BC3396

How VMware uses Site Recovery Manager for its own Disaster Recovery

In March 2009, VMware IT kicked off a project to design and deploy a disaster recovery solution for its Microsoft Exchange 2007 environment using VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3, VMware Site Recovery Manager, EMC Recover Point, and EMC Replication Manager. Prior to this project, VMware relied on Exchange Cluster Continuous Replication for site resiliency between two data centers in the San Francisco Bay Area. With the opening of a tier 2 data center in eastern Washington state for disaster recovery, a robust replication solution needed to be implemented that would facilitate disaster recovery using VMware Site Recover Manager, provide support for heterogeneous storage platforms, and provide a solution to the backup and restore difficulties of VMware's Exchange data.
EMC Recover Point and Replication Manager technologies provided the desired functionality and were easily integrated using the existing server and storage hardware. This session provides a case study of how VMware IT worked with VMware Professional Services and EMC to integrate VMware Site Recovery Manager, Recover Point and Replication Manager to provide a flexible end to end business continuity and disaster recovery solution for their Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 environment, and at the same time drive down the total cost of ownership.

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Breakout Session

VMware, Site Recovery Manager, Disaster Recovery, total cost of ownership, Microsoft Exchange 2007

1 Hour

Alex Fontana, IT Architect, VMware, Inc.
Michael Lozano, Presales Technology Consultant, EMC Corporation