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

How Resiliency Platform configures disaster recovery protection for virtual machines

During the wizard configuration process, Resiliency Platform searches the complete storage stack from the virtual machines to the replicated volumes.

It also detects the complete network settings of each member of the resiliency group. If network mapping has been configured, it applies the mapping details to the network settings that need to be applied in the recovery data center after migration. The IP addresses for the virtual machines at the recovery data center are applied based on the subnet mappings. Resiliency Platform stores and uses this configuration at the time of disaster recovery operations, such as, Migrate, Takeover, or Rehearse. This network customization is applicable only if DHCP is not configured for the data center.

The wizard validates the DR configuration and displays the results. For example, the wizard can display the number of virtual machines that are needed at the recovery data center to match the number of virtual machines at the production data center.

When you configure a set of virtual machines in a resiliency group for DR, the Resiliency Platform saves some extra information about the virtual machines on the replicated storage. For VMware, the Resiliency Platform saves additional copies of the virtual machine configuration in the same folder as the original virtual machine configuration. For Hyper-V, the Resiliency Platform creates a folder with name "vrp" on the replicated mount point and stores additional copies of the virtual machine configuration in it. The Resiliency Platform maintains separate copies of the virtual machine configuration per data center, thus allowing you to have separate virtual machine configurations across data centers. These copies are used during the DR operations such as Migrate, Takeover, Rehearsals, etc. These files are maintained by the Resiliency Platform and should not be edited or deleted.

Note:

If there are any changes to the storage stack or network settings in any of the resiliency group members, re-run the wizard so that the latest storage and network configuration snapshots are recorded.

For Hyper-V virtual machines, after the configuration snapshot is recorded and stored, Resiliency Platform copies the virtual machine configurations into a folder (.vrp) on the replicated datastore. This folder hosts data center-specific copies of the virtual machines. This allows the user to have separate configurations across the two data centers for the same virtual machines.