Veritas™ Resiliency Platform 2.2 Solutions for VMware

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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 VMware virtual machines using Resiliency Platform
      6.  
        About permissions for operations in the console
    2. Overview of Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      1.  
        About Veritas Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      2.  
        Supported environments for Resiliency Platform Data Mover with VMware VAIO
      3.  
        How Resiliency Platform Data Mover works
      4.  
        About Veritas Resiliency Platform Data Mover architecture
      5.  
        About full synchronization with Veritas Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      6.  
        How Veritas Resiliency Platform Data Mover handles virtual machine writes
      7.  
        Using Resiliency Platform Data Mover for recovery to premises- an overview
    3. 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
    4. Managing assets protected by NetBackup
      1.  
        About NetBackup and NetBackup Appliances
      2.  
        About protecting assets with NetBackup using Resiliency Platform
      3.  
        Using NetBackup - an overview
    5. 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
    6. 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.  
        Supported replication technologies with Veritas Resiliency Platform
      2.  
        Protecting VMware virtual machines using array-based replication - an overview
      3.  
        Configuring VMware virtual machines for disaster recovery using EMC SRDF replication
      4.  
        Configuring VMware virtual machines for disaster recovery using EMC RecoverPoint replication
      5.  
        Configuring VMware virtual machines for disaster recovery using NetApp SnapMirror
      6.  
        Configuring VMware virtual machines for disaster recovery using Hitachi True Copy replication
      7.  
        Configuring VMware virtual machines for disaster recovery using HPE 3PAR Remote Copy replication
      8.  
        Configuring VMware virtual machines for disaster recovery using IBM SVC Global Mirror replication
      9.  
        Configuring VMware virtual machines for disaster recovery using IBM XIV Remote Mirror replication
    2. Using Veritas Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      1.  
        VMware vCenter Server privileges required for implementing Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      2.  
        Protecting VMware virtual machines using Resiliency Platform Data Mover - an overview
    3. 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
    4. Managing Replication Gateway pairs
      1.  
        About Veritas Replication Gateway pairs
      2.  
        How Resiliency Platform Data Mover supports encryption for data replication
      3.  
        Creating a Veritas Replication Gateway pair
      4.  
        Modifying encryption for a Veritas Replication Gateway pair
      5.  
        Viewing Veritas Replication Gateways
      6.  
        Viewing Veritas Replication Gateway pairs
      7.  
        Removing a Veritas Replication Gateway pair
  3. Section III. Working with resiliency groups
    1. Managing resiliency groups
      1.  
        About resiliency groups
      2.  
        Guidelines for organizing resiliency groups
      3.  
        About service objectives
      4.  
        Managing virtual machines for basic monitoring
      5.  
        Starting a resiliency group
      6.  
        Stopping a resiliency group
      7.  
        Displaying resiliency group information and status
      8.  
        Viewing resiliency group details
      9.  
        Editing a resiliency group
      10.  
        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 VMware 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) using Resiliency Platform Data Mover
        1.  
          DR configuration options using Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      7. Managing virtual machines for remote recovery (DR) in Amazon Web Services
        1.  
          AWS Customization options panel
      8.  
        Managing virtual machines for remote recovery (DR) in vCloud
      9.  
        Managing VMware virtual machines for remote recovery using NetBackup images
      10.  
        Verifying the replication status for Veritas Resiliency Platform Data Mover
  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.  
        Rehearse operations - Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      4.  
        Prerequisites for rehearsal operation
      5.  
        Performing the rehearsal operation
      6.  
        Performing the rehearsal operation using NetBackup images
      7.  
        Performing cleanup rehearsal
    2. Performing disaster recovery operations
      1.  
        How Resiliency Platform Data Mover handles DR operations
      2.  
        Migrating a resiliency group of virtual machines
      3.  
        Taking over a resiliency group of virtual machines
      4.  
        Performing the resync operation
      5.  
        Restoring data using NetBackup
      6.  
        Clearing outage
  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 activities
    1.  
      About the Resiliency Platform Dashboard
    2.  
      Understanding asset types
    3.  
      Displaying an overview of your assets
    4. About risk insight
      1.  
        Displaying risk information
      2.  
        Predefined risks in Resiliency Platform
      3.  
        Viewing the current risk report
      4.  
        Viewing the historical risk report
    5.  
      Viewing reports
    6. Managing activities
      1.  
        Viewing activities
      2.  
        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 VMware virtual machines disaster discovery
    3.  
      Troubleshooting discovery of assets
    4.  
      Log files to troubleshoot Veritas Resiliency Platform Data Mover
    5.  
      Managing tunable parameters
    6.  
      Resiliency Platform fails to attach storage policy to virtual machines
    7.  
      Resiliency Platform fails to create storage policy
    8. Resolving the Admin Wait state
      1.  
        Admin Wait state codes
    9.  
      Troubleshooting NetBackup issues
    10.  
      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

Deleting a resiliency group

When you delete a resiliency group from Resiliency Platform management, you can no longer monitor, manage, or protect it using Resiliency Platform. Deleting the resiliency group from Resiliency Platform has no effect on the underlying assets.

If the resiliency group was configured for protection using Resiliency Platform Data Mover replication, then Resiliency Platform Data Mover is unconfigured before the resiliency group is deleted. During the delete operation you can choose to delete the disks on the production data center and also choose to ignore any subtasks that fail. If you choose to ignore the failed subtasks, you need to fix them manually. Resiliency groups can be deleted from production data center, on-premises recovery data center, or from cloud recovery data center.

To successfully complete the delete operation ensure the following:

  • The assets on the production data center are running and accessible.

  • The xprtld daemon on the virtual machines is running.

On successful completion of the delete operation, you will notice the following:

  • During the operation, replication is stopped and Veritas Replication Sets are deleted on gateways and on-premises virtual machines.

  • Journal disks are removed from the virtual machines on the production data center and cloud virtual machines instances are deleted.

  • All the cloud virtual machines disks that are attached to the cloud Replication Gateway are deleted.

Note:

Replication Gateway pairs are not deleted during the delete operation. If required you can delete the pair from the Gateway Pair details page.

If you are deleting a resiliency group that was configured for protection using Resiliency Platform Data Mover replication and is active on cloud, then you can select the following options:

  • During the delete operation you can choose to delete the disks on the production data center.

    If the check box is not selected, then you need to manually identify the disk, having the vxtap kernel module, which is attached to the replication gateway and delete it.

  • You can choose to ignore any subtasks that fail during the delete operation.

    If you choose to ignore the failed subtasks, then you need to fix them manually.

To delete a resiliency group

  1. Navigate

    Assets (navigation pane) > Resiliency Groups tab

  2. Locate the resiliency group. Use filters or Search as needed.

  3. On the row for the resiliency group, select the vertical ellipsis > Delete.

    You can also perform operations from the Details page

  4. Confirm the deletion.