This post is a collection of VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) links that have been building up as various notes, to dos, and draft posts collecting dust for VM /ETC. I’m including links to popular blog posts describing how to set up “in a box” demo lab environments for SRM, links to a couple free chapters from a SRM book, and links to multiple VMworld 2008 SRM presentations for those readers that did not get attend either VMworld Europe or VMworld in Las Vegas this year. Finally, at the end of this post I am also including the VMworld 2008 Installing Configuring and Troubleshooting SRM lab materials.
Be sure to follow all links to read the original content, but I am briefly quoting from each source to provide some descriptions.
New SRM posts and links seem to be popping up daily. If you have a great SRM link please leave it in the comments for all to find.
Enjoy!
from run-virtual.com by Richard Garsthagen
After posting the video demonstrating SRM, I received a lot of feedback and new tips and tricks. One I thought I should share with you all. If you really got exited after watching my video about SRM (which I hope of course
) then you should check this out:
http://viops.vmware.com/home/docs/DOC-1235
It is a document that explains how you can run ESX servers with the entire SRM setup on your laptop
from run-virtual.com by Richard Garsthagen
Hello Everyone,
After more then a year making the vi3demo video, we finally made some time to shoot a new video about the new VMware Site Recovery Manager. This video hopefully explains what SRM can do and also of course give a live demo of the product in Action
This document will guide you trough the setup of Site Recovery Manager with the Netapp simulator, just on 1 host.
Posted and created by Tomas ten Dam who works for a Netapp gold partner as a senior technical engineer.
Folks, here it is – the “all-in” step-by-step guide for setting up Site Recovery Manager with nothing more than two ESX servers (which you can even do with home-brew servers, as noted here) and the Celerra VSA.
If this is your first read, you can either just click on the document below or start the 101, 201, 301, 401 journey here.
Posted and created by Chad Sakac, repsonsible for all things VMware at EMC
From The virtualization blog by Joep Piscaer
Introduction
As a demo/test I wanted to build a complete SRM setup with both sites being protected. This requires two SRM installations and configurations and two replicated LUN’s. Since I am rather limited in available hardware at the moment, I needed to run every component in a virtual Machine on a single laptop.
Luckily, LeftHand Networks has a virtual SAN appliance, which actually is supported by VMware SRM. This way, I can use a supported SAN, and still use ony one laptop.
All used software (VMware ESX, vCenter, LeftHand VSA and Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005) are available for free (or as evaluation software).
So what’s this free chapter for? Well, its for any VCI who’s looking for step-by-step guide to setting up the VSA (please consult the offical VMware VATC guides when they become available – FYI when its ready the will be a “at cost/authors edition available for VCIs prior to the main commerical release of the book) and for anyone out there who needs to quickly get to grips with SRM product but like me doesn’t have guru like storage knowledge or access to 50K+ worth of storage technology
post by Mike Laverick who is also the book author
It gives me great pleasure to announce that my book on VMware Site Recovery Manager 1.0 is now available from lulu.com. You can buy the book by clicking the book cover at the top of the blog or by clicking this link here:
http://www.lulu.com/content/4343147
In case you missed it – I have two free chapters available from the rough “Authors Edition” that was sold in limited copies at this years VMworld 2008:
Install and Configure Lefthand Networks VSA ready for SRM
PowerShell and DR
post by Mike Laverick who is also the book author
As one of VMware’s technical folks my main interest is what has been good, bad or plain ugly from an implementation point of view. I spend a lot of my time assisting customers and partners with their SRM deployments, configuration woes and the like so I wanted to give you all a quick run down of some of the key gotchas as well as some pointers to useful references for SRM help.
from the VMware Uptime blog, posted by Lee Dilworth
The following links are from the 2 VMworld’s of 2008. I have copied the descriptions from VMworld.com for reference here, and linked the downloads in each section. These files are available from the VM /ETC Files Page as well.
VMware Site Recovery Manager Technical Deep Dive
This presentation will discuss Disaster Recovery and the benefits of virtual DR. Next, VMware Site Recovery Manager will be introduced along with key SRM concepts, Architecture, Deployment and Configuration. Each component of SRM workflow will be discussed, including Site Pairing, Array Managers, Datastore Groups, Protection Groups, Recovery Plans and how to test your DR plan.
BC03 - VMware Site Recovery Manager Technical Deep Dive (622)
Architecting DR Solutions with VMware Site Recovery Manager
This presentation is based on John Arrasjid’s VMworld 2008 super session. It will include lessons learned from his work designing SRM solutions for customers. Participants will be provided with guidance on the assessment phase and how to translate requirements into a workflow for SRM. The session will include information on network and storage considerations, application priorities and sequencing in the workflow, workflows with and without SRM, and preparation of both the protected and recovery site. The session will close with a case study from an early SRM based DR engagement
BC1693 - Architecting DR Solutions with VMware Site Recovery Manager (642)
Site Recovery Manager: Lessons Learned in the First 90 Days
In this session, attendees will learn how Site Recovery Manager (SRM) can provide enhanced disaster recovery operations through automation during setup, testing and failover. The session will review lessons that have been learned in the field during the first 90 days since the release of SRM, including: tips for configuring storage replication with SRM, VM alignment to replicated datastores, and using test VLANs at the recovery site. The session will also focus on how SRM can be leveraged for the failback of services after a SRM failover operation due to a disaster event
BC4260 Site Recovery Manager (SRM) – Lessons Learned in the First 90 Days (631)
VMware Site Recovery Manager – Installing, Configuring and Troubleshooting
Learn to install, configure and troubleshoot VMware Site Recovery Manager so you can bring virtual machines up in a recovery site using a simplified and automated workflow engine. Challenging tasks like re- signaturing LUNs, or changing IP address information between protected and recovery sites are not only easier but automated. The subject matter experts experienced with VMware Site Recovery Manager will be on-hand to help you learn the power of simplified and automated disaster recovery for the virtualized environment.
Lab03-Manual-VMware Site Recovery Manager - Installing, Configuring and Troubleshooting (672)
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