Module 14

Enterprise Backup and Recovery

Module Overview
Disaster Recovery Concepts Planning Windows Server Backup

Planning Recovery of Data and Servers

Lesson 1: Disaster Recovery Concepts

Planning backup across the enterprise Service Level Agreements

Enterprise Disaster Recovery Strategies

Backup Capacity Planning Backup Security

Planning Backup Across the Enterprise

When planning backup across the enterprise:

Ensure that critical servers are backed up

Ensure that critical data is backed up

Verify that data has been backed up Store backups securely Adhere to the compliance and regulatory requirements

Service Level Agreements

Data Protection SLAs are built by using the following:

Recovery Point Objective

Amount of data that can be lost Measured in time Dependent on backup frequency

Recovery Time Objective

How long does it take to perform a recovery Measured in time Dependent on backup hardware Dependent on type of failure

Enterprise Disaster Recovery Strategies

A recovery strategy should include the following components:

Data recovery strategies

Service recovery strategies

Full server recovery Site recovery Offsite backup

Backup Capacity
Factors that affect the amount of space that is required to store backup data:

Amount of space required to store a backup

Amount of space required to store an incremental backup Amount of time required to backup Backup frequency

Length of time the backup should be maintained

Planning Backup Security

Backups must be kept secure:

Backups contain all organizational data

Access to backup media means access to all data

Windows Server Backup does not encrypt backups

Keep backup media in a secure location

Lesson 2: Planning Windows Server Backup

Windows Server Backup Windows Server Backup: New Features

Full and Block Level Incremental Backups

Volume Shadowcopy Services and Streaming Backup Advantages and Disadvantages of Data-only Backup

Strategy

Demonstration: Scheduled Filtered Folder Backup Backing up Windows Server 2008 components Full Server Backup Considerations for an Advanced Enterprise Backup solution System Center Data Protection Manager 2010

Windows Server Backup

Single server backup solution that allows you to perform:

Automatic Backups
Select items to back up

Configure backup schedule

Only one backup schedule allowed Settings saved

Manual Backup
Choose between scheduled settings and custom

settings

Select items to back up Settings not saved

Windows Server Backup: New Features

Back up individual files

System State only backup from console Exclude files from backup
Scheduled backup to shared folders Scheduled backup to volumes Scheduled backup to VHD

Expanded command-line support

Full and Block Level Incremental Backup

Full Backup
Makes a reproduction of all blocks on volume

Incremental Backup
A backup of the blocks that have changed since the

last full or incremental backup

Rather than backing up changed files, only blocks

that have changed in files are backed up incremental backup

More efficient use of storage than traditional file level

Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) and Streaming Backup

VSS
Provided by Windows Server operating system

A shadow copy is a collection of blocks on a volume

frozen at a specific point in time state

Being frozen means the data is kept in a consistent

Backup copies the consistent collection of blocks

even as read/write operations continue on volume

Streaming Backup
Backup application responsible for keeping data in

consistent state

Used by older applications that do not support VSS

Characteristics of Data-only Backup Strategy

Data only backup strategy uses less space and is faster

Does not allow full server recovery Minimizes use of backup storage Data on separate volume: Volume backup Data in separate folders: Folder backups Filter unwanted files from backup Previous versions of files

Demonstration: Scheduled Filtered Folder Backup

In this demonstration, you will see how Windows Server 2008 R2 can be configured to perform a scheduled backup of specific folders with a filter to exclude specific file types.

Backing Up Windows Server 2008 Components

Component
DHCP Certificate Services IIS

Backup Strategy
System State DHCP Console System State Certificate Services Console System State Website files and folders Appcmd.exe

Network Policy and Access Services DNS

System State

System State Zone export and import

File and Print Services

Volumes Files and folders System State (for Shares and Permissions)

Advantages of Full Server Backup

Backs up entire server

Allows recovery of files, folders, and volumes

Allows recovery of system state Allows bare metal recovery Allows VHD or Hyper-V recovery Recommended backup type

Considerations for an Advanced Enterprise Backup Solution

Consider the following points when looking at an enterprise backup solution:

RPO: Maximum amount of data lost RTO: How quick is recovery? Does the solution provide centralized backup? Is the solution supported by vendors? Recovery point capacity

System Center Data Protection Manager 2010

Allows centralization of backup Offers 15 minute Recovery Point Objective Designed by Microsoft for Microsoft workloads Can store data on disk and SAN, and export to tape Can back up remote sites Can be used as part of Backup To Cloud strategy

Lesson 3: Planning Recovery of Data and Servers

Planning Recovery Recovering Data

Recovering Windows Server 2008 R2 Components

Recovering Servers Recovering Sites

Planning Recovery
Where to recover?
Original hardware Replacement hardware Alternate location

When to recover?
Wait for replacement components Recover now to alternate location

How to recover?
Recover everything Limited recovery

Recovering Data
Include the following components in a data recovery strategy:

Volume Shadow Copy: Users recover their data

Recover data to alternate location

Recover data to original location Volume Recovery

Recovering Windows Server 2008 R2 Components

Component
DHCP Certificate Services

Recovery Strategy
Restore System State Restore manual backup of DHCP database System State recovers AD CS database and security

configuration

Certificate Templates stored in AD Manual restore of AD CS database from console

IIS

System State File and Folder recovery for sites Appcmd.exe

Network Policy and Access Services DNS

System State AD Integrated Zones replicate back from Active

Directory

System State recovers zone data

File and Print Services

Important to recover permissions Recover individual folders Need to re-create shares

Recovering Servers
Server recovery locations:

Original host: Bare Metal Recovery

New host: Bare Metal Recovery

Hyper-V Server: Virtual Machine Recovery

Alternate boot-to-VHD (Windows Server 2008 R2 only)

Recovering Sites
Dedicated Disaster Recovery Sites

Provision with appropriate hardware

Hyper-V virtual environment

Restored clients and servers as hosted VMs Remote desktop virtualization host Cloud-based disaster recovery sites

Lab: Backing Up and Restoring from VHD

Exercise 1: Contoso Disaster Recovery Plan Exercise 2: Configuring Network Backup with Windows

Server Backup

Exercise 3: Mounting Backup VHD and Extracting Data Exercise 4: Configuring NYC-SVR1 to Boot from Backup VHD

Logon information

Virtual machines User name Password

Estimated time: 60 minutes

6430C-NYC-DC1 6430C-NYC-SVR1 Contoso\Administrator Pa$$w0rd

Lab Scenario
Contoso, Ltd. is a medium-sized organization with its head office in Melbourne, Australia, and two branch offices. The organization employs 300 people, of which 200 are located at its head office, and 50 people work at each of the two branch offices. You have been asked to generate a disaster recovery plan for the Contoso Windows Server 2008 R2 deployment.

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