1. Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2. Site Recovery Manager Architecture

• Overview of SRM architecture
• Disaster recovery options with SRM
• Integration with VMware products
• Licensing options
• Supported disaster recovery topologies
• Integration with VMware Site Recovery for VMware Cloud on AWS

3. Deploying and Configuring Site Recovery Manager

• vSphere and vCenter Server requirements
• SRM virtual appliance system requirements
• Deployment of SRM appliance
• Navigating SRM configuration UI
• Registering SRM with vCenter Server
• Starting and stopping SRM services
• Performing updates to the SRM appliance
• Accessing SRM options
• Configuring site pairing
• Importing and exporting SRM configuration

4. Configuring Inventory Mappings

• Importance of inventory mappings
• Configuration options for inventory mappings
• Placeholder virtual machines and datastores
• Impact of vSphere inventory changes on SRM operations

5. Using Array-Based Replication

• Overview of array-based replication
• Storage Replication Adapters and their role
• Concept and configuration of array pairs
• Datastore groups and the relationship between devices and datastore groups
• Role of consistency groups
• Advantages of array-based replication

6. vSphere Replication

• SRM with vSphere Replication Architecture
• Role of vSphere Replication components
• Use cases for vSphere Replication
• System requirements and operational limits
• Calculating bandwidth requirements
• Advantages of vSphere Replication
• Deploying and configuring a vSphere Replication appliance
• Pairing vSphere Replication appliances
• Deploying an additional vSphere Replication server
• Registering a vSphere Replication server with a vSphere Replication management server.

7. Replicating VMs Using vSphere Replication

• Describe the replication process used by vSphere Replication
• List vSphere Replication replica states
• Describe vSphere Replication of encrypted virtual machines
• Describe vSphere native key provider
• Describe how to configure vSphere Replication
• Discuss vSphere Replication RPO settings
• Describe MPIT (Multiple Point In Time) instances
• Describe additional vSphere Replication settings
• Describe how to disable vSphere Replication

8. Protection Groups

• Define protection group functionality
• Examine the differences between array-based protection groups, protection groups based on vSphere Replication, and Virtual Volumes protection groups
• Create a protection group
• View a placeholder virtual machine in the inventory
• Configure protection for virtual machines and edit protection groups

9. Recovery Plans

• Discuss recovery plan concepts
• Discuss network planning
• Discuss the organization of storage for recovery plans
• Describe customization options in recovery planning
• Describe priority groups and VM dependencies
• Describe how to implement a recovery plan
• Configure VM recovery plan properties
• Describe the customization of recovery plans
• Configure additional steps in the recovery plan
• Delete a recovery plan

10. Executing Recovery Plans

• Discuss use cases for Site Recovery Manager
• Describe planned migration
• Identify Site Recovery Manager workflows
• Examine Site Recovery Manager integration with various vSphere technologies
• Describe how to conduct a recovery plan test
• Perform a recovery plan test
• Identify the effect on the storage layer during the test recovery steps
• Review the recovery plan test steps
• Describe how to cancel a recovery plan test and clean up after recovery plan test cancelation
• Explain a recovery plan execution in planned migration or disaster recovery mode
• Identify the recovery steps for each execution type
• Describe a forced recovery
• Explain the importance of reprotection processes and states
• Examine failback steps
• Describe how to reprotect a data center

11. Monitoring and Troubleshooting

• Import and export Site Recovery Manager configurations
• Identify Site Recovery Manager alarm options
• Generate Site Recovery Manager recovery plan history reports
• Configure Site Recovery Manager advanced settings
• Identify Site Recovery Manager logs
• Describe the vRealize Operations management pack for Site Recovery Manager