CDP Technical Overview

Technical eTraining providing introducing

Continuous Data Protection (CDP) basic
concepts.
September 2006
Jean-Marc Catala
Technical Curriculum Developer
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CDP Technical eTraining Series
CDP Technical: CDP Technical Overview
CDP Technical: Hardware and Software
CDP Technical: File-Based Backup
CDP Technical: Application-Based CDP
CDP Technical: CDP 2.2 Update
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Course Objectives
By completing this course you will:
> Have an understanding of the CDP technology
> Know how different data recovery scenarios are executed.
> Know the difference between file-based and application based CDP
> Know how CDP allows for both policy and remote management of agents.


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Agenda
CDP and Recovery
Hardware and Software
File and Application-Based CDP
Policy
Remote CDP Management
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What is Continuous Data Protection?
CDP allows for continuous data backup and fast recovery





Workstations and Servers
(Agents)
Appliance
Continuous
Backup
Offsite Service
Offsite
Backup
Policy
Folders and Applications
with Data
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Data Recovery
Scenarios
> A file needs to be recovered
> An agent needs to be recovered
> Disaster Recovery
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Multiple File Versions are Backed up and Saved on Appliance
Offsite Service holds the latest file version






soccer.doc
File Backup and Restore Operation
Appliance
Agent
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V1
Offsite Service
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Multiple File Versions are Backed up and Saved on Appliance
Offsite Service holds the latest file version





soccer.doc
File Backup and Restore Operation
Appliance
Offsite Service
Agent
soccer.doc
V1
V1
soccer.doc
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Multiple File Versions are Backed up and Saved on Appliance
Offsite Service holds the latest file version





soccer.doc
File Backup and Restore Operation
Appliance
Offsite Service
Agent
soccer.doc
V1
V1
soccer.doc
V2
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V2
Multiple File Versions are Backed up and Saved on Appliance
Offsite Service holds the latest file version






soccer.doc
File Backup and Restore Operation
Appliance
Offsite Service
Agent
soccer.doc
V1
V1
soccer.doc
V2
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V2
Multiple File Versions are Backed up and Saved on Appliance
Offsite Service holds the latest file version






soccer.doc
File Backup and Restore Operation
Appliance
Offsite Service
Agent
soccer.doc
V1
soccer.doc
V2 V3
V3
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V3
Multiple File Versions are Backed up and Saved on Appliance
Offsite Service holds the latest file version






soccer.doc
File Backup and Restore Operation
Appliance
Offsite Service
Agent
soccer.doc
V1
soccer.doc
V2 V3
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V3
Multiple File Versions are Backed up and Saved on Appliance
Offsite Service holds the latest file version






File Backup and Restore Operation
Appliance
Offsite Service
Agent
soccer.doc
V1
soccer.doc
V2 V3
Restore
soccer.doc
V2
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Multiple File Versions are Backed up and Saved on Appliance
Offsite Service holds the latest file version





V3
File Backup and Restore Operation
Appliance
Offsite Service
Agent
soccer.doc
V1
soccer.doc
V2 V3
soccer.doc
V4
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Multiple File Versions are Backed up and Saved on Appliance
Offsite Service holds the latest file version






V3
File Backup and Restore Operation
Appliance
Offsite Service
Agent
soccer.doc
V1
soccer.doc
V2 V3
soccer.doc
V4
V4
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Agent Recovery
Agent is destroyed or lost
> Data can be easily recovered off of the appliance






Appliance
Continuous
Backup
Offsite Service
Offsite
Backup
Agent 1
Agent 2
Agent 3
Agent 3b
Restore
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Offsite Backup
Disaster Recovery
Appliance and agents destroyed
> Appliance can be replaced and latest data recovered from the offsite






Appliance
Continuous
Backup
Offsite Service
Offsite
Backup
Agent 1
Agent 2
Agent 3
Appliance 2
Restore
Agent 1a
Agent 1b
Agent 1c
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Agenda
CDP and Recovery
Hardware and Software
File and Application-Based CDP
Policy
Remote CDP Management
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Main Hardware Components
SonicWALLs CDP Hardware Components
Appliance
Offsite Service
Compressed
Data
AES Encrypted
Data
Client
Server Client
Server
Includes: Workstations,
laptops and servers

Agent
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Main Software Components
CDP Agent Software
Software Bundled
Agent Tool
Enterprise Manager
Agent Service
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Agenda
CDP and Recovery
Hardware and Software
File and Application-Based CDP
Policy
Remote CDP Management
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Backup Targets
File Based CDP
> Agent interfaces with file system
Application Based CDP (AB-CDP)
> Agent interfaces with application
CDP Implements two Backup Mechanisms
Multiple Folders with Multiple Files
Outlook
Microsoft
Exchange
Active
Directory
SQL Server
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Backup Targets (cont.)
Application Based CDP (AB-CDP)
> Server Applications
Normally Multiple users
applications
An application that provides
their own backup interface for
programming



> Client Applications
Normally single user
applications
Application that do not provide
a programmable backup
interface.


Outlook
Microsoft
Exchange
Active
Directory
SQL Server
Server Applications
Client Applications
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Agenda
CDP and Recovery
Hardware and Software
File and Application-Based CDP
Policy
Remote CDP Management
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Policy Settings
Policy Rules Settings
> General
Quota
Local Management
Offsite Backup
> Folder
Imposes folder
backup
> Application
Imposes application
backup

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Default and Custom Policies
Policy Definition
> Set of rules and capabilities for associated agents
Default Policy
> Policy for agents not mapped to a custom policy.
Mapping Policies and Agents
> All agents must be associated to a policy
> All agents are associated to only one policy. Default Policy
Agent
Is mapped
to a policy
Custom
Policies
Sales Team
Policy
Engineering
Policy
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Agenda
CDP and Recovery
Hardware and Software
File and Application-Based CDP
Policy
Remote CDP Management
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Remote CDP Management
Car Dealership
Law Firm
Managed Data Protection: The backup and restore process can be managed and monitored
remotely by a Managed Service Provider (MSP)
Home Office
Managed Service Provider (MSP)
CDP Appliance
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Remote CDP Management (cont.)
Law Firm
Managed Data Protection: The backup and restore process can be managed and monitored
remotely by a Managed Service Provider (MSP)
Managed Service Provider (MSP)
CDP Appliance
PC with CDP
Software
(1) Remote Desktop Into local PC
(2) Manage Appliance from PC
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CDP Technical Overview Summary
CDP and Recovery
Hardware and Software
File and Application-Based CDP
Policy
Remote CDP Management
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Knowledge Check
1) What does CDP stand for?
> Continuous Data Protection
2) What is used as the Agent ID?
> The Windows Computer Name
3) What types of recovery scenarios are there?
> Single file, Agent and Disaster Recovery
4) What CDP Software components are there?
> (A) Agent Tool
> (B) Agent Service
> (C) Enterprise Manager
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Knowledge Check (cont.)
5) What happens to agents that do not have a policy associated?
> They will associate to the default policy
6) If the agent is mapped into a custom policy, would it be affected by
the default policy?
> No