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Disaster Recovery Using VMware vSphere Replication and vCenter Site Recovery Manager - Second Edition

By : Abhilash G B
Book Image

Disaster Recovery Using VMware vSphere Replication and vCenter Site Recovery Manager - Second Edition

By: Abhilash G B

Overview of this book

VMware vCenter Site Recovery manage is an orchestration tool used to automate disaster recovery in a manner that no other solution does. It is programmed to leverage array-based replication and VMware's proprietary vSphere Replication engine. The book begins by talking about the architecture of SRM and guides you through the procedures involved in installing and configuring SRM to leverage array-based replication. You will then learn how to protect your virtual machines by creating Protection Groups and validate their recoverability by testing recovery plans and even performing failover and failback. Moving on, you will learn how to install and configure vSphere Replication as a standalone disaster recovery solution. It also guides you through the procedures involved in configuring SRM to leverage vSphere replication. Finally, you will learn how to deploy and configure vRealize Orchestrator and its plugin for SRM and vSphere Replication.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Disaster Recovery Using VMware vSphere Replication and vCenter Site Recovery Manager Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Adding a remote site as a target


A remote vCenter Server can be added as one of the targets. The pairing is mandatory when both the sites are managed by different vCenter Servers. This is because the VRM Server registered to the protected site vCenter can only see vSphere Replication (VR) Servers that are registered to it. You can deploy multiple VR Servers at either of the sites, but pairing can only be used if they are registered to its local VRM server. The pairing will not be possible if the vCenter Server managing the remote site does not have a VRMS registered to it.

When adding a target site, you are prompted to specify the address (FQDN/IP) and connection credentials of the vCenter Server managing the target site. Most environments use separate accounts for connections between different vSphere components. The separate account can also be a service account corresponding to that component. In that case, you can use the service account corresponding to the vCenter Server that you are...