vcloud Air Disaster Recovery Technical Presentation
Agenda 1 vcloud Air Disaster Recovery Overview 2 What s New 3 Architecture 4 Setup and Configuration 5 Considerations 6 Automation Options 2
vcloud Air Offerings VMware vcloud Air is a secure public cloud operated by VMware, built on the trusted foundation of vsphere. The service supports both existing workloads as well as new application development, giving IT a common platform to seamlessly extend their data center to the cloud leveraging the same tools and processes they use today.
vcloud Air Disaster Recovery What is it? Simple and secure asynchronous replication and failover for vsphere Warm standby capacity on vcloud Air Self-service protection, failover and failback workflows per VM 15 min 1 24 hr. recovery point objective (RPO) Initial data seeding by shipping a disk Includes: 7-day run time per DR test 30 days of recovered VM run time SITE A (PRIMARY) vcloud AIR, SITE B (RECOVERY) DR Instance 1 Dependent on available bandwidth 4
vcloud Air Subscription Services Term Lengths: 1m, 3m, 12m, 24m, 36m subscriptions Dedicated Cloud Physically Isolated Your Own Private Cloud Instance Virtual Private Cloud Logically Isolated Guaranteed Resource Allocation Disaster Recovery Logically Isolated Business Continuity Solution Base Resources: 120GB vram 30GHz vcpu Base Resources: 20GB vram 10GHz vcpu Base Resources: 20GB vram 10GHz vcpu Starts at: 6 TB Starts at: 2 TB Starts at: 1 TB 50 Mbps allocated 1 Gbps burstable 3 Public IPs 10 Mbps allocated 50 Mbps burstable 2 Public IPs 10 Mbps allocated 50 Mbps burstable 2 Public IPs 5 5
Disaster Recovery Add-On Options Standard Storage, Support, Bandwidth Compute (subscription) Compute (one time) IP Address Offline Data Transfer Direct Connect
vcloud Air Locations US Northern California US Nevada US Gov Arizona US Texas US New Jersey US Virginia US Gov Virginia Europe UK Europe Germany Japan West vcloud Air Australia vcloud Government Service 7
The simplest way to protect your workloads Hybrid Aware: Seamless Integration with vcloud Air Integrate with your existing on-premises vsphere environment Scale your protection capacity to meet variable demand Flexible Infrastructure: Integrates with what you already have Support for multiple vsphere versions Support for multiple Virtual Machine Hardware versions Encapsulation: Simple Application Protection Entire system including application, OS, and data is stored as virtual machine files Just right click and replicate 8
Fully Integrated with vcenter Web Client Consistent management and operational best practices Single interface and common management Designed to integrate with vcloud Air Doesn t require console hopping 9
Disaster Recovery Decision Maker VMware vsphere customers vcloud Air Disaster Recovery Pass No Seeking DR Solution? Yes Budget for Second Data Center/Managed Service? Yes (Default) No Co-existence vcloud Air - DR Hosted Solution Co-existence Internal Skills vcloud Air US vcloud Air Asia vcloud Air EUR Yes (Partner service contract) Yes SRM True Multi-Tenancy & Multi-Site Storage agnostic support Support for different vsphere versions Shared cloud infrastructure Simplified management UI embedded in vsphere (v5.1+) Protect VMs with a couple of clicks Automatable failover and testing Installable in current environment Administration via vcloud Air console and API* 10
vcloud Air DR Co-Existance with SRM REMOTE SITE B ON-PREMISES DATA CENTER SITE A SAN-Based Replication TIER 1 vsphere Replication Managed by SRM TIER 2 TIER 3 vcloud AIR, SITE C (RECOVERY) DR Instance
What s New New Features CONFIDENTIAL 12
Multiple Point in Time Recovery snapshots Provides the ability to leverage previous replication points for fail over Up to 24 previous restore points Pick your restore point Gives greater fail over control Restore up to 24 days previous replication points* 8:00am 8:15am 8:30am 8:45am 9:00am 4:15am Choose from up to 24 recovery snapshots based on your RPO settings. *Dependent upon RPO settings 13
Failback using vsphere Replication Replicate TO and FROM the Cloud 1. Replicate Virtual Machines from On-Premises 2. Fail over to the Cloud 3. Replicate from the Cloud 4. Fail back to On-Premises 5. Same vsphere Replication Workflows for reverse replication SITE A (PRIMARY) FAILOVER FAILBACK vsphere Replication vcloud AIR, SITE B (RECOVERY) DR Instance 14
vrealize Orchestrator plug-in for vcloud Air Leverage vrealize Orchestrator 1. Build fully automated end-toend Disaster Recovery Solution SITE A (PRIMARY) FAILOVER vcloud AIR, SITE B (RECOVERY) 2. Create Recovery Plans 3. Create Run-Books and Start up order groups FAILBACK vrealize Orchestrator Plugin Customize automation tasks, then quickly access and launch workflows as needed DR Instance 4. Automate Replication and Failback 15
Disaster Recovery Architecture
Disaster Recovery Service Architecture Destination VMDKs Source VMDKs Reverse Replication SSL Based Replication Customer Data Center Source VMDKs Destination VMDKs vcloud Air Disaster Recovery 18
Built-in Encryption of Data in Flight Encryption of replication traffic (in-flight) is provided between the following endpoints in vcloud Air Disaster Recovery. ESXi VR Appliance (vcloud Tunneling) Public Internet or Direct Connect PLC vcloud Air (Cloud Proxy) Host Based Replication (HBR) ESXi vsphere vsphere WebSocket (SSL) Encryption 19
Components & Architecture A B vsphere Components Replication and Cloud Components VCD Admin UI vcloud Air Portal Provider (vcloud Air Cloud) C Security Components vsphere UI vrms Plugin DR Appliance VCD-sp Hybrid DR Services DR Appliance vrcs vrms Cloud Proxy vrms vcenter vcta vsm vcenter vr vrs ESX ESX ESXi Tenant (On-Premises Datacenter) ESX ESX ESXi 20
Disaster Recovery Scale Out VMware vcenter A vsphere Replication A VM Replication DR-VDC A 500 VMs VMware vsphere VMware vcenter B vsphere Replication B VM Replication DR-VDC B 1,000 VMs VMware vsphere VMware vcenter C vsphere Replication C VM Replication DR-VDC C 1,500 VMs VMware vsphere 21
System Requirements for minimum features (initial release) VMware vsphere 5.1 or above vsphere Essentials Plus vsphere Standard vsphere Enterprise vsphere Enterprise Plus VMware vcenter 5.1 or above Includes vsphere Web Client vsphere Replication Appliance 5.6.0.3* 5.8.0.2* Public internet connectivity No proxy or traffic filtering device vcloud Air Disaster Recovery subscription vcloud Air DR-VDC instance * Specified version of vsphere Replication required 22
System Requirements for new features Plan VMware vsphere 6.0 vsphere Essentials Plus vsphere Standard vsphere Enterprise vsphere Enterprise Plus vsphere Replication Appliance 6.0 Public internet connectivity No proxy or traffic filtering device vcloud Air Disaster Recovery subscription vcloud Air DR-VDC instance 23
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vsphere Replication Appliance Includes Encryption components Register per vcenter Manage in the vsphere Web Client Monitor replication status in the vcloud Air Portal or vsphere Web Client 25
Disaster Recovery Enabled Virtual Datacenter 26
Configure for Cloud Disaster Recovery 27
Configure Virtual Machine Replication to the Cloud 28
Disaster Recovery Configure Target Networks Two Networks Available Recovery Test You can configure more in vcloud Air Manual assignment after failover 29
Configure Virtual Machine Replication to the Cloud 30
Configure Virtual Machine Replication FROM the Cloud 31
Configure Virtual Machine Replication FROM the Cloud 32
Monitor Disaster Recovery Replication vsphere Web Client Configure Stop Test Pause Failover Sync Now 33
Monitor Disaster Recovery Replication vsphere Web Client Configure Stop Test Pause Failover Sync Now 34
Monitor Disaster Recovery Status vcloud Air Portal Test Failover 35
Monitor Disaster Recovery Replication vcloud Air Portal Stop 36
Monitor Reverse Replication vcloud Air Portal Replication TO the Cloud Replication FROM the Cloud 37
Disaster Recovery Considerations
Considerations for Failover Self-service failover driven by consumer action CPU RAM and Storage drive sizing requirements Commensurate bandwidth to support data volume and change rate Type of workloads to protect, Tier 1, Tier 3 Sizing How much standby storage? How much standby compute? Workload Prioritization Is storage-based replication in place? Is SRM in place? Which workloads to protect when? Networking and Connectivity Do you need Direct Connect? Do you need VPN? How many Networks? Security Assessment Does your CSO need to be involved? What approvals are needed? 39
Considerations for Failover Cloud ( DR-VDC ) pre-configuration required to streamline failover operations and aide in faster recovery times Local authentication required? Access needs to manage the environment? Infrastructure Active Directory DNS Networking DHCP / IP Re-addressing L4-L7 services redirect Storage Resource allocation changes Management RBAC
Pilot Light Virtual Machines With Physical Sites INTERNET IPSEC VPN Any IPSEC Endpoint EDGE GATEWAY Private Network (192.168.110.0/24) Corp HQ West Coast REPLICATION Private Network (192.168.52.0/24) AD03 AD04 VIRTUAL MACHINE Corp HQ (East Coast) vcloud Air Disaster Recovery 41
Pilot Light Virtual Machines with Cross Connect Direct Connect (1gbps) EDGE GATEWAY Customer Router Private Network (192.168.52.0/24) REPLICATION Private Network (192.168.110.0/24) Customer Data Center AD02 Customer Cage AD01 vcloud Air Disaster Recovery vcloud Air 42
Pilot Light Virtual Machines with VPC OnDemand IPSEC VPN IPSEC VPN IPSEC VPN Endpoint Domain Network EDGE GATEWAY Domain Network AD DNS AD DNS Corp Network EDGE GATEWAY Test Network VPC OnDemand (Virgina) On-Premises Data Center (San Francisco) PROTECTED WORKLOADS REPLICATION Corp/Recovery Network vcloud Air Disaster Recovery (Virgina) vcloud Air
Disaster Recovery Automation Options
Disaster Recovery Process Examples Setup & Configuration Failback Process Attach vcloud Air Disaster Recovery Site Configure Outgoing Replication Test Failover Attach vcloud Air Disaster Recovery Site Configure Incoming Replication Test Failback 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Configure Networks In vcloud Air Initial Sync Seeded ODT Full Failover Delete Original vsphere VM* Initial Sync Seeded ODT Perform Full Failback
Disaster Recovery Automation Options Tools for automation - vco/vcac - Puppet/Chef or 3rd party solutions Manual RunBook Creation Automation for: - Failover - Testing - Failback - Startup Orders - Recovery Groups Managing VM changes - Additional networks - IP Changes vcloud API s - vcloud Air Extensions - RaaS Extensions - Networking Extensions
vrealize Orchestrator Plugin Workflows included plugin Configure replication to the cloud Configure replication from the Cloud Register Cloud Site Initiate Planned Migration to Cloud Test Recover to Cloud Test Clean Up 47
vrealize Orchestrator Where to put it? API CALLS EDGE GATEWAY? Domain Network Monitor On-Premises Data Center vro AD DNS Corp Network EDGE GATEWAY Test Network VPC OnDemand (Virgina) On-Premises Data Center (San Francisco) PROTECTED WORKLOADS REPLICATION Corp/Recovery Network VM VM vcloud Air Disaster Recovery (Virgina) vcloud Air 48
Questions? CONFIDENTIAL 49
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