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Adisasterisanyeventthathaltsbusinessactivityonalargescale.Adisasterthataffects
ITresourcescouldmeanbusinessdowntimewhileyourecoverdataandvalidate
systemsforuse.
Thecatastrophiceffectsofadisasteraremitigatedifyouareprepared.WithVMware
SiteRecoveryManager,youcan
quicklyrestoreyourorganization’sITinfrastructure,
dramaticallyshorteningthelengthoftimethatyouexperienceabusinessoutage.
ThischapterintroducesSRMandincludesthefollowingtopics:
“VMwareInfrastructureSupportsSiteRecoveryManageronpage 9
“SiteRecoveryManagerFeatures”onpage 10
“SiteRecoveryManagerRequirements”onpage 11
“SiteRecoveryManagerEnvironment”onpage 12
“SiteRecoveryManagerProcessOverview”onpage 14
VMware Infrastructure Supports Site Recovery Manager
ThefollowingfeaturesofVMwareInfrastructuresupportSRM:
Encapsulation—Virtualmachinesareencapsulatedintoagroupoffilesinshared
storage.
Bootfromsharedstorage—Replicationofthesharedstoragemeansyouhavefully
replicatedhardwareindependentvirtualmachinesreadytopoweronasneeded.
Overview of Site Recovery
Manager
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