VMSR: VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager: Install, Configure, Manage (V5.8)

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

• Introductions and course logistics

• Course goals and objectives

• About vCenter Site Recovery Manager

• VMware online resources

• vCenter Site Recovery Manager product documentation

Lesson 2: Overview and Architecture

• Describe how vCenter Site Recovery Manager is used for disaster recovery

• Use the VMware vSphere® Web Client as the interface for vCenter Site Recovery Manager

• Discuss vCenter Site Recovery Manager features

• Compare different vCenter Site Recovery Manager architecture topologies Lesson

Lesson 3: Installing VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager

• Identify version requirements for the vSphere and vCenter elements that operate with vCenter Site Recovery Manager

• Describe requirements for installing vCenter Site Recovery Manager Server software

• Discuss alternatives for the vCenter Site Recovery Manager database

• Install the vCenter Site Recovery Manager software

• Describe the site pairing process

• Define the credentials required for pairing sites

Lesson 4: Storage Replication

• Describe how array-based replication operates with vCenter Site Recovery Manager

• Describe how vSphere Replication operates with vCenter Site Recovery Manager

• Compare array-based replication and vSphere Replication as options to work with vCenter Site Recovery Manager

Lesson 5: Deploying Replication

• Describe storage replication adapters

• Describe the process for adding an array manager to vCenter Site Recovery Manager

• Describe vSphere Replication architecture with vCenter Site Recovery Manager

• Describe the components of vSphere Replication

• Define use cases for vCenter Site Recovery Manager using vSphere Replication

• Deploy a vSphere Replication appliance

• Configure vSphere Replication appliance settings

• Configure a vSphere Replication appliance connection

• Deploy a vSphere Replication server

• Register a vSphere Replication server

Lesson 6: Configuring Inventory Mappings

• Describe inventory mappings

• Describe network mappings

• Discuss placeholder datastores

• Refresh inventory mappings when recovery site changes are made

Lesson 7: Configuring vSphere Replication

• Describe vSphere Replication recovery point objective (RPO) scheduling

• Describe retaining multiple points in time (MPIT) instances

• Configure vSphere Replication for virtual machines

• Explain how vSphere Replication stores replicated data

• Discuss configuring vSphere Replication target servers

Lesson 8: Building Protection Groups

• Define the function of vCenter Site Recovery Manager protection groups

• Describe array-based protection groups

• Describe vSphere Replication protection groups

• Create a protection group

• Configure protection group settings

• Remove protection from a virtual machine

Lesson 9: Building Recovery Plans

• Discuss how recovery plans protect virtual machines

• Discuss network planning for recovery plans

• Describe how recovery plans can be customized

• Discuss monitoring recovery plan activity using VMware vCenter™ alarms

• Create a recovery plan

• Configure virtual machine properties in a recovery plan

• Remove a recovery plan

Lesson 10: Testing and Running a Recovery Plan

• Compare planned migration and disaster recovery using recovery plans

• Describe the differences between testing and running a recovery plan

• Describe how vCenter Site Recovery Manager works with various vSphere technologies and components

• Describe how to run a recovery plan

• Identify the recovery steps for planned migration and disaster recovery

• Discuss using the Force Recovery option for recovery plans

• Describe reprotect and failback operations and why they are necessary

• Perform a reprotect operation

• Perform a failback operation

Who Should Attend

• vSphere administrators

• architects,

• system engineers

• systems integrators who are responsible for the deployment or management of vCenter Site Recovery Manager