Disaster Recovery using VMware vSphere Replication and vCenter S torrent

Learn to deploy and use vSphere Replication 5.5 as a standalone disaster recovery solution and to orchestrate disaster recovery using vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.5.

Overview

Learn how to deploy and use vSphere Replication as a standalone disaster recovery solution.
Configure SRM to leverage array-based or vSphere replication engine.
Use SRM to orchestrate the execution of recovery plans.
In Detail

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager automates 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.

This book will familiarize you with the concepts of disaster recovery using vCenter Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication.

You will learn how to deploy and confi gure vSphere Replication in the standalone mode to replicate virtual machines. You will also learn how to use vCenter Site Recovery Manager to leverage array-based replication or vSphere Replication, form Recovery Plans and orchestrate them to perform a test, Planned Migration, Failover, or Failback.

What you will learn from this book

Familiarize yourself with disaster recovery concepts
Deploy vCenter Site Recovery Manager
Configure vCenter Site Recovery Manager to leverage array-based replication and vSphere Replication
Enable the protection of virtual machines by creating Protection Groups
Create and test Recovery Plans
Migrate virtual machine workload to another site using Recovery Plans
Perform a Failover in the event of a disaster
Failback the virtual machines to the Protected Site
Use vSphere Replication as a standalone disaster recovery solution
Approach

This is a step-by-step guide that will help you understand disaster recovery using VMware vSphere Replication 5.5 and VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.5. The topics and configuration procedures are accompanied with relevant screenshots, flow-charts, and logical diagrams that makes grasping the concepts easier.