Veritas™ Resiliency Platform 2.2 Solutions for Microsoft Hyper-V

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Product(s): Resiliency Platform & CloudMobility (2.2)
  1. Section I. Overview of Resiliency Platform
    1. Overview of Resiliency Platform
      1.  
        About Veritas Resiliency Platform
      2.  
        About disaster recovery using Resiliency Platform
      3.  
        About Resiliency Platform features and components
      4.  
        About Resiliency Platform capabilities
      5.  
        About managing Hyper-V virtual machines using Resiliency Platform
      6.  
        About permissions for operations in the console
    2. Overview of recovery to on-premises data center
      1.  
        About recovery to premises using third-party replication
      2.  
        Using third-party replication for recovery to premises- an overview
    3. Overview of Amazon Web Services
      1.  
        About recovery to AWS using Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      2.  
        Using Resiliency Platform Data Mover for recovery to AWS- an overview
    4. Overview of vCloud
      1.  
        About recovery to vCloud using Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      2.  
        Using Resiliency Platform Data Mover for recovery to vCloud- an overview
  2. Section II. Preparing your environment
    1. Using array-based replication
      1.  
        Protecting Hyper-V virtual machines using array-based replication - an overview
      2.  
        Configuring Hyper-V virtual machines for disaster recovery using Hyper-V Replica
      3.  
        Configuring Hyper-V virtual machines for disaster recovery using EMC SRDF
      4.  
        Configuring Hyper-V virtual machines for disaster recovery using EMC RecoverPoint
      5.  
        Configuring Hyper-V virtual machines for disaster recovery using Hitachi TrueCopy Universal Replicator
      6.  
        Configuring Hyper-V virtual machines for disaster recovery using HPE 3PAR Remote Copy
      7.  
        Configuring Hyper-V virtual machines for disaster recovery using IBM SVC Global Mirror
      8.  
        Configuring Hyper-V virtual machines for disaster recovery using IBM XIV Remote Mirror
    2. Managing disaster recovery network mapping
      1.  
        Viewing and configuring network settings for a data center
      2.  
        Editing network settings for a data center
      3.  
        Removing network settings for a data center
      4. Configuring DNS server settings for a data center
        1.  
          Sample command for Windows keytab file
      5.  
        Setting up network mapping between production and recovery data centers
  3. Section III. Working with resiliency groups
    1. Managing resiliency groups
      1. About resiliency groups
        1.  
          Guidelines for organizing resiliency groups
      2.  
        About service objectives
      3.  
        Managing virtual machines for basic monitoring
      4.  
        Starting a resiliency group
      5.  
        Stopping a resiliency group
      6.  
        Displaying resiliency group information and status
      7.  
        Viewing resiliency group details
      8.  
        Editing a resiliency group
      9.  
        Deleting a resiliency group
    2. Configuring resiliency groups for remote recovery
      1.  
        Understanding the role of resiliency groups in disaster recovery operations
      2.  
        How Resiliency Platform configures disaster recovery protection for virtual machines
      3.  
        Prerequisites for configuring Hyper-V virtual machines for disaster recovery
      4.  
        Limitations for virtual machine disaster recovery
      5. Managing virtual machines for remote recovery (DR) using 3rd party replication technology
        1.  
          Target asset selection options
        2. Network customization options
          1.  
            Prerequisites for network customization
      6. Managing virtual machines for remote recovery (DR) in Amazon Web Services
        1.  
          AWS Customization options panel
      7.  
        Managing virtual machines for remote recovery (DR) in vCloud
  4. Section IV. Managing disaster recovery
    1. Rehearsing DR operations to ensure DR readiness
      1.  
        About ensuring the disaster recovery readiness of your assets
      2.  
        Rehearse operations - array-based replication
      3.  
        Prerequisites for rehearsal operation
      4.  
        Performing the rehearsal operation
      5.  
        Performing cleanup rehearsal
    2. Performing disaster recovery operations
      1.  
        Migrating a resiliency group of virtual machines
      2.  
        Taking over a resiliency group of virtual machines
      3.  
        Performing the resync operation
  5. Managing resiliency plans
    1.  
      About resiliency plans
    2. Creating a new resiliency plan template
      1. About manual task
        1.  
          Using manual tasks in resiliency plans
      2. About custom script
        1.  
          Using custom scripts in resiliency plans
    3.  
      Editing a resiliency plan template
    4.  
      Deleting a resiliency plan template
    5.  
      Viewing a resiliency plan template
    6.  
      Creating a new resiliency plan
    7.  
      Editing a resiliency plan
    8.  
      Deleting a resiliency plan
    9.  
      Executing a resiliency plan
    10.  
      Viewing a resiliency plan
    11.  
      Creating a schedule for a resiliency plan
    12.  
      Editing a schedule for a resiliency plan
    13.  
      Deleting a schedule for a resiliency plan
    14.  
      Viewing a schedule for a resiliency plan
  6. Monitoring risks, reports, and activites
    1.  
      About the Resiliency Platform Dashboard
    2.  
      Understanding asset types
    3.  
      Displaying an overview of your assets
    4.  
      About risk insight
    5.  
      Displaying risk information
    6.  
      Predefined risks in Resiliency Platform
    7.  
      Viewing the current risk report
    8.  
      Viewing the historical risk report
    9.  
      Viewing reports
    10.  
      Managing activities
    11.  
      Viewing activities
    12.  
      Aborting a running activity
  7. Managing evacuation plans
    1.  
      About evacuation plan
    2.  
      Generating an evacuation plan
    3.  
      Regenerating an evacuation plan
    4.  
      Performing evacuation
    5.  
      Performing rehearse evacuation
    6.  
      Performing cleanup evacuation rehearsal
  8. Appendix A. General troubleshooting
    1.  
      Viewing events and logs in the console
    2.  
      Events in Hyper-V virtual machines disaster discovery
    3.  
      Configure DR operation fails with an integration services error
    4.  
      Manually cleaning up virtual machines
    5.  
      Troubleshooting delete resiliency group operation
  9. Appendix B. Sample policy and trust relationships for AWS
    1.  
      Sample policy statement for AWS
    2.  
      Sample trust relationship for AWS
  10.  
    Glossary

Configuring Hyper-V virtual machines for disaster recovery using EMC SRDF

EMC SRDF with Microsoft Failover Clustering

This section lists the pre-requisites to enable data replication using EMC SRDF when the hosts are part of a Microsoft failover cluster. For EMC SRDF-based replication, all virtual machines consuming storage from a consistency group must belong to the same resiliency group.

  • Ensure that EMC Solutions Enabler (version v7.4, or later) is installed on a host and the SRDF device groups are already set up for replication between the primary and remote arrays.

  • Ensure that EMC Symmetrix Gatekeeper device is presented to the array control host. You can designate any host, including the Hyper-V Server, as the array control host.

    Note:

    The SRDF R1 and R2 LUNs must be on different hosts from different data centers.

  • Ensure to enable the Hyper-V and Failover Cluster roles on the Windows Server 2012 R2 hosts at the production and recovery (DR) data centers.

  • Ensure that you have created Microsoft failover cluster using the required nodes at the production and recovery data centers.

  • Create virtual machines on the primary data center's Microsoft failover cluster with their data disks (.vhdx) on the replicated CSVs. In order to share the virtual machine configurations between cluster nodes, make sure to have another CSV (non-replicated). The user must set default virtual machine location to point to the non replicated CSV.

    Ensure that you have all the integration services enabled for these virtual machines.

  • Ensure to create virtual machines in the Microsoft failover cluster at the production data center.

  • Ensure that the Hyper-V virtual network switch name that is used by the replicated virtual machines, is same across all the Hyper-V hosts.

Once you have performed the necessary configurations, proceed with Resiliency Platform specific tasks.

Resiliency Platform configurations:

  • Add Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 host using the + Hyper-V Server option in Settings > Infrastructure > Virtualization.

  • Discovery hosts can be added using the + Discovery Host option in Settings > Infrastructure > Storage > EMC tab.

    Add the array control host where the SRDF device groups are configured, to the each IMS using the Add Hosts operation.

  • Add EMC Symmetrix enclosure using the + EMC Enclosure option. Provide the discovery host name and the SYMCLI location on the discovery host. This operation returns the list of all Symmetrix arrays (local and remote) that are accessible to the host. To configure disaster recovery for the virtual machines, select only local arrays. This step is optional.

    Default SymCLI location on Linux host

    /opt/emc/SYMCLI/bin/

    Default SymCLI location on Windows host

    C:\Program Files\EMC\SYMCLI\bin

  • Perform add discovery host and add enclosure (optional) operations at the disaster recovery data center as well.

Limitations:

  • EMC SRDF LUN-based replication (without device group) and replication in the adaptive copy mode are not supported.

  • The rehearsal operation for resiliency groups using EMC Symmetrix Timefinder SNAP is not supported in Microsoft Failover Cluster environment.

EMC SRDF without Microsoft Failover Clustering

This section lists the pre-requisites to enable data replication using EMC SRDF when the hosts are not part of a Microsoft failover cluster.

  • Ensure that EMC Symmetrix Solutions Enabler (version v7.4, or later) is installed on the hosts and SRDF device groups are already set up for the replication between the primary and remote arrays.

  • Ensure that EMC Symmetrix Gatekeeper device is present on the array control host. You can designate any host, including the Hyper-V Server, as the array control host.

    Note:

    The replicated and primary LUNs must be on different hosts from different data centers.

  • Ensure that you have created the volumes on the primary Hyper-V host where the LUNs are read/write enabled.

    Veritas Resiliency Platform supports only one volume per replicated disk. We do not support Windows Storage Space Storage Pool.

  • Ensure that you have created virtual machines at the primary data center under the Hyper-V Manager and kept their data files (.vhdx) on the replicated volumes. Do not keep their configuration files (.xml) on any replicated drive. Also, make sure that the default virtual machine configuration location under Hyper-V Manager Settings is not on a replicated drive.

  • Ensure the respective remote disks (Read only - R2 remote disk and snapshot) are in the offline state on the Hyper-V server at the DR data center. And also verify that no drive letter is assigned to the volumes present on these offline disks.

    Note:

    For the support of rehearsal operation, you must add the snapshot devices to the DR data center's SRDF device group, and thereafter map them to the DR data center's Hyper-V hosts.

Once you have performed the necessary configurations, proceed with Resiliency Platform specific tasks.

Veritas Resiliency Platform configurations:

  • Add the host where the SRDF device groups are configured, using the+ Discovery Host option in Settings > Infrastructure > Storage > EMC tab.

  • Add Symmetrix enclosure using the + EMC Enclosure option. Provide the discovery host name and the SYMCLI location on the discovery host. This operation returns the list of all Symmetrix arrays (local and remote) that are accessible to the host. To configure disaster recovery for the virtual machines, select one or more local arrays.

    Default SymCLI location on Linux host

    /opt/emc/SYMCLI/bin/

    Default SymCLI location on Windows host

    C:\Program Files\EMC\SYMCLI\bin

  • Perform add discovery host and add enclosure operations at the disaster recovery data center as well.

Limitations:

  • Logical grouping of disks (Windows Server Storage space storage pool) is not supported.