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Getting Started with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
Figure 3. Relationship of vCenter Resources at the Protected and Recovery Sites
Settinguptheprotectedandrecoverysitesincludesthefollowingtasks:
1UseavSphereclientintowhichyouhaveinstalledtheSRMplug‐intoconnecttothesitethatyouwant
todesignateastheprotectedsite.Fromthatsite,configurearrayreplicationanddiscoverreplicated
datastoregroups.SRMgat
hersthisinformationfromthestoragereplicationadapters.
2Attheprotectedsite,createprotectiongroups.Aprotectiongroupisacollectionofvirtualmachinesthat
allusethesamedatastoregroup(thesamesetofreplicatedLUNs)andfailovertogether .
3Attheprotectedsite,createinventorymapsforprotectedvirtualmachines.SRMenablesyo
utospecify
inventorypreferencesthatcontrolhowvirtualmachineresourcessuchasfolders,resourcepools,and
networksattheprotectedsitearemappedtosimilarresourcesattherecoverysite.Thisinventory
mappingensuresthatrecoveredvirtualmachinesareconfiguredproperlytopoweronandconnecttothe
netw
orkattherecoverysite.Formoreinformation,seeFigure 4.
4Attherecoverysite,createoneormorerecoveryplans.Arecoveryplanisanautomatedrunbook:an
orderedsetofstepsthatcontrolwhathappensduringafailover.
Figure 4. Mapping Protected Site Resources to Recovery Site Resources
protected site recovery site
Datastore Group 1 Protection Group 1
Protection Group 1
Protection Groups
Recovery Plan 1
(whole site)
Recovery Plan 2
(subset)
Protection Groups
Protection Group 2
Protection Group 3
LUN 1
LUN 2
LUN 3
LUN 4
LUN 5
VMFS 1VMFS 3 VMFS 2VMFS 4
apps
OS
apps
OS
Protection Group 1
apps
OS
apps
OS
apps
OS
Datastore Group 2 Protection Group 2
Datastore Group 3 Protection Group 3
apps
OS
apps
OS
apps
OS
apps
OS
Folder 1 Folder 2
Source vCenter Destination vCenter
Global Inventory Mappings Between Sites
Folder 3 Folder 4
Folder 5 Folder 6
Resource Pool 1 Resource Pool 2
Resource Pool 3 Resource Pool 4
Resource Pool 5 Resource Pool 6
Port Group 1 Port Group 2
Port Group 3 Port Group 4
Port Group 5 Port Group 6
Temporary Files Datastore 1
Global Inventory Mappings Between Sites
Folder Folder 6
Per VM Settings
VM Settings at Recovery Site
Resource Pool Resource Pool 6
Network Port Group 2
Network Settings IP, subnet, gateway, DNS, etc.
Priority High (defaults normal)
Inherited Protection Group Settings
(overrides allowed)
Inherited Inventory Mappings
(overrides allowed)
Temporary Files Datastore 1