VMware Site Recovery Manager v5

vSphere administrators, architects, system engineers, and systems integrators who are responsible for the deployment or management of SRM.

• Install SRM 5.0.
• Understand the storage replication options.
• Deploy and configure vSphere Replication (VR).
• Configure inventory and resource mappings.
• Build protection groups based on VR.
• Create, edit, execute, test, and remove a recovery plan.
• Perform a planned migration.
• Understand how reprotection and failover work.

• Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course goals and objectives
• Overview and Architecture
• Describe how SRM can be used for disaster recovery
• Describe the SRM architecture and components
• Describe SRM features
• Installing VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
• Identify the necessary components to deploy and use SRM
• List SRM prerequisites and guidelines
• Install the SRM software and the VMware Site Recovery Manager™ Plug-In
• Configure an SRM site pair
• Discuss SRM architecture when used with array-based replication and VR
• List storage replication limitations when using the vSphere Replication Management Server appliance
• Storage Replication
• Discuss VR technology
• Discuss SRM architecture when used with array-based replication and VR
• Deploying vSphere Replication
• Deploy and configure VRMS
• Deploy and configure vSphere Replication Server
• Describe the VR architecture
• Describe the process for adding array managers
• Configuring Inventory Mappings
• Configure SRM inventory, network, placeholder datastores, and datastore mappings
• Configuring vSphere Replication for Virtual Machines
• Configure VR for a single virtual machine
• Configure VR for multiple virtual machines
• Describe VR recovery point objective scheduling
• Building Protection Groups
• Describe protection groups
• Discuss differences between array-based protection groups and VR protection groups
• Create, configure, and edit protection groups
• Building Recovery Plans
• Discuss SRM recovery plan concepts
• Create a recovery plan
• Modify recovery plan properties
• Planned Migration and Failover
• Discuss uses cases for SRM recovery
• Discuss SRM workflows
• Test a recovery plan
• Revert a tested recovery plan
• Perform a planned migration
• Discuss recovery plan execution
• Describe reprotection processes and states
• Describe SRM failback