HCI1451 FINALv2 1600713040863001z9Bs
HCI1451 FINALv2 1600713040863001z9Bs
HCI1451 FINALv2 1600713040863001z9Bs
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Virtual Volumes and Site t i on
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Recovery Manager Deep pub
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Velina Krasteva
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Senior Product Manager, VMware
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The information in this presentation is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into any contract. There is no
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Automated DR Workflows Ensure and Speed Up Recovery
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Virtual Volumes (vVols) - Simpler, Smarter, Faster
vVols enable policy-based management of external storage
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Better Together: Site Recovery Manager with vVols
Achieve zero-downtime application mobility by orchestrating with SRM
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SRM Support for vVol Replication
Simple and reliable architecture
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Recovery Workflow
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1. SRM requests through SMS that all Replication Groups in a plan
are synchronized or d
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2. In Planned Migration SRM asks the source storage array to
prepare the selected Replication Groups for failoverbl
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PowerCLI support in a subsequent PowerCLI release
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PowerMax vVols Architecture with embedded VASA
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Dell EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF)
Industry Gold Standard in Replication
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SRDF/A support for VMware Virtual Volumes (vVols)
Industry-leading remote replication for customers’ vVols environments
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Embedded PowerMax VASA Provider
• Simplifies deployment while providing HA protection or d
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The most scalable solution in the industry
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vVol Interoperability with PowerMax and VMware
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Storage Policy with Replication
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Selecting the Replication Group for a VM
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vVols with SRDF - behind the scenes
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vVols with SRDF and VMware SRM summary
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Like VMFS/RDM, vVols support all SRM operations – Protect, Testfailover, Failover (Planned
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