Disaster Recovery using VMware vSphere Replication and vCenter Site Recovery Manager
Use VMware vCenter SRM as a disaster recovery solution leveraging both array-based replication and vSphere Replication.
Published on 7. October 2025
162 pages
978-1-78217-645-9 (ISBN)
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Key Features
Book DescriptionThis is a step-by-step guide that will help you understand disaster recovery using VMware vSphere Replication 5.5 and VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.5. The topics and configuration procedures are accompanied with relevant screenshots, flowcharts, and logical diagrams that makes grasping the concepts easier. This book is a guide for anyone who is keen on using vSphere Replication or vCenter Site Recovery Manager as a disaster recovery solution. This is an excellent handbook for solution architects, administrators, on-field engineers, and support professionals. Although the book assumes that the reader has some basic knowledge of data center virtualization using VMware vSphere, it can still be a very good reference for anyone who is new to virtualization.What you will learn
Familiarize yourself with disaster recovery concepts
Deploy vCenter Site Recovery Manager
Configure vCenter Site Recovery Manager to leverage arraybased replication and vSphere Replication
Enable the protection of virtual machines by creating Protection Groups
Create and test Recovery Plans
Migrate virtual machine workload to another site using Recovery Plans
Perform a Failover in the event of a disaster
Failback the virtual machines to the Protected Site
Use vSphere Replication as a standalone disaster recovery solution
Who this book is for
Book DescriptionThis is a step-by-step guide that will help you understand disaster recovery using VMware vSphere Replication 5.5 and VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.5. The topics and configuration procedures are accompanied with relevant screenshots, flowcharts, and logical diagrams that makes grasping the concepts easier. This book is a guide for anyone who is keen on using vSphere Replication or vCenter Site Recovery Manager as a disaster recovery solution. This is an excellent handbook for solution architects, administrators, on-field engineers, and support professionals. Although the book assumes that the reader has some basic knowledge of data center virtualization using VMware vSphere, it can still be a very good reference for anyone who is new to virtualization.What you will learn
Familiarize yourself with disaster recovery concepts
Deploy vCenter Site Recovery Manager
Configure vCenter Site Recovery Manager to leverage arraybased replication and vSphere Replication
Enable the protection of virtual machines by creating Protection Groups
Create and test Recovery Plans
Migrate virtual machine workload to another site using Recovery Plans
Perform a Failover in the event of a disaster
Failback the virtual machines to the Protected Site
Use vSphere Replication as a standalone disaster recovery solution
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
File size
4,10 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78217-645-9 (9781782176459)
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05/2014
Packt Publishing
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B Abhilash G :
Abhilash G B is a virtualization specialist, author, and a VMware vExpert (2014-2019). His primary focus is in the areas of data center virtualization and cloud computing. He has been in the IT industry for more than a decade and has been working on VMware products and technologies since the beginning of 2007. He holds several VMware certifications, including VCIX6-DCV, VCAP-DCA/DCD, VCP-DCV, VCP-Cloud, and VCP-NV. He is also the author of six other publications.
Abhilash G B is a virtualization specialist, author, and a VMware vExpert (2014-2019). His primary focus is in the areas of data center virtualization and cloud computing. He has been in the IT industry for more than a decade and has been working on VMware products and technologies since the beginning of 2007. He holds several VMware certifications, including VCIX6-DCV, VCAP-DCA/DCD, VCP-DCV, VCP-Cloud, and VCP-NV. He is also the author of six other publications.
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