After you complete the deployment and configuration of the Site Protection and Disaster Recovery for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution components, you perform common operations, such as examining the operational state of the components added to the SDDC during the implementation, performing planned and unplanned failover operations, and updating the certificates and account passwords for these components.
Failover of the SDDC Management Applications Configure and perform a failover of the management applications in the SDDC from the protected to the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance. Failing over these applications maintains the operational state of the SDDC. You follow the step-by-step instructions to perform disaster recovery of management components running within VMware Cloud Foundation.
Reprotect of the SDDC Management Applications After a disaster recovery or planned migration, the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance becomes the protected instance, but the virtual machines are not yet protected. If the original protected VMware Cloud Foundation instance becomes operational, you can reverse the direction of protection.
Operational Verification of Site Protection and Disaster Recovery for VMware Cloud Foundation Validate the operational state of the site protection and disaster recovery components after an installation or an outage affecting an individual component or system by performing operational verification steps.
Certificate Management for Site Protection and Disaster Recovery for VMware Cloud Foundation In a multi-instance environment, after you generate the signed certificates for Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication, replace and update the certificates on the connected management components in the region to maintain secure connection.
Shutdown and Startup of Site Protection and Disaster Recovery for VMware Cloud Foundation In certain cases, for example, during hardware or power maintenance of the data center, you must shut down Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication for the management domain or for a VI workload domain in a VMware Cloud Foundation instance in a way that prevents data loss and appliance malfunction. After the maintenance operation is over, you start Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication up restoring component integration.