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Site Recovery Manager 6.1 Overview and Technical Walkthru

GS Khalsa Technical Marketing, Storage & Availability

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Author(s) Technical Marketing – GS Khalsa & Ken Werneburg Title and General description Site Recovery Manager 6.1 Technical Overview Distribution and Audience type Internal, External, Partner, Customer. This deck is designed to be a deep dive on SRM 6.1. This is considerably longer than required for most presentations as it is designed to be fairly exhaustive. For most sales conversations this deck should be dramatically shortened, and should be used in its entirety only for a longer session exploring the technology of Site Recovery Manager. For further SRM information please visit the Vault and look for the SRM Overview deck as well as the SRM offline demo. Primary target audience Technical: Server team (managers, directors, VI Admin), BC/DR teams. Technical level High Time required to present 90+ minutes Date updated September 17, 2015

Agenda

• Overview
• Architecture
• Topologies
• Deployment and Configuration
• Replication
• Protection
• Recovery
• Workflows

Overview

VMware Site Recovery Manager

vSphere

vCenter Server Site Recovery Manager vCenter Server Site Recovery Manager

vSphere

Production Site Recovery Site

Servers Servers

Array-based replication vSphere Replication

• Centralized recovery plans for 1000’s of VMs
• Non-disruptive recovery testing
• Automated DR workflows
• Integrated with the VMware product stack
• Eliminates complexity and risk of manual

processes

• Enables fast and highly predictable RTOs
• Provides policy-driven DR control for any

virtualized app

Transforms Management of Recovery And Migration Plans

v Weeks or months to set up recovery plans v Unstructured and manual makes them error-prone v Quickly fall out of sync with infrastructure changes ü Simple set up in minutes ü Software-defined workflows eliminate errors ü Simple to update and keep in sync with changes

From Complex Runbooks… …to Simple Recovery Plans

Terminology

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RPO - Recovery Point Objective RTO - Recovery Time Objective

Last Viable Restore Point All Functionality Recovered

Disaster Strikes

Architecture

Replication

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• SRM is not a replication solution
• SRM monitors and interacts with

replication solutions

• Choice of replication options
• vSphere Replication/Host

Based Replication

• Array Based Replication

OS Data App OS Data App

SAN Virtual SAN

vSphere Replication

Only changes are replicated

OS Data App OS Data App

Site Recovery Manager Architecture

vSphere Web Client SRM Plugin SRM Server vSphere vSphere Web Client SRM Plugin SRM Server vSphere Array Replication vCenter Server Linked Mode SRA Storage Storage SRA SSO PSC vCenter Server SSO PSC vCenter Server vSphere Replication Protected Site Recovery Site VR Appliance VR Appliance

Use Cases and Topologies

Disaster Recovery

• Least frequent but most-critical use case
• Ensures fastest RTO

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PROTECTED SITE RECOVERY SITE

Disaster Avoidance

• Ensures app-consistency and zero data loss
• Zero downtime if used with stretched storage
• Proactive, controlled workflow

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PROTECTED SITE RECOVERY SITE

Planned Migration

• Most common use case
• Frequent on-ramp for SRM
• Enables data center maintenance and

global load balancing

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SITE A SITE B

Active-Passive Failover

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Recovery Production

• Dedicated resources for recovery
• Most common
• Paying for idle resources

Active-Active Failover

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Recovery Production

• Run low-priority apps on recovery infrastructure
• Shutdown low-priority apps as part of recovery

Bi-directional Failover

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Production Production

• Production applications at both sites
• Each site acts as the recovery site for the other

Multi-Site Failover

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SRM VC Remote Office A SRM VC Main Data Center SRM SRM SRM VC Remote Office B SRM VC Remote Office C SRM VC Site B SRM SRM VC Site C SRM SRM VC Site A SRM

• One to One pairing of SRM servers
• Each VM only protected once
• Each VM only replicated once
• Utilize enhanced linked mode

Stretched Storage & Orchestrated vMotion

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Production Production

• Production apps at both sites with seamless mobility across sites
• Zero downtime for planned events
• Typically limited to a Metro distance (less than 100 km)

Stretched Storage

Deployment

Site Recovery Manager Concepts

Recovery Plans SRM Server Networks, Folders, Resources, Storage Policies, Placeholder Datastores SRM Server One or more Protection Groups Protection Groups vCenter Server vCenter Server Protected Site Recovery Site Site Pairing Mapping Protection Groups Resources: Networks, Folders, Resource Pools, Storage Policies Recovery Plans Groups of VMs

Recovered Together

Replication

Storage Replication Adapters (SRAs):

• Discover arrays
• Determine which LUNs are replicated
• Assist in initiating tests, recovery
• Other SRA capabilities

– Reprotect – Synchronization – Planned Migration

• SRM Compatibility Matrix: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/srm_storage_partners.pdf

SRM Server SRA

Vendor Management Interface

Array Manager Array Manager Replication Manager

SRA

Vendor Management Interface Array Array Array

Storage Array Integration

Storage Array Integration

vSphere Replication Overview

• Per-VM, host-based replication
• Network-efficient by replicating only changed data
• Included with vSphere Essentials Plus and higher editions

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OS Data App OS Data App

SAN Virtual SAN vCenter Server vSphere Replication Only changes are replicated

OS Data App OS Data App

vSphere Replication Features and Benefits

• Easy virtual appliance deployment

– Minimal time investment, no hardware procurement

• Integration with vSphere Web Client

– Ease of administration and monitoring

• Protect any VM regardless of OS and apps

– One solution reduces complexity and cost

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OS Data App

vSphere Replication Features and Benefits

• Flexible recovery point objective (RPO) policies

– Supports a wide variety of business requirements

• Compatible with Virtual SAN, SAN, NAS, local storage

– One solution reduces complexity and cost

• Quick recovery for individual VMs

– Reduces downtime, minimizes resource requirements

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vSphere Replication Features and Benefits

• End-to-end network compression

– Further reduces bandwidth requirements

• Network traffic isolation

– Control bandwidth, improve performance, security

• Windows VSS and Linux file system quiescing

– Increased reliability when recovering VMs

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Management Replication

WAN LAN

vSphere Replication Overview

• Reliable: Protecting thousands of VMs since 2011
• Efficient: WAN-friendly replication with compression
• Value: Included with vSphere Essentials Plus Kit and higher
• Easy: Virtual appliance deployment, vSphere Web Client management

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OS Data App OS Data App

SAN Virtual SAN vCenter Server vSphere Replication Only changes are replicated

OS Data App OS Data App

Protection

Protection Groups

• Group of VMs that will be recovered together

– Application – Department – System type – Or ?

• Different depending on replication type
• A VM can only belong to one Protection Group

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Protection Group

vSphere Replication Protection Groups

• Group VMs as desired into Protection Groups
• What storage they are located on doesn’t matter

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Protection Group 1 – Web App Protection Group 2 – Email Protection Group 3 – SharePoint

Array Based Protection Groups

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Consistency Group Protection Group 1 – Web App

LUN 1

Protection Group 2 – Email Protection Group 3 – SharePoint

Datastore A

LUN 2

Datastore B

LUN 3

Datastore C

LUN 4

Datastore D

LUN 5

Datastore F

Storage Policy-Based Protection Groups

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Profile Driven Protection Group

• Policy Driven Protection
• New Style Protection Group leveraging storage

profiles

• High level of automation compared to traditional

protection groups

• Policy based approach reduces OpEx
• Simpler integration of VM provisioning,

migration, and decommissioning

Storage Policy

Recovery

Protection Groups fit into Recovery Plans

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Protection Group 1 – Web App Protection Group 2 – Email Protection Group 3 – SharePoint Protection Group 1 – Web App Protection Group 2 – Email Protection Group 3 – SharePoint Recovery Plan 2 - Email Protection Group 2 – Email Recovery Plan 3 – Whole Site Recovery Plan 1 – Web App Protection Group 1 – Web App

Priorities and Dependencies UI

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Priority Group 5 Priority Group 4 Priority Group 3 Priority Group 2 Priority Group 1

Desktop Desktop Desktop Desktop Apache Apache Mail Sync Exchange App Server 2 App Server 1 Database

Priorities and Dependencies

Master Database

Dependency

VM IP Customization

• IP Subnet Mapping

– Ability to map entire subnets rather than individual addresses

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Shutdown & Startup Actions

• Can be customized for each VM

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Pre and post power on steps

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• Script or Prompt
• Can be run on

– Recovered VM – SRM server

Workflows

Workflows for Recovery Plans

• Recovery

– Planned Migration – Disaster Recovery

• Reprotect
• Test
• Cleanup

Replication

Running a Recovery Plan – Planned Migration or Disaster Recovery

Protected Site Recovery Site

• Synchronize storage
• Power off VMs
• Synchronize storage again
• Break replication
• Mount datastores to hosts at

Recovery Site

• Power off non-critical VMs at

Recovery Site (optional)

• Power on VMs

Differences between Planned Migration & Disaster Recovery

• Planned Migration Mode

§ Allows for a data synchronization as part of the process § Will stop on errors and allow you to resolve them before continuing § Since it shut’s down the virtual machines being migrated, application consistent VM’s are recovered on

the recovery side

• Disaster Recovery Mode

§ Allows for a data synchronization as part of the process § Will not stop on errors § If the protected site is available, than the virtual machines being migrated will be application consistent

at the recovery side.

§ If the protected site is not available the consistency state will be what was designed in the solution

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Failback is a process of “Reverse Recovery”

Reliable and automated for both ABR and VR Easily return environments to the primary production site

Failback – continued

• After a reprotect, replication now goes in reverse – to the protected side

Testing a Recovery Plan

Protected Site Recovery Site

Replication not impacted

Isolated Test Network Snapshot

• Entirely non-disruptive to

production VMs and replication

• Allows for data synchronization

as part of the process

• Supports a recovery that uses a

different network

• Uses a clone or snapshot

Steps:

• Replicate storage (optional)
• Snapshot VM or Storage
• Mount snapshot to hosts
• Power on VMs

Cleaning up a Test Recovery

• Run after testing is complete
• Steps:
• Power off VMs
• Remove VMs from inventory
• Delete snapshot
• Following cleanup, no test resources are

in use at the recovery site

• Test or recovery is now ready to be run

History Reports

• Each workflow operation has an associated history report

History Reports - continued

History Reports - continued

Additional Resources

• Hands on Lab
• SRM Technical Overview
• SRM Evaluation Guide
• Product Documentation
• Trial Licenses
• VMTN Community Forums
• SRM FAQ

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Supplemental

Recovery Plan Steps

• Are all the steps that need to be taken to recover
• Pre-sync storage – to reduce downtime
• Shutdown VMs – to ensure no data loss
• Sync storage – to get latest data
• Power On VMs - in desired sequence
• VMs can be left shutdown as part of recovery

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Multi-site UI

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Advanced – IP Customization

Forced Recovery (Introduced in 5.0.1)

VMware vSphere

VMware vCenter Server Site Recovery Manager VMware vCenter Server Site Recovery Manager

VMware vSphere

Site A (Primary) Site B (Recovery) Servers Servers

? ?

Avoid delays to RTO when protected site is inconsistent

Testing a Recovery Plan

Testing a Recovery Plan

VM’s are ready to be used now

All Paths Down Handling

VMFS

vSphere vSphere

VMFS

vSphere vSphere

Limits

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Maximum

Protected virtual machines total 5000 Simultaneously recoverable VMs 2000 Protected virtual machines in a single protection group 500 Protection groups 250 Simultaneous running recovery plans 10 vSphere Replicated virtual machines 2000

SDRS, sVmotion & Array Based Replication

• SRM + SDRS supported with heterogeneous datastore clusters

– replicated and non-replicated – mix of consistency groups

• Protected VM state maintained

Datastore Cluster CG 1 CG 2 SDRS SDRS

SDRS, sVmotion & vSphere Replication

LUN 1 LUN 2

• Protected or recovery site SDRS or svmotion move between devices

supported

• Protected VM state maintained
• Full sync resumes (not restarts) if interrupted by svmotion or SDRS move

Embedded vPostgres Database

• Provides alternate integrated and simplified installation option
• Supports any size SRM environment

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Enhanced topology support

SRM VC Site A Shared Site VC SRM SRM SRM VC Site A

Enhanced topology support

• Shared recovery site and shared protected site support

SRM VC Remote Office A SRM VC Main Data Center SRM SRM SRM VC Remote Office B SRM VC Remote Office C

Enhanced topology support

Remote Office A Remote Office B Remote Office B SRM VC Shared DR Site SRM VC Site A

Remote Office

SRM

Remote Office

VC SRM

Enhanced topology support

SRM VC Site B SRM SRM VC Site C SRM SRM VC Site A SRM

SRM and VR Interop resolution

Point in time recovery is available in SRM when using vSphere Replication SRM Advanced Settings dialog to instruct SRM to preserve/collapse MPIT images vrReplication.preserveMpitImagesAs Snapshots Preserved by default so set at both sites

Running a Recovery Plan

Recovery Plan