Recovering VMware virtual machines to AWS

Using Veritas Resiliency Platform 10.4, you can configure and protect your VMware virtual machines for recovery to AWS using the Resiliency Platform Data Mover.

Instance MetaData Service v2 (IMDSv2) is introduced by AWS as security enhancement over IMDSv1. From version 4.0 of Resiliency Platform, while configuring resiliency group for disaster recovery, the wizard has an option to specify metadata access using Enforce IMDSv2 option per virtual machine. If this option is true, the virtual machine when migrated to AWS, should use only IMDSv2 mechanism.

The support for a virtual machine with bios mode and UEFI boot mode in a resiliency group is added in Resiliency Platform 10.2.

Figure: Overview of deployment Infrastructure for recovery to AWS

The following table provides the summary for deployment, configuration, and recovery of virtual machines to a data center on AWS.

Table: Recovering VMware virtual machines to AWS

Tasks	More information
Plan your environment	Refer to the Overview and Planning Guide to know about the product, its components, features, and capabilities. Refer to the Release Notes for release information such as main features, known issues, and limitations. Ensure that the configuration details in your environment are compatible with the requirements mentioned in the checklist. Overview and Planning Guide Release Notes Checklist for deployment and disaster recovery configuration
Deploy and configure the virtual appliances	Veritas Resiliency Platform is deployed as virtual appliances. Download and deploy the virtual appliances in the AWS cloud data center as well as in the premises data center. Refer to the following topics: Download the files required for deployment About deploying the virtual appliances Deploy the Resiliency Platform components in AWS Through AWS marketplace using CloudFormation templates Using OVA files Deploy the virtual appliances for one or more IMS and Replication Gateway in the premises data center Deploy Data Gateway in AWS environment if you want to use Object Storage for replication Configure the virtual appliances as Veritas Resiliency Platform components
Set up the resiliency domain	Set up the infrastructure and basic settings of the Veritas Resiliency Platform resiliency domain. These tasks are performed after you configure the Resiliency Manager and log in to the web console. Refer to the following topics: Getting started with a new Resiliency Platform configuration Configure the settings for the resiliency domain: Adding an IMS Adding a Replication Gateway Adding AWS cloud data center (if not done during getting started wizard) Adding a Data Gateway (only if you want to use Object Storage mode of replication) Managing user authentication and permissions Adding, modifying, or deleting email settings
Add asset infrastructure	Before you can monitor and manage data center assets from the console, you must add the asset infrastructure to Veritas Resiliency Platform. The IMS then discovers the asset information for monitoring and operations in the console. Add VMware servers Prepare host for replication
Infrastructure Pairing	For recovering assets to AWS you have to do following infrastructure pairing: Navigate to Infrastructure Pairing > Replication Appliance, refer Create Replication Gateway pair. Navigate to Settings > Infrastructure > Access Profile > Network to mark purpose of the networks, refer Add and map network objects. Create Network group of Cloud Subnets, refer Add network groups (Optional). For DNS customization, refer Add DNS servers. Create network mappings, refer Network pairs for recovering virtual machines to AWS.
Create resiliency groups	After adding the assets to Resiliency Platform, you organize the related assets into a resiliency group that you can protect and manage as a single entity. You can create a resiliency group either for basic monitoring (start or stop virtual machines) or for remote recovery. Configuring a resiliency group for basic monitoring Prerequisites for configuring resiliency groups for recovery to AWS Configure resiliency groups for recovery to AWS
Advanced features	Virtual business services, resiliency plans, and evacuation plans are some of the features of Veritas Resiliency Platform that you can additionally use to customize the process of recovery of your assets. Managing virtual business services Managing resiliency plans About evacuation plan
Perform remote recovery operations	Once you have configured the resiliency groups for remote recovery, you can perform rehearsal and cleanup rehearsal operations on the resiliency groups. You can also perform migrate, recover, or resync operations on the resiliency groups. Performing the rehearsal operation for virtual machines Performing cleanup rehearsal for virtual machines Migrating a resiliency group Recovering resiliency group of virtual machines Performing the resync operation for virtual machines
Monitor assets	You can monitor risks to the recoverability or continuity of your protected assets. Run various reports to view the status of the assets in your data center. And view details about operations such as the status (in-progress, finished, or failed), start and end time, and the objects on which the operation was performed on the Activities page. About risks About reports Managing activities
Miscellaneous references	After the virtual appliances are deployed and configured, you are given limited menu-based access to the operating system and the product. You need to use klish menu to manage the configuration-related changes to the product and to troubleshoot. You can also use klish to update Resiliency Platform components. About klish Troubleshoot About applying updates to Resiliency Platform References

Recovering VMware virtual machines to AWS

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