Disaster Recovery Using VMware vSphere Replication and vCenter Site Recovery Manager / Abhilash GB.

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In Detail VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager automates disaster recovery in a manner that no other solution does. It is programmed to leverage array-based replication and VMware's proprietary vSphere Replication engine. This book will familiarize you with the concepts of disaster recovery using vCenter Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication. You will learn how to deploy and configure vSphere Replication in the standalone mode to replicate virtual machines. You will also learn how to use vCenter Site Recovery Manager to leverage array-based replication or vSphere Replication, form Recovery Plans and orchestrate them to perform a test, Planned Migration, Failover, or Failback. Approach This is a step-by-step guide that will help you understand disaster recovery using VMware vSphere Replication 5.5 and VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.5. The topics and configuration procedures are accompanied with relevant screenshots, flow-charts, and logical diagrams that makes grasping the concepts easier. Who this book is for This book is a guide for anyone who is keen on using vSphere Replication or vCenter Site Recovery Manager as a disaster recovery solution. This is an excellent handbook for solution architects, administrators, on-field engineers, and support professionals. Although the book assumes that the reader has some basic knowledge of data center virtualization using VMware vSphere, it can still be a very good reference for anyone who is new to virtualization.

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.5; Introduction; So what exactly are RPO and RTO?; What is Site Recovery Manager (SRM)?; Architecture; Array manager; Storage Replication Adapter (SRA); Laying the groundwork for an SRM environment; Preparing storage for an array-based replication; Host presentation (zoning) at the protected and recovery sites; Installing SRM on the protected and recovery sites; Performing the SRM installation.

Installing the SRM plugin for vSphere ClientPairing sites; Installing Storage Replication Adapters; Downloading SRA; Installing SRA; Adding an array manager; Enabling an array pair; Configuring placeholder datastores; Creating resource, folder, and network mappings; Resource mappings; Folder mappings; Network mappings; Virtual machine swap file location; Design choice 1 -- separate datastore for the swap files; Design choice 2 -- store the swap files in the virtual machines' working directory; Summary; Chapter 2: Creating Protection Groups and Recovery Plans; Datastore groups; Protection Groups.

Creating a Protection GroupSo, what exactly happens when you create a Protection Group?; Recovery Plans; Creating a Recovery Plan; Summary; Chapter 3: Testing and Performing a Failover and Failback; Testing a Recovery Plan; How does a test work?; Performing the cleanup after a test; Performing a Planned Migration; Performing a disaster recovery (Failover); Forced Recovery; Enabling Forced Recovery for a site; Running Forced Recovery; Reprotecting a site; Failback to the protected site; Configuring VM recovery properties; IP settings; Priority Group; VM Dependencies; The Shutdown Action.

The Startup ActionThe Pre-power On Steps and Post Power On Steps properties; Summary; Chapter 4: Deploying vSphere Replication 5.5; Introduction; New features of vSphere Replication 5.5; Multiple points-in-time replication snapshots (historical retention); Multiple vSphere Replication Server appliances per vCenter; Storage vMotion of protected VMs; Storage profiles and vSAN compatibility; Performance improvement; Understanding the vSphere Replication architecture; Downloading the vSphere Replication bundle; Deploying the vSphere Replication Appliance; How does it work?

Setting up the VRA hostname and a VRM site name for the VRAThe VRA hostname; The VRM site name; Configuring a SQL database for VRMS; Deploying a vSphere Replication Server; Registering vSphere Replication Servers; Summary; Chapter 5: Configuring and Using vSphere Replication 5.5; Adding a remote site as a target; Configuring the replication of a VM to the local site; Configuring the replication of a VM to a remote site; How does replication work?; Using the replication seeds; Monitoring a replication; Reconfiguring a replication; Changing the target datastore; Pausing an ongoing replication.

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