VMware Site Recovery Manager: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.6]

Duration

2 Days

12 CPD hours

About this course

vSphere administrators, architects, system engineers, and systems integrators who are responsible for the deployment or management of Site Recovery Manager

Overview

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Summarize the components of Site Recovery Manager architecture
Deploy and configure the Site Recovery Manager appliance
Describe the principal disaster recovery topologies that are used with Site Recovery Manager
Configure inventory and resource mappings
Describe the storage replication options that are used with Site Recovery Manager
Configure Site Recovery Manager to leverage array-based replication
Describe VMware vSphere® Replication™ functionality
Describe the vSphere Replication architecture
Deploy and configure vSphere Replication for use with Site Recovery Manager
Build Site Recovery Manager array-based protection groups, protection groups based on vSphere Replication, and Virtual Volumes protection groups.
Build, edit, execute, test, and remove a recovery plan
Perform a planned migration

Description

This two-day, hands-on training course gives experienced VMware vSphere© administrators the knowledge to install, configure, and manage VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.6. This course also shows you how to write and test disaster recovery plans that use Site Recovery Manager.

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

Site Recovery Manager Architecture

Describe Site Recovery Manager architecture
Identify disaster recovery options with Site Recovery Manager
Evaluate how Site Recovery Manager integrates with VMware products
Describe Site Recovery Manager licensing options
List the disaster recovery topologies supported by Site Recovery Manager
Describe how VMware Site Recovery for VMware Cloud on AWS integrates with Site Recovery Manager

Deploying and Configuring Site Recovery Manager

Identify the vSphere and vCenter Server requirements for deploying Site Recovery Manager
Define Site Recovery Manager virtual appliance system requirements
Deploy the Site Recovery Manager appliance
Navigate the Site Recovery Manager configuration UI
Describe the process for registering Site Recovery Manager with vCenter Server
Describe how to start and stop services in Site Recovery Manager
Identify ways to perform updates to the Site Recovery Manager appliance
Describe the options for accessing the Site Recovery Manager
Describe the process for configuring site pairing
Describe how to import and export Site Recovery Manager configuration
Navigate the Site Recovery Manager configuration UI
Describe the process for registering Site Recovery Manager with vCenter Server
Describe how to start and stop services in Site Recovery Manager
Identify ways to perform updates to the Site Recovery Manager appliance
Describe the options for accessing the Site Recovery Manager
Describe the process for configuring site pairing
Describe how to import and export Site Recovery Manager configuration

Configuring Inventory Mappings

Explain the importance of inventory mappings
Identify configuration options for inventory mappings
Describe the importance of placeholder virtual machines and datastores
Describe the importance of the vSphere inventory changes for Site Recovery Manager operation

Using Array-Based Replication

Describe array-based replication
Describe Storage Replication Adapters and explain their role for the array-based replication
Describe the concept and configuration of array pairs
Describe datastore groups and the relationship between devices and datastore groups
Describe the role of consistency groups
Identify the advantages of array-based replication

vSphere Replication

Describe Site Recovery Manager with vSphere Replication Architecture
Discuss the role of vSphere Replication components
Discuss use cases for vSphere Replication
Discuss system requirements and operational limits of vSphere Replication
Determine how to calculate bandwidth requirements for vSphere Replication
Identify the advantages of vSphere Replication
Deploy a vSphere Replication appliance
Configure a vSphere Replication appliance and register it with vCenter Server
Pair vSphere Replication appliances
Deploy an additional vSphere Replication server
Register a vSphere Replication server with a vSphere Replication management server

Replicating VMs Using vSphere Replication

Describe the replication process used by vSphere Replication
List vSphere Replication replica states
Describe vSphere Replication of encrypted virtual machines
Describe vSphere native key provider
Describe how to configure vSphere Replication
Discuss vSphere Replication RPO settings
Describe MPIT instances
Describe additional vSphere Replication settings
Describe how to disable vSphere Replication

Protection Groups

Define protection group functionality
Examine the differences between array-based protection groups, protection groups based on vSphere Replication, and Virtual Volumes protection groups
Create a protection group
View a placeholder virtual machine in the inventory
Configure protection for virtual machines and edit protection groups

Recovery Plans

Discuss recovery plan concepts
Discuss network planning
Discuss the organization of storage for recovery plans
Describe customization options in recovery planning
Describe priority groups and VM dependencies
Describe how to implement a recovery plan
Configure VM recovery plan properties
Describe the customization of recovery plans
Configure additional steps in the recovery plan
Delete a recovery plan

Executing Recovery Plans

Discuss use cases for Site Recovery Manager
Describe planned migration
Identify Site Recovery Manager workflows
Examine Site Recovery Manager integration with various vSphere technologies
Describe how to conduct a recovery plan test
Perform a recovery plan test
Identify the effect on the storage layer during the test recovery steps
Review the recovery plan test steps
Describe how to cancel a recovery plan test and clean up after recovery plan test cancelation
Explain a recovery plan execution in planned migration or disaster recovery mode
Identify the recovery steps for each execution type
Describe a forced recovery
Explain the importance of reprotection processes and states
Examine failback steps
Describe how to reprotect a data center

Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Identify Site Recovery Manager alarm options
Generate Site Recovery Manager recovery plan history reports
Configure Site Recovery Manager advanced settings
Identify Site Recovery Manager logs
Describe the vRealize Operations management pack for Site Recovery Manager

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Notes

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