage this vSphere functionality on VMs being replicated New Feature New New optimizations gain up to 5x speed improvement in replication Dramatic speed improvement
- 22. 22 Local Application Availability Minimize downtime and data loss from application and infrastructure failure
- 24. 24 Avoid Planned Downtime With Continuous Service Availability vSphere • Server hardware maintenance • Moving VMs from underperforming servers • Automatic load balancing (DRS)Server
- 25. 25 Avoid Planned Downtime With Continuous Service Availability vSphere vMotion Live migration of virtual machines between vSphere hosts with zero downtime vSphere Server
- 26. 26 Avoid Planned Downtime With Continuous Service Availability vSphere • Storage migrations and upgrades • Optimizing I/O performance • Automatic capacity balancing (SDRS) Storage
- 27. 27 vSphere Avoid Planned Downtime With Continuous Service Availability Storage vSphere Storage vMotion Live migration of VM disk files across heterogeneous storage arrays with zero downtime
- 29. 29 Protect Applications From Unplanned Downtime vSphere • Reduce downtime from server or OS failure Server
- 30. 30 Protect Applications From Unplanned Downtime vSphere Server vSphere Fault Tolerance Live shadow VM running on separate host in lockstep with primary instance for zero downtime, zero data loss vSphere vSphere vSphere
- 31. 31 Protect Applications From Unplanned Downtime vSphere Server vSphere High Availability Automated VM failover to alternate available severs to minimize downtime vSphere vSphere vSphere
- 32. 32 Protect Applications From Unplanned Downtime vSphere Application • Downtime avoidance from application service failure
- 33. 33 Protect Applications From Unplanned Downtime vSphere vSphere 1 2 App Restart vSpher e HA vSphere App HA Application-level monitoring that enables recovery from application failure New vSphere Application
- 34. 34 vSphere App HA – New with vSphere 5.5 Restart application or restart the VM using vSphere HA Supports most common applications (Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, etc) Managed from vCenter Server Included with vSphere Enterprise Plus Policy-based application monitoring Automated remediation Tier 1 application protection at scale Avoid application-specific clustering solutions Overview Benefits vSphere vSphere Agent Agent Hyperic App HA Agent Agent vCenter Server New
- 35. 35 vSphere HA and vSphere App HA Protection at multiple levels vSphere App HA vSphere HA Apps OS Host
- 36. 36 Site Application Availability Minimize downtime and data loss across geographically distant data centers
- 37. 37 VMware Enables Business Continuity Across Sites vSphere vSphere Primary Site Public Cloud VMware Service Provider Replication Secondary Site • Disaster Recovery • Disaster Avoidance • Planned site migrations
- 38. 38 Site Recovery Manager Delivers Simple and Reliable DR DR orchestration solution that automates testing and execution of centralized recovery plans Leverages vSphere Replication or broad range of array-based replication solutions Up to 50% lower TCO for DR Setup recovery plans in minutes, not weeks Initiate orchestration with one click Test as frequently as needed vCenter Site Recovery Manager Benefits VMware vSphere VMware vCenter Server Site Recovery Manager VMware vCenter Server Site Recovery Manager VMware vSphere Site A (Primary) Site B (Recovery) Servers ServersArray-based replication vSphere Replication
- 39. 39 What’s New with Site Recovery Manager Choose to revert to a previous ‘known good point’ after failover Multiple point-in-time recovery with vSphere Replication Benefit Reduce storage costs using Virtual SAN with vSphere Replication Support for Virtual SAN (public beta) Support for Storage vMotion and Storage DRS Leverage this vSphere functionality on VMs being replicated New Feature New
- 40. 40 SRM Automates Every Workflow of DR Orchestration Replication Main site Recovery site Non-disruptive Testing Automated Failover Automated Failback Planned Migrations • Automated testing in an isolated network • Test as frequently as needed for predictable RTOs • Automatically re-protect VMs from Site B to Site A • Reverse original recovery plan • 1-click initiation • Automated execution of user-defined recovery plan • Graceful shutdown of production VMs • ‘Data sync’ ensures zero data loss SRM
- 41. 41 SRM’s Automation Reduces The Cost of Disaster Recovery DR Costs per VM per Year Source: The Total Economic Impact of VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager, Forrester, May 2013 $1,757 $800 $800 $288 $288 $477 $477 $- $500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 Manual DR SRM only SRM + vSphere Replication DR management and testing SRM Software Replication 50% lower DR costs (not factoring cost of downtime) Over $1,100 savings per year for each protected VM Avg. cost of downtime is $145,000 per hour Planned migrations add 5% cost savings $2,234 $1,564 -30% $1,087 -21% Downtime
- 42. 42 Public Cloud Shared Recovery Site DR2C Delivers SRM Benefits without Secondary Datacenter Main site Cost-efficient DR services: Subscription-based Shared resources lower cost Providers offer variety of pricing, packaging, service levels DR to the Cloud with SRM Partner Ecosystem vSphere vCenter Server SRM vSphere Replication
- 43. 43 Implementing a Holistic IT Resiliency Strategy with VMware
- 44. 44 Planned Downtime Unplanned Downtime VMware Enables IT Business Continuity at All Levels • vMotion • Storage vMotion • Fault Tolerance • High Availability • App HA • Site Recovery Manager • DR to the Cloud with SRM • vSphere Replication • vSphere Data Protection Advanced • vSphere APIs for Data Protection (VADP) Site Application Availability Local Application Availability Data Protection
- 45. 45 How to Get All The IT Resiliency Functionality? SMBs • vSOM Enterprise Plus • Includes: • vMotion, HA, App HA, FT, vSphere Replication • SRM Standard • VDP Advanced Enterprise • vCloud Suite Enterprise • Includes: • vSphere Enterprise Plus • SRM Enterprise • VDP Advanced (ROBO use case)
- 46. 46 Go Deeper Into a Holistic IT Resiliency Strategy with VMware Attend Part 2 of this session: BCO5162: Implementing a Holistic BC/DR Strategy with VMware - Part Two With Jeff Hunter and Ken Werneburg Thursday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Thursday 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- 47. 47 Other VMware Activities Related to This Session HOL: HOL-SDC-1305 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery In Action Group Discussions: BCO1003-GD Disaster Recovery and Replication with Ken Werneburg
- 48. THANK YOU
- 50. Implementing a Holistic BC/DR Strategy with VMware - Part One Mauricio Barra, VMware Gaetan Castelein, VMware BCO5160 #BCO5160