vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM): Install, Configure & Manage
The vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM): Install, Configure & Manage course is an advanced, hands-on professional program designed to equip participants with the skills required to design, deploy, configure, and operate disaster recovery solutions using VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager. vCenter Site Recovery Manager is developed by VMware and provides a proven, policy-based approach to automating disaster recovery and site failover for vSphere environments. SRM integrates with storage-based replication and vSphere Replication to deliver orchestrated, non-disruptive testing and reliable recovery operations. This course focuses on real-world DR planning and execution, enabling participants to protect business-critical workloads, meet recovery objectives (RPO/RTO), and ensure operational resilience in enterprise data centers. Course Objectives By the end of this course, participants will be able to: Understand disaster recovery concepts and SRM architecture Install and configure vCenter Site Recovery Manager Integrate SRM with vSphere Replication and storage-based replication Create and manage protection groups and recovery plans Perform planned migrations, failovers, and failbacks Test disaster recovery plans without impacting production Monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain SRM environments
Course Curriculum
1
- Disaster recovery and business continuity concepts
- RPO and RTO definitions
- Overview of vCenter Site Recovery Manager
- Use cases and benefits
2
- SRM architecture overview
- Protected and recovery sites
- vCenter Server and SRM roles
- Integration with vSphere components
3
- Prerequisites for SRM deployment
- Network and DNS requirements
- vCenter Server considerations
- Storage and replication readiness
4
- SRM installation process
- Pairing protected and recovery sites
- Initial configuration tasks
- Licensing and permissions
5
- vSphere Replication overview
- Storage-based replication concepts
- Array-based replication adapters (SRAs)
- Selecting appropriate replication methods
6
- Deploying vSphere Replication appliances
- Configuring replication for virtual machines
- Monitoring replication health
- Managing replication performance
7
- Creating protection groups
- Datastore-based and VM-based protection
- Managing protected workloads
- Updating and maintaining protection groups
8
- Designing recovery plans
- Defining recovery steps and dependencies
- Custom scripts and automation
- Priority groups and sequencing
9
- Non-disruptive recovery plan testing
- Isolated test networks
- Validating recovery results
- Reporting and documentation
10
- Planned migration workflows
- Executing failover during disasters
- Monitoring recovery progress
- Managing recovery errors
11
- Failback concepts
- Re-protecting workloads
- Reversing replication direction
- Restoring normal operations
12
- Monitoring SRM health and events
- Common SRM errors and resolution
- Log analysis
- Best-practice troubleshooting
13
- Securing SRM and replication traffic
- Role-based access control
- DR governance and compliance
- Operational best practices
14
- Installing and configuring SRM
- Creating protection groups and recovery plans
- Performing test recoveries and failovers
- Troubleshooting real-world scenarios
15
- Instructor-led classroom or virtual training
- Extensive hands-on lab sessions
- Guided disaster recovery simulations
16
- Virtualization and vSphere administrators
- Infrastructure and data center engineers
- Business continuity and disaster recovery professionals
- IT operations and platform teams
17
- Strong understanding of VMware vSphere
- Experience with vCenter Server administration
- Familiarity with storage and networking concepts
18
- Hands-on configuration and recovery exercises
- Practical disaster recovery simulations
- Knowledge checks and quizzes
This course includes
- 18+ Activity Modules
- 40 hours + lessons
- Lifetime access
- Certificate of completion
- Available on desktop and mobile
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