Backup Strategies for Integrity Virtual Machines

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Summary

Data protection activities such as backups and restores will execute quickly and efficiently by

practicing the following:

• Configuring the virtual NIC used for backups to use the AVIO network adapter,

• Using the AVIO storage adapter wherever possible when configuring virtual disk storage, and

• Enabling multiple, concurrent streams in the virtual system’s backup configuration.

Always check the support matrix provided by the EBS vendor for support of your environment. Many

EBS vendors now provide a virtual systems compatibility statement in their support matrix

documentation.

Conclusion

You have multiple data protection options for virtual systems with Integrity Virtual Machines. Unlike

some virtualization technologies, you are not limited to a vendor-specific backup and recovery

solution for your overall virtual environment. Quite the opposite actually as you may use the same

hardware-independent data protection solutions such as those offered by Symantec™ and HP

Software to protect your data and system configurations – both virtual and physical – across your

entire data center. Before deploying an Enterprise Backup Solution in your virtual environment, be

sure to consult the support matrices of that solution’s vendor for details

For more information

General information online

www.hp.com/go/integrityvm (HP Integrity Virtual Machines)

ww.hp.com/go/dataprotector (HP Data Protector Software)

ww.hp.com/go/ebs (HP Enterprise Backup Solutions)

Documentation and white papers

HP Integrity Virtual Machine EBS Solutions Guide (available from http://www.hp.com/go/ebs)

Successful System Recovery using Ignite-UX (http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3.html)

Using Ignite-UX with Integrity Virtual Machines (http://docs.hp.com/en/vse.html)

HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Concepts Guide (available from http://support.hp.com)

Veritas NetBackup™ Backup Planning and Performance Tuning Guide (available from

http://support.veritas.com/docs)

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Version 1.0, March 2008