VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.

1
Knowledge Transfer Kit
Overview

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Agenda
Site Recovery Manager 6.1 Introduction
Whats New in Site Recovery Manager 6.1
vSphere Replication 6.1 Overview

Site Recovery Manager 6.1

Introduction

Three Building Blocks for Disaster Recovery

Automation
Automation Solutions
Solutions

Data
Data Protection
Protection Solutions
Solutions

Infrastructure
Infrastructure Solutions
Solutions

Three Building Blocks For Disaster Recovery

(cont.)
VMware

Ecosystem

Disaster
Disaster Recovery
Recovery Orchestration
Orchestration

Site Recovery Manager

Replication
Replication

VMware vSphere
Replication

Array-Based

Backup
Backup and
and Recovery
Recovery

VMware vSphere Data

Protection

Backup Copies

Compute
Compute

VMware vSphere

Storage
Storage

VMware Virtual
SAN

External Storage

Virtualization and Software-Defined Storage

From VMware Improve Disaster Recovery

vSphere

Consolidation

Server HW
independence

Encapsulation

Virtual SAN
vSphere
vSphere

vSphere
vSphere

vSphere
vSphere

Hyperconvergence

x86 Servers

Storage HW
independence

Policy-based
management

Data Protection Determines the

Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
RPO
Synchronous

Minutes

Hours

Days

Array
Base
d
Repli
catio
n

Options for zero data loss

Available through storage partners

vSphere
Replication

RPO from 15 minutes to

24 hours

VM-level, hypervisor-based

Site
Recovery
Manager
integration
for
DR
orchestration

One day min. RPO

Backup data replication

vSphere Data Protection

Replication For Mission-Critical Applications

With Site Recovery Manager

vSphere Replication

Array-Based Replication

Proprietary technology
VM-centric management

Storage independent

Included with vSphere at no cost

Natively integrated with Site
Recovery Manager

High performance with options for synchronous

Site Recovery Manager integration through Storage

Replication Adapter (SRA) provided by storage
vendor
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Self-Service, Policy-Based Disaster Recovery

Protection For Apps
Architecture

Benefits

Capabilities

Site Recovery Manager using arraybased replication

VMware vRealize Automation
management across two sites
Integration through VMware vRealize
Orchestrator plug-in for Site
Recovery Manager

Self-service DR provisioning using vRealize

Automation blueprints
Automated protection mapping according to
predefined tiers

DR control delivered as a service to

app tenants

Quicker time to market for apps

Reduced complexity for infrastructure
admins

New APIs exposed for VMware

vSphere PowerCLI integration
Production Site

Recovery Site
vRealize
vRealize Automation
Automation

Site
Site Recovery
Recovery Manager
Manager

Site
Site Recovery
Recovery Manager
Manager

vSphere
vSphere

vSphere
vSphere

Array-based
Replication

External Storage

External Storage

vSphere Replication

Solution Description

Hypervisor-Based Replication for

vSphere VMs

vSphere Replication is VMware

proprietary technology for hypervisorbased replication of vSphere virtual

machines

Site B

Site A

Key Features
VM-centric, storage-independent

vSphere
Replication

Flexible RPO (5 minutes* to 24 hours)

vSphere
vSphere

vSphere
vSphere

Multiple points in time recovery (up to 24

replicas)
Network-efficient lightweight delta

replication
SAN

NAS

Virtual SAN

Virtual SAN

NAS

SAN

Key Benefits
Simplifies replication of virtual machines
Reduces storage and bandwidth

investments
Integrated with the VMware product

stack
Included with VMware vSphere

Essentials Plus Kit or higher editions at

no additional cost

* Only when both source and target are Virtual SAN datastores. Otherwise it reverts to 15 minutes.

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Site Recovery Manager

Automated Disaster Recovery Orchestration
Solution Description
Production Site

Recovery Site

Site Recovery Manager is the industry-

leading disaster recovery automation

solution for vSphere environments
vCenter
vCenter
Server
Server

Site
Site
Recovery
Recovery
Manager
Manager

vCenter
vCenter
Server
Server

Site
Site
Recovery
Recovery
Manager
Manager

Key Features
Centralized recovery plans for thousands

vSphere

vSphere
Replication

vSphere

of VMs
Non-disruptive recovery testing
Automated disaster recovery workflows

Servers

Array-based
replication

Integrated with the VMware product stack

Servers

Key Benefits
Lowers the cost of disaster recovery

management by 50% or more

Eliminates complexity and risk of manual

processes
Enables fast and highly-predictable RTOs
Provides policy-driven disaster recovery
* Disaster Avoidance

control for any virtualized app

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Key Components of a Disaster Recovery

Solution With Site Recovery Manager
Protected Site

vCenter
vCenter Server
Server

Site
Site Recovery
Recovery
Manager

Recovery Site

vCenter
vCenter Server
Server

Site
Site Recovery
Recovery
Manager
Manager

vSphere

vSphere

Storage

Storage

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Key Components of a Disaster Recovery

Solution With Site Recovery Manager (cont.)
Protected Site

vCenter
vCenter Server
Server

Site
Site Recovery
Recovery
Manager

VMware vCenter Server

Site Recovery Manager
vSphere

vSphere

One instance
installed at each
site
(Protected and
Recovery)
One virtual
appliance
installed at each
site

vSphere
Replication
or

Storage

Array-based replication
(third-party)
Storage Replication Adapter
(SRA)
provided by storage vendor
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Compatibility
Full support for vSphere 6.0 and later
New SRA required for stretched cluster storage

Integration with new linked mode

Visibility, roles, permissions. and licenses

Improved SSL certificate implementation

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Web Client Simplifies Multisite Use

Easy navigation

between multiple Site

Recovery Manager
pairs
Consolidated view of

all recovery plans and

protection groups
across all Site
Recovery Manger
pairs

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Exclusive to Site Recovery Manager 6.0

Improved VMware vSphere Storage vMotion and vSphere Storage DRS
Integration (array-based replication)
Site Recovery Manager

5.5 and 5.8

Site Recovery Manager 6.0

Site Recovery Manager plus

Single consistency group

Datastore
Cluster

Consistency
Consistency Group
Group

SDRS
SDRS

spanning datastore cluster

Replicated and non-replicated

Mix of consistency groups

SDRS

CG
CG 11

vSphere Storage DRS

supported only with
homogenous storage cluster

vSphere Storage DRS

supported with heterogeneous
datastore clusters

SDRS

CG
CG 22

Site Recovery Manager plus

Datastore
Cluster

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Site Recovery Manager Supports

Several Disaster Recovery Topologies
Active-Passive
Failover

Production

Active-Active
Failover

Dedicated
resources for
recovery

Shared
Recovery Sites

Production

Production

Recovery

Bi-Directional
Failover

Recovery

Run low-priority
apps on recovery
infrastructure

Production

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

Many-to-one
failover
Useful for remote
office/branch office
(ROBO)

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Shared Recovery Site

Branch 1

Recovery Site

Storage
NFS

vCenter

Branch 2

SRM Server

NFS

vRMS

Replication
Replication
ESXi
ESXi

ESXi
ESXi

ESXi
ESXi

vRA

vRA

vRA

vRS
ESXi
ESXi

SRM Server

vRMS
vCenter

SRM Server

RA = vRealize Automation
RM = Site Recovery Manager
RS = vSphere Replication Server
RMS = vSphere Replication
Management Server

ESXi
ESXi

vCenter

Storage
VMFS

VMFS

ESXi
ESXi

vRMS
ESXi
ESXi

vRS

ESXi
ESXi

ESXi
ESXi

ESXi
ESXi

vRA

vRA

vRA

Replication
Replication

SRM Server

Storage
NFS

NFS

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Enhanced Topology Support

Previous support was only for

Now also supporting

Unidirectional production to disaster

recovery site

Shared protection site

A-B-C

Bidirectional site-to-site protection

And more

Shared recovery site

Site A Data Center
Site
Recovery
Manager

Site A
vCenter
Server

Clusters

Site B Data Center

Site
Recovery
Manager

Site
Recovery
Manager

Site B
vCenter
Server

Site
Recovery
Manager

Site C Data Center

Site
Recovery
Manager

Clusters

Note: Still point-to-point replication only

Site C
vCenter
Server

Site
Recovery
Manager

Clusters
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Shared Recovery Site

Example ROBO Disaster Recovery with Remote vCenter Servers
ROBO 1

Central Office

Recovery
Site Mgmt
vCenter
Server

Site
Recovery
Manager

Site
Recovery
Manager

Site
Recovery
Manager
Site
Recovery
Manager

ROBO
vCenter Server 1

ROBO 2
Site
Recovery
Manager

ROBO

vCenter Server 2

ROBO N

Recovery Cluster

Site
Recovery
Manager

ROBO

vCenter Server N
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Other Topologies
Site B Data Center
Site
Recovery
Manager

Site A Data Center

Site A
vCenter
Server

Site
Recovery
Manager

Site
Recovery
Manager

ROBO 1

Remote Site
Mgmt. vCenter
Server

Site B
vCenter
Server

Site
Recovery
Manager

ROBO 2

ROBO N
Clusters

Clusters
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Licensing Scenarios and Requirements

Unidirectional protection
vCenter
vCenter

Licensing
Requirements
Site Recovery
Manager
Standalone
VMware vCloud
Suite Enterprise

SRM
SRM

Replication
A to B

vCenter
vCenter

SRM
SRM

Bidirectional protection
vCenter
vCenter

SRM
SRM

vSphere
vSphere

vSphere
vSphere

vSphere
vSphere

Site A

Site B

Site A

Replication
A to B

Replication
B to A

vCenter
vCenter

SRM
SRM

vSphere
vSphere

Site B

SRM Std / Ent

vSphere
vCenter Server

(No SRM
required)
vSphere
vCenter Server

SRM Std / Ent

vSphere
vCenter Server

SRM Std / Ent

vSphere
vCenter Server

vCloud Suite
Enterprise
vCenter Server

(No SRM
required)
vSphere
vCenter Server

vCloud Suite
Enterprise
vCenter Server

vCloud Suite
Enterprise
vCenter Server

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Whats New in
Site Recovery Manager 6.1

Policy Driven Protection

Profile Driven
Protection Group

New style protection group that leverages

storage profiles
Level of indirection and automation compared

to traditional protection groups

Policy-based approach reduces OpEx by

Storage
Policy

handling VM protection lifecycle automatically

Simpler integration of VM provisioning,

migration, and decommissioning with other

solutions such as vRealize Automation

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Stretched Storage and Orchestrated VMware

vSphere vMotion

The best of both stretched storage and

New York
vCenter
vCenter

New Jersey

Site
Site
Recovery
Recovery
Manager
Manager

vCenter
vCenter

Site
Site
Recovery
Recovery
Manager

Site Recovery Manager

Support stretched storage solutions with Site

Recovery Manager
Orchestrate vSphere vMotion operations

across vCenter instances

Unified plan for disaster avoidance,

vSphere
vSphere

vSphere
vSphere

disaster recovery, and mobility

Zero downtime migrations for planned

Stretched Storage

maintenance and disaster avoidance

Ability to non-disruptively test disaster

recovery plans (not possible with VMware

vSphere Metro Storage Cluster)
Enhanced reliability with active-active

datacenters and dual vCenter instances

Lower RTO in event of unplanned failures

(vs. replicated active-passive storage)

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Integration With Multiple vCenter Spanning

VMware NSX Networking
Simplified protection and recovery of workloads with network virtualization

Distributed Logical Switch

Overview
Site spanning VMware NSX

vCenter A / SRM A

vCenter B / SRM B

universal logical switches provide IP

portability on recovery
Site spanning VMware NSX networks

Primary

Secondary
Prod_Web_V110

Implicit Mapping

Prod_Web_V120

Implicit Mapping

Prod_Web_V130

Prod_Web_V130

Prod_Web_V120

Prod_Web_V110

Implicit Mapping

automatically inventory mapped for

DR recovery
VMware NSX Manager site level

resiliency
VMware NSX synchronizes security

groups and firewall rules* across

vCenter instances
Site Recovery Manager recovery plan

test enhancements

* Only universal distributed firewall (DFW) rules based on IP/MAC sets are synchronized as VC inventory remains local

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vSphere Replication 6.1

Overview

vSphere Replication
Product Overview

vSphere Replication
vSphere

vSphere

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vSphere Replication Benefits

Easy virtual appliance deployment
Minimal time investment, no hardware procurement

Integration with VMware vSphere Web Client

Ease of administration and monitoring

Data

Protect any VM regardless of OS and apps

App

One solution reduces complexity and cost

OS

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vSphere Replication Benefits (cont.)

Flexible 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 Typical Use Cases

Typical use cases
Disaster recovery
Disaster avoidance
Planned migration
VM replication within the same

site or across sites

ROBO

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vSphere Replication Integration Improvement

for VMware vCloud Air
Replication engine for VMware vCloud Air Disaster Recovery

vSphere
Replication

SAN

vCloud Air

Production Site

Disaster Recovery Site

Self-service
Easy deployment
Flexible RPO
Test recovery
Dependable failover

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vSphere Replication Overview

Replication engine for Site Recovery Manager

Site Recovery Manager

Orchestration

vSphere
Replication

Failover and failback

IP address changes

Non-disruptive tests
SAN
Production Site

Virtual SAN

History reports

Disaster Recovery Site

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vSphere Replication Reporting

Enhanced reporting
- Replicated VMs (by VC)
- Replicated VMs (by hosts)
- Transferred bytes
- RPO violations
- Replications count
- Site connectivity
- vSphere Replication server connectivity

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vSphere Replication Reporting (cont.)

Click here to expand graph
Filter by date range

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vSphere Replication
Replication Engine Enhancements
Primary
Site

Target
Site

15-minute RPO
Minimize data loss

Traffic Compression

Data is compressed prior to

network transfer

Low impact on CPU

End-to-end network compression

Full Sync Optimizations

Full Sync Optimizations
Write coalescing for more
efficient
Write coalescing
transfer for more
efficient transfer
Only moves data blocks
inOnly
use moves data blocks
in use

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vSphere Replication
Management Enhancements

Primary
Site

Primary
Site

Target
Site

Target
Site

Management
Traffic
Traffic
Replication
Replication
Traffic

SDRS
Movement

Network Traffic
Isolation
Separate management
traffic from replication
traffic

Resource
Pool

Linux Guest Quiescing

File system consistency

SDRS Integration at
Target Site
Prevents unnecessary full
syncs at target site
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vSphere Replication 6.1 Whats New?

5 Minutes RPO for Virtual SAN
vSphere Replication 6.1 support the 5 minute RPO only when both source

and target locations are Virtual SAN storage

5 minute RPO is available only for VC-VC replications

Support NFS for 4.1

Site Recovery Manager Air enablement (New REST APIs)
Site Recovery Manager Air works in conjunction with vSphere Replication to

enable compatibility with virtually any type of storage supported by vSphere,

protection of individual virtual machines, and recovery point objectives as
low as 15 minutes

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vSphere Replication Calculator

Accessible at
www.vmware.com/vrcalculator

Input variables
VM change rate
Average VM disk size
Capacity utilization
Network latency
Number of VMs replicated

Variables to solve for

RPO
Number of VMs
Network bandwidth required

Use with vSphere Replication

Capacity Planning Appliance

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vSphere Replication Limitations

VM must be powered on
Minimum RPO is 5 minutes when the target and the source site use

Virtual SAN storage for other storage types, minimum RPO is still 15
minutes
Up to 10 vSphere Replication servers per vSphere Replication

Management Server
Supported max of 2000 replicated VMs
vCenter Server 5.5 or 6.0 and VMware vSphere Web Client 6.0

required
VMs are recovered one at a time
VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance not supported
Physical Raw Device Mapping (RDM) not supported
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Questions

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