VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 1.0 User guide

Administration Guide

Site Recovery Manager 1.0 Update 1

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Contents

AboutThisBook 7

1 OverviewofSiteRecoveryManager 9

VMwareInfrastructureSupportsSiteRecoveryManager 9

SiteRecoveryManagerFeatures 10

SiteRecoveryManagerRequirements 11

SiteRecoveryManagerEnvironment 12

Array‐BasedReplication 13

SiteRecoveryManagerProcessOverview 14

InstallSRM 14

SetUptheProtectedandRecoverySites 15

ConfigureVirtualMachines 16

2 SystemRequirements 19

PrerequisitesforSRMInstallation 19

SRMHardwareandSoftwareRequirements 20

SRMDatabaseRequirements 21

MicrosoftSQLServerConfiguration 22

OracleServerConfiguration 23

ConfigurationMaximums 23

SRMLicensing 24

ImportLicenseFiles 24

3 InstallingorUpdatingSiteRecoveryManager 27

InstallSiteRecoveryManager 28

UpdateSiteRecoveryManager 31

InstalltheSiteRecoveryManagerPlug‐In 31

UpdatingDatabaseCredentials 32

RevertingtoaPreviousRelease 32

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4 ManagingSRM 33

UsetheVIClienttoManageSRM 33

ConnectingtheProtectedandRecoverySites 34

Credential‐BasedAuthentication 35

Certificate‐BasedAuthentication 36

SRMUsers,Groups,Permissions,andRoles 37

SRMPermissions 37

SRMDefaultRoles 38

AddRoles 39

AssignVirtualCenterAccessPermissions 39

AddaNewUserGroupandRoletoSRM 40

ChangeAccessPermissions 41

RemoveAccessPermissions 42

AccessSRMLogFiles 42

5 ProtectedSiteConfiguration 43

ConfiguringtheProtectedSite 43

RequirementsforVMwareInfrastructureConfiguration 44

ConfigureArrayManagers 44

RepairArrayManagers 46

ConfigureInventoryPreferences 47

CreateaProtectionGroup 48

ConfiguringVirtualMachineProperties 49

ConfigurePropertiesforProtectedVirtualMachines 50

AddMessageandCommandSteps 52

RunBatchFilesorCommands 52

IPAddressMapping 53

BatchIPPropertyCustomization 54

6 RecoverySiteConfiguration 59

CreateaRecoveryPlan 60

ManagingRecoveryPlans 61

EditaRecoveryPlan 62

TestaRecoveryPlan 63

Pausing,Resuming,orCancellingaTest 63

RunaRecoveryPlan 64

RemoveaRecoveryPlan 64

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ConfigureVirtualMachinesinaRecoveryPlan 65

ViewaRecoveryPlan 66

ViewRecoveryPlanHistory 67

ExportRecoveryHistoryResults 67

WorkwithCustomizationSpecifications 67

7 Failback 69

FailbackScenario 69

OtherFailbackConsiderations 74

8 AlertingandMonitoring 75

SRMAlarms 75

AboutSRMAlarmTriggers 76

EditSRMAlarmSettings 76

PrepareforAlarmNotificationbyEmail 78

9 ProtectedandRecoverySiteChanges 79

ChangestoVirtualCenterServer 79

ChangestoProtectedSites 79

ChangestoRecoverySites 80

A PreinstallationChecklist 81

B FailbackChecklist 83

C Usethesrm‐configcommandtorepairanSRMserverconnection 85

D AvoidingReplicationofPagingFilesandOtherTransientData 87

SpecifyaNonreplicatedDatastoreforSwapfiles 87

CreatingaNonreplicatedVirtualDiskforPagingFileStorage 88

Glossary 91

Index 93

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Thismanual,theSiteRecoveryManagerAdministrationGuide,providesinformation

aboutinstallingandconfiguringVMware

®

SiteRecoveryManager(SRM),adisaster

recoveryplug‐inforVMwareVirtualCenterServer.Theinformationincludesa

conceptualoverviewofconfiguringandmanagingsites,recoveryplanning,testingand

performingfailover,alerts,systemmanagement,andtroubleshooting.

Intended Audience

ThismanualisintendedforanyonewhowantstoinstalloruseSiteRecoveryManager.

TheinformationinthismanualiswrittenforexperiencedWindowsorLinuxsystem

administratorswhoarefamiliarwithvirtualmachinetechnologyanddatacenter

operations.ThismanualalsoassumesfamiliaritywithVMw areVirtualInfrastructure,

includingVMwareESX

3.x,theVirtualCenterServer2.5,andtheVIClient.Youshould

alsohaveworkingknowledgeofstoragenetworktechnology,specificallyFibreChannel

oriSCSIstorageareanetworksandhowVirtualInfrastructureinteractswiththem.

VMware Infrastructure Documentation

IfyouarenotalreadyfamiliarwiththeVIClient,consulttheVMwareInfrastructure

documentation,whichconsistsofthecombinedVirtualCenterServerandESXServer

documentationset.Documentationisavailablefrom:

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

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Adisasterisanyeventthathaltsbusinessactivityonalargescale.Adisasterthataffects

ITresourcescouldmeanbusinessdowntimewhileyourecoverdataandvalidate

systemsforuse.

Thecatastrophiceffectsofadisasteraremitigatedifyouareprepared.WithVMware

SiteRecoveryManager,youcan

quicklyrestoreyourorganization’sITinfrastructure,

dramaticallyshorteningthelengthoftimethatyouexperienceabusinessoutage.

ThischapterintroducesSRMandincludesthefollowingtopics:

 “VMwareInfrastructureSupportsSiteRecoveryManager”onpage 9

 “SiteRecoveryManagerFeatures”onpage 10

 “SiteRecoveryManagerRequirements”onpage 11

 “SiteRecoveryManagerEnvironment”onpage 12

 “SiteRecoveryManagerProcessOverview”onpage 14

VMware Infrastructure Supports Site Recovery Manager

ThefollowingfeaturesofVMwareInfrastructuresupportSRM:

 Encapsulation—Virtualmachinesareencapsulatedintoagroupoffilesinshared

storage.

 Bootfromsharedstorage—Replicationofthesharedstoragemeansyouhavefully

replicatedhardware‐independentvirtualmachinesreadytopoweronasneeded.

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 VMwareDistributedResourceScheduler(DRS)andresourcepools—VMware

DRSallocatesandbalancescomputingcapacityacrossresourcepoolstomatch

availableITresources.Youdonotneedtodeterminetheplacementofrecovery

virtualmachinesinadvanceofafailover.

 Hardwareindependence—Usingvirtualmachines,recoveryfailuresarenearly

zerobecauseanyvirtualmachinecanberebootedfromanypieceofhardware

withouttheneedtofixdrivers.

 Instantrepurposing—Withouttheconstraintofsystemreinstallation,hardware

canperformcompletelydifferentwork,perhapsonacompletelydifferent

operatingsystem,inamatterofminutes.

 VirtualLocalAreaNetworks(VLANs)—VirtualLANsallowyoutoisolate

networktrafficforvirtualmachines,sotestingcanbenondisruptive.

 Changecontrolandauditability—ThechangecontrolfeaturesofVMware

Infrastructurehelpyoumanageyourdisasterrecoverystrategy.Tasktracking

allowsyoutoviewchangestoSRM.

Site Recovery Manager Features

SiteRecoveryManagerisadisasterrecoveryworkflowproductthatautomatessetup,

failover,andtestingofdisasterrecoveryplans.

 Preparedresponsereduceserror—SRMhelpsyoureducethepossibilityofhuman

errorifadisasteroccurs,becauseyourrecoverystrategyismappedout,tested,and

rehearsed.

 Nondisruptivetests—Recoveryplantestingusingarraysnapshotsandisolated

networktrafficwithanalternateVLANallowsyoutotestwithoutinterrupting

dailyproductionworkflows.

 Leveragedstorage—SRMisintegratedwitharraybasedreplicationtoeliminate

configurationerrorsonsetupthatareeasytomakeotherwise,andusuallyhave

dramaticimplications.

 Networkreconfigurationofrecoveredvirtualmachines—Eachvirtualmachineis

connectedtothecorrectVLANandreconfiguredwithguestIPsettingsthatare

presetinSRM,whichmeansthatyoudonothavetomanuallyreconfigureeach

virtualmachineatrecoverytime.

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 CPUandmemoryqualityofserviceforrecoveredvirtualmachines—Each

virtualmachineisrecoveredinareconfiguredresourcepoolatthedestinationsite

sothatithasthecorrectCPUandmemoryresourcesatrecoverytime.Thisway,

youareensuredthattherecoveredvirtualmachinescandothework

expectedof

themwithouthavingtoprespecifyvirtualmachinetohostmappingsforeachof

hundredsofvirtualmachines.

 Predictablemanagementofrecoveredvirtualmachines—Virtualmachinesare

organizedintheVirtualCenterhierarchyattheremotesitesothatadministrators

canimmediatelyunderstandthepurposeofeachvirtualmachine.

 Instantupdates—Changestoyourrecoveryplanareinstantlyreflectedinthetest

andfailoverworkflows.

 Monitoringandalerts—SRMmonitorseventssuchasfailureoftheremotesiteto

respondorthestartandfinishofarecoverytest.Notificationsareprovidedinan

emailmessagetotheSRMsystemadministrator.

Site Recovery Manager Requirements

TouseSRM,thefollowingarerequired:

 VirtualCenterServerinstalledattheprotectedsiteandattherecoverysite

 Preconfiguredarray‐basedreplicationbetweentheprotectedsiteandthe

recoverysite

 NetworkconfigurationthatallowsTCPconnectivitybetweentheSRM

servers,VirtualCenterservers,andVirtualInfrastructureclients

 OracleorSQLServerdatabasesontheprotectedsiteandtherecoverysitethat

useODBCforconnectivitywithadedicateddatastoreforSRM

 SRMlicenseinstalledintheVirtualCenterlicenseserverattheprotectedsite

andattherecoverysite

Foradescriptionofminimumconfigurationrequirements,see“PrerequisitesforSRM

Installation”onpage 19.

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Site Recovery Manager Environment

Figure 1‐1illustratesthekeycomponentsofSRM.

Figure 1-1. Prerequisite Environment for SRM

Thesecomponentsaredescribedasfollows:

 VirtualCenterServer—Thecentralpointforconfiguring,provisioning,and

managingvirtualizedITenvironments.

 SiteRecoveryManagerServer—AphysicalorvirtualhostonwhichSRMandone

ormorearraymanagersareinstalled.

 LicenseServer—Aserverthatstoresandallocateslicenses.

 OracleorSQLDatabase—PersistentstorageforSRMobjects.

 ESXServers—A virtualization layer run on physical servers that abstracts processor,

memory, storage, and networking resources into multiple virtual machines.

primary site secondary site

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VirtualCenter

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 SAN—Storageareanetwork(FibreChanneloriSCSIarrays)supporting

array‐basedreplication.

 VMwareFileSystem(VMFS)—Aclusteredfilesystemthatisoptimizedfor

storingvirtualmachines.

Array-Based Replication

SRMsupportsarray‐basedreplicationinwhichoneormorestoragearraysatthe

protectedsitereplicatetheirdatatopeerarraysattherecoverysite.Storagereplication

adapters(SRAs)arearray‐specificprogramsthatarrayvendorsprovidetosupportthe

useofarray‐basedreplicationbySRM.SRAsarenot

partofanSRMrelease.Yourarray

vendorprovidesandsupportsSRAs.YoucanalsodownloadthemfromtheVMware

Website.YoumustinstallSRAsspecifictothearraysthatyouwanttousewithSRMon

theSRMserverhost.

LUN Replication and Datastores

EachstoragearraysupportsasetofLUNs(logicalstorageunitscomprisingoneor

morephysicaldevices).AgivenLUNmayormaynotbereplicated.BecauseVirtual

MachineFileSystem(VMFS)datastorescanspanmultipleLUNs,SRMmustensure

thatallLUNsinadatastorearereplicated.

Beforevirtualmachine

protectionisconfigured,SRMpresentsalistofdatastoregroups

andthevirtualmachinestheycontain.Ifthelistofdatastoregroupsisnotwhatyou

expected,correctitbeforeyoucontinue.YoucanuseStorageVMotion(ESX3.5and

higher)tomoveindividualvirtualmachines.Ifthewrongset

ofLUNsisreplicated,

reconfigurethereplication.

Protection Groups

Aprotectiongroupisagroupofvirtualmachinesthatfailovertogether.Oneprotection

groupmustbecreatedforeachreplicateddatastore.Aftertheprotectiongroupsare

createdattheprotectedsite,they(andtheirvirtualmachines)mustalsobeaddedto

recoveryplansontherecoverysitetocompletethe

SRMsetup.

Whennewvirtualmachinesarecreatedonreplicateddatastores,eventsarecreated

(andalarmscanbeassociatedwiththoseevents)thatnotifyyouwhentheyare

triggered.Whenthishappens,gototheprotectiongroup,findtheunconfiguredvirtual

machines,andmodifythesettingsforeachvirtualmachine.

N

OTEThisverificationstepisacriticalcheckpointthateliminatesoneofthebiggest

sourcesoferrorindisasterrecoveryplans.

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Site Recovery Manager Process Overview

WithSRM,youcansetuparecoverysitethatcontinuouslyreplicatesyourproduction

site.Youdevelopadisasterrecoveryplan,resultinginaprocessthatistestedtomeet

yourrecoveryobjectives.Ifadisasteroccurs,thefailoverprocessenablesyoutobring

resourcesbackintoserviceinorderof

priority.

Install 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VIClientthatyouusetomanage

SRMservices.Figure 1‐2illustratesatypicalSRMinstallation.

Figure 1-2. SRM Installation Architecture

EachsitehasaVirtualCenterServerhost,

whichisaWindowsmachinethatrunsthe

VirtualCenterservice.TheSRMservershouldbeinstalledonadedicatedserverhostif

possible,butcanbeinstalledontheVirtualCenterServerhostifnecessary.Storage

replicationadaptersareinstalledontheSRMserverhost.TheSRMdatabaseateachsite

holds

informationaboutvirtualmachineconfigurations,protectiongroups,and

recoveryplans.SRMcannotusetheVirtualCenterdatabasebecauseithasdifferent

databaseschemarequirements.YoucanusetheVirtualCenterdatabaseservertocreate

andsupporttheSRMdatabase.

protected site recovery site

storage

replication

adapter

storage

replication

adapter

block replication

software

block replication

software

SRM server 1 SRM server 2

VirtualCenter

Server 1

VirtualCenter

Server 2

array 1 array 2

SRM 1 DB

VCMS 1 DB

SRM 2 DB

VCMS 2 DB

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

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

2InstalltheSRMserveratbothsites,andconnecteachservertoitscorresponding

database.

3InstallthestoragereplicationadaptersforyourarraysontheSRMserverateach

site.

4InstalltheSRMclientplug‐inintooneormoreVirtualCenter

clientsateachsite.

5UsetheSRMclienttoconnecttheprotectedandrecoverysites.

6UsetheSRMclienttoconfigurethearraymanagersateachsite.

Set Up the Protected and Recovery Sites

Afterinstallation,setuptheprotectedandrecoverysites.

Figure 1-3. Relationship of Computing Resources in the Protected Site to the

Recovery Site

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

OS

apps

OS

Protection Group 1

apps

OS

apps

OS

apps

OS

Datastore Group 2 Protection Group 2

Datastore Group 3 Protection Group 3

apps

OS

apps

OS

apps

OS

apps

OS

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Ontheprotectedsite,virtualmachinesareassignedto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.

Useprotectiongroupstocontroltheorderinwhichvirtualmachinesarerestoredafter

a

failover.Forexample,criticalbusinessapplicationsmightbeassignedtoProtection

Group1,whilelowerpriorityapplicationsareassignedtoProtectionGroup2and

optionalapplicationsareassignedtoProtectionGroup3.Intherecoveryplan,

ProtectionGroup1failsoverfirst,followedbygroup2,andthengroup3.

On

therecoverysite,createoneormorerecoveryplans.Arecoveryplanisanordered

setofstepsthatcontrolwhathappensduringafailover.Youcandevelopmultiple

recoveryplanstoaddressmultipledisasterscenarios.Settinguptheprotectedand

recoverysitesincludesthefollowingtasks:

1 Understandthedatastoregroups

youhaveavailable.SRMdeterminestheseusing

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

2 Createinventorymapsfortheprotectedvirtualmachines.

3 Createprotectiongroupsforeachdatastoregroup.

4Configureprotectiongroupsettings,whichprovideconfigurationdefaultsforall

virtualmachinesintheprotectiongroup.

5 Createarecoveryplan,withprompts,scriptcallouts,

andnotificationsasneeded.

Configure Virtual Machines

SRMenablesyou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

protectedvirtualmachinesareconfiguredproperlytopoweronandconnecttothe



networkattherecoverysite.

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Figure 1-4. Mapping of Virtual Machines from Protected Site to Recovery Site

Globalpreferencesareappliedtoallvirtualmachinesinaprotectiongroup.Youcan

alsocanapplycustomsettings,suchasnetworkconfigurationinformationto

individualvirtualmachines.

Configuringthevirtualmachinesincludesthefollowingtasks:

1Configureinventorymappings

2Configureprotectiongroups

3Configurevirtualmachinesettings

Folder 1 Folder 2

Source VC Destination VC

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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Thischapterdescribesthehardware,operatingsystem,andlicensingrequirementsfor

VMwareSiteRecoveryManager(SRM).Usetheinformationinthischaptertoensure

thatyourenvironmentmeetstherequirementsforinstallation.

SeetheSiteRecoveryManagerCompatibilityMatrixesforacompletelistofSRM

compatibilityrequirements.

Thischapterincludesthefollowing

topics:

 “PrerequisitesforSRMInstallation”onpage 19

 “SRMHardwareandSoftwareRequirements”onpage 20

 “SRMDatabaseRequirements”onpage 21

 “ConfigurationMaximums”onpage 23

 “SRMLicensing”onpage 24

Prerequisites for SRM Installation

VMwareInfrastructuremustmeetthefollowingrequirements:

 TheVirtualCenterServer2.5Update1orhigherandVIClient2.5installedand

runningattheprotectedandrecoverysites.TheVirtualCenterServerhostshould

haveastaticIPaddressifpossible.

 VirtualmachinesresidingonESXhoststhattheVirtualCenterServermanages,in

datastoreshostedonreplicatedarrays.

 Noreplicateddatastorecanbeaccessiblefrommorethanonedatacenter.

System Requirements

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Storagearraysmustmeetthefollowingrequirements:

 Array‐basedreplicationandstoragereplicationadaptersinstalledandconfigured

attheprotectedandrecoverysites.

 Arraymanagementmightalsorequiretheinstallationofothervendor‐provided

components.Someofthesecomponentsmightneedtobeinstalledonthesame

hostastheSRMserver;othersmightrequireonlynetworkaccessbytheSRMserver.

SRMmightoccasionallyneedtorescanstoragearrays.Youcanimprovearray

rescantimesbychangingdefaultvalueoftheScsi.RescanAllHbas onESXhosts.

IfrescantimesonESXhostsarelongerthan10minutes,youmaywanttosetthe

valueofthisoptionto1.

 MaskingandzoningisconfiguredforreplicatedLUNstoremoteESXhostsfor

failover.VMwarerecommendsthatyouconfigurestoragetocreateclonesor

snapshotsofthereplicatedLUNs.Snapshotsorclonesmustbemaskedtothe

recoveryESXhosts.

 UnlesstheSRMserverandVirtualCenterserverareinstalledonthesamehost,you

mustaddthefollowingportstotheWindowsFirewallexceptionlisttoenable

interprocesscommunicationbetweenSRMandVirtualCenter:

 SRMCommunicationsSOAPport(default8095)

 SRMClientDownloadHTTPport(default8096)

 SRMExternalAPISOAPport(default9007)

SRM Hardware and Software Requirements

TheSRMhardwaremustmeetthefollowingrequirements:

 Processor–2.0GHzorhigherIntelorAMDx86processor.

 Memory–2GBminimum.

 DiskStorage–2GBminimum.

 Networking‐Gigabitrecommended.

VMwareSRMrunsonthefollowingMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystems:

 WindowsXPProfessionalwithSP2

 Windows2003ServerR2

 Windows2003ServerSP1(allreleasesexcept64‐bit)

 Windows2000ServerSP4withUpdateRollup1

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