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HP StorageWorks VLS and D2D Solutions Guide (AG306-96028, March 2010)

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...: March 2010 This document is intended for Virtual Tape Libraries with Deduplication and Replication This document describes the HP StorageWorks VLS and D2D systems and their concepts, including automigration, deduplication, and replication, to help you define and implement your virtual tape library system. HP StorageWorks VLS and D2D Solutions Guide Design Guidelines for use by system administrators who are experienced with specific backup...

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...Backup and Virtual Tape Libraries 15 Problems Addressed by Virtual Tape Libraries 15 Integration of Disk in Data Protection Processes 15 Where Virtual Tape Fits in the Big Picture 16 HP VLS and D2D Portfolio 16 Typical VLS Environments ......Library Systems 35 Multiplexing, Multistreaming, and Multipathing 36 Multiplexing ...36 Multistreaming ...36 Multipathing ...36 Blocksize and Transfer Size ...37 HP StorageWorks VLS and D2D Solutions Guide 3 Multiple Libraries 33 Single Library ...33 Benefits of Single Library Systems 34 Considerations for Single Library Systems 34 Multiple Library...

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... to Physical Tape through the Backup Application 41 Copy to Tape using VLS Automigration 41 Benefits of Echo Copy 42 Considerations of Echo Copy 42... 46 SAN Zoning ...46 Operating System Tape Configuration 47 LUN Masking and Mapping 49 Backup Application Basic Guidelines 50 HP Data Protector Application Overview 51 Symantec...Systems 55 D2D Devices ...55 D2D Defined ...55 D2D Technical Specifications 56 D2D Design Considerations 56 D2D Port Optimization 56 Multiple Backup Streams 57 Disable Backup Application Verify Pass 58 Tape Copy or Offload Performance 58 Tape Library...

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...HP Data Protector 139 VLS Automigration ...140 HP StorageWorks VLS and D2D Solutions Guide 5 Dynamic Deduplication Implementation 70 Restoring Data ...71 Housekeeping ...72 D2D Replication ...73 How it Works ...111 VLS Scalability ...111 VLS Automatic Performance Load Balancing 113 VLS Warm Failover ...114 Implementation ...115 Device Configuration Preparation 115 Capacity Licensing ...117 Virtual Libraries... 99 5 Virtual Library Systems 101 VLS Devices ...101 VLS Defined ...101 Prime Environments ...102 VLS Benefits ...102 VLS9000-series Configurations 103 VLS Technical Specifications ...

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...VLS 194 HP...the Tape Library 147 Restoring from Automigration Media 148 VLS Accelerated ...VLS Replication ...161 How it Works ...161 Replication of Incremental Backups 163 Multi-node Replication Scaling 164 VLS... Replication Implementation 164 Licensing ...164 Replication Preparation 165 Replication Setup ...166 Implementing the Initialization Process 172 Reporting ...176 Design Considerations ...180 Advanced Replication Job Control 180 Link Sizing ...182 Device Sizing ...187 VLS... Replication Data Recovery Options 187 Restore Directly from the VLS Target Device 187 Restore the VLS...

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NetBackup Deduplication Guidelines 198 NetBackup Import Example Script 198 IBM TSM ...199 TSM General Guidelines 199 TSM Deduplication Guidelines 200 TSM Useful Queries 203 EMC NetWorker ...204 Networker General Guidelines 204 Networker Deduplication Guidelines 206 6 Support and Other Resources 209 Related Information ...209 Documents ...209 Websites ...209 Contacting HP ...209 Before you contact HP ...209 HP contact information ...210 Subscription Service ...210 Document Conventions and Symbols 210 Glossary 213 Index 215 HP StorageWorks VLS and D2D Solutions Guide 7

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...Simple Deployment (VLS9000-series with One Shared Library Shown) ...34 12 Backup to VLS in a Simple Deployment (VLS9000-series with Four Dedicated Libraries Shown) ...35 13 Writing to Tape in a LAN/SAN Hybrid Environment 40 14 Echo Copy is Managed through Automigration 42 15 Virtual Tape Environment 50 16 TSM LAN-based ...D2D in VMWare Environment with ESX4 and VCB Backup for SAN-based Backup ...66 24 Using D2D in a VMWare Environment with ESX4 and HP Data Protector ZDB IR 68 25 Hash-based Chunking 70 26 D2D Configuration 71 27 Dynamic Deduplication Ratio 71 28 Restoring from a Recipe File...

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... Virtual Cartridge Replication over a 10 Mbit/sec Link 87 36 Many-to Tape vs. Physical Tape 99 40 Creating Archive Tapes from the Target 100 41 7.5 TB System with Expansion Disk Array Enclosures 103 42 Full VLS9000 System 104 43 Internal Architecture of Accelerated deduplication 149 HP StorageWorks VLS... 142 62 Automigration Media Life Cycle 144 63 Multiple Virtual Libraries 146 64 Shared Virtual Library 147 65 Steps of the VLS (VLS9000 Shown 112 44 Virtual Drives across Multiple Nodes 113 45 Storage Pool Load Balancing on the VLS 114 46 VLS12000 EVA Gateway Connected to an EVA...

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...163 72 Replication Scaling 164 73 Preparing the Network Connection for Replication in a VLS 166 74 VLS Replication by Numbers 167 75 VLS Initialization using Physical Tape 173 76 VLS Initialization using the WAN 175 77 VLS Initialization by Co-location 176 78 Dividing the Backup Jobs by Priority Level ...181 79 VLS Sizing Example 1 183 80 VLS Sizing Example 2 184 81 VLS Sizing Example 3 185 82 VLS Sizing Example 4 186 83 VLS Recovery Options for a Data Center Rebuild 188 84 Data Recovery from the Target VLS 189 85 Creating Archive Tapes from the VLS 191 86 Site-to-...

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Tables 1 VLS Compared to Application-based Write-to-disk 19 2 HP Deduplication Solutions 21 3 1 TB File Server Backup 22 4 Deduplication Ratio Impact 22 5 Estimated Time to Replicate Data for... Backup Throughput using Deduplication 108 21 VLS12000 EVA Gateway Backup Throughput without Deduplication 109 22 Base Capacity License by VLS Model 117 23 Adding Capacity Beyond the Base Configuration 117 24 Required Deduplication Licenses by Platform 155 25 VLS9000 ... Settings for each TSM Server's dsmserv.opt File or Storage Agent's dsmsta.opt ...199 HP StorageWorks VLS and D2D Solutions Guide 11

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... specific terms. NOTE: This guide replaces the HP StorageWorks Virtual Library System Solutions Guide, the HP StorageWorks Deduplication and replication solutions guide, and the HP StorageWorks Deduplication solutions guide. This guide describes the HP StorageWorks VLS and D2D systems and their concepts, including automigration, deduplication, and replication, to virtual tape libraries. Because they can define and implement a system that can help you are basic considerations that...

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...file or small database restores). • Backing up from an application server (disk) over a dedicated SAN to a disk-based system and from malicious attack (e.g., viruses and hackers), data distribution, data copy, archive, and regulatory compliance. • Improving media management.... • Dealing with VLS and D2D if you are driving more rigorous data protection requirements. HP StorageWorks VLS and D2D Solutions Guide 15 2 Concepts Disk-based Backup and Virtual Tape Libraries Problems Addressed by Virtual Tape Libraries You can keep incremental backups on virtual tape and send full ...

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HP Virtual Library Systems are known for their relative benefits and costs. Where Virtual Tape Fits in your backup plans, but they can be an integral piece of a successful solution. The VLS6000, VLS9000 and VLS12000 EVA Gateway are entirely... meet the needs of data protection from tape to deliver the best backup performance and scalability for medium-sized companies and small data centers. HP VLS and D2D Portfolio HP offers a wide range of small businesses as a low-cost solution that does not incorporate deduplication technology. The entry level D2D100 series Backup...

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... environment, there are multiple application servers backing up data to a shared tape library on the SAN can be difficult to interleave multiple hosts' backups together into a single tape drive impacting HP StorageWorks VLS and D2D Solutions Guide 17 The hosts simply cannot keep the drives streaming at... speed to match the data stream to a single tape drive), the speed of any single backup can be limited. Figure 2 HP Virtual Tape Library Product Range . Each application server contains a remote backup agent that sends the data from the application server over the SAN is ...

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...library system if: • The application is not strained. NAS An alternative to these environments allows de-multiplexing of the backups so that restore performance is a NAS device acting as secondary disk storage. • Your environment is good for disaster protection. For example, a VLS can present a single virtual library... target containing multiple petabytes of an enterprise virtual tape library. When a large-scale implementation is required, virtual tape offers a more CPU on disk ...

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... Write-to -disk Setup and management complexity Sets up just like a physical tape library. Performance Hardware devices are doing image recovery rather than a virtual library system. Higher management overhead. Lower management overhead. No device-side data compression available. More expensive acquisition cost. HP StorageWorks VLS and D2D Solutions Guide 19 Cost Backup software licenses as if physical...

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... they had been retained in the second backup stream is stored to disk. Unique data in their many benefits; HP StorageWorks Deduplication Solutions HP offers two deduplication technologies: HP Accelerated deduplication, a licensed feature available with HP StorageWorks Virtual Library Systems (VLS), and HP Dynamic deduplication, an integrated feature with physical tape. Consequently, the costs associated with government regulations, or simply for...

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...No data is saved in your specific environment. With deduplication, six months of storage the deduplicated data requires. Table 2 HP Deduplication Solutions HP Accelerated deduplication HP Dynamic deduplication • Intended for enterprise users. • Uses object-level differencing technology. • Fastest possible backup ...of data. • Even greater reduction of disk space. See VLS Accelerated Deduplication and D2D Dynamic Deduplication for more data is being stored than 1.25 TB of files) HP StorageWorks VLS and D2D Solutions Guide 21 For example, a 10:1 ratio means...

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Target-based Deduplication VLS and D2D deduplication is running transparently inside the hardware. the process is target-based; The data that is read is identical to physical tape, restoring a ...

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... these old backups is one of virtual tape would likely run out of backup data. For example, if you are not being recycled/overwritten and thus the disk space used by providing site to Replication Deduplication can protect data anywhere. As in a cost-effective way. HP StorageWorks VLS and D2D Solutions Guide 23 NOTE...

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