Overview of VMware SRM
We will start by going through an overview of VMware SRM. VMware SRM is a DR and data replication solution. It supports two protection methodologies: VM replication and storage replication. Figure 8.1 shows a conceptual overview of VMware SRM. There are two sites (Protected Site and Recovery Site), and each site contains a protected workload and a non-protected workload. In a protected workload, you can define the SRM recovery plan by using vSphere Replication and storage replication, with both configurations in the recovery site. If the protected site is down, you can execute the SRM recovery plan to recover the VMs in the recovery site:
Figure 8.1 – Conceptual overview of VMware SRM
With the preceding information, you should understand how VMware SRM works. Now, we will discuss the architecture of the VMware SRM solution.
Figure 8.2 shows a logical diagram of VMware SRM:
Figure 8.2 – A logical...
