VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Install, Configure, Manage [V8.6] certification training focuses on understanding and deploying SRM features, to ensure a seamless and successful disaster recovery plan. Topics covered in this course include installation and configuration, implementing storage replication, managing protection for VMs, orchestrating the recovery process, disaster recovery operations, and conducting disaster recovery tests. This training course helps participants attain the necessary skills and knowledge to avoid and manage disaster scenarios that can impact their organization's IT infrastructure and business processes.
Prerequisites:
The knowledge and skills that the learner should have before attending this course are as follows:
- Experience with VMware vSphere: Participants should have familiarity with the administration of VMware vSphere environments, including VMware ESXi, VMware vCenter, and VMware vSAN.
- Storage Concepts: A basic understanding of storage replication technologies and disaster recovery concepts.
- Networking Knowledge: A foundation in networking concepts, including understanding of VLANs, IP addressing, and routing.
- Virtual Machine Management: Knowledge of how to create, configure, and manage virtual machines in a vSphere environment.
- VMware vSphere Storage Policy-based Management: Participants should understand how VMware vSphere storage policies are used and managed.
It's recommended, but not required, that participants have completed the following courses before enrolling in the VMware Site Recovery Manager training:
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]
- VMware vSAN: Management and Operations [V7]
Having these prerequisites in place will enable participants to hit the ground running during the training and get the most out of the course.
Course Objectives:
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Summarize the components of Site Recovery Manager architecture
- Deploy and configure the Site Recovery Manager appliance
- Describe the principal disaster recovery topologies that are used with Site Recovery Manager
- Configure inventory and resource mappings
- Describe the storage replication options that are used with Site Recovery Manager
- Configure Site Recovery Manager to leverage array-based replication
- Describe VMware vSphere® Replication™ functionality
- Describe the vSphere Replication architecture
- Deploy and configure vSphere Replication for use with Site Recovery Manager
- Build Site Recovery Manager array-based protection groups, protection groups based on vSphere Replication, and Virtual Volumes protection groups.
- Build, edit, execute, test, and remove a recovery plan
- Perform a planned migration
Duration: 2 Days (Live Online)
Duration: 2 Days (Live Online)Duration: 2 Days (Live Online)Duration: 2 Days (Live Online)Duration: 2 Days (Live Online)Duration: 2 Days (Live Online)Duration: 2 Days (Live Online)Duration: 2 Days (Live Online)Duration: 2 Days (Live Online)Module 1: Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Module 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
Module 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
- Describe the process for configuring site pairing
- Identify ways to perform updates to the Site Recovery Manager appliance
- Describe the options for accessing the Site Recovery Manager
- Describe how to import and export Site Recovery Manager configuration
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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
Module 9: Recovery Plans
- Discuss recovery plan concepts
- Discuss network planning
- Discuss the organization of storage for recovery plans
- Describe customization options in recovery planning
- Describe priority groups and VM dependencies
- Describe how to implement a recovery plan
- Configure VM recovery plan properties
- Describe the customization of recovery plans
- Configure additional steps in the recovery plan
- Delete a recovery plan
Module 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
Module 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
The target audience for the VMware Site Recovery Manager: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.6] training primarily includes IT professionals, such as system administrators, engineers, and architects, who want to gain expertise in delivering and managing disaster recovery solutions for their organizations using VMware's Site Recovery Manager (SRM). This course is also suitable for virtualization and cloud infrastructure experts who need to understand the functionality and capabilities of SRM for disaster recovery planning and management.
Being familiar with VMware vSphere technology, attendees must possess foundational knowledge of VMware ESXi, vCenter Server, and other data center components. Candidates should have previous experience in managing and administering VMware vSphere environments, either directly or through solutions like vRealize Operations Manager. Additionally, this course is valuable to those seeking to obtain related VMware certifications, such as the VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) and VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center Virtualization Deploy (VCAP-DCV Deploy) credentials.