Zerto Virtual Manager Administration - Amazon S3

1 ,electronicormechanical,includingphotoco pying,recording,orinformationstorageandr etrievalsystems,foranypurposeotherthanth epurchaser'spersonaluse, "as-is" ,withoutlimitation, ,itsauthors,oranyoneelseinvolvedinthecre ation,production,ordeliveryofthescriptsb eliableforanydamageswhatsoever(including ,withoutlimitation,damagesforlossofbusin essprofits,businessinterruption,lossofbu sinessinformation,orotherpecuniaryloss)a risingoutoftheuseoforinabilitytousethesa mplescriptsordocumentation, (ViatheVMwareWebClientorClientConsole)11 0 ReplicationFromaProtectedSitevCenterServ erToaRecoverySiteHyper-VHost112 ReplicationFromaProtectedSitevCenterServ ertoaRecoverySiteAWS149 RecoverytoAWS150 AWSA utomatedOSConfiguration151 ZertoToolsforWindows152 ZertoToolsforLinuxScript155 ProtectingFromavCenterServer-ToanAWSR ecoverySite156 ReplicationFromaProtectedSitevCenterServ ertoaRecoverySiteMicrosoftAzure167 RequirementsforMicrosoftAzureEnvironment s167 VPGsRecoveringtoAzureManagedDisks167 ProtectingFromavCenterServer-ToaMicrosof tAzureRecoverySite167 ProtectingVirtualMachinestoandFromVMware CloudDirector179 ReplicationFromaProtectedSitevCenterServ ertoaRecoverySiteVCD181 ReplicationFromaProtectedSitevCDtoaRecov erySitevCD217 SettingsMaintainedwhenReplicatingfromaPr otectedSitevCDtoaRecoverySitevCD255 ReplicationFromaProtectedSitevCDtoaRecov erySitevCenterServer257 ReplicationFromaProtectedSitevCDtoHyper- V295 ReplicationFromaProtectedSitevCDtoAWS332 RecoverytoAWS333 CreatingaVPGfromvCloudDirectortoAWS334

2 ReplicationFromaProtectedSitevCDtoAzure3 44 MonitoringZertoVirtualManager356 TheDASHBOARDTab356 MonitoringVPGs TheVPGsTab358 ListView-GENERAL359 ListView-PERFORMANCE3604 ZertoVirtualManagerAdministrationGuideVM warevSphereEnvironment-Rev01 AdditionalFieldsandOptions361 SavingDetailsofVirtualProtectionGroupsto aFile361 MonitoringaSingleVPG361 MonitoringLong-termRetention365 ListView-RetentionStatus366 MonitoringTasks367 MonitoringProtectedVirtualMachines TheVMsTab368 MonitoringPeerSites TheSITESTab370 MonitoringVirtualReplicationAppliances37 2 MonitoringVRAs TheSETUPTab VRAsTab372 MonitoringaSingleVRA374 MonitoringDatastores TheSETUPTab TheDATASTORESTab379 ZertoPerformanceCounters381 ManagingVPGs386 CopyVPGS ettings387 EditingaVPG388 AddingVirtualMachinestoaVPG-Overview391 HowtoAddVirtualMachinestoanExistingVPG39 3 RemovingVirtualMachinesfromaVPG394 RemovingVirtualMachinesfromavCDvApp395 RemovingProtectedVirtualMachinesfromtheH ypervisorInventory396 ModifyingProtectedVirtualMachineVolumes3 96 ChangingtheRecoveryDatastoreforaProtecte dVirtualMachine397 ModifyingaProtectedRDMV olume397 PausingandResumingtheProtectionofaVPG398 ForcingtheSynchronizationofaVPG398 HandlingaVPGinanErrorState399 DeletingaVPG400 DeletingaVPGW hentheStatusisDeleting401 EnsuringApplicationConsistency Checkpoints401 AddingaCheckpointtoaVPGtoIdentifyaKeyPoi nt402 RunningScriptsBeforeorAfterRecoveringaVP G403 CreatingaScript405 ExampleScripts407 ExportingandImportingVPGD efinitions410 VPGS tatusesandSynchronizationTriggers413 VPGS tatuses413 VPGS ynchronizationTriggers424 ManagingProtectionWhentheRecoveryDatasto reWillBeUnavailable(DatastoreMaintenance )

3 425 ZertoVirtualManagerAdministrationGuideVM warevSphereEnvironment-Rev01 ManagingVRAs427 InstallingaVRA428 UpgradingVRAs433 EditingVRAS ettings434 EditingtheVRAC onnectionMethodorPassword436 EvacuatingaRecoveryVRA437 PopulatingaRecoveryVRA440 ChangingaVMsRecoveryVRA444 UninstallingVRAs447 HandlingaVRAinanErrorState(GhostVRA)448 ManagingProtectionDuringVMwareHostMainte nance448 ManagingProtectionWhenMovingaHosttoaDiff erentCluster449 ManagingaZertoVirtualManager451 CheckConnectivityBetweenZertoComponents4 51 ReconfiguringtheZertoVirtualManagerSetup 453 ReconfiguringtheMicrosoftSQLS erverDatabaseUsedbytheZertoVirtualManage r456 ReplacingtheSSLC ertificate458 PairingtoAnotherSiteandUnpairingSites458 AdvancedSiteConfiguration462 SiteSettings462 EditingInformationAboutaSite464 DefiningPerformanceandThrottling467 DefiningSitePolicies470 ConfiguringEmailSettings473 DefiningResourceReportSamplingPeriod474 ReviewingSupportedHostVersions475 SeeingWhatIsLicensed475 SubmittingaSupportTicket477 SubmittingaFeatureRequest478 EnablingRemoteSupport478 AbouttheZertoVersion479 OverviewofDisasterRecoveryOperations481 TheFailoverTestOperation481 TheMoveOperation482 TheFailoverOperation482 TheRestoreFileOperation483 TheCloneOperation4846 ZertoVirtualManagerAdministrationGuideVM warevSphereEnvironment-Rev01 TestingRecovery485

4 TheTestFailoverProcess485 StartingandStoppingFailoverTests486 WhatHappensAfterStartingaTest?491 ViewingTestResults494 LiveDisasterRecoveryTesting494 BasicVerification UserTrafficIsNotRunagainsttheRecoveredVM s496 RunUserTrafficAgainsttheRecoveredVMs498 ManagingFailover502 TheFailoverLiveProcess502 InitiatingFailoverLive504 ReverseProtectionforaFailedOverVPG517 ReverseProtectionwithOne-to-Many518 WhatHappensWhentheProtectedSiteisDown519 InitiatingFailoverLiveDuringaTest519 MigratingaVPGtoaRecoverySite521 TheMoveProcess521 MovingProtectedVirtualMachinestoaRemoteS ite524 ReverseProtectionForaMovedVPG532 CloningaVPGtotheRecoverySite535 TheCloneProcess535 CloningProtectedVirtualMachinestotheRemo teSite535 RecoveringFilesandFolders542 TheFileandFolderRecoveryProcess542 RestoringFilesandFolders543 MountingtheVirtualMachinethatContainsthe RequiredFilesandFolders543 DownloadingtheFilesandFoldersfromtheVirt ualMachine546 SearchingforFiles/FoldersandRestoringthe irVMsorVPGs549 ConfiguringFileSystemIndexing549 RunningSearchandRestoreOperations553 UsingZerto sLong-termRetention564

5 Long-termRetention-Overview564 BeforeYouBegin565 Workflow:UsingZerto sLong-termRetention565 UsingAWSS torageGatewayRepository566 ZertoVirtualManagerAdministrationGuideVM warevSphereEnvironment-Rev01 CreatingaNewRepositoryforRetention567 EditinganExistingRepositoryforRetention5 70 DeletinganExistingRepositoryforRetention 572 EnablingLong-termRetentionfortheVPGs572 ManuallyRunningtheRetentionProcess579 Application-awareRetention580 EnablingApplication-awareRetention581 MonitoringYourLong-termRetentionStatus58 4 MonitoringtheLong-termRetentionRepositor yviatheSETUPTab584 MonitoringRetentionStatusviatheLong-term RetentionTab585 RestoringVMsorVPGsfromaRepository587 RestorePointnotShown594 StoringRetentionSets596 ZertoReports597 OutboundProtectionOverTimeReport597 ProtectionOverTimebySiteReport598 RecoveryReports599 ResourcesReport600 MonthlyUsageReport607 VPGP erformanceReport607 Troubleshooting608 EnsuringtheZertoVirtualManagerisRunning6 08 Troubleshooting: NeedsConfiguration Problems609 TroubleshootingGUIP roblems610 TroubleshootingVRAP roblems610 HandlingLackofStorageSpaceforRecoveredVi rtualMachines610 ZertoVirtualReplicationDiagnosticsUtilit y611 CollectingZertoLogs611 UsingRemoteLogCollection612 UsingtheZertoDiagnosticsApplication613 UnderstandingtheLogs621Re-IPConfiguredAs StaticFailsDuringFOLwithReverseProtectio n623 ZertoandVMwareFeatures624 ZertoPermissionsinvCenterServer624 StoppingavCenterServer625 Thin-Provisioning625 StorageProfilesandStorageClusters625 FaultTolerance6268 ZertoVirtualManagerAdministrationGuideVM warevSphereEnvironment-Rev01 HostAffinityRulesandCPUP inning626vMotion626 StoragevMotion626 VMwareHostMaintenanceMode627 ResiliencytovSphereEnvironmentChanges627 TheZertoVirtualManagerUserInterface628 AboutDialog629 AddCheckpointDialog631 PairSites-AddSiteDialog632 AddStaticRouteDialog634 AdvancedJournalSettingsDialog636 AdvancedJournalSettingsDialog(vCD)

6 638 AdvancedVMRecoverySettingsDialog642 AdvancedVMReplicationSettingsDialog643 AdvancedVMReplicationSettingsDialog(vCD) 643 AdvancedVMSettingsforCloudDialog645 ALERTS645 BootOrderDialog646 BrowseforFileDialog647 ChangeHostPasswordVRAD ialog647 CheckpointsDialog648 ConfigureandInstallVRAD ialog649 ConfigureandinstallZertoVirtualReplicati onAppliances(VRAs)onESX/ESXihosts649 ConfigurePairedSiteRoutingDialog651 ConfigureProvidervDCsDialog652 ConfigureVMSettingsDialog654 CreateNewCredentialsDialog655 EditVolumeDialog(vCD)655 EditVMRecoveryVRAD ialog665 EditNICD ialog666 EditRepositoryDialog667 EditSelectedVolumesDialog668 EditVMDialog669 EditVMDialog(vCD)670 EditVMSettingsDialog(AWS)675 EditVMSettingsDialog(Azure)676 EditvNICD ialog677 EditvNIC-vSphereandHyper-V677 EditvNIC-Azure679 EditvNIC-AWS680 EditvNICD ialog(vCD)681 ZertoVirtualManagerAdministrationGuideVM warevSphereEnvironment-Rev01 EditVolumesDialog681 EditVolumesDialog(vCD) : WhatistheZertoSolution?onpage 11 TheZertoSolutionArchitectureonpage 12 HowZertoRecoveryWorksonpage 14 ZertoAnalytics-overviewanduseonpage 16 ZertoCloudControl-Overviewonpage 35 BenefitsofusingtheZertoSolutiononpage 37 WhatistheZertoSolution?

7 ITResiliencePlatform Zerto 'sITResiliencePlatform convergesdisasterrecovery,backup,andwork loadmobilitywhetheron-premisesorto, (CDP)withbuilt-inorchestrationandautomat ionprovidingITleaderswithsimplicity,ente rprisescaleandagiledataprotectiontosavet ime, ,withintelligentdashboardsandlivereports ,providescompletevisibilityacrossmulti-s iteandmulti-cloudenvironments, , ,recoveryorchestrationandautomationinone simplesoftwareplatform,userscanrecoveron e,allorasubsetofvirtualizedapplications, fromanywheretoanywhere, ,Zertonotonlyallowsreplicationandrecover ybetweenanystorage, (BC/DR)solutionirrespectiveofunderlyingh ypervisor, ,MicrosoftHyper-V,MicrosoftAzure,AmazonW ebServices(AWS), (MSPs)globallywhoareleadingthewayindeliv eringDisasterRecoveryasaService(DRaaS) ,poweredbyintelligentindexandsearch,iten ablesquickrecoveryofdata-regardlessofwhe therit' ,movingdatatolong-termretentionhasnoimpa ctonproduction,socopiescanbetakenasoften asneeded,eliminatingtheconceptof"backupw indows".WorkloadMobilityWorkloadmobility istheabilitytomoveworkloadsto,fromandbet weenmultipleplatforms,on-premisesorcloud , ,thereisnowaplethoraofcloudplatformstoch oosefrom,withlargeplayerssuchasMicrosoft Azure,AWSandIBMC loudaswellasplentyofManagedServiceProvid ers(MSPs).

8 Eachoftheseplatformshavetheirownattribut eswhichmakethemsuitedtocertainworkloads, whetherthroughcompliance, ,thecloudisnotalwaystherightoptionforall workloads,andbecauseofthis, ,havingalloftheseoptionshasledtoincreasi ngadoptionofamulti- ,whetherinthecloudoron-premises,arenotlo ckedintoanyoneplatformorvendor,andcanbem ovedaroundbasedonwheretheyfitbesttoday, ,removingthetraditionallock-intothesepla tformsandallowingworkloadstobemovedacros splatformsseamlessly,on-premisesorinthec loud, ,MicrosoftHyper-V,AWS,IBMC loud,MicrosoftAzureandanyofourhundredsof Zerto -poweredManagedServiceProviders(MSP s).Forafulllistofsupportedplatformsandth eirversions, (BC)anddisasterrecovery(DR)solutioninavi rtualenvironment,enablingthereplicationo fmission-criticalapplicationsanddataasqu icklyaspossible, ,thesetwoobjectives,minimumtimetorecover andmaximumdatatorecover,areassignedtarge tvalues:therecoverytimeobjective(RTO)and therecoverypointobjective(RPO). ,Zertoenablesprotectingvirtualmachinesfo rextended, ,Zertoischangingthewaydisasterrecovery, ,ZertoVirtualReplication(ZVR) ,ZertoCloudAppliance(ZCA) : ZertoVirtualManager(ZVM):TheZVMisaWindow sservice,runningonadedicatedWindowsVM,th atmanageseverythingrequiredforthereplica tionbetweentheprotectionandrecoverysites , ,suchasvCenterServerorMicrosoftSCVMM,tog ettheinventoryofVMs,disks,networks,hosts , ,aVMwarevMotionoperation,orMicrosoftLive MigrationofaprotectedVMfromonehosttoanot herisseenbytheZVM,andtheZertoUserInterfa ceisupdatedaccordingly.

9 Forthemaximumnumberofvirtualmachines,eit herbeingprotectedorrecoveredtothatsite,s eeZertoScaleandBenchmarkingGuidelines. VirtualReplicationAppliance(VRA) (4perVM)andtargetsperController(15percon troller), ,ZertoutilizesVirtualReplicationApplianc eHelpers(VRA-H), Forthemaximumnumberofvolumes,eitherbeing protectedorrecoveredtothatsite,seeZertoS caleandBenchmarkingGuidelines. VirtualBackupAppliance(VBA):AWindowsserv icethatmanagesFile-LevelRecoveryoperatio nswithintheZertosolution. ZertoUserInterface:RecoveryusingtheZerto solutionismanagedinabrowseror, : DataStreamingService(DSS):Installedonthe VRAmachine, :Forthearchitecturediagramswhenoneofthes itesisaManagedServiceProviders(MSPs), , ,sothattheZVM,VRA,andVBAallrunasservices onasinglevirtualmachineinstanceinthepubl iccloud. RecoverytoAWSonpage 1 HowZertoRecoveryWorksInstallingZertoVirt ualReplicationinstallstheZertoVirtualMan ager, ,oneoneachoftheprotectedandrecoverysites , ,eitherindividuallyortogether,asavirtual protectiongroup(VPG). ,youcanprotectapplicationsthatrunonmulti plevirtualmachinesanddisksasasingleunit , , ,asynchronously,totherecoverysite, , (VRA).

10 , ,checkpointscanbemanuallyaddedbytheadmin istrator, ,whenaneventisgoingtotakeplacethatmightr esultintheneedtoperformarecovery, ,youcanspecifythatyouwanttorecoverthevir tualmachinesintheVPGusingthelastcheckpoi ntoryoucanspecifyanearliercheckpoint, ,youcanrecovertheenvironmenttothepointbe foreanycorruptionandignorelaterwritesint hejournalthatwerecorrupted,regardlessoft hecauseofthecorruption, , ,upuntilthelastcheckpointoranearlierchec kpoint, , ,withthevirtualmachinefiles,suchasthecon figurationandvirtualdiskfiles, RecoverytoAWSonpage 1 ZertoVirtualManagerAdministrationGuideVM warevSphereEnvironment-Rev01 IntroductiontotheZertoSolutionZertoAnaly tics-overviewanduseThefollowingtopicsare describedinthissection:Beforegettingstar tedwithZertoAnalyticsonpage 17 AccessingtheZertoAnalyticsPortalonpage 17 AccessingZertoMobileonpage 17 AccessingZertoAnalyticsAPIsonpage 18 NavigatingtheZertoAnalyticsPortalonpage 18 UsingAlertNotificationsonpage 20 End-UserAnalyticsforServiceProvidersonpa ge 23 ZertoAnalyticsproductfeaturematrixonpage 24 Planningyourdataprotectiononpage 25 ZertoAnalyticssecurearchitectureonpage ,youcanseeaggregatedinformationfromtheZe rtoVirtualManagers, ,tasks,eventsandinformationonVirtualProt ectionGroups(VPGs) , ,therefore,everythingthatispresentedinth eGUI, , (bothon-premisesorcloud)isimperativetomo nitor, (SLAs)aremet,youneednotonlyvisibilityand insightstoaddressexistingissues, , (RPO),networkperformance,andstorageconsu mption, ,identifyanomalies,andtroubleshootissues innetwork,RPO, ,youcaneliminateinefficienciesandallocat eresourceseffectivelytomitigatedataloss, , ,storageandnetworkingresourcesforanyoral lvirtualmachines(VMs)