IBM FlashCopy Manager and TSM Updates

Technical Updates:
- IBM FlashCopy Manager 3.2
- IBM TSM for Virtual Environments 6.4

Cyrus Niltchian, Technical Evangelist, nilchian@us.ibm.com

© 2012 IBM Corporation

Tivoli Technical Enablement

Agenda

q  Updates for FlashCopy Manager for Windows

q  Updates for FlashCopy Manager for UNIX

q  Updates for FlashCopy Manager for VMware

q  Updates IBM TSM for Virtual Environments

q  Questions

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File System and Custom Application support with TSM Integration

§  Integrated backups for File Systems/Custom Applications to be offloaded into TSM
§  Prior to FCM 3.2, TSM integration for File Systems/Custom Applications was manual

FlashCopy Manager
Local
Logical
Snapshot
Volume Snapshot Versions TSM
Backup Server

Custom

Apps

1. User stops or suspends application. This can be automated using the TSM PRESNAPSHOT option.
2. User executes FlashCopy Manager command to perform a snapshot of volumes containing the application files.
3. User restarts or resumes application. This can be automated using the TSM POSTSNAPSHOT option.
4 4. Snapshot is optionally sent to TSM by FCM © 2012 IBM Corporation

Just-in-time import/export of VSS snapshots
§  VSS snapshots are mapped to production/offload host only when needed , they are no longer
mapped by default
§  New option in FCM 3.2, which works for clustered and non-clustered systems
§  Avoids consuming limited host system resources to maintain a large number of snapshots
§  In VMware/ESX environments SCSI device limits are not exhausted

FlashCopy Manager
Local
Logical
Snapshot
Volume Snapshot Versions
Backup

Custom No Mapping Required
Apps


Other Enhancements

§  Snapshot backups of the volumes to be stored on the TSM Server in “TSM - image” format

§  Improved Exchange 2010 Data Base Availability Group (DAG) Support
- Backup to Common DAG Node
•  Back up DAG databases to a common location
•  Manage DAG backups using a common policy
•  Restore DAG backups to any active DAG member
- Single Instance Backup
•  Coordinate backups between DAG members so that only one copy is backed up per backup cycle

§  SQL Server 2012 Support
- AlwaysOn Availability Group Support
§  Protect Primary Replicas
§  Protect Secondary Replicas
§  Common file space in TSM Environment
§  Configuration of Where Backup Jobs Run
- Support Windows Server Core Environment


Tivoli Technical Enablement SQL Server 2012 Support

§  Configuring where backup jobs run in an availability group
–  Setting Backup Priority and Preferred Replica through FCM/DP property sheets
–  Backup option /ALWAYSONPriority



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Global/Metro/Remote Mirror snapshot integration
Introduce Support for application consistent copies from target of a remote mirror
relationship on SVC, Storwize V7000 and XIV
System Storage System Storage

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Mirror
Production Backup
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Production Standby

Primary Site DR (Disaster Recovery) Site
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Global/Metro/Remote Mirror snapshot integration

§ Similar capabilities at the DR site to what FCM has today at the primary site
§  Extends FCM to allow FlashCopy / Snapshot management in the DR site
§  Offload workload from production disk subsystem
§  Supports DB2 , Oracle, SAP (DB2 or Oracle), Custom Applications/File Systems
§ Supported Disk Subsystems: XIV, SVC and Storwize V7000
§ Supported Operating Systems: AIX, Linux, Solaris and HP-UX
§ Leveraging XIV´s Remote Mirror in synchronous or asynchronous mode
§ Leveraging SVC/V7000 Metro (synchronous) or Global Mirror (asynchronous)
§ Backup Flow:
1.  FCM at the Production site sets the Database in backup mode
2.  FCM triggers snapshot at the DR Site
3.  Optional Backup into TSM takes place at the DR site

Global Mirror / Metro Mirror integration Use Cases

Use Cases for application consistent copies from target of the remote mirror
relationships on SVC, Storwize V7000 and XIV
§  Use snapshot at DR site as Backup for Data Protection
§  Consolidated Data Protection at the DR site
§  Restored to a takeover host at the DR site after a take over of the production
server, e.g. in case of disaster or maintenance taks
§  Mounted to an optional backup server at the DR site and sent to a TSM Server
§  Used for cloning of the database instance at DR site
§  Consolidate multiple backups (single or multiple primary sites) to the DR site


FCM – N Series/NetAPP Support

§  Unix-based FCM support for IBM N Series / NetAPP Disk Sub Systems

§  FCM on UNIX now supports: SVC, V7000, DS8000, DS6000, XIV and N Series

§  Supports VMware, Oracle, DB2, SAP, Custom Applications, Unix/Linux file systems

§ FCM Support for IBM N series / NetApp devices as their primary storage for supported
applications and databases (especially VMWare)

§ Support for Data Protection and Cloning

§ Volumes can be Fibre Channel or iSCSI attached



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Add VMWare support for backup/restore of VMs with Raw Device Mappings

• VM1

Many databases and applications use Raw Disks/
Partitions for performance reasons.
LUN1
When using FCM for VMware, this new
VM1’s
Virtual disk
enhancement avoids errors in VM restores that
have raw device mappings.
Snaps
SAN

VM1

LUN2 VM1’s
Physical RDM

Disk Subsystem


Add VMWare support for backup/restore of VMs with Raw Device Mappings

§  Types of RDMs:
- pRDMs (physical) and vRDMs (virtual)

§  FCM’s Support:
-  FCM supports both in toleration mode

§  FCM‘s Toleration Mode:
- Clear indication that the virtual disk was skipped inserted in the OVF
configuration file and in saved Object Info Disk structure
- Disks treated exactly as if the user had excluded these disks from the backup

§ How to protect them:
- FCM inside the VM can be used to protect RDMs

§  Examples of Applications and Databases that may use RDMs:
–  Oracle, Informix, SQL Server, MYSQL
–  DB2 on Linux
–  MS Exchange
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Levels of RDM Support
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vRDM pRDM

FCM Toleration Mode Toleration Mode

TSM for VE Fully Supported Toleration Mode

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Concurrent Attach of Multiple VMs from same Backup

§  FCM 3.1
–  Manages VMs one at a time, customers cannot attach/detach multiple VMs concurrently

§  FCM 3.2:
–  Allows concurrent attach of multiple VMs from the same backup
–  Supports granular detach operations which allow to detach VMs at the VM level so that
other attached VMs within the same backup are not affected
–  Allows concurrent operations while VMs of a backup are attached, e.g. restore and tape
backup
–  Maintains meta information of attached VMDKs in its internal repository, which will allow
additional attach operations for the same backup and concurrent operations
–  Provides a new view in the GUI that displays all attached VMs and gives the possibility to
detach virtual disks on VM level granularity


More Enhancements

§  Backup & Restore of VMware Templates

§  Backup & Restore of VMs within a vApp

§  Restore VMs to the original resource pool location assuming the
resource pool still exists

§  Plugin GUI enhancements
- More easily select VMs to be backed up
- Better reporting on backup tasks



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VMware progressive incremental backup (Incremental Forever)

TSM for VE 6.3 6.4: Progressive Incremental
Periodic full + incrementals Initial full + incrementals
Full-VM Backup

Restore full and apply Full-VM Restore Only restore required blocks once
required incrementals

Expiration of non-used
vCenter blocks on TSM server
• B/A Client
• Guest
• Machines
• Host
• Machines
TSM
• (ESX, ESXi) Changed Block Tracking • TSM for VE
Server
Recovery Agent
• NAS/local • VMFS • VMDK
• SAN • TSM API
• Datastore • Datastore • Datastore
vStorage
Backup Server


Progressive Incremental Backup: How does it work ?

§ Transparent process, which works on block-level basis

§ Keeping track of changed blocks works ´on the fly´ (during backup)

§ No longer required blocks are marked as expired

§ During Backup, only meta data (pointers to blocks) are being processed

§ Regular TSM Expiration expires all blocks marked for deletion


Tivoli Technical Enablement Progressive Incremental visualized in the Plugin GUI


TSM for VE: Support for Backup/Restore of VMs with RDM Disks
Handle raw disk mappings: pRDM and vRDM

• VM1 vRDM Backup
Supported today, works just like a regular disk

pRDM Backup
Clear indication that the virtual disk was skipped inserted in the
OVF configuration file and in saved Object Info Disk structure
LUN1
VM1’s
–  pRDM disks treated exactly as if the user had excluded
• VMDK

Virtual disk these disks from the backup
SAN

Snaps
VM1
–  Use options -vmprocessvmwithindependent=yes &
LUN2 VM1’s
vmprocessvmwithprdm=yes
Physical RDM
–  FCM inside the VM can be used to protect pRDMs

Storage Disk Subsystem


Levels of RDM Support

vRDM pRDM

FCM Toleration Mode Toleration Mode

TSM for VE Fully Supported Toleration Mode


Support of individual disk volume backup/restore for VMware virtual disks

§  Users can specify which virtual disks are backed up or restored
- Disks not needed to be protected can be skipped saving storage space and backup time
- Skipped disk configuration information saved to the backup ( also pRDM)
- Skipped disk configuration restored to the VM as an unformatted disk definition

§  Allows to specify a “division of labor” between TSM for VE and TSMs for
…
- Backs up non TSM for … disks while TSM for … agents back up disks specific to them

§  Allows individual disks to be restored to an existing VM
- Existing VM must be powered off
- Disks not specified remain unchanged on existing VM
- Can specify that just the VM configuration information be restored


• 2Enhancements in the
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•  Ability to configure backup ‘by cluster’

•  Configuration Wizard

•  Configuration Test Function

•  More easily select VMs to be backed up

•  Better reporting on backup tasks


• 2012 ‘By Cluster ‘selection
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New Configuration Wizard for easy configuration: Launch Wizard


New Configuration Wizard for easy configuration: Wizard


New Configuration Wizard for easy configuration: TSM Configuration


New Configuration Wizard for easy configuration: vCenter Node


Configuration Editor: Configuration Status


Configuration Editor: Configuration Error


Configuration Editor: Configuration Status


Configuration Editor: Configuration Status: Check Nodes


Direction: Unified application protection for VMware environments

Recovery


Direction: Unified application protection for VMware environments

§  Protection of applications/databases introduces additional requirements as compared to file/
web servers traditionally hosted in VMware
–  Log management (truncation) for a sustainable backup methodology
–  Achievement of multiple recovery points through roll-forward/roll-backward
–  Individual email message recovery

§  To achieve protection of applications and databases (Microsoft SQL, Exchange, Active
Directory, Custom Applications) hosted in a VMware environment
–  TSM customers today use TSM for Mail/Databases etc. running inside VMs
–  Future goal is to provide application protection that is integrated/unified with TSM for VE

§  Looking at various options that could involve integration of product features from
–  TSM for VE for common disaster recovery across all VMs
–  TSM for Mail/Databases/Custom Applications for application awareness and operational recovery


First Step: In-guest TSM for VE 6.4 Application/Database support

§  Supported for Windows VM (VSS Writer is being called) for MS SQL Server and MS Exchange

§  TSM B/A Client (datamover) triggers log truncation at VMware snapshot time

§  Injection via Web Services API at runtime

§  Allows for consistent Application/Database support in Windows VMs

§  No TSM for …. product required inside the VM

§  Limited functions for Point in Time restores, restores only possible to the time when the snapshot
occurred, no log ‘roll forward’

§  No log handling in this scenario

-> Running TSM for … inside the VMs is still functionally superior, therefore still recommended


TSM for VE 6.4 : VMware Template Support

§ A virtual machine template (usually referred to as simply“a template”)
is a reusable image created from a virtual machine.

§ The template, as a derivative of the source virtual machine, typically
includes virtual hardware components, an installed guest operating
system (with any applicable patches) and software application(s).

§ Templates are VM blueprints from which VMs can be created

§ TSM for VE 6.3 didn´t support backup/restore of VMware template

§ TSM for VE 6.4 adds this support


TSM for VE 6.4 : vAPP Support
§ Starting with VMware 4.0, VMware introduce the concept of a vApp container, which
is a group of virtual machines that are managed as a single object
§ vApp simplifies the management of complex multi-tiered application running on
multiple virtual machines
§ Another container in the vApp hierarchy is the Resource Pool which provides a
mechanism to partition available CPU and memory resource of ESXi host and
Clusters
§ TSM for VE 6.3 can backup virtual machines contained in vApps, Resource Pools,
Clusters and VM Folders but on restore we fail to return these virtual machine back to
their original locations, this is due to our failure to save the necessary data



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Links for FCM I
FCM on Windows:
§  Redbook: Using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager to Back Up Microsoft Exchange with VSS:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247373.html
§  TechNote: Automating Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) backups for Exchange 2007
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21329825
§  White Paper: IBM XIV® System Storage, with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail - DP for Exchange version 6.1
http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101517
§  White Paper: Exchange Server 2007 SP1 SAN Volume Controller (SVC) VSS TSM 6.1 Backup Solution
http://w3-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101514
§  White Paper: Exchange Server 2007 SP1 VSS-Based Backup & Recovery Solution (SVC)
§  White Paper: Exchange Server 2007 SP1 DS6000 and DS8000 VSS Backup Solution
http://w3.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101351
§  White Paper: IBM System Storage TSM solution for Exchange Server 2003 and DS6000/DS8000
§  White Paper: IBM System Storage TSM solution for Exchange Server 2003 and DS4000 Series
http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS2451
§  Redbook - Backing up Microsoft SQL Server with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246148.html?Open
§  IBM developerWorks - Using Tivoli Storage Manager for performing VSS operations
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/tivoli/library/t-tsm-vss/index.html?S_TACT=105AGX14&S_CMP=EDU
§  Understanding and exploiting snapshot technology for data protection
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/tivoli/library/t-snaptsm1/index.html

Tivoli Technical Enablement Links for FCM II

FCM on Windows:
§  White Papers: ISV Solutions
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/solutions/isv/
§  White Paper: Exchange Server 2007 SP1 DS6000 and DS8000 VSS Backup Solution
http://w3.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101351
§  White Paper: Exchange Server 2007 SP1 SAN Volume Controller (SVC) VSS TSM 6.1 Backup Solution
§  http://w3-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101514

FCM on Unix:
§  For more information on IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager:
http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage-flashcopy-mgr/
§  For more information on IBM Tivoli Storage Manager:
http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage-mgr/
§  For more information on IBM System Storage Disk:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/storage/disk/
§  For more information on IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/storage/software/virtualization/svc/index.html
§  Known issues and limitations:
•  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21567738


Generic Information
§  ERL: Storage related collection of links
http://pokgsa.ibm.com/projects/e/erl/

§  Xtreme Leverage: All sales related resources
http://w3.ibm.com/software/xl/portal

§  IBM Tivoli Demo Library
http://depot.tivlab.raleigh.ibm.com/DemoLib.nsf/DemoIndexCat_w3

§  IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Website
http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/

§  PartnerWorld: For Business Partners
http://www-1.ibm.com/partnerworld/pwhome.nsf/weblook/index.html

§  System Sales Site
http://w3-1.ibm.com/sales/systems/portal/



For more information please visit IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage-mgr/


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