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Oracle Engineered Systems Backup-and-Recovery Best PracticesDean HalbeisenSolutions Manager

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Program Agenda

Backup and Recovery Best Practices

Implementation Examples

Oracle On Oracle Value

Next Steps

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Backup and Recovery Best PracticesThe Ultimate Backup and Recovery Solution For Oracle Solutions

Database ToolsArchive Log Mode, Oracle Data Guard, Flashback, Data Recovery Advisor, RMAN

Operating System ToolsBuilt in Backup and Recovery Tools, Snapshots, Boot Environments

Virtualization ToolsOVM Backup, Oracle Enterprise Manager Operations Center

Best in Class StorageOracle Exadata Storage Expansion X3-2 Racks, Sun ZFS Storage Appliance, StorageTek Tape Storage

Software ToolsOracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle Secure Backup

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Backup and Recovery Best PracticesMaximum Availability Architecture with Backup and Recovery Savings

Data Guard Replication

Database Content

ZFS ReplicationApplications &

Unstructured Data

Remote Local

ZFS ReplicationApplications &

Unstructured Data

Data Guard Replication

Database Content

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Backup and Recovery Best PracticesFast Recovery Area, Essential Component of Any Database Deployment

• Database Deployments require a Fast Recovery Area

• Provides Logical Data Protection

• Fast point-in-time recovery strategy

• Eliminate the need to restore a whole database backup

• Continuous data protection for database

• It’s fast - recover in minutes, not hours

• It’s easy - single command restore

“Rewind” button for the Database

Data Files Flashback Log

New BlockVersion

Write

Old BlockVersion

Database

Instance

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Backup and Recovery Best PracticesOracle Suggested Backup Strategy

Database

Day 1

Level 0 IMAGE backup

Day 2

Level 1 incremental backup

Day 3

Backups

Level 1 incremental backup

Applied

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

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Backup and Recovery Best PracticesOracle Suggested Backup Strategy With Sun ZFS Backup Appliance

Database

Day 1

Level 0 IMAGE backup

Day 2

Level 1 incremental backup

Day 3

Backups

Level 1 incremental backup

Applied

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Snapshot

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Backup and Recovery Best PracticesExalogic, Virtualized Environments and Unstructured Data

Software to Tape Snapshots To Tape

Offline

Snapshots

Online

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Backup and Recovery Best PracticesOperating Systems

Software to Tape Snapshots (Solaris Only)

Deployment Applications

Backup

Restore

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Implementation Examples

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Government Assistance ProgramHuge Savings in Backup and Recovery, Development, Test and ETL

• Best combination of functionality with backup, dev and test on one array

• Shorter and easier deployment cycle

• 80% space savings in dev, test, etc.

Why OracleSolution Results

• Best fit for engineered systems

• Only disk storage that offered Infiniband, FC and 10GbE connectivity

• Easy to deploy Oracle’s best practices, without change in proceedures

• SPARC SuperCluster

• Exadata Database Machine

• Sun ZFS Backup Appliance

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Large Government Law Enforcement AgencyDeliver Critical Application Availability

• Simplified end to end solution for backup, data storage and DR

• Shorter and easier deployment cycle.

• Complete system protection

Why OracleSolution Results

• Fast site to site recovery

• Highest security

• Highest performance

• Simplifies disaster recovery

• Couples DB and unstructured data

• SPARC SuperCluster

• Oracle Data Guard

• Oracle Data Pump

• Sun ZFS Storage Appliance

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Large Cloud Services ProviderAddress the Customers Business Needs

• Reduced - silos 66%, DC foot print by 47%, # of drives by 50%, tape media by 63%, vaulting labor by 3x…

• 6x improved transfer rate adding encryption

Why OracleSolution Results

• Lower cost solution made their cloud offer more competitive

• Solutions collateral supported operational savings targets

• Flexibility of the solution

• Exadata Database Machine

• Exalogic Elastic Cloud

• Custom Solutions

• Oracle Secure Backup

• Tape - SL3000, ACSLS, OKM, T10K and LTO5

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Large Automobile ManufacturerSimplified End-To-End Solution

• Fastest backup and recovery of Exadata Database Machine possible

• Shorter and easier deployment cycle

Why OracleSolution Results

• Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 3x Faster than EMC DataDomain

• Most flexible storage offering among all vendors

• Exadata Database Machine

• Exalogic Elastic Cloud

• Sun ZFS Storage Appliance

• Tape – SL500 and LTO5

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Oracle On Oracle Value

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Secure, Scalable, and Integrated Data Protection

Lowest acquisition cost– 1/5th the cost of Symantec solutions

Best long term retention cost– 20x lower $/GB than D2D

Best scalability– Scale capacity without compromise

Transparent data access– Less complex pre-tested and certified

configurations

Oracle Optimized Solution for Backup and Recovery

Oracle Data Guard

Oracle SecureBackup

Oracle Solaris

Oracle SPARC/x86Servers

Oracle StorageTek

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Simplest, fastest and most robust way to add additional storage capacity

Key Benefits– High performance

– Simple unified management

– Low cost

Oracle on Oracle Value

Exadata Expansion Storage

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Directly connected to Engineered Systems Infiniband fabric

Simple Architecture– Requires no changes to standard RMAN

methodology

– No media server if tape not used

Cost effective, high performance RMAN backup disk target

ZFS works alongside RMAN to ensure against data corruption

Oracle on Oracle Value

Sun ZFS Backup Appliance

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Fault Isolation from Engineered Systems Storage

Maximizes Engineered Systems bandwidth

Move backups off-site easily Keep multiple copies of

backups in a cost effective manner

Oracle on Oracle Value

Oracle Tape Storage

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Disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) allows backup administrators to have the best of both worlds

Storage hierarchy that balances cost and performance

Automated data movement enabled by Oracle Secure Backup or third-party backup and recovery applications

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Disk and Tape Storage

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Oracle On Oracle ValueStreamlining Business Value in Backup and Recovery

1 Day 2 Days 3 Days 1 Week 2 Weeks 1 Month 1 Quarter 1 Year

Number of Restores In the Last Year

Number of Restores

Software Tools$$$

Disk or Tape Based Backup Restores

$$

Tape Based Backup Restores

$

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Oracle On Oracle ValueWhich Solution Best Meets Your Needs?

Short Term or No Data

Retention

Medium Retention

Long Term

Retention

Encrypted Backups

Non Database

Data

Data Warehouse

BackupsRTO RPO

Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack

SecondsSmallest

Granularity

Sun ZFS Backup Appliance

SecondsSmaller

Granularity

Oracle Tape Storage Minutes

Larger Granularity

Best Solution Strong Solution

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Oracle On Oracle ValueMany Have Tried, But They Just Can’t Deliver Like Oracle on Oracle

Symantec EMC NetApp

Engineered Systems Simply Crush Third Party Backup Hardware

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Next Steps

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Next Steps

Demos in the South Hall:

– 3327: Unleashing InfiniBand Performance with Remote Direct Memory Access; S-121

– 4246: The Data Center Super Hero, Backup and Recovery Systems; S-107

– 3395: Oracle Database Appliance backup with the SL150 Tape Library; S-168

– 3396: Using Sun ZFS Storage to Protect and Share Oracle Databases; S-112

Open World DEMOgrounds and Sessions

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Next Steps

MAA Guides– http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/databa

se/features/availability/exadata-maa-best-practices-155385.html

Optimized Solutions– http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/oos/ove

rview/index.html

Oracle Secure Backup– http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/product

s/secure-backup/overview/index.html

In depth information

Oracle Exadata Expansion Storage Rack – http://www.oracle.com/us/products/databas

e/exadata/expansion-storage-rack-x2-2/overview/index.html

Sun ZFS Backup Appliance– http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-

storage/storage/nas/zfs-backup-appliance/overview/index.html

Oracle StorageTek Tape Storage– www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/feat

ures/availability/exadata-maa-best-practices-155385.html

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