Description
About This Course
This two-day, hands-on training course equips experienced VMware vSphere® administrators with the knowledge to install, configure, and manage VMware vCenter™ Site Recovery Manager™ 5.8. This course also equips vSphere administrators with the knowledge to assist in writing and testing disaster recovery plans that use vCenter Site Recovery Manager.
Prerequisites
- Completion of VMware vSphere: Install,Configure, Manage or equivalent experience
- Basic knowledge of disaster recovery concepts
- Basic knowledge of storage array technology
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Summarize the components of vCenter Site Recovery Manager architecture
- Install vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.8 software
- Understand storage replication options used with vCenter Site Recovery Manager
- Deploy and configure VMware vSphere® Replication™ for use with vCenter Site Recovery Manager
- Configure inventory mappings in vCenter Site Recovery Manager
- Build protection groups based on vSphere Replication
- Build and test a recovery plan
- Perform reprotect and failback operations following recovery plan execution
Course Outline
Lesson 1: Course Introduction
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Introductions and course logistics
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Course goals and objectives
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About vCenter Site Recovery Manager
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VMware online resources
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vCenter Site Recovery Manager product documentation
Lesson 2: Overview and Architecture
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Describe how vCenter Site Recovery Manager is used for disaster recovery
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Use the VMware vSphere® Web Client as the interface for vCenter Site Recovery Manager
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Discuss vCenter Site Recovery Manager features
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Compare different vCenter Site Recovery Manager architecture topologies Lesson
Lesson 3: Installing VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
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Identify version requirements for the vSphere and vCenter elements that operate with vCenter Site Recovery Manager
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Describe requirements for installing vCenter Site Recovery Manager Server software
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Discuss alternatives for the vCenter Site Recovery Manager database
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Install the vCenter Site Recovery Manager software
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Describe the site pairing process
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Define the credentials required for pairing sites
Lesson 4: Storage Replication
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Describe how array-based replication operates with vCenter Site Recovery Manager
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Describe how vSphere Replication operates with vCenter Site Recovery Manager
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Compare array-based replication and vSphere Replication as options to work with vCenter Site Recovery Manager
Lesson 5: Deploying Replication
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Describe storage replication adapters
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Describe the process for adding an array manager to vCenter Site Recovery Manager
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Describe vSphere Replication architecture with vCenter Site Recovery Manager
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Describe the components of vSphere Replication
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Define use cases for vCenter Site Recovery Manager using vSphere Replication
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Deploy a vSphere Replication appliance
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Configure vSphere Replication appliance settings
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Configure a vSphere Replication appliance connection
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Deploy a vSphere Replication server
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Register a vSphere Replication server
Lesson 6: Configuring Inventory Mappings
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Describe inventory mappings
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Describe network mappings
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Discuss placeholder datastores
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Refresh inventory mappings when recovery site changes are made
Lesson 7: Configuring vSphere Replication
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Describe vSphere Replication recovery point objective (RPO) scheduling
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Describe retaining multiple points in time (MPIT) instances
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Configure vSphere Replication for virtual machines
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Explain how vSphere Replication stores replicated data
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Discuss configuring vSphere Replication target servers
Lesson 8: Building Protection Groups
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Define the function of vCenter Site Recovery Manager protection groups
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Describe array-based protection groups
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Describe vSphere Replication protection groups
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Create a protection group
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Configure protection group settings
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Remove protection from a virtual machine
Lesson 9: Building Recovery Plans
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Discuss how recovery plans protect virtual machines
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Discuss network planning for recovery plans
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Describe how recovery plans can be customized
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Discuss monitoring recovery plan activity using VMware vCenter™ alarms
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Create a recovery plan
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Configure virtual machine properties in a recovery plan
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Remove a recovery plan
Lesson 10: Testing and Running a Recovery Plan
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Compare planned migration and disaster recovery using recovery plans
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Describe the differences between testing and running a recovery plan
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Describe how vCenter Site Recovery Manager works with various vSphere technologies and components
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Describe how to run a recovery plan
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Identify the recovery steps for planned migration and disaster recovery
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Discuss using the Force Recovery option for recovery plans
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Describe reprotect and failback operations and why they are necessary
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Perform a reprotect operation
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Perform a failback operation
Who Should Attend
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vSphere administrators
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architects,
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system engineers
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systems integrators who are responsible for the deployment or management of vCenter Site Recovery Manager
