Veeam Backup & Replication with Huawei Storage Plugin Enabled and Disabled Comparison Test Report
1. Executive Summary
Axians assessed the interoperability of Veeam backup and replication software with Huawei storage including OceanStor Dorado All-Flash Storage, OceanStor Hybrid-Flash Storage and OceanProtect Backup Storage. The goal of the assessment is to validate that Veeam is interoperable with Huawei storage plug-in enabled and disabled.
2. Environment Configuration
2.1 Networking Diagram
Figure 2.1.1 Huawei Storage Plugin Enabled and Disabled Comparison Test SAN Networking
Figure 2.2.2 Huawei Storage Plugin Enabled and Disabled Comparison Test Comparison Test NAS Networking
2.2 Hardware and software configuration
2.2.1 Storage Version
Name
Model & software version
Quantity
Usage
OceanStor Dorado All-Flash Storage
Dorado 8000 V6, version 6.1.5
1
Primary storage for VMware
OceanProtect Backup Storage
OceanProtect X8000, version 1.3.0
1
Target storage
2.2.2 Other Hardware Configuration
Name
description
Quantity
Usage
VMWare ESXi Server
x86 server CPU:2* E5-2680 v4Memory: 256 GBNetwork: 4 x 10GE optical ports 2 x 16G FC
5
VMWare VM Backup and Restoration
Veeam Backup server
x86 server CPU:2* E5-2680 v4Memory: 320 GBNetwork: 10GE
1
Deploys backup software to schedule backup tasks and transfer backup data.
Veeam P-Proxy server
x86 server CPU:2* E5-2680 v4Memory: 320GBNetwork: 4 x 10GE 2 x 16G FC
5
Veeam V-Proxy server
CPU: 32 vCPUsMemory: 64 GBNetwork: 4 x 10GE
5
Ethernet switch
Huawei 6855 10GE Network Switch
2
10GE network switch on the OceanProtect and OceanStor Dorado backup service plane
FC switch
Huawei SNS2624 16GE FC Switch
2
16G FC switch on the OceanProtect and OceanStor Dorado backup service plane
2.2.3 Test Software
Software Name
description
Veeam Backup & Recovery
Version 11.0.1.1261 enterprise plus edition
VMWare ESXi 7.0u2
VMware virtualization platform
Windows Server 2019
Installing Windows Hosts
3. Test Scenarios
3.1 VMware Backup SAN Networking Test Scenario
3.1.1 Full VM Backup
Test Purpose
Full VM Backup
Test Networking
Huawei Storage Plugin Enabled and Disabled Comparison Test SAN Networking
Prerequisites
Storage devices, backup servers, and deployment and networking have been completed.Backup task has been configured for each type of external storage.No backup operation was previously performed.
Test Procedure
Right-click the backup task and choose “start” from menu.Check the task completion status and statistics.
Expected Result
The task status window title bar should show backup type “full”. All backups should complete successfully, data copy speed should be reasonable.
Test Result
Passed
3.1.2 Incremental VM Backup
Test Purpose
Incremental VM Backup
Test Networking
Huawei Storage Plugin Enabled and Disabled Comparison Test SAN Networking
Preset Condition
A full backup operation was already completed.
Test Procedure
Right-click the backup task and choose “start” from menu.Check the task completion status and statistics.
Expected Result
Incremental backup is started using exact same procedure as full backup, when there was a full backup, Veeam should automatically perform incremental backup, and should show that on the task status window title bar.The task complete successfully, with reasonable performance.
Test Result
Passed
3.1.3 Instant VM Recovery
Test Purpose
Instant VM Recovery
Test Networking
Huawei Storage Plugin Enabled and Disabled Comparison Test SAN Networking
Prerequisites
Storage devices, backup servers, and deployment and networking have been completed.NAS services (including file systems, shares, and authentication account passwords) have been configured on the storage device.The backup media is configured.Full or incremental backup has been completed.
Test Procedure
Choose VM Recovery from the main menu.Choose Entire VM restore > Instant VM recovery.Selecting a Backup SetSelect to restore to a new location.Performing a Recovery.After the task is mounted, observe the task production status.Execute the new data migration task.
Expected Result
In step 6, the VM can be started immediately and can be used properly.The task in step 7 is executed successfully.
Test Result
Passed (Test Output – Section 6.1.12)
FC volumes were configured on OceanStor Dorado devices to serve as datastore for vSphere cluster used in the test. Test VMs below were using a mix of both to demonstrate that OceanStor backed VMs works well with Veeam software
Datastore example on VMware host
X8000 repository example
3.2 VMware Backup NAS Networking Test Scenario
3.2.1 Full VM Backup
Test Purpose
Full VM Backup
Test Networking
Huawei Storage Plugin Enabled and Disabled Comparison Test Comparison Test NAS Networking
Prerequisites
Storage devices, backup servers, and deployment and networking have been completed.Backup task has been configured for each type of external storage.No backup operation was previously performed.
Test Procedure
Right-click the backup task and choose “start” from menu.Check the task completion status and statistics.
Expected Result
The task status window title bar should show backup type “full”. All backups should complete successfully, data copy speed should be reasonable.
Test Result
Passed
3.2.2 Incremental VM Backup
Test Purpose
Incremental VM backup
Test Networking
Huawei Storage Plugin Enabled and Disabled Comparison Test Comparison Test NAS Networking
Preset Condition
A full backup operation was already completed.
Test Procedure
Right-click the backup task and choose “start” from menu.Check the task completion status and statistics.
Expected Result
Incremental backup is started using exact same procedure as full backup, when there was a full backup, Veeam should automatically perform incremental backup, and should show that on the task status window title bar.The task complete successfully, with reasonable performance.
Test Result
Passed
NFS volumes were configured on OceanStor Dorado devices to serve as datastore for vSphere cluster used in the test. Test VMs below were using a mix of both to demonstrate that OceanStor backed VMs works well with Veeam software
Datastore example on VMware host
4. Verification Result
4.1 Physical Proxy – Full Backup Scenario Cases (SAN)
Backup dataset
There are 5 ESXi hosts, and 20 VM in each ESXi host For each VM, there are 1*100GB OS disk and 5*100GB data disks, total 600G per VM. Total backup dataset is 60TB ( 5 esxi * 20 vm * 600G)
Proxy setting
Physical Proxy: 5 proxy servers, the configuration for each one: CPU Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz * 2; 32G*14 Virtual Proxy: 20 proxy servers, the configuration for each one: vCPU 32 processors, Memory 64GB
There are 4 ESXi hosts, and 20 VM in each ESXi host For each VM, there are 18GB（3%）incremental data
Proxy setting
Physical Proxy: 4 proxy servers, the configuration for each one: CPU Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz * 2; 32G*14 Virtual Proxy: 16 proxy servers, the configuration for each one: vCPU 32 processors, Memory 64GB
Physical Proxy: 1 proxy servers, the configuration for each one: CPU Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz * 2; 32G*14 Virtual Proxy: 20 proxy servers, the configuration for each one: vCPU 32 processors, Memory 64GB
Restore policy
Choose 5 VM backup copies, trigger them manually
Network construction
Configuration
Time
ESXi CPU\Mem\Disk Usage and task details
HotAdd
Virtual Proxy
DisablePlug-in
120
EnablePlug-in
60
4.7 Full Backup Scenario Cases (NAS)
Backup dataset
There are 1 ESXi host, and 20 VM in ESXi host For each VM, there are 1 100GB OS disk and 2 100GB data disks, total 300G per VM. Total backup dataset is 6TB ( 1 esxi * 20 vm * 300G)
Proxy setting
Physical Proxy: 1 proxy servers, the configuration for each one: CPU Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz * 2; 32G*14
Backup policy
First full backup, trigger job manually
Network construction
Configuration
Backup speed GB/s
ESXi CPU\Mem\Disk Usage and task details
NAS
Physical Proxy
Enable plug-in
1.1
Disable plug-in
1.0
Virtual Proxy
Enable plug-in
0.729
Disable plug-in
0.726
4.8 Incremental Backup Scenario Cases (NAS)
Backup dataset
There are 1 ESXi host, and 20 VM in ESXi host For each VM, there are 1 100GB OS disk and 2 100GB data disks, total 300G per VM. Total backup dataset is 6TB ( 1 esxi * 20 vm * 300G)
Proxy setting
Physical Proxy: 2 proxy servers, the configuration for each one: CPU Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz * 2; 32G*14
Backup policy
First full backup, trigger job manually
Network construction
Configuration
Backup speed GB/s
ESXi CPU\Mem\Disk Usage and task details
NAS
Physical Proxy
Enable plug-in
1.1
Disable plug-in
1.1
Virtual Proxy
Enable plug-in
0.732
Disable plug-in
0.694
5. Test Conclusion
This test mainly covers turning on and off the storage snapshot backup function when using Veeam backup software to dock with Huawei’s primary storage in VMware scenario. It covers the full backup, incremental backup and instant recovery functions of physical machine proxies and virtual machine proxies under SAN/NAS networking. Records software backup speed and ESXi performance (CPU, Memory) data under specific networking scenarios. In each scenario, the backup speed and ESXi performance of turning on and off the storage snapshot function are similar.
