SRM with stretched storage provides a new approach for active-active data centers:
- It allows live migration of VMs across vCenter servers using stretched storage for continuous availability.
- Recovery plans can be tested non-disruptively and used to automate recovery from site failures via vMotion.
- Planned migrations can be performed before site maintenance using vMotion for zero downtime.
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Presentation explains the difference between multi site high availability (aka metro cluster) and disaster recovery. General concepts are similar for any products but presentation is more tailored for VMware technologies.
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Dell Technologies è un’esclusiva famiglia di aziende che offre alle organizzazioni l’infrastruttura necessaria per costruire il loro futuro digitale, favorire l’IT Transformation e proteggere le loro risorse più importanti: le informazioni.
In particolare per il settore dell’Education di livello superiore, Dell EMC ha studiato un catalogo di soluzioni in aree quali:
Converged Infrastructure
Storage e Protection dei dati
Servizi di didattica digitale
In questo ciclo di webinar illustreremo le soluzioni Dell EMC più all'avanguardia, attualmente oggetto di studio da parte della Fondazione CRUI per un possibile contratto in convenzione.
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to failures of hosts or virtual machines.
VMworld 2013: vSphere Distributed Switch – Design and Best Practices VMworld
VMworld 2013
Vyenkatesh (Venky) Deshpande, VMware
Marcos Hernandez, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
Dell Technologies è un’esclusiva famiglia di aziende che offre alle organizzazioni l’infrastruttura necessaria per costruire il loro futuro digitale, favorire l’IT Transformation e proteggere le loro risorse più importanti: le informazioni.
In particolare per il settore dell’Education di livello superiore, Dell EMC ha studiato un catalogo di soluzioni in aree quali:
Converged Infrastructure
Storage e Protection dei dati
Servizi di didattica digitale
In questo ciclo di webinar illustreremo le soluzioni Dell EMC più all'avanguardia, attualmente oggetto di studio da parte della Fondazione CRUI per un possibile contratto in convenzione.
Introduction - vSphere 5 High Availability (HA)Eric Sloof
VMware HA clusters enable a collection of ESXi hosts to work together so that, as a group, they provide higher levels of availability for virtual machines than each ESXi host could provide individually. When you plan the creation and usage of a new VMware HA cluster, the options you select affect the way that cluster responds
to failures of hosts or virtual machines.
VMworld 2013: vSphere Distributed Switch – Design and Best Practices VMworld
VMworld 2013
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Marcos Hernandez, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
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GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
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Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
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VMworld 2014: Site Recovery Manager and Stretched Storage
1. Site Recovery Manager and Stretched
Storage: Tech Preview of a New
Approach to Active-Active Data
Centers
BCO1916
Shobhan Lakkapragada, VMware, Inc
Aleksey Pershin, VMware, Inc
2. Disclaimer
• This presentation may contain product features that are currently under development
• This overview of new technology represents no commitment from VMware to deliver these
features in any generally available product
• Features are subject to change, and must not be included in contracts, purchase orders, or
sales agreements of any kind
• Technical feasibility and market demand will affect final delivery
• Pricing and packaging for any new technologies or features discussed or presented have not
been determined
2
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
3. Agenda
• What is an Active-Active data center solution ?
– Benefits, Use-Cases and Deployment Requirements
• VMware Stretched Clusters
– Benefits and Challenges
• A new approach to Active-Active data centers with SRM
– Technical Overview
– Demo
• Partner presentations
– IBM: Carlos Fuentes, IBM SVC Architecture
– EMC: Cody Garvin, EMC VPLEX Product Management
• Q&A
3
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
4. First, a request…
4
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
Please fill out a short, product-related survey
Your feedback is very important !! Especially for a Tech Preview
You can pre-register for Beta through the survey link as well
Note: Beta and GA dates can only be shared under NDA
http://tinyurl.com/BCO1916
5. Topologies for Business Continuity
5
“Bunker Site” Dedicated Sites
for Prod & DR
Bi-directional
Failover
Active-Active
data centers
Production
Recovery
Production
Recovery
Production
Production
• Legacy DR scenario
• Expensive dedicated
resources
• Leverage recovery
infrastructure for test,
development, training
• Utilize sunk cost of
recovery site
• Production applications
at both sites
• Each site acts as the
recovery site for the
other
• Production apps at both sites with
seamless mobility across sites
• Zero downtime for planned events
• Typically limited to a Metro
distance
Site 1 Site 2
Production
Multi-site topologies with three or more sites are not shown here
Supported by SRM today SRM Tech Preview
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
6. Typical Use Cases For Active-Active data centers
• Planned maintenance of
one site without any service
downtime
• Transparent to app owners
and end users
• Avoid lengthy approval
processes
• Ability to migrate
applications back after
maintenance is complete
Planned Maintenance
• Automated initiation of VM
restart or recovery
• Very low RTO for majority
of unplanned failures
• Allows users to focus on
app health after recovery,
not how to recover VMs
Automated Recovery
• Prevent service outages
before an impending
disaster (e.g. hurricane,
rising flood levels)
• Avoid downtime, not
recover from it
• Zero data loss possible if
you have the time
Disaster Avoidance
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
7. What you need for an Active-Active Datacenter model
1. Stretched Storage solution
– Storage clustering solution that supports
distributed data mirroring
– Read/write access to the same volumes
from both sites
– Some tie-break mechanism to avoid split-
brain
– Examples: EMC VPLEX, IBM SVC, NetApp
MetroCluster, etc.
Backend Arrays
Site 2
Storage
Controllers
Stretched Volumes Across Sites
Storage
Controllers
Backend Arrays
Site 1
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
Stretched Volumes
8. What you need for an Active-Active Datacenter model
2. Stretched Network solution
– VMware NSX or 3rd party solutions
• See #NET1974 for details on Multi-site NSX solution
– Enables live migration of apps without changing IP
addresses
– vMotion supports a max of 10 millisec RTT latency
– vMotion requires 250Mbps bandwidth for each VM
8The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
9. vSphere choices for Active-Active datacenters
• VMware vSphere deployed in one of two ways
– Option 1: Stretched vSphere Cluster with a single vCenter
• Solution certified through VMware Metro Stretched Cluster (vMSC)
• Available since vSphere 5.0 – HCL has over 10+ vendors
– Option 2: Separate vSphere Clusters and a vCenter at each site
• Focus of this Tech Preview session
• Live Migration will soon be possible across vCenters!
• Enables two autonomous datacenters to be managed as Active-Active sites
• Enables live migration of applications as well as proper handling of unplanned failure events
• Leverage SRM for orchestrating both planned and unplanned single site events
9
Tech
Preview
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
11. VMware Metro Stretch Clusters
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– Applications are protected
against localized site failures
– Proactive live migrations of
applications for continuous
availability
– Automated recovery of
workloads after host failures
– Single Management console
for all workloads
Stretched vSphere Cluster
Stretched Storage
Site
A
(Ac)ve)
Site
B
(Ac)ve)
HA Restart
Live Migration
< 100 KM distance
vCenter
12. Challenges with Stretched Clusters
12
• Think about availability of a single vCenter managing both sites
– Failure of the site where vCenter is running disrupts management of both sites
• DRS and HA are not site aware
– VMs are recovered and migrated to any site – may not be what you want !
– Could result in additional East-West traffic when your network is not designed to handle it
– DRS affinity rules are an option, but requires ongoing management of Host Groups etc.
• No Orchestration or Testability
– Planned Migration or Disaster Avoidance need to be done manually
– Stretched Clusters lack a repeatable, testable procedure to handle unplanned failures
– HA will restart VMs based on VM restart order – but doesn’t give you granular control of VM
dependencies or customization
14. Active-Active Datacenters with SRM
14
• Live Migration (vMotion) of workloads across sites and
vCenter instances for planned failover
• Full orchestration of VM movement (vCenter and solution
configuration, storage, and live state).
• Combined with DR orchestration to enable recovery of failed
VMs in the event of site failure
Description
• Reuse same orchestrated Recovery Plan for unplanned
failures and Continuous Availability
• Integration with Stretched Storage enables very low RTO for
unplanned failures and easier load balancing across sites
• Non-disruptive test for unplanned failures
Benefits
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
15. vMotion across vCenter Servers
Requirements:
• VCs must be connected via L3
• VM network:
§ L2 connection
§ Same VM IP address
available at destination
• vMotion network:
§ L3 connection
§ Secure (dedicated or
encrypted)
§ 250 Mbps per vMotion
operation
• NFC network:
§ routed L3 through
Management Network or L2
connection
• L4-L7 services pre-configured
at destination
vMo%on
ESXiESXi
vCenter Server vCenter Server
Management
Network
VM
Network
vMotion
Network
NFC
Network
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
16. Stretched Storage
Active-Active Datacenters with SRM
Site 1 vSphere cluster
vCenter SRM
ESXi ESXi ESXi
Site 2 vSphere cluster
ESXi ESXi ESXi
Volume A at Site 1
(Full R/W access)
Volume A at Site 2
(Full R/W access)
vCenter SRM
Stretched Networks
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
17. Stretched Storage
Scenario 1: Local Host failures in one site
Site 1 vSphere cluster
vCenter SRM
ESXi ESXi ESXi
Site 2 vSphere cluster
ESXi ESXi ESXi
Volume A at Site 1
(Full R/W access)
Volume A at Site 2
(Full R/W access)
vCenter SRM
Stretched Networks
HA handles local
host failuresESXi
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
18. Stretched Storage
Scenario 2: Disaster Avoidance at one site
Site 1 vSphere cluster
vCenter SRM
ESXi ESXi ESXi
Site 2 vSphere cluster
ESXi ESXi ESXi
Volume A at Site 1
(Full R/W access)
Volume A at Site 2
(Full R/W access)
vCenter SRM
Stretched Networks
Execute SRM Planned
Migration with vMotion
BEFORE disaster
SRM invokes vMotion as per
VM priority and dependencies
in Recovery Plan
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
SRM gives you the “easy button” for handling
planned downtime in Active-Active datacenters
19. Stretched Storage
Scenario 3: Faster Recovery from Unplanned Failures
Site 1 vSphere cluster
vCenter SRM
ESXi ESXi ESXi
Site 2 vSphere cluster
ESXi ESXi ESXi
Volume A at Site 1
(Full R/W access)
Volume A at Site 2
(Full R/W access)
vCenter SRM
Stretched Networks
Use SRM’s test capability
to prepare for site-wide
failures
In a site failure scenario,
execute SRM Recovery Plan
at other Active site.
Can be automatically
triggered by an external
system
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
SRM enables a reliable, testable and low RTO solution for
handling unplanned failures in Active-Active datacenters
21. SRM with Stretched Storage: Initial setup
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• Follow the existing SRM installation procedure
– Install SRM at each site
– Install SRA (Storage Replication Adapter) from your array vendor at each site
– Configure Array Managers at each site
• New SRA interface
– Contact your array vendor for the SRA availability and supported array models
– Most vendors will provide a single SRA to manage both stretched and non-stretched volumes
– Existing SRAs (with no stretched storage support) will continue to work as is with new SRM
• Configure stretched storage volumes using the array UI/tools
• SRM will discover stretched arrays/volumes through the SRA
– Use the SRM UI to verify stretched volumes and how they map to datastores
– Use the SRM UI to verify the site preference for stretched volumes
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
22. SRM with Stretched Storage: Initial setup – Demo
Roadmap
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
23. SRM with Stretched Storage: Configuring protection
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• Stretched storage supported only with Storage-Profile based Protection Groups (SPPG)
– SPPGs are a new capability in a future SRM release
– SPPGs allow the Admin to link DR Protection to the Storage Policy of the VMs
• Configure storage profiles for stretched volumes at each site
– Use either manually assigned tags or volume capabilities exposed by the array
– Must provision VMs through the storage profiles (i.e. Profile Driven Storage)
– Use SRM UI to map storage profiles across sites
• Configure protection groups for the storage profiles
– SRM will automatically protect all VMs assigned to the storage profiles in the group
– Can mix stretched and non-stretched storage in the same protection group
• SRM will verify and monitor the site preference to be assigned to the protected site
– If the array supports statically assigned site preference for each stretched volume/consistency group
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
24. SRM with Stretched Storage: Configuring protection – Demo
Roadmap
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
25. SRM with Stretched Storage: Configuring recovery
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• Create one or more recovery plans for all or some protection groups
– The same protection group can belong to multiple recovery plans
– Can mix stretched storage, non-stretched storage and vSphere Replication in the same recovery plan
• Configure recovery settings for each VM
– Multiple priority groups with explicit dependencies between VMs if necessary
– Stretched VMs§ can depend on non-stretched VMs and vice versa
– Can configure IP customization for stretched VMs that do not have stretched networks (for DR/Test)
– Can assign scripts to stretched VMs
• Scripts can run on the SRM server or in the VM
• Scripts can run before or after power on (or live migration)
– Can opt out of vMotion for some VMs even if they reside on stretched storage
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
§ - Stretched VMs refers to VMs on Stretched Storage datastores
26. SRM with Stretched Storage: Planned Migration
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• Use planned failover to avoid an expected outage
– Initiated when both sites are fully operational
• Choose whether to use vMotion when initiating a planned migration
– If enabled, SRM will use vMotion to migrate all stretched VMs to the recovery site
– If disabled, SRM will shut down stretched VMs at the protected site and power on at the recovery site
• Using vMotion guarantees no service downtime for stretched VMs
– SRM will reassign site preference to recovery site for all stretched volumes (if array supports it)
– SRM will orchestrate vMotion for eligible VMs according to priority tiers and VM dependencies
– SRM will perform a storage sync to make sure no blocks are left at the protected site
• Planned failover with stretched and non-stretched VMs
– A single recovery plan can fail over the entire site including non-stretched VMs
– The migration will be completed before any non-stretched VMs are shut down at the protected site
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
27. SRM with Stretched Storage: Rerunning planned migration
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• Planned failover stops if any error is encountered
– vMotion may fail due to configuration issues
– Resolve the issues and rerun the planned migration
• Rerunning planned migration
– SRM will skip completed steps
– SRM will repeat failed steps (including vMotion)
• Turning off vMotion on a rerun
– If it is too difficult/impossible to resolve vMotion issues, rerun planned migration with vMotion off
– Stretched VMs will be shut down at the protected site and powered on at the recovery site
• vMotion may take a long time to complete for busy VMs or long distances
– Use test failover to estimate the time needed to complete an unplanned failover
– When too close to the expected outage, cancel planned migration and rerun with vMotion turned off
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
28. SRM with Stretched Storage: Planned Migration – Demo
Roadmap
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
29. SRM with Stretched Storage: Unplanned failover
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• Use unplanned failover to recover from a disaster
– Initiated when the protected site is no longer functional
• Stretched VMs are powered on at the recovery site
– Stretched and non-stretched VMs are recovered together
– Priority tiers and VM dependencies are honored across all VMs
– SRM will coordinate with the array to guard against any VMs still running at the protected site
• Stretched volumes are recovered faster – shorter RTO
– Stretched volumes are already visible at the recovery site
– No need to wait for costly surfacing, mounting and host rescan operations
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
30. SRM with Stretched Storage: Unplanned failover – Demo
Roadmap
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
31. SRM with Stretched Storage: Test failover
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• Use test failover to make sure an unplanned failover would succeed
– Should be performed regularly to ensure DR-readiness
– Periodic DR-tests with an audit trail are required by most compliance rules
• Stretched VMs are included in the test failover
– Stretched VMs are powered on in an isolated network
– SRM will perform vMotion host compatibility tests as part of the test failover
– SRM will not perform vMotion as part of the test failover
• Complicated environmental issues (i.e. network latency) may remain undetected
• Test failover for stretched storage requires array support
– Not all arrays support snapshotting of stretched devices
– Contact your array vendor for specific compatibility requirements
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
32. SRM with Stretched Storage: Reprotect and failback
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• Use reprotect to reverse the roles of sites after a successful planned failover
– Repairs replication for stretched devices (if damaged during the unplanned failover)
– Ensures the new protected site (former recovery site) has the site preference for stretched devices
• Reprotect after an unplanned failover
– Rerun planned failover once the protected site becomes available
– Migrated and recovered VMs will continue running at the recovery site untouched
• Failback
– Initiate a planned failover after the reprotect to migrate all VMs back to the former protected site
– It is recommended to perform a test failover first to make sure everything is ready
– Once the planned failover is complete, initiate reprotect to bring everything back to the original state
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
34. IBM & VMware Provide Virtualization of the Complete
Infrastructure
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VMware
Virtualiza%on
Storage
Virtualiza%on
SAN Volume Controller
OR V5000
V7000
You have virtualized
your server
infrastructure
IBM SVC (SAN
Volume Controller
IBM VSC (SmartCloud
Virtual Storage
Center) A
Comprehensive approach to SDS
(Software Defined Storage)
Virtualization
Layer
Virtualization
Layer
Virtualization
Layer
ERP
FlashSystem 820XIV
35. Stretched Storage with IBM SAN Volume Controller
• Single system image across two sites provides single
pane of glass management for day-to-day storage
management activity
– Simplify management of your environment at same time as
deploying active-active storage
• Based upon a rich and mature platform
– Provide Real-time Compression, Easy Tier, Non-disruptive
migrations, Long distance replication
– 40,000 engines installed worldwide, 11 years field
experience
• 250+ storage devices supported to provide back-end
capacity
– Retain your existing investment in storage devices
– Keep flexibility for the future
• Active quorum device enables automatic failover
– No external management software
– Prevents split-brain
• Supports recovery in case of full unplanned site failure
scenarios
Quorum
Storage Pool 1 Storage Pool 2
Site 1
Site 1
Site 2
Site 2
Site 3
SVC
Stretched
Cluster
36. Planning for Unplanned Site failures with Stretched Storage
• Active-active storage does NOT eliminate need for
proper Unplanned Site failure planning
– Plan which applications to be recovered together
– Test the recovery process to validate it
• Use SRM!!
– Review the business and non-IT processes which
must operate in case of major disaster
• Active-active storage provides much greater
business value from the same infrastructure
investment
– Continuous availability with orchestration
• Active-active storage achieves more robust
recovery
– Exercises the recovery infrastructure as part of the
BAU operations of the enterprise
– Better testing, greater confidence
ESXi ESXi
vCenter SRM
ESXi ESXi
vCenter SRM
38. VPLEX Continuous Availability for Stretched Metro Clusters
Roadmap
Stretched vSphere Cluster
Site
A
(Ac)ve)
Site
B
(Ac)ve)
<10ms, IP or FC
vCenter
• Established VPLEX Active-Active Solution
– Instant vMotion across distance
– VMware HA automatically restarts VMs at
either site for system or site failure
– Balance workloads across both sites with
VMware DRS
– Supports VMware FT out of the box
• Additional flexibility of VPLEX Metro
– Doesn’t Require FC Cross-Connect
– Choose IP or FC Connectivity between sites
– Third Site – IP connectivity to Witness VM
– No SPOF – If you lose a Director, no loss of
access at any site
VPLEXVPLEX
Dual Site DRS
Dual Site HA
Instant vMotion
Site
C
(Op)onal
Witness)
VPLEX Distributed Virtual Volumes
39. VPLEX Active-Active for VMware SRM & Dual Datacenters
• VPLEX Active-Active with VMware SRM
– Retain instant vMotion across distance
– VMware SRM SRA for VPLEX is coming
– VMware SRM coordination for planned and
unplanned failover between sites
– Failovers CAN be automated via SRM API
– Zero RPO compared with replication
• Additional flexibility of VPLEX Metro
– Doesn’t Require FC Cross-Connect
– Choose IP or FC Connectivity between sites
– Third Site – IP connectivity to Witness VM
– No SPOF – If you lose a Director, no loss of
access at any site
Roadmap
vSphere Cluster
Site
A
(Ac)ve)
Site
B
(Ac)ve)
<10ms, IP or FC
vCenter
VPLEXVPLEX
SRM Failover
vMotion via SRM
SRM
vSphere Cluster
vCenter SRM
Site
C
(Op)onal
Witness)
VPLEX Distributed Virtual Volumes
40. The Best of Both Worlds Today! VPLEX MetroPoint
Roadmap
Stretched vSphere Cluster
Site
A
(Ac)ve)
Site
B
(Ac)ve)
<10ms, IP or FC
• Combine a Stretched Metro Cluster with 3rd
site SRM recovery
– Same benefits of the Stretched Metro Cluster
VPLEX solution combined with SRM managed
3rd site recovery
– Uses VPLEX Metro for shared storage and
RecoverPoint for 3rd site Disaster Recovery
– Single DR copy at the 3rd site
– Leverage RecoverPoint Any Point-in-time
integration with SRM
– Maintain DR capability even with a complete
site loss
VPLEXVPLEX
vMotion / HA / DRS
vCenter SRM
vSphere Cluster
vCenter SRM
VPLEX Distributed Virtual Volumes
Site
C
(RecoverPoint)
Visit the EMC booth and ask about VPLEX deep dive information!
42. Key Takeaways
Roadmap
• SRM is a great solution for Active Active datacenters
– SRM enhances Continuous Availability with rich orchestration
– Stretched Storage enables a lower RTO for unplanned failover
– SRM with vMotion enables ZERO service downtime for disaster avoidance
• You don't have to trade-off Testability and Repeatability when you
choose Active-Active model
• SRM + Live Migration is a game changer in IT operations
The information on the roadmap is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in
making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
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making a purchasing decision. It is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract.
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46. Site Recovery Manager and Stretched
Storage: Tech Preview of a New
Approach to Active-Active Data
Centers
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