Agentless Backup is not a Myth.Backup designed for the Cloud. Advice from Global Micro - Microsoft Hosting Partner of the Year 2010 and 2011. Presentation by JJ Milner. www.globalmicro.co.za Follow me on twitter @jjrmilner

1. AGENTLESS BACKUP
IS NOT A MYTH
Hosted by: JJ Milner
Date: 18th October 2011

2. RecoveryVault
Become a Backup Super Hero
Apply the right technology
strategically and transform your
Backup & Recovery capability:
 Equip Yourself
 Be Accountable
 Virtualise
 Don’t Trust your users
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3. RecoveryVault
designed for the Cloud Computing Era
 A managed online backup solution
for critical data
 Support for 80 Platforms & Databases
including Windows, Unix, VMWare, Xen
,HyperV, SQL, Exchange, Oracle
& SAP
 Agentless backup architecture
that uses state of the art backup
technology, namely:
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4. Strategy #1
Super Heroes need
the best equipment
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5. Over 100 000 Installations
Always use the most mature platforms to protect your mission critical data
Energy / Healthcare
Government
Insurance / Financial Services
Legal
Non-Profit
Retail
Sports
Technology
Transportation / Manufacturing
FIPS-120 Certified for use by The Pentagon
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6. Continuous Innovation
Always use the most mature platforms to protect your mission critical data
Some RecoveryVault firsts:
 1993: De-duplication
 1995: Service Orientated Architecture
 1995: Encryption
 2006: Agentless Continuous Data Protection
 2006: Backup Lifecycle Management
 2006: VMware Backup Continuous Data Protection
 2007: 64-bit Backup Continuous Data Protection
 2009: FIPS 140-2 Certification
Summary: 23 Years of innovation !
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7. Strategy #2
When it comes to data
recovery, compromise is not an
option !
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8. 5 Simple Questions
IT has become more critical to the continuation of business critical functions.
How much revenue will you lose
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if your Company's data is lost?
2 How will your company’s image look?
Of companies that had a major loss
of business data:
3 What will be the cost to your Company? • 43% never reopen
• 51% close within two years
4 • Only 6% will survive long-term.
How will you productivity be impacted?
5 Will you be able to recover?
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9. Accountability is everything
When it comes to data recoverability, compromise is not an option!
Meet your Service Level
Agreements
 Improve backup & recovery performance
 Fast, granular recovery capabilities
 Backup Lifecycle Management
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10. Accountability is everything
When it comes to data recoverability, compromise is not an option!
Improve your backup operations:
 Achieve backup & recovery success rates
> 90%
 Monitor daily/weekly & monthly backup
activity reports
 Detect & fix errors even before they
become harmful
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11. Accountability is everything
When it comes to data recoverability, compromise is not an option!
Address Key Problems
 Backup Multi-Terabyte databases
 Recover only what you want
 Protect leading virtualization platforms
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12. Accountability is everything
When it comes to data recoverability, compromise is not an option!
Reduce Risk
 Protect laptops, remote sites
and data centres
 N+1 grid architecture
 Data secured and encrypted
from cradle to grave
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13. Strategy #3
Embrace Virtualisation
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14. Virtual Server Challenges
Traditional agent-based backup and recovery force a series of unattractive choices
Unattractive Choices:
 Agent based technologies pollute
environments
 Agents, by their nature, lack cohesion
 The need to physically install and
manage agents
 A single agent adds as much as
16% server
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15. Virtual Server Protection
Traditional agent-based backup and recovery force a series of unattractive choices
RecoveryVault simplifies recovery
of virtual servers by:
 Discovering each new guest
virtual server
 Centralizing backup configuration
and management
 Controlling software licensing costs
 Providing backup options specific to
VMWare, Xen & HyperV
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16. Virtual Server Auto-Discovery
Traditional agent-based backup and recovery force a series of unattractive choices
RecoveryVault addresses the new
corporate challenges around the
discovery and configuration:
 Automatically discover a new guest
virtual server on a host servers
 Automatically to track the movement
of the guest virtual server from one
host server to another
 Guest virtual servers continue to receive
uninterrupted data protection regardless
of on which host server they reside
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17. Strategy #4
Don’t trust your users
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18. Laptops Need Protection
Users still store critical data on their PCs and laptops
If data is not on the server
- it is never backed up.
 Managing a remote backup of every
desktop or laptop machine, every
day, manually is virtually impossible
 Traditional tape backup requires an ever
increasing investment in
time, training, technology and supplies
 Some so-called remote backup solutions
exist, but they’re
complex, costly, inefficient and
bandwidth intensive
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19. Laptops Need Protection
Users still store critical data on their PCs and laptops
Industry research has shown that
users cannot be relied upon to
back up their data consistently
 Companies are exposed to considerable
risk from irreparable data loss or lengthy
recoveries
 Remote backup applications for laptop
users often require continuous
maintenance and support - such as
administering backup jobs and restoring
lost files
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20. Laptops Need Protection
RecoveryVault is the Solution!
Recovery Vault provides remote
backup efficiencies unavailable
with traditional backup
architecture by allowing you to:
 Manage your desktops and laptops using
agent-less remote backup technology
 Backup to local or remote repositories
 Users can restore deleted files
themselves or administrators can
restore data from a central location
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21. 3 Types of Storage
The key to reducing costs
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22. 3 Types of Storage
The Key to cost effective backup and recovery
Local Only Storage:
R8.00
Per GB Native
Local Only
 Disk to Disk backup at LAN speed
 Data remains on Customer Premises
 Used for data that is not mission critical where offsite storage is not required
 Combination of Encrypted NAS &Backup
Agentless LAN backup to encrypted on-premise vault
LAN
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23. 3 Types of Storage
The Key to cost effective backup and recovery
Data Centre (DS Storage):
R20.00
Per GB Native DS
 Disk to Disk backup with Datacentre Replica
 Data remains on Customer Premises AND is also replicated to 2 Off-site Datacentres
 Used for data that is mission critical where offsite storage is required
Agentless LAN backup with encrypted Local Cache and remote replicas
LAN WWW
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24. 3 Types of Storage
The Key to cost effective backup and recovery
Backup Lifecycle Manager (BLM Storage):
R6.00
Per GB Native
BLM
 Long Term Data Centre Storage
 Data is NOT stored on Customer Premises AND is moved to 2 Off-site Datacentres
 Used for data that is required for regulatory compliance.
Agentless LAN backup with encrypted Local Index and remote replicas
LAN WWW
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25. Putting it all together
Understanding the architecture
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26. Live Demonstration
Continuous Data Protection
Taking VSS to the next Level

27. AGENTLESS BACKUP
IS NOT A MYTH
Hosted by: JJ Milner
Date: Tuesday 18th November 2011