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VMware Site RecoveryManager: Technical Walkthrough
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Agenda
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1 What is VMware Site Recovery Manager?
2 Technical Product Walkthrough• Planned Migration, Reprotect, Test Recovery, Failback
• Protection Groups, Recovery Plans
• Configuration Sequence
• Inventory Mappings, IP Customization
3 Demo
4 Q&A
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1 What is VMware Site Recovery Manager?
2 Technical Product Walkthrough• Planned Migration, Reprotect, Test Recovery, Failback
• Protection Groups, Recovery Plans
• Configuration Sequence
• Inventory Mappings, IP Customization
3 Demo
4 Q&A
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VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
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Simple and Reliable Recovery of VMs across Sites with Minimal or No Downtime
Servers
Storage
vSphere
SRM
Production Site
vSphere
Replication
Servers
Storage
vSphere
SRM
Recovery Site
Array-based
Replication
Automation software to orchestrate application
recovery and mobility across sites
Centralized recovery plans for thousands of VMs
Non-disruptive recovery testing
Automated orchestration workflows (failover,
migration, failback)
Support for broad range of 3rd party replication
solutions from major storage vendors
Integrated with vSphere Replication
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FasterDisaster Recovery
ProactiveDisaster Avoidance
Zero DowntimeData Center Migration
Application Availability and Mobility across Sites
SRM offers enhanced recovery for all use cases
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1 What is VMware Site Recovery Manager?
2 Technical Product Walkthrough• Planned Migration, Reprotect, Test Recovery, Failback• Protection Groups, Recovery Plans
• Configuration Sequence
• Inventory Mappings, IP Customization
3 Demo
4 Q&A
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Planned Migration
Site Recovery Manager Site Recovery Manager
WENATCHEE PALO ALTO
Planned Migration
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Replication
Protected
vSANvSphere vSANvSphere
Recovery
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Virtual Machines at Recovery Site
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Reprotect
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Site Recovery Manager Site Recovery Manager
WENATCHEE PALO ALTO
Replication
Recovery
vSANvSphere vSANvSphere
Protected
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vSphere Replication Full Sync on Reprotect
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Test Bubble
Test Recovery
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Site Recovery Manager Site Recovery Manager
WENATCHEE PALO ALTO
Replication
Recovery
vSANvSphere vSANvSphere
Protected
Recovery Test Plan
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Test Recovery After Reprotect
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Failback
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Site Recovery Manager Site Recovery Manager
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Replication
Recovery
vSANvSphere vSANvSphere
Protected
Planned Migration
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Reprotect
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Site Recovery Manager Site Recovery Manager
WENATCHEE PALO ALTO
Replication
Protected
vSANvSphere vSANvSphere
Recovery
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Test Bubble
Recovery
Test Recovery
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Site Recovery Manager Site Recovery Manager
WENATCHEE PALO ALTO
Replication
vSANvSphere vSANvSphere
Protected
Recovery Test Plan
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Back To Where We Started
Site Recovery Manager Site Recovery Manager
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Replication
Protected
vSANvSphere vSANvSphere
Recovery
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1 What is VMware Site Recovery Manager?
2 Technical Product Walkthrough• Planned Migration, Reprotect, Test Recovery, Failback
• Protection Groups, Recovery Plans• Configuration Sequence
• Inventory Mappings, IP Customization
3 Demo
4 Q&A
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Protection Groups
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Protection Group
Recovery as an
atomic unit
Protection Group
• Group of VMs that will be recovered together
• Different depending on replication type
• A VM can only belong to one Protection Group
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vSphere Replication Protection Groups
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Protection Group 1 – Web App
Protection Group 2 - Email
Protection Group 3 - SharePoint
• Group VMs as desired into Protection Groups
• What storage they are located on doesn’t matter
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Array Based Replication Protection Groups
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Protection Group 1 – Web App
Protection Group 2 - Email
Protection Group 3 - SharePointLUN 5
LUN 4
LUN 1
LUN 2
LUN 3
Consistency Group• LUN based protection
• Group datastores or consistency groups
• Requires identical storages at both sides
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Storage Policy
Storage Policy-Based Protection Groups
Profile-Driven
Protection Group
• Policy Driven Protection
• High level of automation
• Simpler integration of VM provisioning, migration, and decommissioning
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Recovery PlansProtection Group 1 – Web App
Protection Group 2 - Email
Protection Group 3 - SharePoint
Protection Group 2 – Web App
Protection Group 2 – Email
Protection Group 3 – SharePoint
Recovery Plan 2 - Email
Protection Group 2 – Email
Recovery Plan 3 – Whole Site
Recovery Plan 1 – Web App
Protection Group 2 – Web App
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Recovery Properties
• IP customization - auto or per VM
• VM priorities
• VM dependencies
• Shutdown actions (protected VMs)
• Startup actions (recovered VMs)
• Pre & Post power on steps
– Script or Prompt
– On Recovered VM or SRM server
• Suspend non-critical VMs
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1 What is VMware Site Recovery Manager?
2 Technical Product Walkthrough• Planned Migration, Reprotect, Test Recovery, Failback
• Protection Groups, Recovery Plans
• Configuration Sequence• Inventory Mappings, IP Customization
3 Demo
4 Q&A
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Configuration Sequence
Recovery Plans
SRM Server
Resources:
Networks, Folders, Resource
Pools, Storage Policies
SRM Server
One or more
Protection Groups
Protection Groups
vCenter
Server
vCenter
Server
Recovery Site
Site Pairing
Mapping
Protection Groups
Resources:
Networks, Folders, Resource
Pools, Storage Policies
Recovery Plans
Groups of VMs
Recovered Together
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Placeholder datastore Placeholder datastore
Production Site
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1 What is VMware Site Recovery Manager?
2 Technical Product Walkthrough• Planned Migration, Reprotect, Test Recovery, Failback
• Protection Groups, Recovery Plans
• Configuration Sequence
• Inventory Mappings, IP Customization
3 Demo
4 Q&A
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Override Site-wide Mappings ?
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SRM custom scripts – Update DNS
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1 What is VMware Site Recovery Manager?
2 Technical Product Walkthrough• Planned Migration, Reprotect, Test Recovery, Failback
• Protection Groups, Recovery Plans
• Configuration Sequence
• Inventory Mappings, IP Customization
3 Demo
4 Q&A
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DemoHTML 5 Client: Protection Group & Recovery Plan Configuration
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1 What is VMware Site Recovery Manager?
2 Technical Product Walkthrough• Planned Migration, Reprotect, Test Recovery, Failback
• Protection Groups, Recovery Plans
• Configuration Sequence
• Inventory Mappings, IP Customization
3 Demo
4 Q&A
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