Our new blog Uptime continues to deliver the goods. Two new posts from VMware's own Lee Dilworth cover vCenter Site Recovery Manager from the overview (if you're still trying to get a handle on what SRM does and how it replaces that paper DR plan and set of scripts you've never really fully tested) to the first FAQ and set of tips if you've been trying it out.
First, the video. You might recognize VMware Evangelist & VMworld Europe impressario Richard Garsthagen as well, fresh off his first video hit, VMware Infrastructure 3 demo.
Link: Site Recovery Manager Demonstration Video now online!
Next, Lee's FAQ & tips on SRM:
Link: VMware Site Recovery Manager – "From general release to Update1, what have we learnt and what's new?". Lee goes into a bit more detail, but here's sample question:
Q: What are the SRM failback options we see no button for failback which is
confusing us?SRM absolutely supports failback and each
storage vendor documents the failback process for their specific replicated
storage configuration. What you have to consider is that without SRM in your
virtual environment you are back to manual and/or home grown scripts for DR you
will no longer have automated Recovery Plans, no offline DR testing
capabilities, and no DR audit trail.
