From the previous chapters, you learned how to use SRM to leverage vSphere Replication and/or array-based replication to protect virtual machine workloads to make them available in a Disaster Recovery situation. While SRM orchestrates most of the DR activities which otherwise would require a lot of manual work, it still needs an administrator to hop between many GUI elements to perform the tasks. In this chapter, you will learn how to deploy and configure vRealize Orchestrator for use with SRM and vSphere Replication. What we will not cover is creating custom workflows using vRealize Orchestrator as that is beyond the scope of this book. This chapter also covers a brief topic on Troubleshooting SRM and vSphere Replication.
Here is what we will be covering:
Deploying and configuring vRealize Orchestrator
Installing the vRO plugins for SRM and vSphere Replication
Troubleshooting SRM and vSphere Replication