Bacula Enterprise Edition

Enterprise backup & recovery
Bacula Enterprise Edition
Heidelberg, 25. Februar 2014
Oliver Hoppen, Territory Manager
Arno Lehmann, Sr. Presales Engineer
© 2010-2014, Bacula Systems SA
Agenda
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Kurzüberblick Bacula Systems
Bacula Architektur
Funktionalität und Features
Subskriptionsmodell
Service, Support & Training
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Bacula Systems - Überblick
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SW zur Datensicherung und Wiederherstellung
Seit 2002 mehr als 2 Millionen Downloads
Unternehmensgründung Juli 2008
Zentrale in Yverdon, Schweiz. Vertriebsbüros in Seattle, WA and
Rutherford, NJ
Weltweit verteilte Kunden, darunter Unternehmen, Rechenzentren,
Hosting- und Cloud Anbieter, Service provider
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Bacula History – Meilensteine
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Bacula History – Meilensteine
...und es
geht weiter!
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Bacula Enterprise Architektur
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Plugins und Admin Tools
• Datenbanken:
VMware
 Oracle
Exchange
 MySQL
NDMP
 PostgreSQL
Incremental Accelerator for
NetApp
 MS SQL
 SAP
• SAN Shared Storage
• Delta
• Admin Tools:
• Bare Metal Recovery
 BWeb Management Suite
 For Windows
 BAT
 For Linux
 bconsole
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Subscriptions
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Wer setzt Bacula ein?
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Bacula Terminology
• Job
Bacula “Unit”
 E.g: backup, restore, console
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• Client
A computer to back up
 E.g: server, desktop, laptop
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• Volume
Storage elementary component
 E.g.:Tape or file on disk
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• Pool
To aggregate “same” kind of volumes
 E.g.: All volumes with retention of 2 weeks
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Bacula Communications
• Getting more friendly to distributed environments
SAN shared storage
 Modified communications directions
 More flexibility for backing up to different locations
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Director (DIR)
• Features
Conductor
 Job's launch
 Meta-data to Catalog
 Thousands clients
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• Advantages :
Network based
 Centralized management
 Auto-scheduling
 May be launched by:
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Schedulers
Scripts
Configuration is done by text
editing and copy / paste or via
BWeb Management Suite (Web
based interface)
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File daemon (FD)
• Features
« Agent »
 Minimal configuration
 Send data to SD on backup
 Receive data from SD on
restore
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• Advantages
Easy to install
 Nearly no management
 May run scripts before / after
backup
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• Must
Be installed on each computer
to back up
 Have access to all files
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Storage daemon (SD)
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Connected to devices
• Support
Disks
 Libraries & Tapes
 VTLs
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• Advantages
Multiple devices on same
storage server
 Multiple storage servers
 Encryption between FD and SD
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Consoles: BWeb Management Suite
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Web Interface
User / Group management
Media Management
Backup / Restore
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• Reporting
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No installation on client
For all business sizes
Multiple directors
Graphical views
Media localization
LDAP / AD integration
Configuration and deployment
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Consoles: Bacula Administration Tool (BAT)
• Graphical User Interface
• Backup and restore
management
• Media management
• Advantages
Multiple directors
 « Click and play »
 High security level
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• Must
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Be installed on each Bacula
admin workstation
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Catalog
• PostgreSQL
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All infrastructures
• MySQL
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SMB
• SQLite
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• Advantages
Scalable
 Reliable
 Easy Reporting (BMS, Business
Object, Pentaho, etc.)
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Tests only
• Contains meta-data
• System « history »
What files
 When were they backed up
 Where are they stored
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Bacula Enterprise Edition 6
Many features including:
 Job bandwidth limitation on client
 Safe pruning algorithm, does not prune any job needed to restore data
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(affects auto prune and prune jobs).
LZO compression
QT4 tray monitor for Windows/Linux clients
Restart failed jobs from failure point
Stop & Resume Jobs
Storage-side Deduplication
REST API
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Plugins
• VSS
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Exchange (Incremental back up and restore at mailbox database level)
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Single-item restore in a way supported by MS
MSSQL (Differential back up and restore at database level)
 @SYSTEMSTATE
 Active Directory
 10 more Windows components
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• Windows BMR
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Windows Crash recovery
• Linux BMR
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Linux Crash recovery
• NDMP (for NAS/SAN back up and restore)
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Filer to server mode
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Plugins
• Delta
 Major space/time savings for backing up large files like Outlook PST,
Database datafile, VirtualBox/VmWare images using block level analysis
 Allows for incremental backups of these files
 Does not obviate need for putting data files in a settled state before
backup
• SAN Shared Storage
 SPC-3 based SAN tape locking
 Multiple storage daemons can share a single tape device or autoloader
over SAN
 Allows for LAN-free backup
 Potential use between datacenters for DR/offsite backups (if a shared
SAN is possible)
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Plugins
• VMware
 Integration into VMware to allow backups/restores of Virtual machines
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without extra scripting
Full backup at raw level
Incremental using VMware block tracking
Recovery on new host
Handles NBD/SAN disks
Handles Sparse disks
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Oracle
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PostgreSQL
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Incremental Accelerator for NetApp
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Future plans: To be released
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SD → SD copy / migration
KVM plugin
Global client-side deduplication
User activity auditing capabilities
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Future plans: Under evaluation
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SD redesign for improvement
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Archival features
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Write simultaneously to multiple devices
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Write simultaneously to multiple SD
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Automatic switch to another device
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Additional Modules (plugins or scripts)
 Amazon S3 support
 Continuous Data Protection (CDP)
 Google Cloud Storage support
 VSS MS-SQL plugin improvement
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NDMP direct filer-to-tape
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BWeb Management Suite
Main Configuration Window
Client Config
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Bweb Management Suite: Wizard
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ZFS support
• ACLs fully supported on Solaris
• Lower-level attributes not specifically handled (FS configuration,
not file contents)
• Could be retrieved, backed up and applied at restore time by
customized script
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Incremental Accelerator for NetApp
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Encrypting Data
• Client-side data encryption
Requires key & certificate on client (security!)
 Backup admin needs not be able to decrypt backed up data
 Master key to decrypt if client key lost can be used
 Noticeable CPU load while de-/encrypting
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• Transport
TLS, using x509 infrastructure
 Authentication by certificate can be done
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• Storage data encryption
Out of scope for Bacula
 Encrypted file system, native LTO encryption
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Training
• Current Course Offerings
Bacula Advanced Course:
Admin I
 Bacula Expert Course: Admin II
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• Classroom Training
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Regularly in Europe and the US
• Onsite Training
Cost effective for larger
development teams
 Reduce travel and disruption
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Kurz zusammengefasst
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Wachsendes Unternehmen in wachsendem Markt
Gute Referenzen in Unternehmen und MSPs
Zuverlässige, robuste Lösung mit vollem Funktionsumfang
Professioneller Support
Preismodell unabhängig von Datenvolumen und Anzahl
CPUs/Sockets
• Open Source wichtiges Element in Corporate IT
• Kein “vendor lock-in”
• Schweizer Unternehmen
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Fragen?
Oliver Hoppen – Territory Manager
[email protected]
+41 78 9474786
Arno Lehmann – Sr. Presales Engineer
[email protected]
+49 541 7504 2401
Bacula Systems SA
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