To provide site protection and disaster recovery of management components within VMware Cloud Foundation, you deploy Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication then configure replication and a recovery plan.
To implement and configure site protection and disaster recovery for the management applications of the SDDC, two alternative methods exist: by using the user interface of each component in the solution or by using PowerShell cmdlets. You can directly reuse the PowerShell commands by replacing the provided sample values with values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.
You implement disaster recovery for the clustered Workspace ONE Access instance, vRealize Automation, vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager, and vRealize Operations Manager. Before you implement the Site Protection and Disaster Recovery for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution, your environment must meet certain requirements for deployment and networking.
When you prepare for disaster recovery, you must determine which of your two VMware Cloud Foundation instances will function as the protected site and which one as the recovery site.
The protected site hosts the business-critical SDDC services and the vRealize products, including vRealize Operations Manager, vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager and vRealize Automation, along with the clustered Workspace ONE Access instance, with failover that is enabled in the event of a disaster.
The recovery site is an alternative location to which these vRealize applications are migrated to in the event of a disaster.
In this guide, the protected site is referred to as the protected VMware Cloud Foundation instance and the recovery site is referred to as the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance.
Prerequisites
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PowerShell | If you want to use the included Microsoft PowerShell cmdlets to perform implementation and configuration procedures, verify that your system fulfills the following prerequisites.
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Certificate authority | Download the CertGenVVS tool and generate signed certificates for each vSphere Replication and Site Recovery Manager instances. |