Architecting DR Solutions with VMware Site Recovery Manager

Architecting DR Solutions with VMware Site Recovery Manager

Agenda Understanding components of DR Introduction to VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Key SRM Concepts Business Benefits of SRM 2

DR What are the components involved? Management Data Simplify and automate setup, testing, and execution of recovery process Lower RTO and increase reliability Protection of all data configuration, OS, and application Infrastructure Infrastructure Reduce cost and complexity of providing infrastructure necessary to ensure successful recovery 3

VMware Site Recovery Manager Site Recovery Manager leverages VMware Infrastructure to deliver advanced disaster recovery management and automation Production VMware Infrastructure Recovery VMware Infrastructure Simplifies and automates t disaster recovery workflows: Setup, testing, failover Turns manual recovery runbooks into automated recovery plans Provides central management of recovery plans from VirtualCenter Works with VMware Infrastructure to provide process automation for disaster recovery 4

Site Recovery Manager at a Glance Protected Site Site A Recovery Site Protected Site Site B Recovery Site VirtualCenter Site Recovery Manager Supports bidirectional site protection VirtualCenter Site Recovery Manager Protected VMs powered offline on Protected VMs online become in unavailable Protected Site Array Replication Datastore Groups Datastore Groups 5

Server Side Components Site 1 Site 2 VC Server 1 VC Server 2 VCMS 1 DB VCMS 2 DB SRM Server 1 SRM Server 2 SRM 1 DB Storage Replication Adapter Storage Replication Adapter SRM 2 DB Block Replication SW Array 1 Array 2 Block Replication SW * Note: Conceptual drawing only. SRM Server may run on another system than VCMS 6

Key Concepts And Their Relationships LUN 1 VMFS 1 Datastore Group 1 LUN 2 LUN 3 VM MFS 2 Protection Group 1 Recovery Plan 1 (Whole Site) Protection Groups: Protection Group 1 Protection Group 2 Protection Group 3 Datastore Group 2 Protection Group 2 LUN 4 LUN 5 VMFS 4 VMFS 3 Datastore Group 3 Protection Group 3 Protected Site Recovery Plan 2 (Subset) Protection Groups: Protection Group 1 Recovery Site 7

8 Site Recovery Manager User Interface

Site Recovery Manager Recovery Plan VM Shutdown High Priority VM Shutdown Attach Virtual Disks High Priority VM Recovery Normal Priority VM Recovery 9

Site Recovery Manager Recovery Plan Low Priority VM Recovery Post Test Cleanup Virtual Disk Reset Site Recovery Manager Recovery Plans: Turn manual BC/DR run books into an automated process Specify the steps of the recovery process in VirtualCenter Provide a way to test your BC/DR plan in an isolated environment at the recovery site without impacting the protected VMs in the protected site 10

Testing a Recovery Plan Test a recovery plan by simulating a failover of protected VMs with zero downtime to the protected VMs in the protected site 11

Executing Failover WARNING - Executing an actual failover will permanently alter virtual machines and infrastructure of both the protected and recovery sites 12

Executing Failover WARNING - Executing an actual failover will permanently alter virtual machines and infrastructure of both the protected and recovery sites 13

Failback Options in Site Recovery Manager 1.0 Site Recovery Manager 1.0 does not provide a push-button automated failback process. Failback Options: Without SRM (no startup order, no failback history reports) Work with your storage team, reverse data replication VM re-inventory*, restart and re-ip (manual or scripted) With SRM (start up order in recovery plan with failback history) Work with your storage team, reverse data replication Leverage SRM, complete all SRM workflows in the reverse direction from Recovery Site back to the Protected Site Repeat the above two steps from the Protected Site back to the recovery Site. * Note:VMre-inventory in VC may not be necessary in the Protected site. 14

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Business Benefits of SRM Rapid Reliable Automate recovery process Eliminate failures due to hardware dependencies Integrate different components of recovery Enable easier, more frequent testing Turn manual, inconsistent i t processes into pre-programmed, repeatable processes Manageable Centralize and simplify management of recovery plans Make disaster recovery protection a property of virtual infrastructure Affordable Eliminate idle recovery hardware Eliminate dependencies on physical infrastructure 16

Key Takeaway - Why VMware for DR solutions? VMware provides a portfolio of products that can be used to cover a broad range of disaster recovery scenarios Site Recovery Manager VMware Infrastructure Traditional Disaster Recovery Solutions Small office Large datacenter 17

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