Chapter 8: Active-Passive Solution for VxRail
In Chapter 7, VxRail Scale-Out Operations, we described how we add a new node to an existing VxRail cluster with the VxRail Manager plugin in vCenter Server. We learned how VxRail's scale-out feature supports organizations, starting small and growing only when needed.
In this chapter, you will learn what the disaster recovery solutions for VxRail are. This includes a solution with VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and vSphere Replication (VR). You will learn how to plan and deploy an active-passive solution in this chapter.
In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:
- Deploying an active-passive solution for VxRail
- SRM appliance deployment
- VR deployment
- Configuring SRM inventory mappings
- Protecting virtual machines
- Creating SRM recovery plans
