Veritas™ Resiliency Platform 2.2 Solutions for VMware

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Product(s): Resiliency Platform & CloudMobility (2.2)
  1. Section I. Overview of Resiliency Platform
    1. Overview of Resiliency Platform
      1.  
        About Veritas Resiliency Platform
      2.  
        About disaster recovery using Resiliency Platform
      3.  
        About Resiliency Platform features and components
      4.  
        About Resiliency Platform capabilities
      5.  
        About managing VMware virtual machines using Resiliency Platform
      6.  
        About permissions for operations in the console
    2. Overview of Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      1.  
        About Veritas Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      2.  
        Supported environments for Resiliency Platform Data Mover with VMware VAIO
      3.  
        How Resiliency Platform Data Mover works
      4.  
        About Veritas Resiliency Platform Data Mover architecture
      5.  
        About full synchronization with Veritas Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      6.  
        How Veritas Resiliency Platform Data Mover handles virtual machine writes
      7.  
        Using Resiliency Platform Data Mover for recovery to premises- an overview
    3. Overview of recovery to on-premises data center
      1.  
        About recovery to premises using third-party replication
      2.  
        Using third-party replication for recovery to premises- an overview
    4. Managing assets protected by NetBackup
      1.  
        About NetBackup and NetBackup Appliances
      2.  
        About protecting assets with NetBackup using Resiliency Platform
      3.  
        Using NetBackup - an overview
    5. Overview of Amazon Web Services
      1.  
        About recovery to AWS using Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      2.  
        Using Resiliency Platform Data Mover for recovery to AWS- an overview
    6. Overview of vCloud
      1.  
        About recovery to vCloud using Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      2.  
        Using Resiliency Platform Data Mover for recovery to vCloud- an overview
  2. Section II. Preparing your environment
    1. Using array-based replication
      1.  
        Supported replication technologies with Veritas Resiliency Platform
      2.  
        Protecting VMware virtual machines using array-based replication - an overview
      3.  
        Configuring VMware virtual machines for disaster recovery using EMC SRDF replication
      4.  
        Configuring VMware virtual machines for disaster recovery using EMC RecoverPoint replication
      5.  
        Configuring VMware virtual machines for disaster recovery using NetApp SnapMirror
      6.  
        Configuring VMware virtual machines for disaster recovery using Hitachi True Copy replication
      7.  
        Configuring VMware virtual machines for disaster recovery using HPE 3PAR Remote Copy replication
      8.  
        Configuring VMware virtual machines for disaster recovery using IBM SVC Global Mirror replication
      9.  
        Configuring VMware virtual machines for disaster recovery using IBM XIV Remote Mirror replication
    2. Using Veritas Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      1.  
        VMware vCenter Server privileges required for implementing Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      2.  
        Protecting VMware virtual machines using Resiliency Platform Data Mover - an overview
    3. Managing disaster recovery network mapping
      1.  
        Viewing and configuring network settings for a data center
      2.  
        Editing network settings for a data center
      3.  
        Removing network settings for a data center
      4. Configuring DNS server settings for a data center
        1.  
          Sample command for Windows keytab file
      5.  
        Setting up network mapping between production and recovery data centers
    4. Managing Replication Gateway pairs
      1.  
        About Veritas Replication Gateway pairs
      2.  
        How Resiliency Platform Data Mover supports encryption for data replication
      3.  
        Creating a Veritas Replication Gateway pair
      4.  
        Modifying encryption for a Veritas Replication Gateway pair
      5.  
        Viewing Veritas Replication Gateways
      6.  
        Viewing Veritas Replication Gateway pairs
      7.  
        Removing a Veritas Replication Gateway pair
  3. Section III. Working with resiliency groups
    1. Managing resiliency groups
      1.  
        About resiliency groups
      2.  
        Guidelines for organizing resiliency groups
      3.  
        About service objectives
      4.  
        Managing virtual machines for basic monitoring
      5.  
        Starting a resiliency group
      6.  
        Stopping a resiliency group
      7.  
        Displaying resiliency group information and status
      8.  
        Viewing resiliency group details
      9.  
        Editing a resiliency group
      10.  
        Deleting a resiliency group
    2. Configuring resiliency groups for remote recovery
      1.  
        Understanding the role of resiliency groups in disaster recovery operations
      2.  
        How Resiliency Platform configures disaster recovery protection for virtual machines
      3.  
        Prerequisites for configuring VMware virtual machines for disaster recovery
      4.  
        Limitations for virtual machine disaster recovery
      5. Managing virtual machines for remote recovery (DR) using 3rd party replication technology
        1.  
          Target asset selection options
        2. Network customization options
          1.  
            Prerequisites for network customization
      6. Managing virtual machines for remote recovery (DR) using Resiliency Platform Data Mover
        1.  
          DR configuration options using Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      7. Managing virtual machines for remote recovery (DR) in Amazon Web Services
        1.  
          AWS Customization options panel
      8.  
        Managing virtual machines for remote recovery (DR) in vCloud
      9.  
        Managing VMware virtual machines for remote recovery using NetBackup images
      10.  
        Verifying the replication status for Veritas Resiliency Platform Data Mover
  4. Section IV. Managing disaster recovery
    1. Rehearsing DR operations to ensure DR readiness
      1.  
        About ensuring the disaster recovery readiness of your assets
      2.  
        Rehearse operations - array-based replication
      3.  
        Rehearse operations - Resiliency Platform Data Mover
      4.  
        Prerequisites for rehearsal operation
      5.  
        Performing the rehearsal operation
      6.  
        Performing the rehearsal operation using NetBackup images
      7.  
        Performing cleanup rehearsal
    2. Performing disaster recovery operations
      1.  
        How Resiliency Platform Data Mover handles DR operations
      2.  
        Migrating a resiliency group of virtual machines
      3.  
        Taking over a resiliency group of virtual machines
      4.  
        Performing the resync operation
      5.  
        Restoring data using NetBackup
      6.  
        Clearing outage
  5. Managing resiliency plans
    1.  
      About resiliency plans
    2. Creating a new resiliency plan template
      1. About manual task
        1.  
          Using manual tasks in resiliency plans
      2. About custom script
        1.  
          Using custom scripts in resiliency plans
    3.  
      Editing a resiliency plan template
    4.  
      Deleting a resiliency plan template
    5.  
      Viewing a resiliency plan template
    6.  
      Creating a new resiliency plan
    7.  
      Editing a resiliency plan
    8.  
      Deleting a resiliency plan
    9.  
      Executing a resiliency plan
    10.  
      Viewing a resiliency plan
    11.  
      Creating a schedule for a resiliency plan
    12.  
      Editing a schedule for a resiliency plan
    13.  
      Deleting a schedule for a resiliency plan
    14.  
      Viewing a schedule for a resiliency plan
  6. Monitoring risks, reports, and activities
    1.  
      About the Resiliency Platform Dashboard
    2.  
      Understanding asset types
    3.  
      Displaying an overview of your assets
    4. About risk insight
      1.  
        Displaying risk information
      2.  
        Predefined risks in Resiliency Platform
      3.  
        Viewing the current risk report
      4.  
        Viewing the historical risk report
    5.  
      Viewing reports
    6. Managing activities
      1.  
        Viewing activities
      2.  
        Aborting a running activity
  7. Managing evacuation plans
    1.  
      About evacuation plan
    2.  
      Generating an evacuation plan
    3.  
      Regenerating an evacuation plan
    4.  
      Performing evacuation
    5.  
      Performing rehearse evacuation
    6.  
      Performing cleanup evacuation rehearsal
  8. Appendix A. General troubleshooting
    1.  
      Viewing events and logs in the console
    2.  
      Events in VMware virtual machines disaster discovery
    3.  
      Troubleshooting discovery of assets
    4.  
      Log files to troubleshoot Veritas Resiliency Platform Data Mover
    5.  
      Managing tunable parameters
    6.  
      Resiliency Platform fails to attach storage policy to virtual machines
    7.  
      Resiliency Platform fails to create storage policy
    8. Resolving the Admin Wait state
      1.  
        Admin Wait state codes
    9.  
      Troubleshooting NetBackup issues
    10.  
      Troubleshooting delete resiliency group operation
  9. Appendix B. Sample policy and trust relationships for AWS
    1.  
      Sample policy statement for AWS
    2.  
      Sample trust relationship for AWS
  10.  
    Glossary

Admin Wait state codes

The resiliency group shows the Admin Wait state if an issue occurs during replication of a protected virtual machine. The resiliency group requires manual intervention to fix the issue before the replication can resume.

Table: Admin Wait state codes

Admin Wait string

Cause

Resolution

Needs full sync?

Engine: Local UpdateSetIDs misaligned Error

Internal errors in the replication solution.

Perform a full synchronization.

Yes.

Engine: Target Disk not found Error

After reboot, the target disk is not found.

Check the target disk and attach it.

Clear the admin wait and resume replication.

No.

Transceiver: ConsistencyGroup is in invalid replication state on target gateway Error

Replication is not started on the target gateway.

Start the replication on the target gateway.

No.

Transceiver: Replication stopped on target gateway Error

Replication on the target gateway is stopped in the process of sending data from the source gateway (Internal error).

Start the replication on the target gateway.

No.

Transceiver: ConsistencyGroup not found on remote gateway Error

The consistency group is not configured on the remote gateway.

Delete the resiliency group and create a new resiliency group.

Configure DR for the new resiliency group.

Transceiver: Remote Gateway is not target gateway Error

After takeover, when the source gateway comes back online, both gateways can have the source role.

Run abort CG procedure for the on-premises Replication Gateway.

Or run prepare for failback whenever it is ready to reverse sync from cloud Replication Gateway to the on-premises Replication Gateway.

Transceiver: Disk Error

Opening and reading the update set files has failed.

Check /var/log/messages for any disk errors or file system errors.

Check vxgwaplrd and vxgwtxrxd logs for any errors.

Check whether the current update set is accessible.

If the files cannot be restored even after manual intervention like mount/fsck/check disk, the disk must be replaced in the configuration and full synchronization is required.

Maybe.

Transceiver: Data Corruption Error

Replication data files are corrupted

If the files are corrupted, resolution will require fsck/check disk.

Perform a full synchronization.

Yes.

Applier: Disk Error

Opening and reading the update set files has failed.

Check /var/log/messages to see if there are any errors for disk or file system errors.

Check vxgwaplrd and vxgwtxrxd logs for any errors.

Check whether the current update set is accessible.

If the files cannot be restored even after manual intervention like mount/fsck/check disk, the disk must be replaced in the configuration and full synchronization is required.

Maybe.

Applier: Target Disk Error

Opening and writing on a target disk has failed

Check /var/log/messages to see if there are any errors for the target disk.

If error cannot be resolved, the disk must be replaced in the configuration and full synchronization is required.

If the issue occurred during Resycn operation, check the iSCSI connection, and check /var/log/messages for iSCSI errors.

For network errors, full synchronization may not be needed.

Login to Storage Proxy and check for tgtd status and errors.

Maybe.

Applier: Target Disk not found Error

The target disk is not found on the gateway

If the issue occurred during replication, check if the disk is attached to the cloud Replication Gateway. Also check OpenStack.

If the issue occurred during Resycn operation, check that the disk is attached to the on-premises Replication Gateway. Also check iSCSI connection.

Check /var/log/messages for any disk or virtio or virtblk or iSCSI errors.

Check vxgwaplrd logs.

If the disk was not attached, attach it and clear the admin wait flag.

Full synchronization is not required if the update sets were not deleted. Otherwise, full synchronization is required.

Maybe.

Applier: Data Corruption Error

Replication data files are corrupted.

If the files are corrupted, the resolution requires fsck and check disk.

Perform a full synchronization.

Yes.

IOReceiver: Disk Error

Opening or reading or writing the update set files has failed.

Or the replication data directory is full.

/var/opt/
VRTSitrpgw/
repldata

Check /var/log/messages for any disk errors or file system errors.

Check /var/opt/VRTSitrpgw/log/vxgwiorecvd.log log for admin_wait_event with a message value. For example, "admin_wait_event": 2, "message": "Update set file write error."

Check whether the current update set is accessible.

If the replication data directory is full, add a disk using the CLISH menu.

For more information on CLISH menu, see the Deployment guide.

If the files cannot be restored even after manual intervention like mount/fsck/check disk, the disk must be replaced in the configuration and full synchronization is required.

Maybe.

IOReceiver: Data Corruption Error

Replication data files are corrupted.

If the files are corrupted, the resolution requires fsck and check disk.

Perform a full synchronization.

Yes.