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Leveraging VMWare ESX in Disaster Recovery Solutions
Jason Langone
Senior Server Engineer
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Benefits of Virtualization
Why Virtualization is Advantageous:PortabilitySimplification of Recovery ProcessDecreased Recovery TimeSuccessful Recovery to Dissimilar Hardware
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Case Study #1: Acme Health Services.
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Case Study #1: Acme Health Services
Ways to ImproveVirtualize Tier 1 ServersBackup Virtual MachinesReduce Complexity of Recovery
Benefits of ImprovementReduction in Downtime to the BusinessReduction in Lost RevenueDecrease in Manpower Required
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Case Study #1: Acme Health Services
Disaster Recovery Test #1Virtual Machine Domain ControllersPhysical versus Virtual Servers• Pitfalls During Physical Recovery• Ease of Virtual Recovery
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Case Study #1: Acme Health Services
Disaster Recovery Test #2Complete Virtualized RecoveryESXRanger for RecoveryDecreased FootprintDecreased Cost
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Case Study #1: Acme Health Services
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Case Study #2: Computershare.
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Case Study #2: Computershare
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Major Types of Failure
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ESX Server - Online
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ESX Server – Resource Planning
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ESX Server - Failure
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ESX Server - Recovery
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SAN – Online
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SAN - Failure
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SAN - Recovery
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Site – Online
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Site – Recovery
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Ways to Improve Recovery Process
Scripting AutomationExtend Recovery Capacity
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Scripting Your Solution
Dancer’s Shell (DSH)Powerful Wrapper that Allows Multiple SSH ConnectionsRun One Command on Multitude of ServersGroup BasedConsecutive or Concurrent Execution
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Configuring DSH
Download DSH Distribution and Libdshconfigdsh_0.25.4-1_i386.deblibdshconfig1_0.20.11-1_i386.deb
Install PackagesCreate GroupsEstablish Secure Key PairsSyntax:
dsh –g groupname –M –r ssh – commandE.G.• dsh –g farma –M –r ssh – service ntpd restart• dsh –g farmb -c –M –r ssh – cos-rescan.sh vmhba1
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Scripting Your Solution
Server FailureExtract VMX FilesRegister Virtual MachinesPower On Virtual MachinesAnswer QuestionsExecution Time ~30 Seconds
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Scripting Your Solution
Storage FailureRescan both HBAs per ServerExecution Time ~2 Minutes
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Scripting Your Solution
Site FailureRescan HBAsVerify LUN ConnectivityExtract VMX FilesRegister Virtual MachinesPower On Virtual MachinesAnswer QuestionsExecution Time ~4 Minutes
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Case Study #2: Computershare
Disaster Recovery Test #2Completely Scripted Recovery
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Virtual Appliances
Pre-BuiltPre-ConfiguredPortableSelf Contained
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Virtual Appliances
What is Ubuntu?FreeLinux Based Operating SystemOpen Source
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ESX Recovery Center
Glade User Interface Builder
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Recovery Center
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Q&A
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Presentation Download
Please remember to complete yoursession evaluation form
and return it to the room monitorsas you exit the session
The presentation for this session can be downloaded at http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/vmworld/sessions/
Enter the following to download (case-sensitive):
Username: cbv_repPassword: cbvfor9v9r
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