{"id":19639,"date":"2022-09-29T15:11:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T14:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/?p=19639"},"modified":"2022-10-19T12:43:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T11:43:26","slug":"kddi-deploys-veeam-to-protect-its-cloud-infrastructure-and-enhance-customer-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/2022\/09\/29\/kddi-deploys-veeam-to-protect-its-cloud-infrastructure-and-enhance-customer-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"KDDI deploys Veeam to protect its cloud infrastructure and enhance customer experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KDDI, a leading telecommunications carrier in Japan, has deployed Veeam to continue to meet the companies\u2019 evolving backup needs.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As one of Japan\u2019s leading telecommunications carriers, KDDI develops a variety of solutions for individuals and corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporting these business activities is the company-wide private cloud platform for internal use, called \u2018CKKB\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the past, infrastructure for various services was individually created. However, in such a siloed environment, there was a cost aspect to consider, plus it was inefficient in terms of operation management and not possible to respond quickly to changes in the market environment,\u201d said Takeshi Maehara, General Manager, Platform Technology Department, KDDI Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, from around 2010, KDDI started to standardize its CKKB company-wide platform and today have more than 200 service applications in a cloud environment for various internal requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of these are important services that support social infrastructure, therefore, KDDI must pay close attention to data protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maehara said: \u201cFor example, the number of members of our payment service, au PAY and au PAY Prepaid Card, is about 37 million (as of March 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf a problem occurs, it will have a huge financial impact and effect people\u2019s lifestyles. And in the event that a problem does occur, we are preparing an environment that can be restored quickly in case of emergencies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under these circumstances, the challenge was rebuilding the backup system. The direct trigger was the end of support for the VMware standard backup tool that KDDI had been using, so we started to introduce a new solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn addition to our in-house cloud platform, we also provide a cloud service platform called \u2018KCPS (KDDI Cloud Platform Services)\u2019 for corporate customers. When selecting a new backup system, I wanted a product that can utilize the experience and knowledge cultivated internally, by introducing it to the cloud services we provide for corporate customers,\u201d said Masashi Nakamura, Group Leader, Platform Engineering Department, KDDI Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Veeam solution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

KDDI selected and deployed Veeam to continue to meet the companies\u2019 evolving needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVeeam can be used in the VMware vSAN environment and has a high affinity with our VMware virtualization infrastructure. We also appreciated the excellent operability, abundant backup\/restore functions and the richness of various APIs,\u201d said Takuya Uchiumi, Core Staff, Platform Engineering Department, KDDI Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KDDI uses Veeam to backup about 200 virtual machines. It has a great advantage compared to other vendors in the market, such as a flexible licensing model that is portable and transferable and can be used on both internal and corporate cloud platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn addition, Veeam\u2019s generous service and support, included a successful proof of concept, which was also a decisive factor,\u201d said Nakamura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an in-house platform, KDDI provides multiple platforms such as IaaS and HaaS to meet various business needs. However, these backups are performed by different methods for each platform, which has been a factor in increasing the operational management load, therefore, KDDI moved the backup of the management server group to Veeam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a result, we have been able to unify the backup methods for each platform, and the co-operation between development\/operation teams has become smoother,\u201d said Uchiumi. \u201cIn addition, a new script for users has been created so that each service person can use Veeam themselves. We have realized multi-tenancy in which each user can freely perform manage backup and restore jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another thing that cannot be overlooked is the \u20183-2-1-1-0\u2019 rule advocated by Veeam, that is, maintain at least three copies of your data, on two different types of media, with one copy being off-site, one copy offline and verify backups have zero errors. With this best practice, KDDI will in the future, be able to secure off-site storage, that is immutable and could not be tampered with, while seeing zero backup errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great results have also been achieved in expanding Veeam to the cloud for corporate customers, which is a key objective. As the first step, we are developing a service that backs up virtual servers. In addition, we can respond to the growing demand for remote working during the pandemic, with a new menu for backing up Microsoft 365 data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven in the cloud for corporate customers, Veeam can backup according to the 3-2-1-1-0 rule, so it will be more effective with the continuing trend of data growth,\u201d said Nakamura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veeam has brought many capabilities that the company intends to utilize in the future. \u201cInternally to help evolve our cloud transformation, a Kubernetes based container platform is also in operation, so we would like to expand this project, by considering Kasten K10,\u201d Maehara concludes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlso, as we are now in the 5G era, we want to provide a Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) service. In this case, how to backup various resources scattered on the network will be a big issue, so I have high expectations that Veeam\u2019s product evolution can support us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Combine backup methods and reduce operational management load and increase resiliency<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

KDDI has been able to unify the backup methods for each platform such as IaaS and HaaS. In addition, a new script for users has been created so that each service person can use Veeam themselves. They have realized multi-tenancy in which each user can freely perform manage backup and restore jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Advanced integration for VMware vSAN Storage Data Protection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uchiumi states: \u201cVeeam can be used in the VMware vSAN environment and has a high affinity with VMware virtualization infrastructure. We also appreciated the excellent operability, abundant backup\/restore functions and the richness of various APIs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Expand the internal usage of Veeam\u2019s cloud protection capabilities to the corporate cloud offering for corporate customers Due to the growth of remote working during the pandemic, KDDI needs to be able to provide our corporate customers the ability to backup their Microsoft 365 data in the cloud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KDDI, a leading telecommunications carrier in Japan, has deployed Veeam to continue to meet the companies\u2019 evolving backup needs. As one of Japan\u2019s leading telecommunications carriers, KDDI develops a variety of solutions for individuals and corporations. Supporting these business activities is the company-wide private cloud platform for internal use, called \u2018CKKB\u2019. \u201cIn the past, infrastructure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":19640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,56,53,42,54],"tags":[1305,105,101,151,173],"class_list":["post-19639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis-case-studies","category-east-asia","category-regional-news-newsletter","category-industry-verticals-telecom","category-used","tag-backup","tag-japan","tag-kddi","tag-telecommunications","tag-veeam"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19639"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19950,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19639\/revisions\/19950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}