Post on 31-Jan-2016
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Introduction to VMware Site Recovery Manager
Vadim Shvarts
vshvarts@vmware.com
Agenda
VMware Infrastructure and Disaster Recovery Today
VMware Availability Spectrum
Disaster Recovery Pain Points
Benefits of VMware Infrastructure for Disaster Recovery
VMware Site Recovery Manager
Product Objectives
Product Capabilities
Use Cases
Implementation Details
Future Plans
Advantages of Virtual Disaster Recovery
Virtual machines are portable
Virtual hardware can be automatically configured
Test and failover can be automated (minimizes human error)
The need for idle hardware is reduced
Costs are lowered, and the quality of service is raised
VMware Availability Products And Features
Avoid Planned OutagesQuick Recovery From Unplanned Outages
Component
Server
Storage
Data
Site
VMware HAVMotion, DRS + Maintenance Mode
NIC Teaming, Multipathing
Encapsulation, VCBStorage VMotion
Encapsulation, boot from shared storage, instant reprovisioning, HW independence, resource pools, snapshots, VLANs
Encapsulation, VCB
VMware Site Recovery Manager
Disaster Recovery Pain Points
Lack of a reliable disaster recovery plan
27-30% of business have no disaster recovery plan (VMworld, Imation)
Inability to meet RTO and RPO requirements with current plan
Business needs and/or regulatory needs
Need to improve RTO from days to minutes or hours
Need to improve RPO from 24 hours to 1 hour or less
Expense related to hardware at remote site
Idle hardware at recovery site (capital cost)
Need to maintain system and application images at secondary site (operational cost)
Unable to instantly repurpose machines at the secondary site (RTO impact)
• Hardware Independence• Instant
Repurposing
Failover
Cost Reliability
Planning And Acquisition
Testing
• Encapsulation• Boot From Shared Storage• DRS And Resource Pools
•Snapshots•VLANs
BusinessConcern
AssociatedDR Workflow
SupportingVI3 PlatformFeatures
VMware Infrastructure 3 for Disaster Recovery Today
Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
~60% of customers using virtualization for DR#1 reason for virtualization behind consolidation/resource utilization
Customers
Awards“Best Disaster Recovery Product of 2006” (TechTarget)
VMware SRM
Product Objectives
Automate DR failover?
Propagate VCMS info to the DR
site?
Setup recoveryVM networking?
Implement DR planchange control?
Enable regular, non-disruptive
testing?
Manage VI3 and storage
replication?
Manage DR VM resources
and QOS?
Increase DR plan coverage?
Improve recovery success rate?
Satisfy compliance
officers?
Reduce time to recovery?
Get assurance DR goals being met?
Business Needs
Technical Needs
Without breaking the bank or introducing paralyzing complexity for IT staff
In a server, OS, and application independent manner
Site Recovery Manager Core Capabilities
Centralized management for DR
Create, test, update and execute recovery plans from a single point of management
Tight integration with VirtualCenter
Disaster recovery automation
Build recovery process in advance
Automate testing of recovery plans
Automate execution of recovery process
Simplified setup and integration
Allocate and manage recovery resources
Easy integration with leading vendors’ storage replication systems
Storage
Servers
Virtual Machines
ESXServer
ESXServer
ESXServer
ESXServer
VirtualCenterSite
Recovery Manager
Key Components
VMware Infrastructure 3 deployment
Storage
Servers
VMware Infrastructure
Virtual Machines
VirtualCenter
Key Components
Storage
Servers
VMware Infrastructure
Virtual Machines
VirtualCenterSite
Recovery Manager
Site Recovery Manager> Manages and monitors recovery plans
> Tightly integrated with VirtualCenter
Storage Partner Replication> Integrated via replication adapters created,
certified and supported by replication vendor
Partner Replication
VMware Infrastructure> Requires ESX Server 3.0.2 or later
> Requires VirtualCenter 2.5 or later
Storage> iSCSI or FibreChannel storage
Key Components
Storage
Servers
VMware Infrastructure
Virtual Machines
VirtualCenterSite
Recovery Manager
Storage
Servers
VMware Infrastructure
VirtualCenterSite
Recovery Manager
Partner Replication
Site Recovery Manager
Protected virtual machines
Virtual Machines
Production Disaster Recovery
Site Recovery Manager Management Interface
Disaster recovery management is another view of your environment
Viewed from VirtualCenter management client
Central point of management for virtual infrastructure and disaster recovery
Site Recovery Manager
VirtualCenter
VirtualCenter client
Disaster Recovery Setup
Create recovery plans For virtual machines, applications, business units
Integrate with replicationIdentify which virtual machines are protected by replication configuration
Map recovery resourcesServer resources, network resources, management objects
Specify recovery processConvert manual runbook to pre-programmed responseCustomizable with scripting and callouts
Setup: Mapping Recovery Resources
Maps production resources to resources available at recovery site
Virtual machine hierarchy
Resource pools
Network connections
Eliminates complexity of managing recovery site resources
Production Disaster Recovery
Setup: Building Recovery Plans
Turn manual runbook into automated process
Specify steps of recovery process in VirtualCenter
Extensible framework Scripts for specialized tasksCheckpoints for manual stepsEnables integration with physical recovery
Failover Automation
Detect site failuresRaise alert when heartbeat lost
Initiate failoverUser confirmation of outage
Granular failover initiation
Manage replication failoverBreak replication
Make replica visible to recovery hosts
Execute recovery processUse pre-programmed plan
Provide visibility into progress
Testing
Replication ManagementSnapshot replicated LUNs before test
Delete snapshots of replicated LUNs after test
Network ManagementChange all virtual machines to a test port group before powering them on
Customization/extensibilitySame breakpoints and callouts as failover sequence
Extra breakpoints and callouts around the test bubble
Failback
Promote secondary site to primaryFor one or more VMs
Add VMs to DR profileProtect them at another site
Manual failoverShort downtime (minutes)
Likely to be individual VMs/applications
VM
FS
2
Recovery Plan: Big Red ButtonProtection Groups:
Section: High Priority
Section: Medium Priority
Section: Lowest Priority
Use Case #1: Recovering From Complete Site Failure
VM
FS
1V
MF
S3
Exchange1
Exchange2
SQL1
SQL2
SAP
AD
IIS
LUN Group 2
LUN Group 1
LUN Group 3
Protection Group 1
1. AD2. SQL13. SQL2
1. SAP2. Exchange13. Exchange2
1. IIS
Protection Group 3
Protection Group 2
Recovery Plan: Array DiesProtection Groups:
Section: High Priority
Section: Medium Priority
Section: Lowest Priority
Use Case #2: Recovering From Array Failure
VM
FS
1
Exchange1
Exchange2
SQL1
SQL2
SAP
AD
IIS
1. AD
1. IIS
Protection Group 3
VM
FS
2V
MF
S3
Future Plans
Better warnings on misconfiguration
Automated failback workflow
More expansive SDK
Support for more DR topologies
Features for smaller businesses
Application monitoring
Ties with VMware HA
Site Recovery Manager Interest and Support
Storage Partners
Customers
• Customers designing for Site Recovery Manager now
• Over 2300 attendees at VMworld sessions
• Large VMware customer:
• Site Recovery Manager will justify expanding and accelerating virtualization of their datacenter
Summary
VI3 is an award winning DR product today
Best RTO, cost and reliability of any platform today
Site Recovery Manager will augment VMware’s DR capabilities
Adds workflow on top of VMware’s DR ready platform
Ties in with existing DR products from storage OEMs
Technically
Automates setup, failover, and test of DR
Business benefits
Creates a low-RTO, low-cost, highly reliable DR plan and workflow that is repeatable, testable and auditable
Questions?