Users Guide

Managing Disaster Recovery

Use the Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin to manage Disaster Recovery for VMFS datastores.

Topics:

• Activate Disaster Recovery

• Restore/Start Disaster Recovery

• Predefine Disaster Recovery

Activate Disaster Recovery

Activate Disaster Recovery for the corresponding datastore on the associated Storage Center.

Prerequisites

Valid restore points must be defined.

Steps

1. Select a datacenter.

2. Select Actions > All Dell Storage Actions > Disaster Recovery > Activate.

The Activate Disaster Recovery wizard starts and the Select SAN array source/destination page opens.

3. From the list, select a source/destination pair. Click Next.

The Disaster Recovery Warning page opens.

4. (Optional) Check Allow Planned Activate Disaster Recoveries. Click Next.

If this option is selected, the following actions result:

• The servers on the production site are shut down.

• The Storage Centers on the production site do not have to be shut down.

• The source volume is no longer mapped to the server.

The Available Restore Points page opens showing the datastores that have been specified as restore points.

5. From the list, select a pair of restore points. Click Next.

A page opens showing the selected restore points.

6. (Optional) To modify the settings, click Edit Settings.

The Edit Activate Disaster Recovery Setting page opens.

7. Modify the settings:

• Click Change next to Server to modify the server.

• Check the Use Original Volumes Folder checkbox to select that option.

• Check the Use Active Snapshot checkbox to select that option.

• Click Change next to Snapshot Profile List to modify the snapshot profile to be applied.

Click OK to save the modified settings.

8. Click Next.

The Ready to Complete page opens.

9. Click Finish.

Related reference

Edit Activate Recovery Settings

Select Restore Points

Select Source/Destination Pair

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