VMware Site Recovery Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Course subjects

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

• Register a vSphere Replication server with a vSphere Replication management 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 organisation of storage for recovery plans

• Describe customisation options in recovery planning

• Describe priority groups and VM dependencies

• Describe how to implement a recovery plan

• Configure VM recovery plan properties

• Describe the customisation 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