SRM with vSphere Replication 6.5 – Configuration Iteration
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- vSphere Replication:
- Deploy vSphere Replication Appliace OVF (applies to source and destination vCenter servers).
- Logon to the vSphere Replication appliance (5480) and perform initial configuration (including time) and register the service (applies to source and destination vCenter servers).
- Deploy additional vSphere Replication Servers if required, select the AddOn OVF when prompted (applies to source and destination vCenter servers).
- Register the additional vSphere Replication Server with its designated vCenter Server.
- Connect vSphere Replication Target Sites (done once and reverse configuration is done automatically).
- Configure a test virtual maachine for replication.
- Verify replication status it should be OK when its done.
- Site Recovery Manager:
- Provision two VMs for SRM (one in source and one in destination).
- Install SRM on the virtual machines (Embedded DB is used here. Also, if SSL is required, request it via IIS for example then export it as PFX).
- Via the vSphere Web Client, go to the Site Recovery Manager plugin and pair the sites (reverse pairining works automatically).
- Configure site wide mappings (network, folder, resources, storage policies and place holder datastores).
- Configure protection groups.
- Configure recovery plans (make sure to visit recovery steps to for advanced customization).
- Test recovery plan.
- Do a planned failover (includes reprotection and failback).
- Do a disaster failover (includes the recreation of protection groups and recovery plans).
- vSphere Replication:
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