Better Backup for Big Data

Better business decisions start with better backup

Solution Overview: Data Protection
Introduction
Big Data is an emerging, evolving technology. To some its that big yellow elephant in the tent holding the promise to help make
sense of the terabytes, petabytes, and exabytes of data being generated. In todays 24 hours a day, seven days a
week information driven economy, how can they quickly find and extract those key strategic nuggets of data to make their
business more agile, make better business decisions, and give them that next competitive advantage? A well-known case in
point, where a large credit card company gained that competitive edge with the advanced analytics from Hadoop by reporting
they reduced the process time for 73 billion transactions, amounting to 36 TB of data, fell from one month with traditional
methods to a mere 13 minutes.1
Big Data today, as expressed by many, is simply the daily challenge virtually every enterprise IT organization faces when
managing the protection of exploding data growth within shrinking backup windows, growing compliance requirements, and
working hard to transform their data centers. Whether its growing multiterabyte databases, data warehouse appliances
bursting at the seams, or simply 100s of millions, or billions of files that need both fast protection and recovery, big data is Big
Data and in its many forms and applications, needs to be protected.
Big Data starts with the Symantec NetBackup Global Enterprise Data Protection Platform
Reduce cost, risk, and accelerate time-to-value for Big Data deployments
Big Data is not new to the enterprise scalability of the NetBackup Platform. Optimized for the wide range of workloads and
backup storage infrastructures that exist in todays data centers, enterprise customers are turning to Symantec first, to better
understand how they can architect their new Big Data deployments to leverage the wide range of advanced data protection
technologies integrated into the NetBackup Platform. Starting with industry leading enterprise Backup and Recovery
software,2 they are looking to simplify and reduce the costs and risks of architecting and deploying emerging new technologies
with a known, proven, and highly scalable data protection platform solution for the globally deployed enterprise.

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Kajeepeta, Sreedhar, "How Hadoop Tames Enterprises' Big Data," InformationWeek Reports, Feb 2012.
Symantec statement. Symantec is named as a #1 leader in Core Storage Management based on 2011 worldwide revenue Market Share: Storage Management
Software, Worldwide, 2011, Gartner (May 2012)"

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Big Data workloads exist in virtually every enterprise today and comes in many shapes and sizes:
Large numbers of files: 100s millionsbillions, 100 TBs to 10 PBs+ (and growing)
Large data warehouses/appliances: Oracle Exadata, EMC Greenplum, Teradata, IBM Netezza
Large structured databases: Oracle, SAP, IBM, and Microsoft databases
Large analytics ala Hadoop: Large volumes and varieties of semi-structured/unstructured files
As Big Data evolves into useful and competitive tools, in order to reduce cost, risk, and time to value, current thinking is to
leverage many proven and well understood enterprise technologies already in-place and will look very much like the diagram in
Figure 1. The relationship between mission-critical, transactional databases and data warehouse applications have been well
understood for structured data for many years. However, the desire to apply analytics to the huge volume and variety of data
being generated today, has created Hadoop-like technology to both normalize and analyze this data. Using Hadoop to
normalize the data and feed it into both DBMS and Data Warehouse applications and appliances for the business analytics, can
greatly accelerate deployment and usefulness of Big Data.

Managing exponential data growth across these workloads is creating many new challenges for IT professionals. One major
challenge, and significant inhibitor, to modernization efforts are the many workload based silos that have emerged within
globally dispersed data centers. These silos are driving increased complexity, risk, and redundant CapEx and OpEx costs
associated with deploying, learning, and managing disparate, non-integrated point tools trying to protect too much data with
too many, different data protection solutions. Whether the workload is virtual, physical, array based, or Big Data, from a single
management console, NetBackup can break down these silos and simplify the global deployment, management, and protection
of virtually any workload to any storage, anywhere.

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The NetBackup Platform provides integrated data protection and management for each of the following key components in a
Big Data deployment:
Comprehensive database support
Symantec has a long history of extending comprehensive backup support for many databases including Oracle, SAP, IBM, and
Microsoft databases soon after their introductions. SAP HANA, Sybase IQ, and Oracle Exadata also fall in this category. In
early 1990s, NetBackup pioneered integration with Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) and influenced Oracle in RMAN
development. In late 1990s, we added off-host backup feature to the Oracle Agent. Responding to the challenges of managing
data growth, we were the first to fully integrate deduplication into backup software and appliances, as well as snapshot
management of databases to the list of supported backup methods. For decades, we have proven performance and scalability
in the largest and most challenging enterprise database environments.
NetBackup agentsdatabase optimized: Oracle and Sun, SAP, Microsoft SQL Server, Active Directory, Sharepoint, Sybase,
IBM DB2, Informix, Lotus Notes, Domino, and others
NetBackup agentsDatabase plus deduplication optimized: Oracle
Protecting data warehouse appliances
As vendors have introduced database and data warehouse based appliances, they very often have approached Symantec to
better integrate with the NetBackup enterprise-class data protection platform with the end result of helping to remove
customer concerns around data protection and potential barriers to adoption. This support comes through the tight integration
and leverage of the Symantec Technology Enablement Program (STEP) where vendors work with Symantec in a close
engineering-to-engineering relationship to produce and qualify agents for their databases that work seamlessly with the
NetBackup Platform. These solutions can be found across all industries including the largest financial, manufacturing, and
telecommunications companies.
NetBackup agentsData warehouse appliances: Oracle Exadata, EMC Greenplum, Teradata Aster, and IBM Netezza
appliances
Tackling Hadoop and Big Data analytics
For data stored in the Hadoop, we work with customers individually to understand the nature of the protection required and to
help them architect the most appropriate solution based on the NetBackup platform. Our recommendations will vary
depending on how heavily big data problems weigh on the axes of volume, velocity, variety, and variability.
If data is heavily redundant, we recommend using NetBackup client side intelligent deduplication in combination with
snapshots for data consistency. Examples include history-based archiving, where Hadoop is used as a dumping ground, and
documents attached to the DBMS. Since the Hadoop file system is based on additions rather than updates/deletion of data,
large storage savings are accomplished when applying deduplication. For most other use cases NetBackup Accelerator
combined with the snapshot technology is a good method for achieving fast backup. The benefit is in getting full backup
recovery performance at the speed and cost of incremental backups.
Archiving into Hadoop as an inexpensive, easily accessed storage is gaining in popularity. We support this capability today for
structured and unstructured data. NetBackup can easily be configured to use Hadoop as a target for the initial backup or as a
backup archive through the storage lifecycle management. We also provide database archiving into Hadoop through the
reselling of the Informatica Data Archive product that has capability to archive application data into Hadoop.

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NetBackup Accelerator: High speed unstructured file backupChanged tracking plus deduplication
NetBackup Snapshot/Replication Director: Zero to low production impact
NetBackup Deduplication: Deduplication everywhere flexibilityClient side, media server, target deduplication appliance
Whether its vast numbers of files or emerging use cases that involve the combination of a DBMS for storing structured data
and Hadoop for storing accompanying non structured data, leveraging the array of capabilities available in the NetBackup
Platform today to protect those workloads can simplify data protection requirements.
NetBackup Platform options: Better backup for Big Data
NetBackup data protection optimizationFaster backup, reduce Big Data volume
NetBackup Data Protection Optimization allows NetBackup 7.5 customers to use integrated data deduplication and replication
features. NetBackup Data Protection Optimization radically transforms traditional deduplication by applying the best approach
for a specific backup without the need for computationally intensive processing. Symantec NetBackup 7.5 with V-Ray
technology includes the intelligence that gives NetBackup Intelligent Deduplication the unique ability to exactly identify the
data formats and object boundaries for optimized deduplication performance. Customers can install and configure
deduplication and optimized duplication (via replication available at no additional cost) from the NetBackup console. Some key
benefits include:
NetBackup client deduplication moves deduplication closest to the source, thereby eliminating the need to send full backup
streams across the entire network
NetBackup media server deduplication at the target for workloads where deduplication needs to be offloaded from the client
Flexibility to deploy on commodity storage or using turnkey NetBackup Appliances
Deduplicate across physical and virtual environments
Seamless support for NetBackup Accelerator
NetBackup AcceleratorProtect 100s of millions of files
NetBackup Accelerator significantly reduces the amount of resources (client I/O, time, network, and storage) that a traditional
full backup takes. By using NetBackup Accelerator, a very large file system with millions or billions of files can be fully backed
up in the amount of time required for an incremental backup. Systems which were problematic to back up during the backup
window can now be backed up much more quickly, allowing the backup to complete in the allotted time. NetBackup Accelerator
employs change tracking to dramatically reduce the file system overhead associated with traversing a large file system
identifying and accessing only changed data. This reduced set of data can be deduplicated at the client or media server, further
reducing the demand on network and storage resources. An optimized synthetic full backup is created and catalogued inline,
providing full restore capabilities and shortened Recovery Time Objective (RTO).
The net results include:
Much faster backups for a significantly reduced backup window
Reduced CPU and I/O overhead on the client
Reduced usage of network resources
Reduced usage of network resources, and a great way to send backups to cloud storage units
All of these results combine to deliver lower operating expenses and reduced capital expenses.

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Snapshot clientLow impact database protection
The snapshot client enables low-impact backup and recovery for databases and applications. By allowing the leveraging of a
variety of software or hardware snapshot capabilities, this feature can greatly reduce the amount of data being transferred
during backup and recovery, as well as dramatically improve backup performance and recovery time for mission-critical
databases and applications.
Big Data and Data Warehouse appliances:
Teradata
Teradata Extension for NetBackup integrates Teradata Data Warehouse and NetBackup operations to provide a parallel-stream
backup and recovery solution for Teradata Database Warehouse systems.
Features and benefits
Scalable data pro
protection
tectionAcross 100s of nodes, 100s of terabytes
Quickly move data
dataBetween Teradata system and NetBackup infrastructure
Simple DBA adminis
administration
trationIntegration with the Teradata GUI lets DBA easily schedule and manage NetBackup
operations
Tape vvault
ault management
managementEnables parallel copy, inline copy, site-to-site replication for disaster recovery
IBM Netezza
NetBackup for IBM Netezza, offered in partnership with IBM, provides centralized backup and recovery of IBM Netezza
appliance databases using the XBSA API.
Features and benefits
On-demand and scheduled backup
backupssFull, differential, and incremental backups of IBM Netezza databases
Op
Optimiz
timized
ed backup
backupMultistream database backup and automatic backup compression
Simple backup management
managementEasy database and table recovery with GUI based monitoring and reporting
Oracle Exadata and other engineered machines
NetBackup supports Oracle's engineered machines through the Oracle Agent since 2008 when Oracle introduced Exadata.
The NetBackup Oracle Agent is tightly integrated with the Oracle RMAN to deliver high-performance backup and recovery
solutions. It supports Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), offers continuous data protection, and can clone Oracle
databases from backup images.
Features and benefits
Online/ho
Online/hott Oracle backup
backupssKeep the database online and increase reliability by eliminating manual processes and scripts
RMAN inte
integration
grationTightly integrated with the Oracle RMAN wizard to deliver high-performance backup and recovery
Eliminate backup and recover
recoveryy windows
windowsBy using the NetBackup Advanced Client, backup process is offloaded to the
media server eliminating the need for backup window, and data can be recovered instantly from the retained snapshot
Improved Oracle deduplication
deduplicationAlternative backup methods which preserve the physical layout of the Oracle blocks
enabling much higher deduplication rates

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Micro
Microsof
softt application and database pro
protection:
tection:
Active Directory
For any enterprise, Active Directory is integral in managing network services. Therefore, the comprehensive protection and
quick recovery of Active Directory is critical.
Features and benefits
Recover
Recoveryy of an
anyy Active Director
Directoryy item
itemGranular recovery including the ability to recover all items with full attributes (for
example, user, server, printers) to satisfy both daily and disaster recovery (DR) requirements with one backup image
Elimination of Active Director
Directoryy ser
server
ver reboo
reboottMinimize downtime and keep the application up and running
Ease of use and control
controlLeverage Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) system state backup to ensure consistency when a
backup is being made with Microsoft Exchange Server
Symantec recognizes the need for nondisruptive mechanisms to protect Exchange data, along with all data in the enterprise.
NetBackup for Exchange helps provide the performance and flexibility required for effective backup and recovery operations
within large Exchange-based environments.
Features and benefits
Online backup
backupComplete, nondisruptive protection of the Exchange database and mailbox components, including
mailbox-level backup
Flexible res
restore
tore op
options
tionsRapid, granular recovery of databases and mailboxes, including support for performing
individual message restores
Elimination of MAPI backup
backupssGranular recovery of the full application and a single email with only one backup pass and
one copy stored
SharePoint Server
Features and benefits
Ease of use
useOne console can be used to protect SharePoint and Windows services; includes server farm configuration and
single sign-on for databases
Granular recover
recoveryySave time and storage by recovering SharePoint files, including different versions of a file, sites, subsites, and lists such as calendars and links
SQL Server
NetBackup for SQL Server delivers comprehensive data protection for SQL Server and SQL Server databases.
Features and benefits
High-speed recover
recoveryyVerify-only restores can be used to verify the SQL contents of a backup image without actually
restoring the data
Point-in-time recover
recoveryyRecovers SQL databases to the exact point in time or transaction log mark by rolling forward only
the transactions that occurred before a user-specified date and time
Granular database view
viewDisplay of database object properties provides backup and recovery flexibility

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Enterprise application and database protection:
Oracle (Big Data/Data Warehouse appliances)
The NetBackup Oracle Agent is tightly integrated with the Oracle RMAN to deliver high-performance backup and recovery
solutions. It supports Oracle RAC, offers continuous data protection, and can clone Oracle databases from backup images.
Online/ho
Online/hott Oracle backup
backupssKeep the database online and increase reliability by eliminating manual processes and scripts
RMAN inte
integration
grationTightly integrated with the Oracle RMAN wizard to deliver high-performance backup and recovery
Eliminate backup and recover
recoveryy windows
windowsUsing the NetBackup Advanced Client, backup process is off-loaded to the
media server eliminating the need for backup window, and data can be recovered instantly from the retained snapshot
Improved Oracle deduplication
deduplicationAlternative backup methods which preserve the physical layout of the Oracle blocks
enabling much higher deduplication rates
SAP
The integration of NetBackup for SAP NetWeaver with the SAP DBA administrative interface, along with the BR backup and
recovery commands, provides a solid, SAP NetWeaver-centric data protection solution for customer-specific configurations on
the UNIX, Windows, and Linux platforms.
Features and benefits
Oracle RMAN support
supportLeverage Oracle RMAN benefits when protecting SAP NetWeaver
No backup window and ins
instant
tant recover
recoveryyBy using the NetBackup RealTime option, continuous data protection data can
be recovered instantly and to any point in time
Flexible implementation
implementationPerform database operations through NetBackup, or use the SAP tools (SAP DBA interface)
independently
Sybase
NetBackup for Sybase offers high-performance backup and recovery for Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) databases
on leading UNIX and Windows platforms.
Features and benefits
Parallel backup and recover
recoveryySupports the parallel backup and restore capabilities of the Sybase ASE Backup Server. This
permits you to run more than one tape device at a time for a single Sybase ASE backup or restore, helping to reduce the time
necessary to complete the operation
Track backup his
histor
toryyDetailed views of backup history help to simplify restores because backups of databases and
transaction logs are easier to track
MySQL
NetBackup for MySQL, offered in partnership with Zmanda, provides centralized backup and recovery of multiple MySQL
databases/servers across Linux, Oracle Solaris, and Windows operating systems. Benefits include:
Scheduled full, differential, and incremental backups of MySQL database
Easy database recovery to a required point in time or to any particular database event
Backup compression and encryption for improved data protection and security
Extensive monitoring and reporting

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Postgre SQL
NetBackup for PostgreSQL, offered in partnership with Zmanda, now provides live backup of PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL agent is
integrated and certified with NetBackup 7.x using the XBSA API and supports backup of PostgreSQL versions 8.x and 9.x. This
solution is fully integrated with the PostgreSQL write ahead log (WAL) to provide point-in-time recovery (PITR).
EMC Documentum
CYA HOTBackup, offered in partnership with CYA, tightly integrates with NetBackup to deliver a comprehensive hot backup and
recovery solution for EMC Documentum.
Features and benefits
Online, ho
hott backup of all EMC Documentum components
componentsIncluding the full text index, database, and storage area keep
the system online and increase reliability by eliminating manual processes and scripts
CY
CYA
A SmartRecover
SmartRecoveryyEnables granular, hot recovery of full EMC objects including metadata and content
Improve Recover
Recoveryy point objectives (RPO)
(RPO)Reduce data loss to within 15 minutes
Teradata (Big Data/Data Warehouse appliances)
Teradata Extension for NetBackup integrates Teradata Database and NetBackup operations to provide a parallel-stream backup
and recovery solution for Teradata Database Warehouse systems.
Features and benefits
Scalable data pro
protection
tectionAcross 100s of nodes, 100s of terabytes
Quickly move data
dataBetween Teradata system and NetBackup infrastructure
Simple DBA adminis
administration
trationIntegration with the Teradata GUI lets DBA easily schedule and manage NetBackup
operations
Tape vvault
ault management
managementEnables parallel copy, inline copy, site-to-site replication for disaster recovery
IBM application and database protection:
IBM DB2 UDB Universal Database
NetBackup works with IBM DB2 native backup and recovery utilities to protect DB2 databases and archive logs. NetBackup
offers unprecedented techniques for protecting DB2 databasesfrom integrated block-level backup and recovery to instant
recovery via the NetBackup Snapshot Client.
Features and benefits
Flexible backup op
options
tionsFull, incremental, and block-level backups as well as backup of archive logs via the user exit
program
Wizard-based configuration
configurationPerforms step-by-step configuration of DB2 backup and recovery via an intuitive, graphical,
wizard-based interface
IBM Informix Dynamic Server
NetBackup protects IBM Informix Dynamic Server and IBM Informix Extended Parallel Server running on many of todays
popular operating platforms. NetBackup, in conjunction with the Informix ON-Bar utility, provides a methodology to help
ensure that business-critical Informix applications are safely backed up and can be recovered quickly.

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Features and benefits
Continuous logical log backup
backupConfigure automated logical log backup to help prevent logs from filling up and locking up
the database server
Flexible backup op
options
tionsBackup and restore at the dbspace, blobspace, and logical log file level
IBM Netezza (Big Data/Data warehouse appliances)
NetBackup for IBM Netezza, offered in partnership with IBM, provides centralized backup and recovery of IBM Netezza
appliance databases using the XBSA API.
Features and benefits
On demand and scheduled backup
backupssFull, differential, and incremental backups of IBM Netezza database
Op
Optimiz
timized
ed backup
backupMultistream database backup and automatic backup compression
Simple backup management
managementEasy database and table recovery with GUI based monitoring and reporting
IBM Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino server
Symantec offers high-performance backup and recovery for Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino server. Administrators can leverage
intuitive GUIs to help set consistent backup policies across the enterprise and to quickly identify critical Lotus files or
databases when they need to be restored.
Features and benefits
Alternate res
restoration
toration techniques
techniquesWith backups not tied to a specific backup server, NetBackup can restore Lotus data
either on an alternate system or in an alternate directory
Adv
Advanced
anced LLo
otus inte
integration
grationSupport for partitioned Lotus servers and Lotus clustering
Additional Symantec information manatgement solutions:
Archiving and eDiscover
eDiscovery:
y:The combination of NetBackup, Symantec Enterprise Vault, and Informatica Data Archive provides
customers with a robust solution for protecting and archiving large databases and applications. For more information please
visit:
www.symantec.com/enterprisevault
Enterprise Vault white papers
Web
ebsites
sites:
Whats New in NetBackup: www.betterbackupforall.com
Enterprise Leading Backup & Recovery software: www.symantec.com/netbackup
NetBackup AppliancesSimplifying Backup and Deduplication: www.symantec.com/backup-appliance
NetBackup data sheets and solution briefs
briefs:
NetBackup 7.5 Clients and Agents (data sheet)
NetBackup 7.5 Options (data sheet)
OpsCenter Analytics Global NetBackup Management (data sheet)
NetBackup 7.5 for VMware (solution brief)
Symantec V-Ray for Virtualization and Deduplication (video)

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