DuWayne HarrisonSenior Storage Technology Specialistduwayneh@microsoft.com

DuWayne HarrisonSenior Storage Technology Specialistduwayneh@microsoft.com

Microsoft Storage Solutions Overview

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Agenda Introduction R2 Overview Service Pack 1 Changes Print Servers in R2 Storage Management Features in R2 DFS in R2 Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Microsoft System Center Data

Protection Manager 2006 (DPM) Helpful Collateral

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R2 Overview

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Windows Server 2003 UpdateCodename “R2”

Customer Benefits Predictable & Easy to Consume

Built on Windows Server 2003 SP1 Identical servicing, app compatibility etc. Security, reliability and performance enhancements Integration of key Feature Packs (e.g. Windows Sharepoint

Services) Simplified Branch Server Management Streamlined Access Management Across Security Boundaries Efficient Storage Management

Availability and Licensing R2 replaces original WS03 release (R2 components optional) No charge for servers covered by SA/EA Available as new server license for non-SA Windows Server 2003 CALs required (no R2 specific version) Same support lifecycle as WS03

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Service Pack 1 Changes

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Windows Server 2003 SP1 Storage Enhancements Volume Sizes

Basic or dynamic volume size: 264 blocks = 273 bytes (too big to

pronounce) Maximum NTFS file system size that can

be realized on Windows: 256 TB Volume Shadow Copy Services

Volume Revert Allows administrator to revert an entire

volume back to a previous snapshot Access-based Enumeration

Makes visible only those files or folders that the user has the rights to access

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VSS - Volume Revert

Pre-SP1 SP1 - with Volume Revert

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Access-based Enumeration

Makes visible only those files or folders that the user has the rights to access

Info available at “Windows Server 2003 Access-based Enumeration”http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=04A563D9-78D9-4342-A485-B030AC442084&displaylang=en#filelist

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Access-based Enumeration

What you see without What you see with

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Access-based Enumeration

How do you enable it?

Entire server (at install time)

Share by Share

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Storage Changes in SP1 Support for large volumes

Includes support for GUID Partition Table (GPT) Disks on all platforms

(new for x86 and x64) Windows Server 2003 will now support LUNs>

2TB FC, iSCSI, RAID, SCSI, SAS Maximum NTFS file system size: 256 TB

NOTE: There are may trade-offs with larger LUNs…be aware: chkdsk, defrag, backup and recovery can suffer

Various Updates Miniport Updates- Support for storage tracing

infrastructure Storport Updates- Enhanced reliability and scalability

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Storage Changes in SP1-Continue HBAAPI inbox

SNIA-compatible API (hbaapi.dll) – no vendor DLLs required

All inbox miniports updated to support this WMI schema exposed for native management FCInfo tool available for download

Updated FC logo requirements SCSI compliance HBA API support using WMI

SAS Logo Program Cluster Improvements

Quorum corruption bugfixes in SP1 iSCSI Support (no code change required) Setup bugfixes for conflicting SCSI addresses Unique ID (Post SP1 QFE)

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Print Servers in R2

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PMC Target Scenarios

General system management (print servers, print queues) Research shows IHV tools will get used for printer-

specific troubleshooting or helpdesk scenarios Support all network connected printers Manage Win2k and later print servers Scale to 100’s of servers and 1000’s printers Low bandwidth usage for WAN scenario Provide a new view and manageability on existing

interfaces Console creates no new interfaces

Consolidated print server management Push printers to machines or users through group

policy Vendor extensions targeted post-Longhorn

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PMC Printers Node - Screenshot

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PMC Printers Node

All printers across all print servers Rich status tab in screenshot replaced by

tab that shows embedded web page of printer

Status information will be delivered through the bi-di APIs

Create filtered folders for notifications Can deploy printer connections from this

view

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PMC Servers Node - Screenshot

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Auto-Discovery of Printers

Simple discovery for single-subnet branch offices

Pings the subnet and uses TCPMon.INI file to find 1284 ID of printer

Automatically installs or prompts for driver

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Storage Management Features in R2

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Storage Management ScopeComponent Windows ToolAsset ManagementManage, track and maintain physical (hardware) and logical (volumes, files, I/O etc) storage information

• Fibre Channel (FC) Information Tool • Virtual Disk Service (VDS)

Capacity ManagementDisk and volume space information

• File Server Resource Manager

Charge-BacksProvides customer billing for storage costs

• Indirect support through File Server Resource Manager

Configuration ManagementConfigures physical storage systems

• VDS• Storage Manager for SANs for SAN management • Storage tracing

Data and Media MigrationAllows data movement from different media types

• File Server Migration Toolkit

Event ManagementAdministrator notification of storage problems

• Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)*• FC Information Tool

Performance & Availability ManagementApplication, server, & subsystem information

• MOM*

Policy ManagementSets and enforces policies for systems and users

• File Server Resource Manager (file screening)

Quota ManagementManages storage usage

• File Server Resource Manager

Media ManagementProvides information about removable media storage

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* Through hardware vendor pack.

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Storage Manager for SANs : Functionality A SAN GUI provisioning application

Leverages Virtual Disk Service (VDS) infrastructure Allows Windows administrators to perform basic array

and LUN management Target audience: small-scale SANs built from simplified

hardware Storage Manager for SANs is a MMC snap-in

enabling the following high level operations: Discovery of storage arrays on a Fibre Channel or iSCSI

SAN, including storage array properties, such as firmware info

Creation, deletion and expansion of storage array LUNs Specification of LUN options, such as RAID levels Allocation of LUNs to specific servers on the SAN Monitor LUNs, including status/health and allocation to

servers Using VDS, integrates iSCSI, iSNS, MPIO, HBA API,

and local storage management

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Storage Manager for SANs : User InterfaceLUN Management

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Storage Manager for SANs : User InterfaceAssign LUNs to server

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DFS in R2

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Replication Feature Summary

Win 2000 Win 2003 Win2k3 SP1 Win2k3 R2

Replication FRS FRS FRS DFS Replication

Topology reuse No No No Yes

RDC No No No Yes (Cross-File on Enterprise Edition)

Bandwidth Throttling No No No Yes

Schedule granularity 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 15 minute

Scalability (Connections) 200 200 200 ~1000

Scalability (Files) 250k 250k 250k No Hard limit

Auto-recovery No No No Yes

Admin Delegation No No No Yes

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Namespace Feature Summary

Win 2000

Win 2003

Win2k3 SP1 Win2k3 R2

Failover Yes Yes Yes Yes

Closest site referral NoYes (with Win2k3

DC)

Yes (with Win2k3

DC)

Yes (with Win2k3 DC)

Root Scalability No Yes Yes Yes

Multiple Roots NoYes

(Enterprise Edition)

Yes (Enterprise

Edition)

Yes (Enterprise Edition)

Failback support No No Yes (with client QFE)

Yes (with client QFE)

Admin Delegation No No Yes Yes

Target Priority No No Yes Yes

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DFS Management Feature Summary

Win 2000

Win 2003

Win2k3 SP1 Win2k3 R2

Namespace Command Line Configuration

Yes (DFSUtil, DFSCmd)

Yes (DFSUtil, DFSCmd)

Yes (DFSUtil, DFSCmd)

Yes (DFSUtil, DFSCmd)

Replication Command Line Configuration

No No No Yes (DFSRCmd)

Replication only Configuration No No No Yes (DFS Mgmt

Snap-in)Replication Monitoring Ultrasound Ultrasound Ultrasound MOM and In-the-

box reportingNamespace Monitoring No MOM MOM MOM

Namespace Configuration UI

Distributed File

System Snap-in

Distributed File

System Snap-in

Distributed File System

Snap-in

DFS Management Snap-in

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Enabling TechnologyRemote Differential Compression (RDC) Only send minimal deltas when transferring data

over a network No local change tracking required Can use similar files for seeding RDC efficiency examples:

Change title in a 3.5-MB PowerPoint file, resync takes just 16 K

Connection Type Save full 3.5MB ppt

Save with RDC

56 kbps modem 10 minutes 3 seconds

500 kbps DSL 70 seconds <1 second

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Monitoring DFS in R2Built-in reporting HTML report Generated on demand

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Windows Storage Server 2003 R2

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Windows Storage Server R2 Customer challenges

Storage Consolidation to reduce the number of Servers Direct attached Storage is inefficient for enterprise need SAN is complicated and not easy to deploy

Goal Dedicated file and print server based on Windows Server™ 2003

R2 that is designed for dependability, seamless integration, and best value in networked storage

Key Benefits Single Instance Storage Text based search Optimized file serving

Key Enablers Dedicated appliance form factor Best Economics – CAL less server Ease of Use Integrates into existing infrastructure

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What is unique about Windows Storage Server 2003 R2?

There are three key differentiating features that are available ONLY in Windows Storage Server 2003 R2:File Server Performance OptimizationSingle Instance StorageIndex Based Search

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Single Instance Storage Single Instance Storage (SIS)

Previously available in Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 only with RIS

Generally available in Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition

Single Instance Storage Reduces disk space consumption SIS enabled volume are scanned for duplicate

files. Duplicate files are moved to SIS Common Store

and replaced with reparse points Transparent to the End User

Backup applications with support for SIS include Veritas Backup Exec CA ArcServe CommVault Galaxy

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Index based Search

Common customer feedback – “I not only want to put files on my file servers, I want to be able to search them as well”

Indexing engine already part of Windows Server

Updated in Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 to facilitate fast and effective index based search on network shares

Leverages Search function built into XP and 2000

Supports Microsoft Office applications OOB Filters are available for many other file

formats, including: Visio, Project, PDF, ZIP, AutoCAD, Macromedia

Flash, WordPerfect. MP3, XML, RTF

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Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2006 (DPM)

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Rapid & Reliable Recovery Recover Files in Minutes No More Failed Recoveries Enable End Users Recoveries

Clients

ActiveDirectory

File Servers DPM Server

Tape Library

Solutions with DPM Disk to Disk to Tape within data center

Efficient & Near Continuous Protection Eliminate the Backup Window Shrink potential data loss down to 1 hour

Operational Simplicity Protect Your File Servers in Minutes Industry Standard Hardware &

Software

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DPM ServerDPM “Under The Hood”

Agent components: File System Filter: runs in kernel

mode File Agent service runs in user

mode Requires reboot of file server Each protected volume has

synchronization log Synchronization log 10% of volume

size Agent overhead 3-5%

Synchronization “Pull” model, synchronizations instigated by

DPM Asynchronous replication Two communication channels

Control commands - DCOM Data movement - DPM proprietary protocol

Replication unit of operation is protected volume

Check points: 2 min/10 MBs Byte level replicationConsistency Check

Unexpected events create need to resync replica

Consistency Check does two things Checks file by file for more recent

modified times If changed, all blocks associated

with file are check summed and appropriate blocks are replicated to DPM server

All open files are check summed irregardless

DPM Engine .NET application (managed code) Application state and configuration

data stored in SQL Protected data stores:

Replica Area is a mounted volume that is made up of replica of protected volume and the diff area

Transfer Area is an unmounted volume that contains the spill log

Non-blocking, distributed architecture

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DPM Server: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows

Server 2003 R2, Windows Storage Server 2003, Windows Storage Server 2003 SP1, Windows Storage Server 2003 R2

AD, SQL, Reporting Services Lots of disks (2.5X) VDS Installed parallel to tape

How does it work? Agents track and synchronize data from

production servers to DPM Snapshots created for quick recovery

Auto-discovery Scheduled discovery job Queries AD for new servers Protects Windows Server 2003,

Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Storage Server 2003, Windows Storage Server 2003 SP1, Windows Storage Server 2003 R2

Customer Scenarios End User Recovery (via DPM

client) IT Admin can restore entire

servers, volumes, shares

How DPM Works

Easy to use wizards

End user recovery

Backup validation

Restore servers and shares

Multiple recovery points

Easy, flexible scheduling

Clients

ActiveDirectory

File Servers DPM Servers

Tape Library

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Helpful Collateral

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Resources/Tools Data Protection Manager Website

www.microsoft.com/dataprotectionmanager Data Protection Manager Trial Software

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/dpm/evaluation/trial.mspx

Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2006 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Family

ID=63ac06e6-c178-445f-b126-290d9abc283c&displaylang=en

Data Protection Manager MOM Management Pack Guide http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/mom/mo

m2005/maintain/5560e32e-8496-420f-aa74-473b5b6c155f.mspx

Course 2952: Deploying and Managing Microsoft® System Center Data Protection Manager https://www.microsoftelearning.com/eLearning/offerDetai

l.aspx?offerPriceId=73476

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KB Articles How to upgrade to Microsoft System Center Data

Protection Manager 2006 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-

us;908180 You may receive an "Access Denied" error

message when you use the synchronization with consistency check feature in Data Protection Manager and you are running Windows Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-

us;906881 How to use Microsoft System Center Data

Protection Manager 2006 to help protect an Exchange server http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-

us;909644 How to use Microsoft System Center Data

Protection Manager 2006 to help protect a SQL Server database http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910401/en-us

How to use System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2006 to help protect Windows SharePoint Services and Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 http://www.support.microsoft.com/kb/915181

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Whitepapers

Using Data Protection Manager with Commvault QiNetix http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/dpm/te

chresources/commvault.mspx

Using Data Protection Manager and Windows Backup http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/dpm/te

chresources/winbackup.mspx

Using Data Protection Manager and Yosemite Backup http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/dpm/te

chresources/yosemite.mspx

Using Data Protection Manager with Veritas BackupExec http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/dpm/te

chresources/backupexec.mspx

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Documentation

DPM Planning and Deployment Guide http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/dpm/prod

docs/PDGTop.mspx

Data Protection Manager 2006 FAQ http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/dpm/prod

docs/faq.mspx

Operations Guide: Archiving and Restoring Data http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/dpm/prod

docs/opgdaard.mspx

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Press Releases

Calling for Backup: Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager Provides Low-Cost Data Recovery http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/jul05/

07-08DataProtectionManager.mspx

Microsoft Launches System Center Data Protection Manager as Part of Its Universal Distributed Storage Vision http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/sep05/0

9-27SCDPMLaunchPR.mspx

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Case Studies

New York City Department of Sanitation Municipality Reduces Backup Time by 96 Percent, Gives Users File Restore Capabilities https://members.microsoft.com/customerevidence/searc

h/EvidenceDetails.aspx?EvidenceID=13404&LanguageID=1&PFT=Microsoft%20System%20Center%20Data%20Protection%20Manager&TaxID=26011

Des Moines Public Schools Metropolitan School District Expects to Cut Data Protection Costs by 94 Percent https://members.microsoft.com/customerevidence/searc

h/EvidenceDetails.aspx?EvidenceID=13300&LanguageID=1&PFT=Microsoft%20Windows%20Server%202003&TaxID=20106

San Francisco Unified School District School District Adopts New File Backup System, Expects to Save $100,000 https://members.microsoft.com/customerevidence/

search/EvidenceDetails.aspx?EvidenceID=13314&LanguageID=1&PFT=Microsoft%20System%20Center%20Data%20Protection%20Manager&TaxID=26011

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Case Studies

Global Media Company Global Media Company Expects 95 Percent Consolidation of File Server Backups https://members.microsoft.com/customerevidence/

search/EvidenceDetails.aspx?EvidenceID=13405&LanguageID=1&PFT=Microsoft%20System%20Center%20Data%20Protection%20Manager&TaxID=26011

Improving Backup Services at Microsoft using Data Protection Manager http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?

FamilyId=D12A577E-162D-4DBD-A546-D4362FE1F9C6&displaylang=en

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