Virbak ABIO is an enterprise data protection solution that provides fast deployment, simple management and ease of use. It can back up heterogeneous environments with support for major operating systems and applications. Virbak ABIO uses a three-tier architecture allowing for unlimited scalability. In comparison to other solutions, it has faster deployment without requiring system reboots and simpler configuration without extensive Windows configurations. Virbak ABIO provides intuitive graphical management and automated, policy-driven backups.
1. Introducing the Next Generation of
Enterprise Data Protection Solutions
Enterprise Backup Can’t Get Easier
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VIRBAK ABIO v3.2
The Fastest Deployment. The Simplest Management.
April, 2009
Enterprise Backup Can’t Get Easier
Document Edition April 2009
Version 3.2 VS32PP‐01‐OVW‐TP
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2. Business Challenge
Current Challenges of Enterprise Backup Market
▶ Increased complexity of products due to vendor market consolidation.
▶ The services and engines of software is getting much heavier due to the added tons of
features. It makes hard for enterprise who just want to build regular backup environment.
Many are reluctant to proceed upgrade.
▶ Due to extreme complexity of the aged software, It requires customer to prepare many
unwanted system configuration or changes in order for them to keep maintaining. Isn’t it
something wrong? It is the customers who are allowed to request requirements to run their
backup policy. Not the other way around!
For example
▶ Some backup software occupying over 25% market-share requires all Windows servers to join
same domain for them to construct SAN backup environment. And implementation procedures
are extremely complicated since its underlying architecture was started to build before SAN era.
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3. Business Challenge
From Storage Magazine, 2008
Given the maturity of the backup and recovery market most products are packed with features. The most
common complaint we’ve observed is product complexity.
From Storage Magazine, 2008
Users of the enterprise products seemed to take out some of their frustrations about complexity in the
product quality section of the survey.
From 2008 Gartner Report for Backup Software Market
As this market matures, providing new capabilities that integrate with existing architectures becomes
more difficult. Frustrated enterprises are straying from their goal of a single recovery solution
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4. Why VIRBAK ABIO
VIRBAK ABIO is a data protection application, capable
® of running on heterogeneous operating systems and
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The Fastest Deployment. The Simplest Management.
providing unparalleled backup and restore
performance. Given the dynamic nature of change in
IT infrastructure and complexity challenges that many
enterprise suffer from, VIRBAK ABIO has been
designed to be both highly flexible and scalable,
readily equipped to handle any changes in customer
environment. Unlike others, the architecture was
started to build on efficiently working in SAN (iSCSI)
environment as well as DAS. Thus, it is proud of the
capability to provide the fastest deployment and the
simplest management in building SAN backup
environment.
The need for a flexible and efficient storage solution
is becoming more and more crucial as backup server
usage continues to grow exponentially. Unfortunately,
Product Name ABIO with the exponential data growth comes greater cost,
while managing backup and restore requests across
Current Version Version 3.0 multiple servers becomes increasingly difficult.
Vendor VIRBAK With VIRBAK ABIO, these difficulties are a thing of the
past. It is designed to meet current needs faced by
Founded September 2002 growing organizations and ensure both simple and
reliable data protection, without compromising
performance or features.
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5. Features and Benefits
Great Compatibility for an Enterprise
▶ Seamless support for heterogeneous environment.
▶ Support all major operating system such as AIX, HP-UX,
Windows, Linux and etc.
▶ Support online backup for all major relational database TAPE
LIBRARY
and applications such as Oracle, Sybase, DB2, MS SQL, Parallel
Server
TAPE
LIBRARY
Master
MS Exchange, SAP R3, NAS, Altibase and etc. Server
DISK VTL Parallel
▶ Support all vendor’s tape storage including virtual tape Server SAN Switch
SAN Switch
Storage DISK
library. DISK
Client
Clients
DISK
Clients
3Tier Architecture 네트워크
공유
Clients
Clients
▶ Built on a three tier structure, running separate
modules for master, parallel and client nodes that work
together in a system consisting of one Master Server
and one or more Parallel Servers, Storage Clients and
Clients.
▶ Enables unlimited scalability and flexibility on SAN
infrastructure of data center.
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6. Features and Benefits
Fast Deployment and Great Scalability
▶ Do not require system reboot after installing any node type such as Master, Parallel and Storage Client.
▶ Provide simple steps of master server installation and takes 1 minute from preparing for backup
infrastructure to completing backup job configuration and running.
▶ Through Drive Mapping Wizard, upgrading from client to parallel or storage client and having them share
same tape resources takes within 30 seconds without system reboot whatsoever.
▶ Easily scalable from small business to great enterprise environment. It does NOT require any Windows
system related configuration to configure SAN backup environment. Some backup application requires all
nodes to join in same domain group to configure Windows SAN backup.
Clients
Tape Library
Backup Domain 2 Parallel Servers
Clients Backup Domain 3
Tape Library SCSI Connection
Parallel Servers
Controls and Manages
Clients
Storage Clients
SAN Connection
Parallel Servers
TCP/IP Network
Tape Library
Master Server
SAN Switch
Backup Domain 1
Tape Drives
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7. Features and Benefits
Intuitive Graphical User Interface
▶ Support centralized management console that allows no commands to get involved in management
whatsoever.
▶ Drastically cut the cost of learning curve when deploying new application.
▶ Support reporting tool to allow administrator to track the backup history and maintain the storages
efficiently.
▶ Enable administrator to easily find the job pertained to a certain client through Client View. (Most backup
application only provides the way of viewing the defined jobs through job view)
Enhanced Performance
▶ Support multi-session and smart-session backup.
▶ Support multi-session restore.
▶ Support 9 level of data compression.
▶ Adjust network bandwidth from client to server.
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8. Features and Benefits
Complement Disk and Tape Storage Utilizing D2D, D2T, T2D Migration and Duplication.
▶ Support policy-driven migration from storage perspective and job perspective.
▶ Enable migration to trigger by many criteria such as storage occupancy and data retention.
Disaster Recovery
▶ Support automated and policy-driven duplication of backup copy.
▶ Support automated tape volume ejection for sending offsite tape volumes.
▶ Easy migration and great recoverability of master server. Even possible to migrate master server running on
UNIX or Linux to Windows platform.
▶ Zero % failure of master server recovery due to catalog database running as a flat file format. Many backup
applications running on relational database has high percentage of the failure of master server recovery.
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9. Fast Deployment and Great Scalability
Fast Deployment
▶ Does not require system reboot after the installation of all nodes.
▶ Master server and parallel server installation complete within 20 seconds without system reboot.
▶ Provides the simplest way of installing and configuring job to run with the minimal steps.
▶ Through Drive Mapping Wizard, upgrading from client to parallel or storage client and having them share
same tape resources takes within 30 seconds without system reboot whatsoever.
VIRBAK ABIO Nodes
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Agent Agent
Master Server Parallel Server Client
(Oracle, SQL, DB2....) (Exchange/Notes)
Storage Client
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10. Fast Deployment and Great Scalability
Great Scalability
▶ Easily scalable from small business to great enterprise environment.
▶ No complicated procedures to upgrade from phase 1 to phase 4.
▶ It does NOT require any Windows system related configuration to configure SAN backup environment. Some
backup application requires all nodes to join in same domain group to configure Windows SAN backup.
Phase 1. Single Master with All Network Clients Phase 2. Sharing Tape Library with SCSI-Directed Method
Clients Clients
Parallel Servers
Master Server
Tape Library
TCP/IP Network
TCP/IP Network
Tape Library
Master Server
Phase 4. SAN Backup in multiple domains
SCSI Connection
Tape Drives
Clients
Tape Library
Tape Drives
Backup Domain 2 Parallel Servers
Clients Backup Domain 3
Tape Library SCSI Connection
Phase 3. SAN Backup in single domain Parallel Servers
Controls and Manages
Clients Clients
Storage Clients
Storage Client SAN Connection
Parallel Server Parallel Servers
TCP/IP Network
Tape Library TCP/IP Network Tape Library
Master Server
Master Server
SAN Switch
SAN Switch
Backup Domain 1
Tape Drives
Tape Drives
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11. Ease of Use
Simple and Easy to Configure and Run the Backup
Easy Management
▶ Simple and intuitive graphical user
Easy Management VIRAK ABIO interface
▶ Ease centralization of all backup process
throughout the entire backup
infrastructure.
▶ Easy backup job configuration
Source Data Gathering
▶ Centralized monitoring and reporting of
backup
Policy Setup ▶ Policy-driven and automated backup job
configuration for all different types of
Determining Storage backups
Tape Storage
▶ Provide intuitive restore GUI method.
▶ Provide the excel format for saving
2nd Storage 1st Primary
Storage report.
Backup Report
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12. Ease of Use
Easy Node Management
▶ Provide simple and easy management of the services running on each node.
▶ Allow node status to be easily managed and monitored by viewing CK (Communication Kernel) service.
▶ All services of the node start to run within a second due to its powerful and light software architecture.
Add Node
Instantly check all nodes and their
detailed status of running backup
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13. Ease of Use
Intuitive Graphical User Interface
Powerful GUI Design
▶ Provide consistent graphical user
interface regardless of the node
platform.
Management Console ▶ Centralize and automate all backup
task into one GUI throughout the
entire backup infrastructure.
▶ Drastically cut the cost of learning
curve when deploying new application
due to its powerful GUI design.
▶ Provide similar patterns of backup
configuration method in one GUI for all
different kinds of backups such as file,
raw device, Oracle, DB2, MS SQL and
MS Exchange.
UNIX
Windows Linux Windows
AIX, SUN, 2000/2003/2008
HP-UX and Server XP/VISTA
etc.
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14. Ease of Use
Job and Schedule Configuration
▶ Enable quick backup and restore without setting backup policy.
▶ A client can have multiple jobs
▶ A job can have multiple schedules.
▶ Enable client view to sort out the defined jobs by client.
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15. Ease of Use
Automated Backup Using Advanced Calendar Schedule
▶ No need for administrator to attend backup
▶ Calendar format of the schedule makes it easier to configure complicated schedule setup.
▶ A job can have multiple schedules.
Backup Server LAN
B C D E
SAN Switch * Provide the interface of calendar based schedule
Dynamically share tape storage
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16. Ease of Use
Drive Mapping Wizard
▶ Automatically scan and retrieve the device files that associated with each tape drives in tape library throughout the
entire SAN backup infrastructure.
▶ Easily promote the client to parallel or storage node and all process can complete within 30 seconds after tape
drives are attached to the storage node.
▶ Allows quick fixes of discrepancies between storage node and its tape device files usually caused by replacing tape
drives or SAN reconfiguration.
▶ The spreadsheet-like layout provides administrators with an extremely intuitive view of the relationship between
tape drives and drive users.
Storage Nodes
Verify the status
of device files
The element Device Files
address of
tape drives
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17. Ease of Use
Backup Method (Full + Incremental Backup)
▶ Full Backup: Copy all files that designated for a backup.
▶ Incremental Backup: Back up only modified since the last backup.
Client
Backup Started
Master Server
Tape Disk
Full Backup
(Monday)
Incremental Backup
Sunday Monday Tuesday
[ Backup Policy ] (Tuesday)
Server: AAA Files: /Data Incremental Backup
Start Date: 21:00 Other Options (Wednesday)
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18. Ease of Use
Backup Method (Archive Backup)
▶ Archive Backup : Copy all files that designated for a backup and does not impact on the cycle of full and
incremental backup. The purpose of archive is keeping data at safe place for longer period.
Client Does not process catalog update for
Client Backup Started the next incremental backup.
Catalog
Master Server
Master
Catalog Tape Disk
Sunday
[ Backup Policy ]
Server: AAA Files: /Data Archive Backup
Start Date: 21:00 Other Options
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19. Ease of Use
Backup Method (Raw Device Backup)
▶ Raw Device Backup : Designed to back up entire file systems or logical disk volumes by block level. Since it
does not take steps of cataloging, it has a great performance of I/O processing.
Client Backup Started
Master Server
Tape Disk
Raw Device Backup
Sunday
[ Backup Policy ]
Server: AAA Files: /dev/rlv02
Start Date: 21:00 Other Options
Raw devices retrieved
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20. Ease of Use
Recent File System Restore
▶ Provide two different method of restore: File System Restore and Backup Set Restore
▶ File System Restore enables to build the recent file structure internally and restore the file system up to the
latest point in time that last backup was performed. It avoids lots of unnecessary overwrites and end up with
significantly increasing restore performance
▶ Default restore method is File System
▶ Intuitive GUI to select desired files and directories and run restore.
How data being restored
File System Restore Backup Set Restore
Backup Backup
The recent backup copy
FRI MON TUE WED THU
FRI MON TUE WED THU B, C Changed C Changed A, B Changed A, C Changed
B, C Changed C Changed A, B Changed A, C Changed
File A
File A
File B
File B
File C
File C
File D
File D
Full Incremental Incremental Incremental Incremental
Backup Backup Backup Backup Backup
Full Incremental Incremental Incremental Incremental
Backup Backup Backup Backup Backup
Backup Set1 Backup Set2 Backup Set3 Backup Set4 Backup Set5
Backup Set1 Backup Set2 Backup Set3 Backup Set4 Backup Set5 ABCD BC C AB A C
ABCD BC C AB A C B,C Overwritten C Overwritten A,B Overwritten A,C Overwritten
The recent file restore
A B C D
File System
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21. Ease of Use
Backup Set Restore
▶ Restore data by backup set level without the internal process of building the recent file structure.
▶ Backup Set restore has better I/O performance in a situation where only full backup performed or total data
size of incremental backup is less.
File System Restore Backup Set Restore
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22. Ease of Use
Centralized Restore GUI for Different Job Types
▶ Restore data by backup set level without the internal process of building the recent file structure.
▶ Backup Set restore has better I/O performance in a situation where only full backup performed or total data
size of incremental backup is less.
Oracle
Restore
MS Exchange
Restore
MS SQL
List job types and retrieve
Restore
the different view of
restore interface for each
job type.
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23. Ease of Use
Log & Monitor
Quickly check the current status of all nodes and daily backup status throughout the monitor and log view
Automatically refreshed ▶ Retrieve detailed information of job
by user defined interval
running and job ended.
▶ Centralized logs and event view for all
entire backup infrastructure.
▶ Include job status, job type, data
transferred, data size, storage node,
storage, volume an etc.
Current jobs ▶ More detailed log view supported and all
running processes are logged in an order of time.
▶ Include server connected time, volume
mount status, the detailed information of
all processes and services involved when
operation occurred.
▶ Greatly help to determine the root cause
of the problem in the event of error.
Job ended
More detailed log view
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24. Ease of Use
Detailed Processing Log View During Backup or Restore Operation
▶ Detailed processing log view can be selected as an option prior to initiating backup or restore operation.
▶ It enables granular level of processing logs when operation performs such as how the individual files are processed
for backup or restore.
▶ Enabling this option might degrade performance since it takes more process during operation. It leaves an option
for administrator to choose between more detailed logs or performance.
Option for Write a The detailed log of how each file is
More Detailed Log processed
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25. Ease of Use
Summary Monitoring
▶ This is the first view when administrator
Current status of volume logged in management console.
Current status of
resources and nodes
daily backup ▶ Allow administrator to have a good grasp of
daily status of backup.
▶ Summary for current status of running
backup.
▶ Summary for the last 24 hours of backup
status.
▶ Summary for ABIO catalog database size and
its backup status
▶ Summary for the current disk and tape
volume status and its scratch volume
availability
▶ Summary for node status
▶ Summary for the status of all storages that
Catalog database added to the storage nodes under single
Current status of the
information and its master server domain.
storage resources
current backup status
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26. Ease of Use
Reporting
▶ Enable to save all reports to .csv format of file.
▶ Allow administrator to filter out the reports using Advanced Search tool prior to saving excel spreadsheet file.
▶ Advanced search filters include time period, backup status, storage, node, volume, tape drive, server, backup
method, job type and etc.
Enable to save the
result from the
search to .csv format
of file
Advanced
Search
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27. Ease of Use
Support Commands to Enable Scripting
► Support command such as backup, restore and many internal operations to maintain master server.
► Allow administrator to create some script to include backup and restore operation in a situation where specific
procedure required.
► Provide a flexible way of operating a backup.
Commands Maser Server
Backup Script Restore Script
Unix Client
… Backup Copy
Backup/Restore
abiobackup.exe abiorestore.exe
Tape Library
Creating script enables all different type logs to leave
in an operation system by using ABIO commands.
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28. Ease of Use
Pre/Post Script
► Allow certain procedure to get involved before and after the backup operation
► Simply locate the script in Pre/Post script option in job configuration after the script is created.
► Provide more sophisticated options such as Do not run client job if pre-executable script has failed and Do not run
post-executable script if client job has failed.
1 Performing pre-script
2 Backup Data
Backup Client
Master
Parallel
3 Performing post-script
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29. Scalability
Great Scalability Offered Without Compromising Simplicity
Easily scalable from small entry to enterprise
► Unlimited scalability to grow from small entry to
Scalability! enterprise without replacing current master node
But how simple
VIRBAK ABIO
domain.
► Full support in SAN environment
► Full support in NAS environment
► Full support in heterogeneous platforms
► Full support for online backup of almost all kinds of
relational database or application such as Oracle,
MS SQL, MS Exchange, SAP, DB2, Sybase and etc.
► Full support for all tape storage vendors and their
models.
► Full support for desktop and laptop as well.
► Easily scalable from single master with network to
multiple master servers in complex SAN
Different DBMS
Desktop
Application environment.
NAS SAN Heterogeneous System Storages
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30. Scalability
Storage Shared in SAN Environment
► Support LAN-free backup for heterogeneous environment (UNIX, Linux and Windows).
► Multi-tier architecture enable small SAN environment to scale up great scale.
► Allows multiple tape storages to be managed by single master server and have them shared by storage nodes
such as master, parallel and storage client.
► Allow parallel server to control tape library. Easily upgrade or build large backup environment into a single
master server domain.
LAN
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Client Parallel Server Master Server
/ Storage Client
SAN
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31. Scalability
Support NAS Server Backup Utilizing NDMP
► Support NDMP (Network Data Management Protocol) and enable direct I/O transfer between NAS device and tape
storages.
► NAS that deployed in SAN can perform a LAN-free backup.
► Easily register NAS type node and configure NAS type of backup and restore job.
LAN
NAS NAS VIRBAK ABIO
Storage Storage Master Server
SAN
Tape Library
Tape Library
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32. Scalability
Great Scalable Multi-tier Architecture I
► 3 Tier-architecture enables to scale up the backup domain to each next level
► Its powerful and light way architecture design enables to level up the small environment to unlimited scale with
no painful upgrade procedures or unnecessary requirements back to customer whatsoever.
Tape
Library
Parallel Tape
Server Library
Master 1st Tier:
Server
VIRBAK ABIO Master Server
VTL Parallel 1st Tier
Server SAN Switch
Storage 2nd Tier
Client
Clients
VIRBAK ABIO Parallel Server
2nd Tier VIRBAK ABIO Storage Client
Clients
3rd Tier
Clients 3rd Tier VIRBAK ABIO Client(s)
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33. Scalability
Great Scalable Multi-tier Architecture II
► Enable parallel server to control tape storage as well. Multiple backup domains can easily be consolidated into a
single master server domain.
► Backup polices, nodes , storages and volumes that assigned to parallel servers are all managed by a master server.
Clients
Tape Library
Backup Domain 2 Parallel Servers
Clients Backup Domain 3
Tape Library SCSI Connection
Parallel Servers
Controls and Manages
Clients
Storage Clients
SAN Connection
Parallel Servers
TCP/IP Network
Tape Library
Master Server
SAN Switch
Backup Domain 1
Tape Drives
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34. Scalability
Consolidating Remote Office Backup Management
► Multi-tier architecture enables remote office backup environments to be managed and consolidated by one
primary master server domain.
► All backup status and their storage and volume resources are managed by one place through intuitive graphical
management console
Centralized
Management Console Seattle
Chicago New York
Los Angeles
Dallas
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35. Compatibility
Designed to Support Enterprise and Heterogeneous Environment
► Server Platforms ► Client Platforms ► Databases and Applications
IBM AIX HP-UX Oracle
HP-UX SUN Solaris Oracle RMAN
SUN Solaris IBM AIX DB2
Linux Linux MS SQL
Windows 2000/2003/2008 Windows 2000/2003/2008 MS Exchange
(32BIT,64BIT,IA64) (32BIT,64BIT,IA64) MS Exchange Mailbox Level Recovery
Windows XP/VISTA Windows XP/VISTA SAP R/3
Unixware Unixware Sybase
Lotus Notes
Altibase
► Tape Storages ► System Specification
ADIC Quantum 500MB Disk space or more
Compaq Sony 512MB RAM or more
Dell SpectraLogic TCP/IP Network
Exabyte SUN StorageTek Monitor display capable of 1024*768 or more
HP
.Net Framework 2.0 (Management Console)
IBM Tape storage and VTL of
Overland Data almost all vendors
Qualstar
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36. Compatibility
Hierarchical Structure
► Support to utilize different types of storages as hierarchical fashion.
► Support D2D2T backup. Disk storage can be chosen as a first primary storage. By the sets of rule for migration,
data is automatically migrated to 2nd and 3rd storage and duplicated to removable tape volume for being sent
to offsite.
► Complement migration and duplication job for supporting D2D2T backup and Vaulting
► Migration policy set by two criteria:
1. Data retention for source copy of backup set.
2. Storage occupancy (High and log threshold to trigger and stop migration)
Migration
Offsite
Migration &
Duplication
Vaulting
Migration
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37. Performance
Multi-session and Smart-session™
Multi-session
Multi-session ► Create multiple data sessions
on single client with one
backup job.
► Locating session per tape
drives greatly enhances the
performance.
Smart-session™
Smart-session™ ► Enable multiple data sessions
written on single tape media.
► More clients or data sessions
concurrently share tape drive
resources.
► Combining multi-session and
smart-sessions maximize
system and network resources
to boost up the performance.
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38. Performance
Multi-session Restore
► Enable multiple read processes concurrently from tape volumes.
► Restore operation searches if the backup sets are scattered on the multiple volumes and summarize
what volumes are necessary to restore.
► Move volumes with enough tape drives significantly improve restore performance.
Restore Interface
Multi-session Restore Enabled
1
3
2
3
2 Volume 1
4
6
5
Client Volume 2
7 7
8 8
Option of
Multi-session Restore Volume 3
10
11 9
11
Required Backup Set for Restore? 10
Yes
Volume 4
No
*More than three tape drives must be available to perform this multi-session restore.
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39. Performance
Disk Storage Backup
► Enable disk storage as backup destination mainly primary storage. Disk storage is associated with disk pool. And
client backup job performs a backup to disk pool.
► Keep data on disk storage for shorter term. More reliable accessibility for recent file restore
► Better performance and less mechanical failure for the recent backup data.
► Using policy-driven automated migration process, disk won’t be full and always available for the next backup job
destination.
► During off-hours of master server, migration can be performed from disk to tape it will not affect the current
product machine or network resources.
1
1 Data C, B, A is backed up to disk storage (disk pool) Disk storage space on
Master, Parallel or
Storage Client
Policy-driven migration automatically triggers migration
2
2 process to 2nd tape storage.
1
1 A Disk Storage Pool
1
1 B
Backup Data C Scheduled migration
triggered
CBA
CB A 2
2
Source Client Master, Parallel or Storage Client
Volume Pool (associated with tape storage)
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Disk Storage Backup – Policy-driven Migration
► For its random accessibility nature, client can create as many sessions as possible for better
performance. Also Smart-session™ can be utilized when using disk storage.
► In an environment where there are less tape drive resources available, utilizing disk storage can
maximize the performance.
1 2 3
High threshold: Specifies the percentage of disk
Before Migration Migration Triggered Migration Completed
volumes filled to trigger the migration.
Low threshold: Specifies the percentage of disk High
volumes filled to stop the ongoing migration. Threshold
Low
Delay: Set the number of days that the backup set
Threshold
must stay before migration occur.
Disk Pool Disk Pool Disk Pool
Disk pool available for
next backup
1 Disk storage becomes almost full and hits the threshold after the daily
backup completed.
2 During the service off-hours of master server, migration trigger if occupancy
hit the high threshold and empty to the point of low threshold.
3 Disk storage becomes available for the next backup.
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41. Performance
Disk Storage Backup – Workload Balancing to the Multiple Parallel Servers
► Disk storage can be created on parallel server as well. Thus, master server can balance out the work
load of client backups to multiple parallel servers or storage clients.
► Same migration policy can be applied to disk storage of parallel servers and storage clients. It is possible
to migrate data from the disk storage of parallel server to the tape storage of master server.
► Significantly reduce the burden on master server and its network bandwidth with minimal storage
resources.
Tape
Library
Parallel Tape
Server Library
Master
Server Local Disk
on Storage
Disk VTL Parallel Node
SAN Switch
SAN Switch
Server
Disk
Storage Configure network shared
Disk Client disk on master server
Clients
Disk
Clients
Disk
Clients Network
Clients
Shared Disk
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Fine Tuning for Network Backup Bandwidth
Adjusting network bandwidth
► Provide capability to adjust the network bandwidth from clients and master server.
► Prevent network errors during backup operation especially in unstable or slower network such as WAN.
► Easily configure the bandwidth by editing conf file.
WAN
WAN
client.conf on client node
Network Bottleneck
Client Master or Parallel
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43. Performance
9 Level of Data Compression
Adjusting file compression
► Significantly increase the performance in slow or unstable network bandwidth.
► Provide more optional choice for compressing data with 9 different level
► Reduce the burden of network traffic
Compressed Data Master or Parallel
Client
Tape Library
A
B C
9 level of data compression
0 : No Compression
C B A 1: Lowest Compression
9: Highest Compression
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44. Performance
Exclude List for Backup
► Make a list to exclude files or directories for backup operation.
► Exclude unnecessary data backed up decreasing backup window.
Source Backup Files Master
Client or Parallel Tape
Library
Files excluded for backup
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45. Performance
Multiple Virtual Nodes
► Enable multiple clients to be created on a physical server.
► Maximize the multi-thread processing when data I/O proceeds.
► The server that has large number of files can take advantage of improving performance
utilizing multiple virtual nodes.
Virtual Clients
Master or Parallel
Client
AAA-1 AAA-2 AAA-4 AAA-3 AAA-2 AAA-1 AAA-2
AAA-1
Disk Storage
L K J I H G F E D CB A
AAA-3 AAA-4
AAA-3
AAA-4
Creating multiple virtual nodes on single physical Tape Library
machine enhances the performance since it
maximizes multi-thread processing.
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46. Performance
Server-less Backup
Less Impact on Server & Performance
Master or Parallel
► Deploying parallel server or storage client
Client
takes advantage of benefits of using high-
end disk copy solution.
► Great performance with direct I/O from
disk to storage node
► Utilizing Pre/Post script in a job
configuration helps to easily configure
server-less backup with tools provided by
Primary Disk disk vendor.
Volumes ► No impact on product machine during
backup operation
Copied Volumes
Tape Library
Disk volume copy such as EMC BCV volume or IBM
flash copy enables backup process to read disk
without impacting on product server.
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47. Database and Application Backup
Database and Application Protection
► Support online backup for all major and
applications such as Oracle, Sybase, DB2,
Database & Application VIRBAK ABIO MS SQL, MS Exchange, SAP R3, NAS,
Altibase and etc.
► Use the certified method to communicate
the API provided by each database vendor
to perform online backup and ensure the
recoverability.
► Provide a simple user interface and
centralize complex job configurations of
various databases and applications into
one management console.
► Easy plug-in installation of each database
and application agent on client node.
► Provide quick view of node status to show
Oracle MS SQL DB2
whether or not database agent installed.
Exchange DB2 Sybase
SAP Lotus Notes Altibase
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48. Database and Application Backup
Oracle Database Backup
► Support Oracle database hot backup.
► Provide interface which allows ABIO to communicate Oracle database to perform online
backup and ensure the recoverability.
► Support table space level of backup and recovery.
► Simple interface to select the client and configure Oracle online backup job configuration.
► Support automated archive log delete process.
Oracle Backup Job GUI Oracle Restore Job GUI
Tablespace retrieved and
designated for recovery
Option for automatic
deletion of archive log files
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49. Database and Application Backup
Microsoft SQL Database Backup
► Support Microsoft SQL database online backup.
► Use the certified API to communicate the database provided by Microsoft to perform online
backup and ensure the recoverability.
► Support granular level of online backup and recovery such as file group and database.
► Simple interface to select the client and configure SQL backup job configuration in one
management console.
► Support Full, Different and Log backup.
► Support redirect restore of database to different instance name on same host and different host.
MS SQL Backup Interface
MS SQL Restore Interface
Support Database, Filegroup
File backup method
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50. Database and Application Backup
Microsoft Exchange Server Backup
► Support Microsoft Exchange Database online backup.
► Use the certified API to communicate the Exchange server provided by Microsoft to perform online backup
and ensure the recoverability.
► Support granular level of online backup and recovery: Storage Group, Store
► Simple interface to select the client and configure MS Exchange backup job configuration in one
management console.
► Support Exchange RSG (Recovery Storage Group) for redirect restore of Store preventing unwanted overwrite
of current Exchange data.
Email Client Email Client Email Client
LAN LAN
Online Backup
Tape or
Disk Storage
MS Exchange Server VIRABK ABIO
Master Server
VIRBAK ABIO MS Exchange Agent
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51. Database and Application Backup
Microsoft Exchange Server Backup for Mailbox Level
► Support granular level of online backup and recovery of mailbox.
► Use the certified API to communicate the Exchange server provided by Microsoft to perform online
backup and ensure the recoverability.
► Provide different interface from Exchange Backup.
► Simple interface to select the client and configure MS Exchange backup job configuration in one
management console.
Exchange Backup Interface Exchange Restore Interface
Storage Group and Store Level Storage Group and Store Level
Exchange Restore Interface
Mailbox Level
Exchange Backup Interface
Mailbox Level
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52. Database and Application Backup
NAS Server Backup Using NDMP
► Make direct I/O transaction between NAS unit and ABIO storage and perform online backup of NAS
client data.
► Provide the library and interface which allows ABIO to communicate NAS NDMP (Network Data
Management Protocol) server to perform online backup and ensure the recoverability.
► Support individual file level of restore.
► Provide same consistent restore interface as regular file restore.
Backup for NAS volumes
File level of restore
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Sybase Database Backup
► Support Sybase database online backup.
► Provide the library and interface which allows ABIO to communicate Sybase database to perform online
backup and ensure the recoverability.
► Simple interface to select the client and configure Sybase backup job configuration in one management
console.
► Support point-in-time restore.
► Support Full and Transaction backup which allows only changed portion of database to be backed up
since the last backup.
► Support redirect restore of database to different instance name on same host and different host.
Support point-in-time restore
Backup Method:
Database / Transaction
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SAP R/3 Backup
► Support SAP R/3 Oracle database online backup.
► Provide the backint interface to communicate with SAP.
► Communicate with BRTOOL provided by SAP and give BRTOOL a capability to perform online
database backup to ABIO storage.
► Provide same interface as the file restore interface.
SAP R/3 Backup Architecture
BRBACKUP
Data files Start
Control files
Redo logs
SAP R/3
Data Engine Data
Offline
Redo logs Start
BRARCHIVE Same as file restore interface
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DB2 Database Backup
► Support DB2 database online backup.
► Provide the library and interface which allows ABIO to communicate DB2 database to perform online backup and
ensure the recoverability.
► Support table space level of backup and recovery.
► Simple interface to select the client and configure DB2 backup job configuration in one management console.
► Support Full, Incremental and Incremental delta backup which allows only changed portion of database to be
backed up since the last backup. Incremental is backing up modified portion since the last full backup.
► Support redirect restore of database to different instance name on same host and different host.
DB2 Backup Interface
DB2 Restore Interface
Support Full, Incremental and
Incremental Delta backup
method
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56. Database and Application Backup
Lotus Domino Server Backup
► Support Lotus Domino server online backup.
► Use the certified API to communicate Domino server provided by IBM to perform online
backup and ensure the recoverability.
► Simple interface to select the client and configure Domino server backup job configuration in
one management console.
► Support redirect restore to different instance name on same host and different host.
API
Domino Server VIRBAK ABIO VIRBAK ABIO Server
Database or Logs Lotus Notes Agent Disk or Tape Storage
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Altibase Database Backup
► Support Altibase database online backup.
► Provide interface which allows ABIO to communicate Altibase database to perform online backup and ensure
the recoverability.
► Support table space level of backup and recovery.
► Simple interface to select the client and configure Altibase backup job configuration in one management
console.
► Support Full, Incremental backup which allows only changed portion of database to be backed up since the
last backup.
Tablespace retrieved and
designated for recovery
Backup Interface of Altibase
Restore Interface of Altibase
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