tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47060994419129287.post100824433937854438..comments2024-03-14T02:56:41.714-07:00Comments on vXpress: VMware Site Recovery Manager - Accessing Test Network during Disaster Recovery Drills!Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007454899067884004noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47060994419129287.post-15965024858438627752013-03-06T22:24:16.787-08:002013-03-06T22:24:16.787-08:00Kat, one you initiate a Recovery from the SRM cons...Kat, one you initiate a Recovery from the SRM console, the SRM engine will try to shutdown the Production Site as the primary step. Since you would split the sites, the DR SRM/vCenter will not be able to talk to the primary site, hence it would not be able to issue any commands to shutdown protected VMs at the primary site before they are recovered on the DR Site. <br /><br />You have to be Sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007454899067884004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47060994419129287.post-47399441061189101402013-03-05T21:34:30.797-08:002013-03-05T21:34:30.797-08:00Hey Sunny..that's for the response. I'm f...Hey Sunny..that's for the response. I'm fortunate in that all of the applications I need to recover are virtualized and part of existing SRM recovery plans. The more I research the more I realize I am going to have to execute the plans in Recovery mode to be able to test end-to-end. Our April exercise is audited so it's critical all systems perform as if it were production. My Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07204382728251117774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47060994419129287.post-81281234527607426752013-03-04T12:53:17.879-08:002013-03-04T12:53:17.879-08:00Hey Kat,
That's a really good questions and a...Hey Kat,<br /><br />That's a really good questions and a valid concern. As I have mentioned in the article above, SRM Test Recovery can really limit you to just test the sanity of the of the OS on the DR Site during test fail-overs. The Bubble Network restricts you from end to end testing, i.e. from VM - Application, database and end user.<br /><br />Especially, if you have resources your Sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007454899067884004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47060994419129287.post-20054855172811163282013-03-04T11:50:23.849-08:002013-03-04T11:50:23.849-08:00We've completed our SRM installation and done ...We've completed our SRM installation and done several bubble tests, each time adding a component for client connectivity. Due to the volume of testers required for each exercise (50+) we're considering running the test as a recovery so we can get host to host connectivity. I could run all VM's on a single host but the performance would be unacceptable. I'd be interested in Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07204382728251117774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47060994419129287.post-32410527632843696682013-02-19T09:56:03.893-08:002013-02-19T09:56:03.893-08:00@brielle.. I am glad this helped.. Feel free to re...@brielle.. I am glad this helped.. Feel free to reach out if you need helps around the topic..<br /><br />Cheers<br />SunnySunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007454899067884004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47060994419129287.post-58703725106629606332013-02-19T08:19:05.129-08:002013-02-19T08:19:05.129-08:00What an informative article. I have been looking f...What an informative article. I have been looking for <a href="http://www.sungardas.com/Solutions/DisasterRecovery/Overview/Pages/DisasterRecoveryOverview.aspx" rel="nofollow">disaster recovery services</a> for our business for what seems like forever. This article was very helpful in helping me understand. Thanks so much for the post. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11755041481969452357noreply@blogger.com