Duration

2 days

Course Description

This two-day, hands-on training course gives experienced VMware vSphere® administrators the knowledge to install, configure, and manage VMware Site Recovery Manager™ 8.6. This course also shows you how to write and test disaster recovery plans that use Site Recovery Manager.

Product Alignment

VMware Site Recovery Manager [V8.6]

Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

Summarize the components of Site Recovery Manager architecture
Deploy and configure the Site Recovery Manager appliance
Describe the principal disaster recovery topologies that are used with Site Recovery Manager
Configure inventory and resource mappings
Describe the storage replication options that are used with Site Recovery Manager
Configure Site Recovery Manager to leverage array-based replication
Describe VMware vSphere® Replication™ functionality
Describe the vSphere Replication architecture
Deploy and configure vSphere Replication for use with Site Recovery Manager
Build Site Recovery Manager array-based protection groups, protection groups based on vSphere Replication, and Virtual Volumes protection groups.
Build, edit, execute, test, and remove a recovery plan
Perform a planned migration

Intended Audience

vSphere administrators, architects, system engineers, and systems integrators who are responsible for the deployment or management of Site Recovery Manager

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should have completed one of the following course(s):

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
VMware vSphere: Fast Track
VMware vSphere: What’s New
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting Workshop

Or equivalent knowledge and administration experience with VMware ESXi™ and VMware vCenter Server™.

Outline

1 Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics

Course objectives

2 Site Recovery Manager Architecture

Describe Site Recovery Manager architecture

Identify disaster recovery options with Site Recovery Manager

Evaluate how Site Recovery Manager integrates with VMware products

Describe Site Recovery Manager licensing options

List the disaster recovery topologies supported by Site Recovery Manager

Describe how VMware Site Recovery for VMware Cloud on AWS integrates with Site Recovery Manager

3 Deploying and Configuring Site Recovery Manager

Identify the vSphere and vCenter Server requirements for deploying Site Recovery Manager

Define Site Recovery Manager virtual appliance system requirements

Deploy the Site Recovery Manager appliance

Navigate the Site Recovery Manager configuration UI

Describe the process for registering Site Recovery Manager with vCenter Server

Describe how to start and stop services in Site Recovery Manager

Identify ways to perform updates to the Site Recovery Manager appliance

Describe the options for accessing the Site Recovery Manager

Describe the process for configuring site pairing

Describe how to import and export Site Recovery Manager configuration

Navigate the Site Recovery Manager configuration UI

Describe the process for registering Site Recovery Manager with vCenter Server

Describe how to start and stop services in Site Recovery Manager

Identify ways to perform updates to the Site Recovery Manager appliance

Describe the options for accessing the Site Recovery Manager

Describe the process for configuring site pairing

Describe how to import and export Site Recovery Manager configuration

4 Configuring Inventory Mappings

Explain the importance of inventory mappings

Identify configuration options for inventory mappings

Describe the importance of placeholder virtual machines and datastores

Describe the importance of the vSphere inventory changes for Site Recovery Manager operation

5 Using Array-Based Replication

Describe array-based replication

Describe Storage Replication Adapters and explain their role for the array-based replication

Describe the concept and configuration of array pairs

Describe datastore groups and the relationship between devices and datastore groups

Describe the role of consistency groups

Identify the advantages of array-based replication

6 vSphere Replication

Describe Site Recovery Manager with vSphere Replication Architecture

Discuss the role of vSphere Replication components

Discuss use cases for vSphere Replication

Discuss system requirements and operational limits of vSphere Replication

Determine how to calculate bandwidth requirements for vSphere Replication

Identify the advantages of vSphere Replication

Deploy a vSphere Replication appliance

Configure a vSphere Replication appliance and register it with vCenter Server

Pair vSphere Replication appliances

Deploy an additional vSphere Replication server

7 Replicating VMs Using vSphere Replication

Describe the replication process used by vSphere Replication

List vSphere Replication replica states

Describe vSphere Replication of encrypted virtual machines

Describe vSphere native key provider

Describe how to configure vSphere Replication

Discuss vSphere Replication RPO settings

Describe MPIT instances

Describe additional vSphere Replication settings

Describe how to disable vSphere Replication

8 Protection Groups

Define protection group functionality

Examine the differences between array-based protection groups, protection groups based on vSphere Replication, and Virtual Volumes protection groups

Create a protection group

View a placeholder virtual machine in the inventory

Configure protection for virtual machines and edit protection groups

9 Recovery Plans

Discuss recovery plan concepts

Discuss network planning

Discuss the organization of storage for recovery plans

Describe customization options in recovery planning

Describe priority groups and VM dependencies

Describe how to implement a recovery plan

Configure VM recovery plan properties

Describe the customization of recovery plans

Configure additional steps in the recovery plan

Delete a recovery plan

10 Executing Recovery Plans

Discuss use cases for Site Recovery Manager

Describe planned migration

Identify Site Recovery Manager workflows

Examine Site Recovery Manager integration with various vSphere technologies

Describe how to conduct a recovery plan test

Perform a recovery plan test

Identify the effect on the storage layer during the test recovery steps

Review the recovery plan test steps

Describe how to cancel a recovery plan test and clean up after recovery plan test cancelation

Explain a recovery plan execution in planned migration or disaster recovery mode

Identify the recovery steps for each execution type

Describe a forced recovery

Explain the importance of reprotection processes and states

Examine failback steps

Describe how to reprotect a data center

11 Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Identify Site Recovery Manager alarm options

Generate Site Recovery Manager recovery plan history reports

Configure Site Recovery Manager advanced settings

Identify Site Recovery Manager logs

Describe the vRealize Operations management pack for Site Recovery Manager

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.