Falconstor - How It Supports P2V Machine Recovery & Integrates with VMware SRM

David Shyu
Data Protection
FalconStor Software
and Recovery david.shyu@falconstor.com
Solutions
for VMware

Craig Snow
FalconStor Software
craig.snow@falconstor.com

© FalconStor Software 2011 · All Rights Reserved

Agenda

• Data Protection in VMware Environments
– Data Protection demonstration
• Data integrity and system recovery
• Backup, Disaster Recovery, and Site Recovery
Manager
– Site Recovery Manager demonstration
– Physical to Virtual support with Site Recovery Manager
• WAN optimization

Data Protection & Recovery for VMware Environments
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Data Protection for Virtual
Environments

Data Protection and Recovery for VMware Environments
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The True Value

Lies in the Heart of the Enterprise

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Data is the Vital Center
Efficient Data Management is Mission Critical

Operating Systems may change and evolve
Application vendors may come and go
Servers are being virtualized and democratized
Data is persistent and the immutable and ever-present corporate asset
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Server Sprawl
Energy  Space  Cooling  Management

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Server Consolidation

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Virtual Server – Physical Bottleneck

Average Large Enterprise 3.5 Petabytes
Average Medium Enterprise 350 Terabytes

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Backup is Broken

• Production system impact
• Shrinking backup window
• Complex tape management processes
• High costs of replication and/or tape shipment
• Storage vendor lock-in
• RTO from 2 to 24 hours
• RPO 18+ hours
• Cost, cost, cost!

CPU load impact

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Customer Challenges

• Server
Virtualization
• Poor data
lifecycle
management
Exploding
Storage
Growth
Rethinking
Data
Protection

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Virtual Server – Backup Transformation

Transforming the once a day process into a continuous process

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Unified Backup and Recovery
Instant Data Availability

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Continuous Data Protection and Snapshots

• Continuous data capture with multiple options for historical
views
– Up to 1000 snapshots per volume (up to 255 snapshots for NSS VA)

Example

Weekly Daily Hourly
Snapshots: 4 Snapshots: 30 Snapshots: 24
• Snapshots can be scheduled as well as created manually
• Create readable/writeable view from any point in time
• Tape and backup license savings = ROI less than 18 months

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Data Protection Demo

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Data Integrity and System
Recovery

Enhancing Data Protection in VMware
Environments

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VMware Recovery with FalconStor Software

• FalconStor software provides a set of tools to
enhance VMware data protection
– 100% transactional integrity of data for fast
restores
– WAN-optimized data replication to reduce
bandwidth use by 90% or more
– Integration with VMware vCenter Site Recovery
Manager (aka SRM)
– Physical-to-virtual, Physical-to-physical, and
Virtual-to-virtual with FalconStor RecoverTrac™
technology

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Application-centric Protection
Why is application integration important?

Because when you recover, you
want your data to look like this

Transactionally Complete Data

And not like this

Crash Consistent Data
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FalconStor Snapshot Director for VMware

• FalconStor Snapshot Director for VMware is designed
to ensure transactional integrity of data
– Data is not in a crash consistent state (it is 100%
transactionally consistent)
– No need for lengthy system/DB checking
• Coordinates snapshot process between VMware
vSphere/vCenter and FalconStor NSS (optional
application-specific and filesystem snapshot agents)
• Runs as a Virtual Appliance on vSphere
• Integrates with Site Recovery Manager (aka SRM)

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Where Do the Pieces Fit?
ESXi server

Snapshot Director Virtual Appliance Application Snapshot Director is a separate virtual
machine

Application-specific agents install within the virtual
Virtual Machine Virtual Machine machine (optional)
Application Application
Microsoft Exchange, Oracle
ApplicationVirtual Machine Application
Microsoft SQL Server
Snapshot Snapshot
Application IBM Lotus Notes/Domino, Sybase, Informix,
Agent Agent
Application DB2, SAP, Pervasive SQL
OS Snapshot OS
File system Agent File system
Agent Agent
File system agent installs in guest OS (optional)
OS
Windows File System, Linux File System
File system
Agent
FalconStor NSS or FalconStor CDP provides
virtualized storage and replication services
FalconStor NSS

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Snapshot Director Virtual Appliance (SDVA) – Snapshots
of .vmdk images w/ 100% Data Integrity
SQL Exchange
Agent Agent
Backup
Oracle
Datastore Snapshot (other vendors)
Mode 1
Backup
2
Mode
Backup
Agent • Datastore contains more than one
3
Mode Virtual Machine (VM)
Snapshot VMware datastore
Director 1
APP
2
APP
• Can not guarantee data integrity on
1
VMFS OS OS each VM.
VMDK VMDK
Fibre/iSCSI 3
APP FalconStor SDVA for VMware vSphere
OS
• install SDVA on vSphere host.
VMDK
• install DB agent on each VM (optional)
IPStor
• NSS initiate snapshot and notify SDVA
• SDVA queries vCenter for VM list/info
• SDVA redirects the snapshot
1 10:00 1 notification to DB agent on each VM to
trigger DB into backup mode.
• Take snapshot on VMFS Datastore.
100% Guarantee data integrity for all
VMs.
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Snapshot Sequence of Events
ESX server
1. SDVA puts the application
3 into a hot backup mode
Snapshot Director Virtual Appliance
i. Application holds up
processing, flushes cache
Virtual Machine Virtual Machine 1
Application Application
2. Application agent informs
ApplicationVirtual Machine Application application/filesystem agent
Snapshot Snapshot
Application i. Agent ensures file system
Agent Agent
Application cache flushed to disk
OS Snapshot OS 2
Agent
File system
Agent
File system
Agent
3. SDVA initiates NSS
OS
File system
snapshot
Agent
4. Transactionally complete
snapshot taken across the
FalconStor CDP 4 virtual LUN
5. All systems released

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Storage Virtualization and
Site Recovery Manager

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The Importance of Site Recovery Manager

• VMware Site Recovery Manager is a critical disaster
recovery tool
• Provides automation of DR processes
• Provides automation of DR testing
• Provides reporting for proof of compliance

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Challenges for Site Recovery Manager
Implementation in the Enterprise Space
• Array-level replication
• Limited number of disk vendor certifications for Site
Recovery Manager
• Array Vendor Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) is
platform specific
• Need the same hardware on both primary and remote sites
• Limited product certifications
• Need to change the underplaying infrastructure at the
primary site, the secondary site, or both
• Breaks the virtualization promise of platform
independence

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Challenges for Site Recovery Manager
Implementation in SMB Space
• vSphere Replication newly introduced in SRM 5
• Lack of support for failback
• No application integration for improved RTO

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Integration with Site Recovery Manager
• FalconStor Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) integrates
FalconStor replication with VMware vCenter Site Recovery
Manager
• FalconStor CDP or FalconStor NSS provides replication
engine
• Virtual disk assignments are automatically coordinated with
associated virtual machines with the help of FalconStor SRA
• Disaster recovery scenarios can be tested at any time
– A TimeView™ snapshot image is created and mounted to a virtual
machine being tested
– The virtual machine is started
– Recovery is validated and the TimeView image is removed

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Key Components of Site Recovery Manager
integration with FalconStor DR Solutions
VMware Virtual Center

Storage
FalconStor Storage Replication Adapter
Site Recovery coordinates with Site Recovery
Replication
Manager Manager, installs in Virtual Center
Adapter

Snapshot
Director Snapshot Director Virtual Appliance

Virtual Machine Virtual Machine
Virtual Machine
E Application Application
Application Application and file system agents
S Application Application
Snapshot Application Snapshot
X Agent Snapshot Agent
Agent
i OS OS
OS
File system File system FalconStor NSS or FalconStor CDP
Agent File system Agent
Agent
provides replication services
coordinated with Site Recovery
Manager
FalconStor NSS

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FalconStor Storage Virtualization Device
• FalconStor CDP and FalconStor NSS Gateways are
certified for vCenter Site Recovery Manager
• Allows any SAN storage on VMware Hardware
Compatibility List (HCL) to be used with Site Recovery
Manager
– In effect, FalconStor DR solutions extend Site Recovery
Manager certification to connected disk
• Increases storage array flexibility for VMware Site
Recovery Manager, brings support to existing SAN
• Allows Site Recovery Manager testing without
breaking the replication stream

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Heterogeneous SAN Replication
Any-to-Any Disk – Freedom from Vendor Lock-in

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Heterogeneous Replication – Any to Any
Disk
Primary Site Remote Site

Management
VMware vCenter data
Server with Site VMware vCenter
Recovery Manager Server with Site
Recovery Manager

Heterogeneous
Replication
With Auto-failback
Support

Any storage Any storage
Disk Vendor A Disk Vendor B

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Site Recovery Manager
Demonstration

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The FalconStor Site Recovery Manager
Advantage
• Provide Heterogeneous Replication for VMware
environments using both local or SAN arrays (HCL-certified)
• Bandwidth-Optimized Replication with FalconStor
MicroScan
• Full Automation of failover and failback operations with
vCenter Site Recovery Manager
• Enable customers to use their current infrastructure to
implement Site Recovery Manager and DR for VMware
• Provides cost effective DR strategy implementation
• Disaster Recovery solutions that protect infrastructure
investment and provide flexibility

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Physical-to-Virtual (P2V)
Support with Site Recovery
Manager

Complete Automated Disaster
Recovery

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Extending the SRM Game with RecoverTrac

• SRM’s scope is Virtual-to-Virtual (V2)
• FalconStor extends SRM’s scope to P2V!

Physical Servers

SAN

Data copy Raw device
to mapping
secondary
storage

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RecoverTrac Value-Add
• SRM = V2V DR
• SRM + RecoverTrac = (V2V + P2V) DR

• RecoverTrac also offers:
• P2P, P2V, V2V “Local Recovery”
• P2P, P2V “DR Recovery”

Remote Replication AND RecoverTrac tool are standard features of
FalconStor CDP

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Enhancing Disaster Recovery with
RecoverTrac™ DR Orchestration Tool
FalconStor CDP: RecoverTrac P2V

Virtual Virtual
Physical “MyServer-P2V” Physical “MyServer-DR”
“MyServer” “MyServer-P2P”

vCenter-SFO: vCenter-NYC:

RecovrTrac
Local site DR site

CDP1 CDP2
WAN NYC Site
SFO Site
WAN-optimized Replication

RecoverTrac: Auto Failover/Failback TimeMark
TimeMark
Replica

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RecoverTrac Technology

Automated DR Service-oriented View
• RecoverTrac technology automates • RecoverTrac technology allows
complex, time-consuming and error- definition of all IT resources, for
prone DR procedures recovery:
• Allows for non-disruptive seamless • Servers
testing of DR plans • Hypervisors; VMware & Microsoft
Hyper-V
• Clusters
• Storage
• Recover sites: local, remote, or
multiple
• Associated IT inventories at
recovery sites

Remote Replication AND RecoverTrac tool are standard features of
FalconStor CDP

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Heterogeneous Replication w/ RecoverTrac:
Any to Any Disk, any to any Machine, any to any Hypervisor
Remote Site
Primary Site

Heterogeneous
Replication

Any storage
Disk Vendor B
Any storage
Disk Vendor A
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WAN Optimization

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Achieving Efficient Data Replication

Deploy sub-block replication to
move your data

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MicroScan™ WAN Optimization
512
byte
= empty disk sector • Applications and file
= data written by application or file system systems write far more
data to disk than actual
= sector with actual data change
changes
512
byte • FalconStor solution
scans the changes at a
512 byte disk-sector
Disk sectors
level and replicates only
the changed data
A typical 8k write of data. – Avoids constant re-
Many systems send all 8k or
more. FalconStor CDP and sending of duplicate
FalconStor NSS send only data
the truly changed sectors.

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Replication Savings and ROI
Note: 84% replication reduction on customers data type (database, email,
documents, images)
WAN Savings:

Data WAN Normal With WAN needed MicroScan
link Replication MicroScan without MicroScan Annual WAN
Time to replicate in 10.7 Cost Savings
hours
1.2TB T3 68 hours 10.7 hours 2 x OC3 $600,000

16TB vs. 101TB required at DR site for storing 83 days worth
of recovery points on disk:

Storage Capacity Savings: 630%

101 Tier 1 storage @ 40K per TB fully burdened cost x 101TB = 4.04 Million
TB Tier 2 storage @ 20K per TB fully burdened cost x 16TB = 320K

Storage Cost Savings: $3,720,000 Year 1
16TB
Modular Monolithic

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Solution Deployment Options

• All FalconStor solutions are available in three forms

Gateway Appliance or
Virtual Appliance Storage Appliance Software Kit
• Built on top of • Server+storage in a
• End user chooses
VMware ESX single physical device
server hardware
• Deploy via image to • Pre-configured
• Connects to third-
any certified server amount of storage
party storage
devices

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NSS Integration Point Summary
• SVD Certification (NSS/CDP Gateways)
– Storage Consolidation
– Tiered Storage / SAN Acceleration (Pooling and SSD Acceleration)
– Data Migration
– Storage Service Offload (Snapshot, Replication, Backup)
– Space-efficient/writeable snapshots (Test/Dev)
• SVA Certification (NSS Virtual Appliance)
– Virtual iSCSI SAN using Direct-Attached SAS disks
– Built-in remote replication engine (Disaster Recovery enabler for ROBO/SMB)
• vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI)
– Offloaded VM Cloning across any SAN arrays
– Offloaded low-level disk formatting (write zero) on any SAN array
– Significantly higher VM-to-Host consolidation ration in vSphere clusters (ATS)
• vCenter API and vSphere API
– Optimized RTO with application consistent snapshot images (Snapshot Director)
– Automated local and remote disaster recovery (RecoverTrac - V2V, P2V, P2P)
• SRM Certification
– Automated Disaster Recovery with Heterogeneous SAN + WAN Optimization
• vStorage API for Data Protection (VADP and Change-block Tracking)
– Hypertrac Backup for VMware (enables offloaded, accelerated backup)

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Summary

• FalconStor has the most complete set of VMware data
protection products in the industry
• FalconStor CDP provides zero-impact VMware backup
• Data integrity agents ensure 100% data consistency
• Full integration with vCenter Site Recovery Manager
• Fully automated Disaster Recovery
• Optimized WAN replication
• P2V, P2P, V2V, local and DR recovery

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Contact us
Corporate Headquarters
2 Huntington Quadrangle
Melville, NY 11747
USA
Tel: +1 631.777.5188
Support: +1 631.777.3332
salesinfo@falconstor.com

Asia Pacific Headquarters
Thank you. 6F-1, No.521, Sec. 1, Wunsin Rd.
Taichung 40848
Taiwan
Any Questions? Tel: +886-4-2259-1868
salesasia@falconstor.com

European Headquarters
58 rue Pottier
78150 Le Chesnay
France
Tel: +33.1.3923.9550
salesemea@falconstor.com

Data Protection and Recovery for VMware
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© FalconStor Software 2011 · All Rights Reserved

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