I’ll deliver a VMware Site Recovery Manager training next week. It’s the first time I’m using a VMware Virtual Classroom for this course so it's prep-time this weekend. I opened up the Laboratory Guide and walked through the labs again. After completing nearly all the labs I felt a bit exited before hitting the “Test Recovery Plan” button even though I was running in a lab with no real production Virtual Machines.
The recovery completed successful without any errors. The SRM product still amazes me, in my opinion one of the most important features is, you can actually test your disaster recovery plan. I’ve managed to capture some screenshot during the recovery process. If you’re interested in some more in-depth information about VMware SRM, I can highly recommend Mike Laverick’s book about Administrating VMware Site Recovry Manager. It’s available as a free PDF download at Lulu.
vmware Site Recovery Manager
Recovery All VMs
Description
Start Time: 10/4/2009 11:47:38 AM
Finish Time: 10/4/2009 12:17:00 PM
Total Execution Time: 00:29:22
Mode: Test
Overall Result: Success
Recovery Step Result Execution Time
1. Shutdown Protected Virtual Machines at Protected Site "Site Recovery for srm-yttrium01.vmeduc.com"
1.1. Shutdown Low Priority Protected Virtual Machines
1.1.1. Shutdown Primary Site VM "app_VM5"
1.1.1.1. Shutdown Guest OS for Remote VM "app_VM5"
1.1.1.2. Wait for Guest OS Shutdown
1.1.1.3. Power off VM "app_VM5"
1.1.2. Shutdown Primary Site VM "app_VM6"
1.1.2.1. Shutdown Guest OS for Remote VM "app_VM6"
1.1.2.2. Wait for Guest OS Shutdown
1.1.2.3. Power off VM "app_VM6"
1.2. Shutdown Normal Priority Protected Virtual Machines
1.2.1. Shutdown Primary Site VM "app_VM3"
1.2.1.1. Shutdown Guest OS for Remote VM "app_VM3"
1.2.1.2. Wait for Guest OS Shutdown
1.2.1.3. Power off VM "app_VM3"
1.2.2. Shutdown Primary Site VM "app_VM4"
