Administering VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.0 by Laverick, Michael Gordon -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Chapter 1. Introduction to Site Recovery Manager

What’s New in Site Recovery Manager 5.0 vSphere 5 Compatibility vSphere Replication Automated Failback and Reprotect VM Dependencies Improved IP Customization A Brief History of Life before VMware SRM What Is Not a DR Technology? vMotion VMware HA Clusters VMware Fault Tolerance Scalability for the Cloud What Is VMware SRM? What about File Level Consistency? Principles of Storage Management and Replication Caveat #1: All Storage Management Systems Are the Same Caveat #2: All Storage Vendors Sell Replication Caveat #3: Read the Manual Summary

Chapter 2. Getting Started with Dell EqualLogic Replication

Creating an EqualLogic iSCSI Volume Granting ESXi Host Access to the EqualLogic iSCSI Volume Enabling Replication for EqualLogic Configuring Replication Partners Configuring Replication of the iSCSI Volume Configuring a Schedule for Replication Using EqualLogic Host Integration for VMware Edition (HIT-VE) Summary

Chapter 3. Getting Started with EMC Celerra Replication

Creating an EMC Celerra iSCSI Target Granting ESX Host Access to the EMC Celerra iSCSI Target Creating a New File System Creating an iSCSI LUN Configuring Celerra Replication Summary

Chapter 4. Getting Started with EMC CLARiiON MirrorView

Creating a Reserved LUN Pool Creating an EMC LUN Configuring EMC MirrorView Creating a Snapshot for SRM Tests Creating Consistency Groups (Recommended) Granting ESX Host Access to CLARiiON LUNs At the Recovery Site CLARiiON (New Jersey) At the Protected Site CLARiiON (New York) Using the EMC Virtual Storage Integrator Plug-in (VSI) Summary

Chapter 5. Getting Started with the HP StorageWorks P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance with Remote Copy

Some Frequently Asked Questions about the HP P4000 VSA Downloading and Uploading the VSA Importing the StorageWorks P4000 VSA Modifying the VSA’s Settings and First-Power-On Configuration Primary Configuration of the VSA Host Installing the Management Client Configuring the VSA (Management Groups, Clusters, and Volumes) Adding the VSAs to the Management Console Adding the VSAs to Management Groups Creating a Cluster Creating a Volume Licensing the HP VSA Configuring the HP VSA for Replication Monitoring Your Replication/Snapshot Adding ESX Hosts and Allocating Volumes to Them Adding an ESX Host Allocating Volumes to ESX Hosts Granting ESX Host Access to the HP VSA iSCSI Target Monitoring Your iSCSI Connections The HP StorageWorks P4000 VSA: Creating a Test Volume at the Recovery Site Shutting Down the VSA Summary

Chapter 6. Getting Started with NetApp SnapMirror

Provisioning NetApp NFS Storage for VMware ESXi Creating a NetApp Volume for NFS Granting ESXi Host Access to NetApp NFS Volumes Creating NetApp Volumes for Fibre Channel and iSCSI Granting ESXi Host Access to the NetApp iSCSI Target Configuring NetApp SnapMirror Confirm IP Visibility (Mandatory) and Name Resolution (Optional) Enable SnapMirror (Both the Protected and Recovery Filers) Enable Remote Access (Both the Protected and Recovery Filers) Configure SnapMirror on the Recovery Site NetApp Filer (New Jersey) Introducing the Virtual Storage Console (VSC) Summary

Chapter 7. Installing VMware SRM

Architecture of the VMware SRM Network Communication and TCP Port Numbers Storage Replication Components VMware Components More Detailed Information about Hardware and Software Requirements Scalability of VMware SRM Designed for Both Failover and Failback? A Word about Resignaturing VMFS Volumes VMware SRM Product Limitations and Gotchas Licensing VMware SRM Setting Up the VMware SRM Database with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Creating the Database and Setting Permissions Configuring a DSN Connection on the SRM Server(s) Installing the VMware SRM Server Installing the SRM Software Installing a Storage Replication Adapter: Example HP SRA Installing the vSphere Client SRM Plug-in Handling Failures to Connect to the SRM Server Summary

Chapter 8. Configuring vSphere Replication (Optional)

How vSphere Replication Works vSphere Replication Limitations Installing vSphere Replication Setting the vCenter Managed IP Address Configuring a Database for the VRMS Deploying the VRMS Configuring the VRMS Configuring the VRMS Connection Deploying the VRS Registering the VRS Enabling and Monitoring vSphere Replication Moving, Pausing, Resuming, Removing, and Forcing Synchronization Enabling Replication for Physical Couriering Configuring Datastore Mappings Summary

Chapter 9. Configuring the Protected Site

Connecting the Protected and Recovery Site SRMs Configuring Inventory Mappings Configuring Resource Mappings Configuring Folder Mappings Configuring Network Mappings Assigning Placeholder Datastores Configuring Array Managers: An Introduction Configuring Array Managers: Dell EqualLogic Configuring Array Managers: EMC Celerra Configuring Array Managers: EMC CLARiiON Configuring Array Managers: NetApp FSA Creating Protection Groups Failure to Protect a Virtual Machine Bad Inventory Mappings Placeholder VM Not Found VMware Tools Update Error—Device Not Found: CD/DVD Drive 1 Delete VM Error It’s Not an Error, It’s a Naughty, Naughty Boy! Summary

Chapter 10. Recovery Site Configuration

Creating a Basic Full-Site Recovery Plan Testing Storage Configuration at the Recovery Site Overview: First Recovery Plan Test Practice Exercise: First Recovery Plan Test Cleaning Up after a Recovery Plan Test Controlling and Troubleshooting Recovery Plans Pause, Resume, and Cancel Plans Error: Cleanup Phase of the Plan Does Not Always Happen with iSCSI Error: Loss of the Protection Group Settings Error: Cleanup Fails; Use Force Cleanup Error: Repairing VMs Error: Disconnected Hosts at the Recovery Site Recovery Plans and the Storage Array Vendors Dell EqualLogic and Testing Plans EMC Celerra and Testing Plans NetApp and Testing Plans Summary

Chapter 11. Custom Recovery Plans

Controlling How VMs Power On Configuring Priorities for Recovered Virtual Machines Adding VM Dependencies Configuring Start-Up and Shutdown Options Suspending VMs at the Recovery Site Adding Additional Steps to a Recovery Plan Adding Prompt Steps Adding Command Steps Adding Command Steps with VMware PowerCLI Managing PowerCLI Authentication and Variables Adding Command Steps to Call Scripts within the Guest Operating System Configuring IP Address Changes for Recovery Virtual Machines Creating a Manual IP Guest Customization Configuring Bulk IP Address Changes for the Recovery Virtual Machine (dr-ip-exporter) Creating Customized VM Mappings Managing Changes at the Protected Site Creating and Protecting New Virtual Machines Renaming and Moving vCenter Inventory Objects Other Objects and Changes in the vSphere and SRM Environment Storage vMotion and Protection Groups Virtual Machines Stored on Multiple Datastores Virtual Machines with Raw Device/Disk Mappings Multiple Protection Groups and Multiple Recovery Plans Multiple Datastores Multiple Protection Groups Multiple Recovery Plans The Lost Repair Array Managers Button Summary

Chapter 12. Alarms, Exporting History, and Access Control

vCenter Linked Mode and Site Recovery Manager Alarms Overview Creating a New Virtual Machine to Be Protected by an Alarm (Script) Creating a Message Alarm (SNMP) Creating an SRM Service Alarm (SMTP) Exporting and History Exporting Recovery Plans Recovery Plan History Access Control Creating an SRM Administrator Summary

Chapter 13. Bidirectional Relationships and Shared Site Configurations

Configuring Inventory Mappings Refreshing the Array Manager Creating the Protection Group Creating the Recovery Plan Using vApps to Control Start-Up Orders Shared Site Configurations Installing VMware SRM with Custom Options to the New Site (Washington DC) Installing VMware SRM Server with Custom Options to the Recovery Site Pairing the Sites Together Decommissioning a Site Summary

Chapter 14. Failover and Failback

Planned Failover: Protected Site Is Available Dell EqualLogic and Planned Recovery NetApp and Planned Recovery Automated Failback from Planned Migration Unplanned Failover Protected Site Is Dead Planned Failback after a Disaster Summary

Chapter 15. Scripting Site Recovery

Scripted Recovery for a Test Managing the Storage Rescanning ESX Hosts Resignaturing VMFS Volumes Mounting NFS Exports Creating an Internal Network for the Test Adding Virtual Machines to the Inventory Fixing VMX Files for the Network Summary

Chapter 16. Upgrading from SRM 4.1 to SRM 5.0

Upgrading vSphere Step 1: Run the vCenter Host Agent Pre-Upgrade Checker Step 2: Upgrade vCenter Step 3: Upgrade the vCenter Client Step 4: Upgrade the VMware Update Manager (VUM) Step 5: Upgrade the VUM Plug-in Step 6: Upgrade Third-Party Plug-ins (Optional) Step 7: Upgrade the ESX Hosts Upgrading Site Recovery Manager Step 8: Upgrade SRM Step 9: Upgrade VMware Tools (Optional) Step 10: Upgrade Virtual Hardware (Optional) Step 11: Upgrade VMFS Volumes (Optional) Step 12: Upgrade Distributed vSwitches (Optional) Summary

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