VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 1.0 User guide

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System management software
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User guide
Administration Guide
Site Recovery Manager 1.0 Update 1
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Contents
AboutThisBook 7
1 OverviewofSiteRecoveryManager 9
VMwareInfrastructureSupportsSiteRecoveryManager 9
SiteRecoveryManagerFeatures 10
SiteRecoveryManagerRequirements 11
SiteRecoveryManagerEnvironment 12
ArrayBasedReplication 13
SiteRecoveryManagerProcessOverview 14
InstallSRM 14
SetUptheProtectedandRecoverySites 15
ConfigureVirtualMachines 16
2 SystemRequirements 19
PrerequisitesforSRMInstallation 19
SRMHardwareandSoftwareRequirements 20
SRMDatabaseRequirements 21
MicrosoftSQLServerConfiguration 22
OracleServerConfiguration 23
ConfigurationMaximums 23
SRMLicensing 24
ImportLicenseFiles 24
3 InstallingorUpdatingSiteRecoveryManager 27
InstallSiteRecoveryManager 28
UpdateSiteRecoveryManager 31
InstalltheSiteRecoveryManagerPlugIn 31
UpdatingDatabaseCredentials 32
RevertingtoaPreviousRelease 32
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4 ManagingSRM 33
UsetheVIClienttoManageSRM 33
ConnectingtheProtectedandRecoverySites 34
CredentialBasedAuthentication 35
CertificateBasedAuthentication 36
SRMUsers,Groups,Permissions,andRoles 37
SRMPermissions 37
SRMDefaultRoles 38
AddRoles 39
AssignVirtualCenterAccessPermissions 39
AddaNewUserGroupandRoletoSRM 40
ChangeAccessPermissions 41
RemoveAccessPermissions 42
AccessSRMLogFiles 42
5 ProtectedSiteConfiguration 43
ConfiguringtheProtectedSite 43
RequirementsforVMwareInfrastructureConfiguration 44
ConfigureArrayManagers 44
RepairArrayManagers 46
ConfigureInventoryPreferences 47
CreateaProtectionGroup 48
ConfiguringVirtualMachineProperties 49
ConfigurePropertiesforProtectedVirtualMachines 50
AddMessageandCommandSteps 52
RunBatchFilesorCommands 52
IPAddressMapping 53
BatchIPPropertyCustomization 54
6 RecoverySiteConfiguration 59
CreateaRecoveryPlan 60
ManagingRecoveryPlans 61
EditaRecoveryPlan 62
TestaRecoveryPlan 63
Pausing,Resuming,orCancellingaTest 63
RunaRecoveryPlan 64
RemoveaRecoveryPlan 64
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ConfigureVirtualMachinesinaRecoveryPlan 65
ViewaRecoveryPlan 66
ViewRecoveryPlanHistory 67
ExportRecoveryHistoryResults 67
WorkwithCustomizationSpecifications 67
7 Failback 69
FailbackScenario 69
OtherFailbackConsiderations 74
8 AlertingandMonitoring 75
SRMAlarms 75
AboutSRMAlarmTriggers 76
EditSRMAlarmSettings 76
PrepareforAlarmNotificationbyEmail 78
9 ProtectedandRecoverySiteChanges 79
ChangestoVirtualCenterServer 79
ChangestoProtectedSites 79
ChangestoRecoverySites 80
A PreinstallationChecklist 81
B FailbackChecklist 83
C UsethesrmconfigcommandtorepairanSRMserverconnection 85
D AvoidingReplicationofPagingFilesandOtherTransientData 87
SpecifyaNonreplicatedDatastoreforSwapfiles 87
CreatingaNonreplicatedVirtualDiskforPagingFileStorage 88
Glossary 91
Index 93
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Thismanual,theSiteRecoveryManagerAdministrationGuide,providesinformation
aboutinstallingandconfiguringVMware
®
SiteRecoveryManager(SRM),adisaster
recoverypluginforVMwareVirtualCenterServer.Theinformationincludesa
conceptualoverviewofconfiguringandmanagingsites,recoveryplanning,testingand
performingfailover,alerts,systemmanagement,andtroubleshooting.
Intended Audience
ThismanualisintendedforanyonewhowantstoinstalloruseSiteRecoveryManager.
TheinformationinthismanualiswrittenforexperiencedWindowsorLinuxsystem
administratorswhoarefamiliarwithvirtualmachinetechnologyanddatacenter
operations.ThismanualalsoassumesfamiliaritywithVMw areVirtualInfrastructure,
includingVMwareESX
3.x,theVirtualCenterServer2.5,andtheVIClient.Youshould
alsohaveworkingknowledgeofstoragenetworktechnology,specificallyFibreChannel
oriSCSIstorageareanetworksandhowVirtualInfrastructureinteractswiththem.
VMware Infrastructure Documentation
IfyouarenotalreadyfamiliarwiththeVIClient,consulttheVMwareInfrastructure
documentation,whichconsistsofthecombinedVirtualCenterServerandESXServer
documentationset.Documentationisavailablefrom:
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/
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Adisasterisanyeventthathaltsbusinessactivityonalargescale.Adisasterthataffects
ITresourcescouldmeanbusinessdowntimewhileyourecoverdataandvalidate
systemsforuse.
Thecatastrophiceffectsofadisasteraremitigatedifyouareprepared.WithVMware
SiteRecoveryManager,youcan
quicklyrestoreyourorganization’sITinfrastructure,
dramaticallyshorteningthelengthoftimethatyouexperienceabusinessoutage.
ThischapterintroducesSRMandincludesthefollowingtopics:
“VMwareInfrastructureSupportsSiteRecoveryManageronpage 9
“SiteRecoveryManagerFeatures”onpage 10
“SiteRecoveryManagerRequirements”onpage 11
“SiteRecoveryManagerEnvironment”onpage 12
“SiteRecoveryManagerProcessOverview”onpage 14
VMware Infrastructure Supports Site Recovery Manager
ThefollowingfeaturesofVMwareInfrastructuresupportSRM:
Encapsulation—Virtualmachinesareencapsulatedintoagroupoffilesinshared
storage.
Bootfromsharedstorage—Replicationofthesharedstoragemeansyouhavefully
replicatedhardwareindependentvirtualmachinesreadytopoweronasneeded.
Overview of Site Recovery
Manager
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VMwareDistributedResourceScheduler(DRS)andresourcepools—VMware
DRSallocatesandbalancescomputingcapacityacrossresourcepoolstomatch
availableITresources.Youdonotneedtodeterminetheplacementofrecovery
virtualmachinesinadvanceofafailover.
Hardwareindependence—Usingvirtualmachines,recoveryfailuresarenearly
zerobecauseanyvirtualmachinecanberebootedfromanypieceofhardware
withouttheneedtofixdrivers.
Instantrepurposing—Withouttheconstraintofsystemreinstallation,hardware
canperformcompletelydifferentwork,perhapsonacompletelydifferent
operatingsystem,inamatterofminutes.
VirtualLocalAreaNetworks(VLANs)—VirtualLANsallowyoutoisolate
networktrafficforvirtualmachines,sotestingcanbenondisruptive.
Changecontrolandauditability—ThechangecontrolfeaturesofVMware
Infrastructurehelpyoumanageyourdisasterrecoverystrategy.Tasktracking
allowsyoutoviewchangestoSRM.
Site Recovery Manager Features
SiteRecoveryManagerisadisasterrecoveryworkflowproductthatautomatessetup,
failover,andtestingofdisasterrecoveryplans.
Preparedresponsereduceserror—SRMhelpsyoureducethepossibilityofhuman
errorifadisasteroccurs,becauseyourrecoverystrategyismappedout,tested,and
rehearsed.
Nondisruptivetests—Recoveryplantestingusingarraysnapshotsandisolated
networktrafficwithanalternateVLANallowsyoutotestwithoutinterrupting
dailyproductionworkflows.
Leveragedstorage—SRMisintegratedwitharraybasedreplicationtoeliminate
configurationerrorsonsetupthatareeasytomakeotherwise,andusuallyhave
dramaticimplications.
Networkreconfigurationofrecoveredvirtualmachines—Eachvirtualmachineis
connectedtothecorrectVLANandreconfiguredwithguestIPsettingsthatare
presetinSRM,whichmeansthatyoudonothavetomanuallyreconfigureeach
virtualmachineatrecoverytime.
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CPUandmemoryqualityofserviceforrecoveredvirtualmachines—Each
virtualmachineisrecoveredinareconfiguredresourcepoolatthedestinationsite
sothatithasthecorrectCPUandmemoryresourcesatrecoverytime.Thisway,
youareensuredthattherecoveredvirtualmachinescandothework
expectedof
themwithouthavingtoprespecifyvirtualmachinetohostmappingsforeachof
hundredsofvirtualmachines.
Predictablemanagementofrecoveredvirtualmachines—Virtualmachinesare
organizedintheVirtualCenterhierarchyattheremotesitesothatadministrators
canimmediatelyunderstandthepurposeofeachvirtualmachine.
Instantupdates—Changestoyourrecoveryplanareinstantlyreflectedinthetest
andfailoverworkflows.
Monitoringandalerts—SRMmonitorseventssuchasfailureoftheremotesiteto
respondorthestartandfinishofarecoverytest.Notificationsareprovidedinan
emailmessagetotheSRMsystemadministrator.
Site Recovery Manager Requirements
TouseSRM,thefollowingarerequired:
VirtualCenterServerinstalledattheprotectedsiteandattherecoverysite
Preconfiguredarraybasedreplicationbetweentheprotectedsiteandthe
recoverysite
NetworkconfigurationthatallowsTCPconnectivitybetweentheSRM
servers,VirtualCenterservers,andVirtualInfrastructureclients
OracleorSQLServerdatabasesontheprotectedsiteandtherecoverysitethat
useODBCforconnectivitywithadedicateddatastoreforSRM
SRMlicenseinstalledintheVirtualCenterlicenseserverattheprotectedsite
andattherecoverysite
Foradescriptionofminimumconfigurationrequirements,see“PrerequisitesforSRM
Installation”onpage 19.
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Site Recovery Manager Environment
Figure 11illustratesthekeycomponentsofSRM.
Figure 1-1. Prerequisite Environment for SRM
Thesecomponentsaredescribedasfollows:
VirtualCenterServer—Thecentralpointforconfiguring,provisioning,and
managingvirtualizedITenvironments.
SiteRecoveryManagerServer—AphysicalorvirtualhostonwhichSRMandone
ormorearraymanagersareinstalled.
LicenseServer—Aserverthatstoresandallocateslicenses.
OracleorSQLDatabase—PersistentstorageforSRMobjects.
ESXServers—A virtualization layer run on physical servers that abstracts processor,
memory, storage, and networking resources into multiple virtual machines.
primary site secondary site
replication
adapter
SAN
VMFSVMFS
UI plugin
TCP
TCP
ODBC ODBC
array replication
Site
Recovery
Manager
replication
adapter
Site
Recovery
Manager
VMFS
VirtualCenter
Server
VirtualCenter
Server
SAN
VMFS
VMFS
ESX
Server
License
Server
License
Server
Oracle
or SQL
DB
VCMS
DB
Oracle
or SQL
DB
VCMS
DB
VI Client
VM
VM
ESX
Server
VM
VM
ESX
Server
VM
VM
ESX
Server
VM
VM
ESX
Server
VM
VM
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SANStorageareanetwork(FibreChanneloriSCSIarrays)supporting
arraybasedreplication.
VMwareFileSystem(VMFS)—Aclusteredfilesystemthatisoptimizedfor
storingvirtualmachines.
Array-Based Replication
SRMsupportsarraybasedreplicationinwhichoneormorestoragearraysatthe
protectedsitereplicatetheirdatatopeerarraysattherecoverysite.Storagereplication
adapters(SRAs)arearrayspecificprogramsthatarrayvendorsprovidetosupportthe
useofarraybasedreplicationbySRM.SRAsarenot
partofanSRMrelease.Yourarray
vendorprovidesandsupportsSRAs.YoucanalsodownloadthemfromtheVMware
Website.YoumustinstallSRAsspecifictothearraysthatyouwanttousewithSRMon
theSRMserverhost.
LUN Replication and Datastores
EachstoragearraysupportsasetofLUNs(logicalstorageunitscomprisingoneor
morephysicaldevices).AgivenLUNmayormaynotbereplicated.BecauseVirtual
MachineFileSystem(VMFS)datastorescanspanmultipleLUNs,SRMmustensure
thatallLUNsinadatastorearereplicated.
Beforevirtualmachine
protectionisconfigured,SRMpresentsalistofdatastoregroups
andthevirtualmachinestheycontain.Ifthelistofdatastoregroupsisnotwhatyou
expected,correctitbeforeyoucontinue.YoucanuseStorageVMotion(ESX3.5and
higher)tomoveindividualvirtualmachines.Ifthewrongset
ofLUNsisreplicated,
reconfigurethereplication.
Protection Groups
Aprotectiongroupisagroupofvirtualmachinesthatfailovertogether.Oneprotection
groupmustbecreatedforeachreplicateddatastore.Aftertheprotectiongroupsare
createdattheprotectedsite,they(andtheirvirtualmachines)mustalsobeaddedto
recoveryplansontherecoverysitetocompletethe
SRMsetup.
Whennewvirtualmachinesarecreatedonreplicateddatastores,eventsarecreated
(andalarmscanbeassociatedwiththoseevents)thatnotifyyouwhentheyare
triggered.Whenthishappens,gototheprotectiongroup,findtheunconfiguredvirtual
machines,andmodifythesettingsforeachvirtualmachine.
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OTEThisverificationstepisacriticalcheckpointthateliminatesoneofthebiggest
sourcesoferrorindisasterrecoveryplans.
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Site Recovery Manager Process Overview
WithSRM,youcansetuparecoverysitethatcontinuouslyreplicatesyourproduction
site.Youdevelopadisasterrecoveryplan,resultinginaprocessthatistestedtomeet
yourrecoveryobjectives.Ifadisasteroccurs,thefailoverprocessenablesyoutobring
resourcesbackintoserviceinorderof
priority.
Install SRM
SRMincludesaservercomponentthatmustbeinstalledateachsiteandaclientplugin
thatyoudownloadfromtheserverandinstallinaVIClientthatyouusetomanage
SRMservices.Figure 12illustratesatypicalSRMinstallation.
Figure 1-2. SRM Installation Architecture
EachsitehasaVirtualCenterServerhost,
whichisaWindowsmachinethatrunsthe
VirtualCenterservice.TheSRMservershouldbeinstalledonadedicatedserverhostif
possible,butcanbeinstalledontheVirtualCenterServerhostifnecessary.Storage
replicationadaptersareinstalledontheSRMserverhost.TheSRMdatabaseateachsite
holds
informationaboutvirtualmachineconfigurations,protectiongroups,and
recoveryplans.SRMcannotusetheVirtualCenterdatabasebecauseithasdifferent
databaseschemarequirements.YoucanusetheVirtualCenterdatabaseservertocreate
andsupporttheSRMdatabase.
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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InstallingSRMincludesthefollowingtasks:
1ConfigureSRMdatabasesatbothsites.
2InstalltheSRMserveratbothsites,andconnecteachservertoitscorresponding
database.
3InstallthestoragereplicationadaptersforyourarraysontheSRMserverateach
site.
4InstalltheSRMclientpluginintooneormoreVirtualCenter
clientsateachsite.
5UsetheSRMclienttoconnecttheprotectedandrecoverysites.
6UsetheSRMclienttoconfigurethearraymanagersateachsite.
Set Up the Protected and Recovery Sites
Afterinstallation,setuptheprotectedandrecoverysites.
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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Ontheprotectedsite,virtualmachinesareassignedtoprotectiongroups.Aprotection
groupisacollectionofvirtualmachinesthatallusethesamedatastoregroup(thesame
setofreplicatedLUNs)andfailovertogether.
Useprotectiongroupstocontroltheorderinwhichvirtualmachinesarerestoredafter
a
failover.Forexample,criticalbusinessapplicationsmightbeassignedtoProtection
Group1,whilelowerpriorityapplicationsareassignedtoProtectionGroup2and
optionalapplicationsareassignedtoProtectionGroup3.Intherecoveryplan,
ProtectionGroup1failsoverfirst,followedbygroup2,andthengroup3.
On
therecoverysite,createoneormorerecoveryplans.Arecoveryplanisanordered
setofstepsthatcontrolwhathappensduringafailover.Youcandevelopmultiple
recoveryplanstoaddressmultipledisasterscenarios.Settinguptheprotectedand
recoverysitesincludesthefollowingtasks:
1 Understandthedatastoregroups
youhaveavailable.SRMdeterminestheseusing
informationfromthestoragereplicationadapters.
2 Createinventorymapsfortheprotectedvirtualmachines.
3 Createprotectiongroupsforeachdatastoregroup.
4Configureprotectiongroupsettings,whichprovideconfigurationdefaultsforall
virtualmachinesintheprotectiongroup.
5 Createarecoveryplan,withprompts,scriptcallouts,
andnotificationsasneeded.
Configure Virtual Machines
SRMenablesyoutospecifyinventorypreferencesthatcontrolhowvirtualmachine
resourcessuchasfolders,resourcepools,andnetworksattheprotectedsiteare
mappedtosimilarresourcesattherecoverysite.Thisinventorymappingensuresthat
protectedvirtualmachinesareconfiguredproperlytopoweronandconnecttothe
networkattherecoverysite.
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Figure 1-4. Mapping of Virtual Machines from Protected Site to Recovery Site
Globalpreferencesareappliedtoallvirtualmachinesinaprotectiongroup.Youcan
alsocanapplycustomsettings,suchasnetworkconfigurationinformationto
individualvirtualmachines.
Configuringthevirtualmachinesincludesthefollowingtasks:
1Configureinventorymappings
2Configureprotectiongroups
3Configurevirtualmachinesettings
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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Thischapterdescribesthehardware,operatingsystem,andlicensingrequirementsfor
VMwareSiteRecoveryManager(SRM).Usetheinformationinthischaptertoensure
thatyourenvironmentmeetstherequirementsforinstallation.
SeetheSiteRecoveryManagerCompatibilityMatrixesforacompletelistofSRM
compatibilityrequirements.
Thischapterincludesthefollowing
topics:
“PrerequisitesforSRMInstallation”onpage 19
“SRMHardwareandSoftwareRequirements”onpage 20
“SRMDatabaseRequirements”onpage 21
“ConfigurationMaximums”onpage 23
“SRMLicensingonpage 24
Prerequisites for SRM Installation
VMwareInfrastructuremustmeetthefollowingrequirements:
TheVirtualCenterServer2.5Update1orhigherandVIClient2.5installedand
runningattheprotectedandrecoverysites.TheVirtualCenterServerhostshould
haveastaticIPaddressifpossible.
VirtualmachinesresidingonESXhoststhattheVirtualCenterServermanages,in
datastoreshostedonreplicatedarrays.
Noreplicateddatastorecanbeaccessiblefrommorethanonedatacenter.
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Storagearraysmustmeetthefollowingrequirements:
Arraybasedreplicationandstoragereplicationadaptersinstalledandconfigured
attheprotectedandrecoverysites.
Arraymanagementmightalsorequiretheinstallationofothervendorprovided
components.Someofthesecomponentsmightneedtobeinstalledonthesame
hostastheSRMserver;othersmightrequireonlynetworkaccessbytheSRMserver.
SRMmightoccasionallyneedtorescanstoragearrays.Youcanimprovearray
rescantimesbychangingdefaultvalueoftheScsi.RescanAllHbas onESXhosts.
IfrescantimesonESXhostsarelongerthan10minutes,youmaywanttosetthe
valueofthisoptionto1.
MaskingandzoningisconfiguredforreplicatedLUNstoremoteESXhostsfor
failover.VMwarerecommendsthatyouconfigurestoragetocreateclonesor
snapshotsofthereplicatedLUNs.Snapshotsorclonesmustbemaskedtothe
recoveryESXhosts.
UnlesstheSRMserverandVirtualCenterserverareinstalledonthesamehost,you
mustaddthefollowingportstotheWindowsFirewallexceptionlisttoenable
interprocesscommunicationbetweenSRMandVirtualCenter:
SRMCommunicationsSOAPport(default8095)
SRMClientDownloadHTTPport(default8096)
SRMExternalAPISOAPport(default9007)
SRM Hardware and Software Requirements
TheSRMhardwaremustmeetthefollowingrequirements:
Processor2.0GHzorhigherIntelorAMDx86processor.
Memory2GBminimum.
DiskStorage2GBminimum.
Networking‐Gigabitrecommended.
VMwareSRMrunsonthefollowingMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystems:
WindowsXPProfessionalwithSP2
Windows2003ServerR2
Windows2003ServerSP1(allreleasesexcept64bit)
Windows2000ServerSP4withUpdateRollup1
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