VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager : Install, Configure, Manage [V6.1]
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This two-day, hands-on training course gives experienced VMware vSphere® administrators the knowledge to install, configure, and manage VMware Site Recovery Manager™ 6.1. This course also shows you how to write and test disaster recovery plans that use Site Recovery Manager.

 

Target Audience:

  • vSphere administrators, architects, system engineers, and systems integrators who are responsible for the deployment or management of Site Recovery Manager
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    Prerequisites:

    This course requires completion of one of the following courses:

    • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6]
    • VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V6]
    • VMware vSphere: What’s New [V5.5 to V6]
    • VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting Workshop [V5.5]
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      Course Outline[Modules]:

        Module 1: Course Introduction

      • Outline the necessary information to effectively undertake this course
      • Identify resources for additional information
      • Outline an overview of Site Recovery Manager
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        Module 2: Overview and Architecture

      • Examine disaster recovery options with Site Recovery Manager
      • Describe Site Recovery Manager integration with VMware vSphere® Web Client
      • Discuss Site Recovery Manager features
      • Analyze Site Recovery Manager storage policies and integration options
      • Discuss how Site Recovery Manager supports several disaster recovery topologies
      • Identify use cases for Site Recovery Manager across various scenarios
      • Compare disaster recovery with VMware vCloud® Air™ and Site Recovery Manager
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        Module 3: Installing Site Recovery Manager

      • Identify the necessary components to deploy and use Site Recovery Manager
      • Describe prerequisites for installing a Site Recovery Manager server and the associated database
      • Describe prerequisites for the Site Recovery Manager database
      • Discuss requirements for VMware ESXi™ hosts and virtual machines with which Site Recovery Manager operates
      • Install the Site Recovery Manager software
      • Describe the Site Recovery Manager site-pairing process
      • Define the credentials required for Site Recovery Manager site pairing
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        Module 4: Configuring Inventory Mappings

      • Outline the importance of inventory mappings
      • Examine configuration options for inventory mappings
      • Outline the importance of placeholders
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        Module 5: Storage Replication

      • Describe array-based replication
      • Describe vSphere Replication
      • Compare Site Recovery Manager storage replication options
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        Module 6: Deploying Replication

      • Describe storage replication adapters
      • Describe the process for adding an array manager in Site Recovery Manager
      • Explore vSphere Replication architecture
      • Examine vSphere Replication functionality
      • Formulate use cases for vSphere Replication
      • Deploy a vSphere Replication appliance
      • Configure vSphere Replication appliance settings
      • Configure a vSphere Replication appliance connection
      • Deploy a vSphere Replication server
      • Register a vSphere Replication server
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        Module 7: Configuring vSphere Replication

      • Configure vSphere Replication for virtual machines
      • Explain the importance of datastore mappings
      • Describe vSphere Replication recovery point objective scheduling
      • Describe the vSphere Replication disk transfer protocol
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        Module 8: Building Protection Groups

      • Define protection group functionality
      • Examine the differences between array-based protection group, protection groups based on vSphere Replication, and storage profile protection groups
      • Create a protection group
      • Discuss protection group settings
      • Remove protection from a virtual machine
      • Create a storage profile protection group
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        Module 9: Building Recovery Plans

      • Discuss recovery plan concepts
      • List recovery plan steps
      • Discuss network planning
      • Discuss customization options in recovery planning
      • Recognize Site Recovery Manager alarm options
      • Outline how to implement a recovery plan
      • Investigate recovery plan options
      • Describe the customization of recovery plans
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        Module 10: Testing and Running a Recovery Plan

      • Discuss use cases for Site Recovery Manager
      • Describe planned migration
      • Identify Site Recovery Manager workflows
      • Discuss the importance of VMware vSphere® VMFS resignaturing
      • Examine Site Recovery Manager integration with various vSphere technologies
      • Outline how to conduct a recovery plan test
      • Perform recovery plan test execution
      • Identify the effects on the storage layer during recovery steps
      • Review recovery plan reports
      • Explain a recovery plan execution in planned migration or disaster recovery mode
      • Understand storage layer changes for plan execution types
      • Identify the recovery steps for each execution type
      • Describe how to reprotect a data center
      • Examine failback steps
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