Disaster Recovery Using VMware vSphere Replication and vCenter Site Recovery Manager /
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 usi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Birmingham :
Packt Publishing,
2014.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.