Microsoft Official Course

Module 9

Planning and Implementing a

Business Continuity Strategy
Module Overview

• Overview of Business Continuity Planning

• Planning and Implementing Backup Strategies
• Planning and Implementing Recovery
• Planning and Implementing Backup and Recovery
of Virtual Machines
Lesson 1: Overview of Business Continuity
Planning

• Collecting Requirements for Business Continuity

Planning
• Strategies for Implementing Business Continuity
• Service Level Agreements
• Components of a Backup Strategy
• Restore Strategies
• Benefits of Using Windows Server Backup
• Benefits of Using System Center 2012 DPM
• Windows Azure Backup
Collecting Requirements for Business Continuity
Planning

Requirements for business continuity planning

should include:
• SLAs for the IT systems
• Contact info and technical background of personnel
assigned to recovery
• A secondary site
• Workaround solutions
• Maximum outages allowed for applications
Strategies for Implementing Business Continuity

You can collect business continuity data from:

• Business impact analysis
• Risk analysis

Technologies for business continuity strategy

include:
• NLB
• Failover clustering on physical or virtual machines
• Application-aware high availability
• Conventional data backups
• Online backups
• Virtual machine backups
Service Level Agreements

SLA components may include:

• Hours of operation
• Service availability
• Recovery point objective
• Recovery time objective
• Retention objectives
• System performance
Components of a Backup Strategy

When you plan a backup strategy, you must:

• List the data to backup
• Create a backup schedule
• Choose a backup type
• Choose a backup location
• Choose the backup medium
Restore Strategies

Restore strategies include:

• Data restore
• Service restore
• Site restore
• Full server restore
• Offsite backup restore
Benefits of Using Windows Server Backup

Windows Server Backup in Windows Server 2012

allows you to:
• Perform a full server backup and bare-metal restore
• Backup and restore system state
• Backup and restore individual files and folders
• Exclude selected files or file types
• Select from more storage locations
• Use Windows Azure Online Backup
Benefits of Using System Center 2012 DPM

When using DPM, you can:

• Manage backup from a single dashboard
• Support multiple Microsoft technologies
• Support multiple versions of Microsoft technologies
• Support tape backup, disk backup, and Windows Azure
Online Backup
• Replicate backup data to an offsite location
• Provide rich reporting
Windows Azure Backup

• Simple configuration and management

• Block-level incremental backups
• Data compression, encryption, and throttling
• Data integrity verified in the cloud
• Configurable retention policies for storing data in
the cloud

Backup
Lesson 2: Planning and Implementing Backup
Strategies

• Options for Planning Server Backups

• Options for Backing Up Servers Running Windows
Server
• Options for AD DS Backup
• Options for Backing Up Windows Server 2012
Roles
• Options for Backing Up File Storage
• Performing Windows Server Backups with DPM
• DPM Deployment Process
• DPM Configuration Options
• Considerations for Planning a Backup Strategy
Options for Planning Server Backups

When planning and implementing backups, you

should:
• Identify critical resources
• Perform scheduled backup verification
• Store at least one copy in an offsite location
• Create a backup logistics strategy
• Ensure backup security
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
Options for Backing Up Servers Running
Windows Server

Backup procedures for Windows Server are

different depending on:
• Windows Server roles installed (AD DS, DNS, DHCP, IIS)
• Data stored on the server
• Microsoft applications installed on the server (Microsoft
SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server)
• Third-party applications installed on the server
• Backup location (onsite or in a cloud)
Options for AD DS Backup

• AD DS backups should not be older than 180 days

• Backup software:
• Windows Server Backup (Wbadmin.msc)
• Command-line tools (Wbaadmin.exe)
• Windows PowerShell
• Other backup software, such as DPM

• Backup types:
• System state backup
• Critical volumes
• Full server
Options for Backing Up Windows Server 2012
Roles
Role Method

DHCP • System state backup backs up scopes and options

• DHCP console backup backs up individual scopes or all scopes
Active Directory • System state backup backs up certificate services database
Certificate Services • CA console backup backs up certificate services database

IIS • System state backup backs up Microsoft IIS data and settings
• Appcmd.exe allows backup of IIS components
• Ensure that website files and folders are also backed up. System
state backups do not back up these items
• Export and backup certificates
Network Policy • System state data backs up Network Policy and Access Services
and Configuration
Access Services
DNS • System state backup backs up configurations and zones stored on
the server
• You can use dnscmd.exe to export and import zones
File and Print • System state backs up shared folder permissions and settings
Services • File and folder backup backs up content of shared folders
Options for Backing Up File Storage

File storage solutions include:

• File servers
• DFS
• Storage spaces
• CSV
Performing Windows Server Backups with DPM

DPM has the following features:

• Backup centralization
• 15-minute RPO
• Support for Microsoft technologies
• Disk and tape backups
• Remote site backup
• Backup to cloud support
DPM Deployment Process

If you are deploying DPM, you should:

• Design an appropriate DPM solution
• Install the DPM prerequisites
• Install SQL Server and DPM
• Verify the installation
• Deploy agents
• Perform a test backup and restore of the protected
servers
DPM Configuration Options

DPM configuration tabs:

• Management
• Protection
• Recovery
• Reporting
• Monitoring
Considerations for Planning a Backup Strategy

When planning a backup strategy, analyze the

following parameters:
• Maximum amount of data loss and RPO
• RTO
• Centralized backup
• Vendor and application support
• Backup software compatibility
• Recovery point capacity
Lesson 3: Planning and Implementing Recovery

• Options for Planning Server Recovery

• Options for AD DS Restore
• Restoring Windows Server 2012 Roles
• Restoring Files and Data
• Restoring Windows Servers
• Performing Windows Server Restores with DPM
• Considerations for Planning a Recovery Strategy
• Considerations for Implementing a Disaster
Recovery Site
Options for Planning Server Recovery

Windows Server Backup in Windows Server 2012

recovery options include:
• Files and folders
• Applications and data
• Volumes
• Operating system
• Full server
• System state

Wizard-driven restore options provide:

• Recovery destination
• Conflict resolution
• Security settings
Options for AD DS Restore

Options for AD DS restore:

• AD DS Recycle Bin
• Nonauthoritative restore
• Authoritative restore
• AD DS checkpoints
• Domain controller cloning
 Restoring Windows Server 2012 Roles
Role Method
DHCP •Restore system state data
•Restore manual backup of DHCP database by using DHCP console
AD CS •Restore system state data
•Manually restore AD CS database by using Certification Authority console
•Certificate templates are stored in AD DS.
IIS •Restore system state data
•Perform file and folder recovery to recover web app and site data
•Use appcmd.exe to recover backups taken with appcmd.exe
•Restore and bind certificates
Network Policy •Recover Network Policy and Access Services configuration by restoring
and system state data
Access Services
DNS •Restore system state
•AD DS-integrated zones replicate back from AD DS
•Import data by using dnscmd.exe
File and folders •Ensure that permissions are restored when performing file and folder
recovery
•You may need to re-create shares
•You may need to re-create quotas and File Server Resource Manager
settings
Restoring Files and Data

Files and data recovery options include:

• Allow users to restore their own data
• Perform a restore to an alternative location
• Perform a restore to the original location
• Perform a full volume restore
• End-user Recovery in System Center 2012 R2 DPM
Restoring Windows Servers

When you perform a full server restore, consider:

• Performing a bare-metal restore
• Performing a System State and data restore
• Importing to Hyper-V
Performing Windows Server Restores with DPM

When you use DPM, you can perform the

following types of Windows Server restore:
• Windows Server versions from 2003 to 2012
• Hyper-V virtualized servers
• SQL Server versions from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server
2012
• Exchange Server 2003, Exchange Server 2007, Exchange
Server 2010 and Exchange Server 2013
• SharePoint Services 3.0, SharePoint Server 2007,
SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Server 2013
• Virtual Machine Manager
Considerations for Planning a Recovery Strategy

When developing a recovery plan, ask yourself:

• Where should you recover?
• When should you recover?
• What should you recover?
• What are the procedures?
Considerations for Implementing a Disaster
Recovery Site

When planning disaster recovery site deployment,

consider these guidelines:
• Provision a disaster recovery site
• Ensure business continuity
• Consider using cloud-based disaster-recovery sites
Lesson 4: Planning and Implementing Backup
and Recovery of Virtual Machines

• Options for Implementing Virtual Machine Backup

• Using DPM to Back Up Virtual Machines
• Using DPM to Restore Virtual Machines
• Considerations for Implementing Virtual Machine
Backup and Recovery
Options for Implementing Virtual Machine
Backup

Virtual machine backup options include:

• Performing backups on the physical server where virtual
machines are located
• Performing backups of the data on the virtualized server
• Online backup
• Offline backup
Using DPM to Back Up Virtual Machines

Supported DPM virtual machine backup options

include:
• Protection of a standalone host
• Protection of the virtual machine
• Protection of the virtual machine on a clustered host
• Support for location of Hyper-V host and storage on
different servers
• Integration of DPM with VMM
Using DPM to Restore Virtual Machines

• Recover data within virtual machines

• Recover complete content and configuration

settings of virtual machines:
• Recover a virtual machine to the original location
• Recover a virtual machine to the alternative location
• Recover specific items, such as files, folders, volumes, or
VHD files
Considerations for Implementing Virtual
Machine Backup and Recovery

Virtual machine backup and recovery best

practices:
• Create the backup and restore strategies for your virtual
machines, according to your business requirements
• Deploy System Center 2012
• Consider using Hyper-V Replica
• Create strategies according to specific product
instructions for running in a virtual environment
• Test a virtual environment’s backup and restore
strategies before deploying it in a production
environment
• Test a virtual environment’s backup and restore
strategies regularly
Lab: Implementing a Virtual Machine Backup
Strategy with DPM

• Exercise 1: Configuring DPM

• Exercise 2: Implementing Backup and Restore for
Virtual Machine Data
• Exercise 3: Implementing Virtual Machine Backup
and Recovery by using DPM

Logon Information
Virtual machines:
20414C-LON-HOST1, 20414C-LON-DC1,
20414C-LON-SVR1, 20414C-LON-DM1
User Name: Adatum\Administrator
Password: Pa$$w0rd
Estimated Time: 60 minutes
Lab Scenario

As part of the virtualization strategy, A. Datum

Corporation is converting most of its physical
servers into virtual machines and deploying
almost all new servers as virtual machines. A.
Datum needs to develop a strategy for virtual
machine backups to ensure the backup of any
data stored in virtual machines. In some cases, the
virtual machines need to be backed up also.
You need to configure DPM to back up the data
that a virtual machine stores in in addition to the
actual virtual machine itself.
Lab Review

• Why is it important to prepare a detailed backup

and restore strategy for your organization?
• Has an organization addressed potential risks by
simply identifying them?
• Why did you create separate protection groups for
backup file server data and virtual machines?
• Why do you need to install protection agents on a
Hyper-V host computer?
Module Review and Takeaways

• Review Question
• Real-world Issues and Scenarios
• Tools
• Best Practice
• Common Issues and Troubleshooting Tips