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Site Recovery Manager

Site Recovery Manager 4.0 and later

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vCenterSiteRecoveryManagerisabusinesscontinuityanddisasterrecoverysolutionthathelps

youplan,test,andexecuteascheduledmigrationoremergencyfailoverofdatacenterservicesfromonesite

toanother.

SRMisanextensiontoVMwarevCenter™thatenablesintegrationwitharray‐basedreplication,discovery

andmanagementofre

plicateddatastores,andautomatedmigrationofinventoryfromonevCentertoanother.

SRMserverscoordinatetheoperationsofthereplicatedstoragearraysandvCenterserversattwositessothat,

asvirtualmachinesattheprotectedsiteareshutdown,virtualmachinesattherecoverysitestartupanduse

theda

tareplicatedfromtheprotectedsitetoassumeresponsibilityforprovidingthesameservices.Transfer

ofservicesfromonesitetotheotheriscontrolledbyarecoveryplanthatspecifiestheorderinwhichvirtual

machinesareshutdownandstartedup,thecomputeresourcestheyareallocated,andthenetw

orkstheycan

access.SRMletsyoutestarecoveryplan,usingatemporarycopyofthereplicateddata,inawaythatdoesnot

disrupttheongoingoperationsateithersite.

Planning for Disaster Recovery

Considerthefollowingitemsasyousetupadisasterrecoveryprogram:

 Whatisthemaximumdowntimeyoucanaccept?WhatisyourRecoveryTimeObjective(RTO)?

 Howmuchdatalosscanyouaccept?WhatisyourRecoveryPlanObjective(RPO)?

 Whatkindofrecoveryplandoyouneedforapartialdisaster,suchasastoragearrayfailure,compared

toacompletedisaster,suchasanentirefacilitybeingunavailablebecauseoffiredamage?

 Howdoyouclassifyyourcomputingresourcesforrestorationafteradisaster?Aretheycritical,urgent,

important,normal,ornonessential?

VMwareprofessionalscanassistyouwithperformingariskassessmentanddevelopingaplantohelpensure

recovery.

Overview of SRM Architecture, Installation, and Configuration

SRMusesyourVMwarevSphere™replicateddatastorestoprovideautomatedprotectionofinventoryitems

suchasvirtualmachinesandtemplates.TheSRMserveroperatesasanextensiontothevCenterserverand

theSRMuserinterfaceinstallsasavSphereclientplug‐in.LikeanyvCenterextension,SRMtakesadvantage

ofvCente

rservicessuchasstoragemanagement,authentication,authorization,guestcustomization,andso

on,andusesthestandardsetofvSphereadministrativetoolstomanagetheseservices.

SRMarchitectureisillustratedinFigure 1.

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Figure 1. SRM Architecture

About the Protected and Recovery Sites

InatypicalSRMinstallation,theprotectedsiteprovidesbusiness‐criticaldatacenterservices,andtherecovery

siteprovidesanalternatefacilitytowhichtheseservicescanbemigrated.

Theprotectedsitecanbeanysitewherevirtualinfrastructuresupportsacriticalbusinessneed.Therecovery

sitecanbelocatedthousandsofmilesaw

ayorinthesameroom.Inthetypicalcase,therecoverysiteislocated

inafacilitythatisunlikelytobeaffectedbyanyenvironmental,infrastructure,orotherdisturbancesthataffect

theprotectedsite.SRMhasseveralrequirementsforthevSphereconfigurationsateachsite

 EachsitemustincludeatleastonevSpheredatacenter.

 Therecoverysitemustsupportarray‐basedreplicationwiththeprotectedsite,andmusthavehardware

andnetworkresourcesthatcansupportthesamevirtualmachinesandworkloadsastheprotectedsite.

 Atlastonevirtualmachinemustbelocatedonareplicateddatastoreattheprotectedsite.Thisdatastore

mustbesupportedbyastoragearraythatiscompatiblewithSRM.

 TheprotectedandrecoverysitesshouldbeconnectedbyareliableIPnetwork. Storagearraysmighthave

additionalnetworkrequirements.

 Therecoverysiteshouldhaveaccesstothesamepublicandprivatenetworksastheprotectedsite,though

notnecessarilythesamerangeofnetworkaddresses.

Installing and Configuring SRM

SRMincludesaservercomponentthatmustbeinstalledateachsiteandaclientplug‐inthatyoudownload

fromtheserverandinstallinavSphereClientthatyouusetomanageSRMservices.Figure 2illustratesa

typicalSRMinstallation.

protected site recovery site

storage

replication

adapter

VMFSVMFS

UI plugin

TCP

ODBC ODBC

Site

Recovery

Manager

storage

replication

adapter

Site

Recovery

Manager

VMFS

vCenter

Server

vCenter

Server

VMFS

ESX

Server

SRM

VCMS

SRM

VCMS

vSphere

Client

ESX

Server

ESX

Server

ESX

Server

ESX

Server

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Figure 2. SRM Installation Architecture

TheSRMservershouldbeinstalledonadedicatedserverhostifpossible,butcanbeinstalledonthevCenter

Serverhostifnecessary.Storagereplicationadapterssuppliedbyyourstoragearrayvendormustbeinstalled

oneachSRMserverhost.AnSRMdatabaseateachsiteholdsinformationaboutvi

rtualmachine

configurations,protectiongroups,andrecoveryplans.

InstallingSRMincludesthefollowingtasks:

1ConfigureSRMdatabasesatbothsites.

2InstalltheSRMserveratbothsites.

3InstallthestoragereplicationadaptersontheSRMserverateachsite.

4InstalltheSRMclientplug‐inintooneormorevSphereClientsateitherorbo

thsites.

Setting Up the Protected and Recovery Sites

Afterinstallation,setuptheprotectedandrecoverysites.Figure 3illustratestherelationshipofthetwosites

andtheobjectstheysupport.

protected site recovery site

storage

replication

adapter

storage

replication

adapter

replication

software

replication

software

SRM server 1 SRM server 2

vCenter

Server 1

vCenter

Server 2

array 1 array 2

SRM 1 DB

VCMS 1 DB

SRM 2 DB

VCMS 2 DB

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Figure 3. Relationship of vCenter Resources at the Protected and Recovery Sites

Settinguptheprotectedandrecoverysitesincludesthefollowingtasks:

1UseavSphereclientintowhichyouhaveinstalledtheSRMplug‐intoconnecttothesitethatyouwant

todesignateastheprotectedsite.Fromthatsite,configurearrayreplicationanddiscoverreplicated

datastoregroups.SRMgat

hersthisinformationfromthestoragereplicationadapters.

2Attheprotectedsite,createprotectiongroups.Aprotectiongroupisacollectionofvirtualmachinesthat

allusethesamedatastoregroup(thesamesetofreplicatedLUNs)andfailovertogether .

3Attheprotectedsite,createinventorymapsforprotectedvirtualmachines.SRMenablesyo

utospecify

inventorypreferencesthatcontrolhowvirtualmachineresourcessuchasfolders,resourcepools,and

networksattheprotectedsitearemappedtosimilarresourcesattherecoverysite.Thisinventory

mappingensuresthatrecoveredvirtualmachinesareconfiguredproperlytopoweronandconnecttothe

netw

orkattherecoverysite.Formoreinformation,seeFigure 4.

4Attherecoverysite,createoneormorerecoveryplans.Arecoveryplanisanautomatedrunbook:an

orderedsetofstepsthatcontrolwhathappensduringafailover.

Figure 4. Mapping Protected Site Resources to Recovery Site Resources

protected site recovery site

Datastore Group 1 Protection Group 1

Protection Group 1

Protection Groups

Recovery Plan 1

(whole site)

Recovery Plan 2

(subset)

Protection Groups

Protection Group 2

Protection Group 3

LUN 1

LUN 2

LUN 3

LUN 4

LUN 5

VMFS 1VMFS 3 VMFS 2VMFS 4

apps

Protection Group 1

apps

Datastore Group 2 Protection Group 2

Datastore Group 3 Protection Group 3

apps

Folder 1 Folder 2

Source vCenter Destination vCenter

Global Inventory Mappings Between Sites

Folder 3 Folder 4

Folder 5 Folder 6

Resource Pool 1 Resource Pool 2

Resource Pool 3 Resource Pool 4

Resource Pool 5 Resource Pool 6

Port Group 1 Port Group 2

Port Group 3 Port Group 4

Port Group 5 Port Group 6

Temporary Files Datastore 1

Global Inventory Mappings Between Sites

Folder Folder 6

Per VM Settings

VM Settings at Recovery Site

Resource Pool Resource Pool 6

Network Port Group 2

Network Settings IP, subnet, gateway, DNS, etc.

Priority High (defaults normal)

Inherited Protection Group Settings

(overrides allowed)

Inherited Inventory Mappings

(overrides allowed)

Temporary Files Datastore 1

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Preinstallation Checklist

UsethischecklisttohelpensurethatyourvCenterenvironmentattheprotectedandrecoverysitesisready

foraninstallationofSRM.

Whenthischecklistiscomplete,youarereadyto:

 InstallanSRMserverontheSRMhostateachsite

 InstallanSRAoneachSRMserver

 DownloadandenabletheSRMclientplug‐inateachvSphereclientfromwhichyouwanttoconfigure

andadministerSRM.

For More Information

YoucanaccessallSiteRecoveryManagerdocumentationonlineat

http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/srm_pubs.html

Task

Protected

Site

Recovery

Site

EnsurethatasupportedversionofESX™isinstalledandreadyforuse.TheESX

hostmusthaveaccesstoaLUNonareplicatedarraythatisconfiguredasaVMFS

datastoreandissetupfordatareplicationtoacorrespondingarrayattheothersite.

rethatacompatibleversionofvCenterServerisinstalledandreadyforuse.

IdentifyaphysicalorvirtualhostonwhichtoinstallSRMateachsite.

DownloadtheSRMsoftware,StorageReplicationAdapter(SRA),andproduct

informationfromtheVMwareWebsite.

Ensurethatasupporteddatabaseserver isreadyfo

rus

eastheSRMdatabase.

CreateadatabaseinstanceforSRM.

Createadatabaseuser,withappropriateprivileges,fortheSRMdatabaseinstance.

CreateaDSNfortheSRMdatabase.

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