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VMware View Business Process Desktop with

EMC Avamar Deduplication Backup Software and SystemVMware View Desktop Solutions

Essentials

• Deduplication backup software and system

• Optimized for VMware vSphere 4.x and 5.x

• Fully integrated with VMware vCenter

• Leverage Changed Block Tracking (CBT)

faster backup and recovery

• Universal proxy-server load balancing for

increased backup throughput

• Reduces network bandwidth for backup by up

to 99 percent

• Enables greater server consolidation

• Global deduplication reduces total backup

storage by up to 95 percent

• RAIN for high availability, daily data

recoverability checks

• Ideal for both virtual and physical servers,

remote offices, LAN/NAS storage,

desktops/laptops

At a Glance

The VMware View Business Process Desktop

Solution, built with EMC Avamar©

organizations to deploy a deduplication backup

software and system optimized for VMware

environments. Avamar addresses the

challenges associated with backup and recovery

for virtualized desktops in VMware VIEW

Avamar employs true variable-length

deduplication to dramatically reduce backup

times and backup storage. Although Avamar

only needs to backup unique daily changes it

stores the data in a full daily format to enable

file-level restores in a single step. Avamar’s

purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA), the

Avamar Data Store, provides scalability, high

reliability and accessibility through its unique

RAIN (Redundant Array of Independent Nodes)

architecture. Avamar is also tightly integrated

to EMC Data Domain systems to add additional

VMware View Business Process Desktop with

EMC Avamar Deduplication Backup Software and SystemVMware View Desktop Solutions

Deduplication backup software and system

vSphere 4.x and 5.x

ully integrated with VMware vCenter

k Tracking (CBT) for

server load balancing for

• Reduces network bandwidth for backup by up

• Enables greater server consolidation

• Global deduplication reduces total backup

• RAIN for high availability, daily data

Ideal for both virtual and physical servers,

remote offices, LAN/NAS storage,

ocess Desktop

© enables

a deduplication backup

d system optimized for VMware

addresses the

backup and recovery

for virtualized desktops in VMware VIEW.

length

deduplication to dramatically reduce backup

age. Although Avamar

only needs to backup unique daily changes it

stores the data in a full daily format to enable

level restores in a single step. Avamar’s

built backup appliance (PBBA), the

Avamar Data Store, provides scalability, high

ability and accessibility through its unique

RAIN (Redundant Array of Independent Nodes)

architecture. Avamar is also tightly integrated

to EMC Data Domain systems to add additional

performance and scalability for large virtualized

environments.

Virtualization Brings Numerous Benefits, but

Challenges Traditional Backup and Recovery

Server consolidation with VMware® provides

many benefits to IT organizations, including

reduced costs, simplified provisioning,

decreased data center footprint, and lower

power consumption. As the total amount of

data stored on virtual machines that share

common resources increases, traditional

backup solutions have trouble

windows – putting your data integrity and

business continuity at risk.

EMC® Avamar® provides client

deduplication, providing extremely fast and

efficient backup and recovery. Avam

virtual machines by deduplicating data at the

client—so that only new, unique, sub

variable-length data segments are sent during

daily full backups. This dramatically reduces the

daily impact on the virtual and physical

infrastructure by up to 99 percent as compared

to traditional full-backup methods. While

traditional backup software moves upward of

200 percent of the primary backup data on a

weekly basis, Avamar moves as little as two

percent over the same seven-day period

removing backup bottlenecks and enabling

even greater levels of virtualization. Avamar

backs up data globally across physical and

virtual servers. For virtualized environme

flexible backup options include guest

image-level backups.

Guest Level Backup and Recovery

A lightweight Avamar agent is installed inside

each Virtual Machine (VM) and deduplicates

data within each VM. Avamar then moves only

EMC Avamar Deduplication Backup Software and System

performance and scalability for large virtualized

tion Brings Numerous Benefits, but

Challenges Traditional Backup and Recovery

Server consolidation with VMware® provides

many benefits to IT organizations, including

reduced costs, simplified provisioning,

decreased data center footprint, and lower

consumption. As the total amount of

data stored on virtual machines that share

resources increases, traditional

backup solutions have trouble meeting backup

putting your data integrity and

s client-side data

providing extremely fast and

efficient backup and recovery. Avamar protects

deduplicating data at the

only new, unique, sub-file,

length data segments are sent during

This dramatically reduces the

daily impact on the virtual and physical

to 99 percent as compared

backup methods. While

software moves upward of

200 percent of the primary backup data on a

Avamar moves as little as two

day period—

bottlenecks and enabling

even greater levels of virtualization. Avamar

across physical and

virtual servers. For virtualized environments,

include guest- and

Guest Level Backup and Recovery

A lightweight Avamar agent is installed inside

each Virtual Machine (VM) and deduplicates the

data within each VM. Avamar then moves only

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the unique changed blocks through the

server to the Avamar Data Store. Since only

changed blocks are moved, this reduces

resource contention and shortens backup

windows. Avamar achieves the highest levels of

deduplication at the guest level while providing

application consistent hot backups. Fast

level restore ensures business continuity with

minimal latency.

Image -Level (VM DK) Backup and Recovery

Avamar is tightly integrated to the vStorage API

for Data Protection (VADP). Avamar spins up a

universal Proxy VM, off-loading the backup

process from any of the VMs where the

applications are running. Through vSphere,

each VM is dynamically mounted to the proxy

without physically moving data across the

network, enabling Avamar to back up

virtual machines in just minutes. To maximize

backup throughput, Avamar uses a

balancing algorithm across multiple Proxy VMs.

Instead of being locked into using only a single

proxy for a set of VMs, Avamar leverages

numerous proxies and sends a backup

available proxy. Avamar also takes advantage of

VMware’s Changed Block Tracking (CBT) to

further speed the backup and restore

processes. VMware presents only changed

blocks to the Avamar agent, where each block is

broken into variable length segments and

further evaluated for uniqueness. Only the

unique segments are sent for backup, achieving

the fastest backup possible. Conversely, the

restore process also leverages CBT for faster

recovery. Avamar enables full VM or file

restore to the original VM, an existing VM or a

new VM—directly from the Avamar user

interface. Also available with image backups is

disk-level granularity which enables Avamar to

backup specific virtual disks, thus reducing

backup times and backup storage. Thin

provisioned recovery speeds the restore

process and reduces required storage.

ed blocks through the ESX

server to the Avamar Data Store. Since only

changed blocks are moved, this reduces

resource contention and shortens backup

windows. Avamar achieves the highest levels of

deduplication at the guest level while providing

consistent hot backups. Fast file-

level restore ensures business continuity with

Level (VM DK) Backup and Recovery

Avamar is tightly integrated to the vStorage API

Avamar spins up a

loading the backup

VMs where the

applications are running. Through vSphere,

to the proxy

without physically moving data across the

network, enabling Avamar to back up numerous

virtual machines in just minutes. To maximize

load

balancing algorithm across multiple Proxy VMs.

into using only a single

proxy for a set of VMs, Avamar leverages

sends a backup job to an

available proxy. Avamar also takes advantage of

Changed Block Tracking (CBT) to

further speed the backup and restore

presents only changed

blocks to the Avamar agent, where each block is

ments and

further evaluated for uniqueness. Only the

for backup, achieving

the fastest backup possible. Conversely, the

leverages CBT for faster

recovery. Avamar enables full VM or file-level

ginal VM, an existing VM or a

directly from the Avamar user

Also available with image backups is

ables Avamar to

virtual disks, thus reducing

backup times and backup storage. Thin-

restore

process and reduces required storage.

Key Benefits

• Shorten backup and recovery time

• Simplify data protection management

• Shrink storage requirements

• Enhance productivity through o

recovery

• Purpose built backup applian

scalability, high availability, and reliability

• Provides replication for disaster recovery

• Lower costs

Easily Manage the Virtual Environment

The Avamar user interface and its integration

into vCenter simplifies backup management

the virtual environment. Auto

VMs and their protection scheme (guest,

clearly provides insight of the protection status,

and more importantly which VMs are

protected. The Activity Monitor displays backup

and restore operations. It is very e

backup groups and policies, quickly meeting the

demands for protecting a dynamic

environment.

Protecting a VMware VIEW Environment

The best approach for protecting an entire

VMware View infrastructure is to protect the

key components independently using the

Avamar client software agents. This approach

helps companies avoid the infrastructure costs

of duplicating the entire VMware View solution

for presentation to the backup environment. As

a best practice, user home directories a

virtual desktop templates should be stored on a

Shorten backup and recovery time

Simplify data protection management

Shrink storage requirements

Enhance productivity through one-step

Purpose built backup appliances for

calability, high availability, and reliability

disaster recovery

Easily Manage the Virtual Environment

The Avamar user interface and its integration

into vCenter simplifies backup management of

-discovery of all

VMs and their protection scheme (guest, image)

clearly provides insight of the protection status,

and more importantly which VMs are not

Monitor displays backup

and restore operations. It is very easy to define

backup groups and policies, quickly meeting the

demands for protecting a dynamic virtual

Environment

The best approach for protecting an entire

VMware View infrastructure is to protect the

nents independently using the

Avamar client software agents. This approach

companies avoid the infrastructure costs

of duplicating the entire VMware View solution

presentation to the backup environment. As

a best practice, user home directories and

virtual desktop templates should be stored on a

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centralized shared storage device. Avamar

specialized accelerator node to protect NAS

storage devices that can access data using

CIFS, or NDMP. Avamar enables the recovery of

the individual components that make up

VMware View environment. Individual

components can then be manually brought back

into the VMware View environment based on

the level of recovery required. Figure

a diagram of the reference architecture.

Protecting the NAS Server through the NDMP

Accelerator Node

Avamar delivers an industry-leading, inno

solution for NAS backup and recovery

Figure 1: Avamar Deployment for Business Process Desktop

Find Out More

To learn more about EMC Avamar:

To learn more about VMware View

centralized shared storage device. Avamar has a

specialized accelerator node to protect NAS

storage devices that can access data using NFS,

CIFS, or NDMP. Avamar enables the recovery of

onents that make up the

Individual

be manually brought back

into the VMware View environment based on

Figure 1 provides

a diagram of the reference architecture.

NAS Server through the NDMP

leading, innovative

recovery without

the need for a dedicated, high

backup network. With an Avamar NDMP

Accelerator node, a level-0 backup is

only once, during the initial full backup.

Subsequent daily full backups are achieved by

requesting only level-1 incremental dumps,

enabling Avamar to dramatically reduce backup

times and the impact on NAS resources and

networks. Avamar eliminates backup

bottlenecks and provides the freedom to

consolidate storage and optimize NAS

systems—without the hassle of limiting

number and size of files or volumes due to

backup performance limitations.

amar Deployment for Business Process Desktop Backup and Recovery

EMC Avamar: http://www.emc.com/backup-and-recovery/avamar/avamar.htm

about VMware View: http://www.vmware.com/view

for a dedicated, high-speed NDMP

With an Avamar NDMP

0 backup is performed

initial full backup.

Subsequent daily full backups are achieved by

incremental dumps,

enabling Avamar to dramatically reduce backup

on NAS resources and

s backup

freedom to

consolidate storage and optimize NAS

without the hassle of limiting the

number and size of files or volumes due to

backup performance limitations.

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