vReplicator Overview

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vReplicator Overview

• Larry Loucks
• Senior Systems Engineer Eastern US
• lloucks_at_vizioncore.com

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Objectives

• Introduction
• vReplicator

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Introduction

• NEW! Publically available, regularly scheduled
  Webex events for information dissemination
• Fixed schedule
• Respectful of time allotted
• Follow up with account executive when 1-on-1
  meetings are required for product drill-downs
• More flexible in discussion
• Can be tailored to individual needs

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Vizioncore Bio

• Founded in 2002
• Fully-owned subsidiary of Quest Software
• Chicago-based HQ, Worldwide Sales Channel
• Proven Over 7,500 customers 65,000 licenses,
  1,100 partners worldwide
• Strategic solutions extend functionality of
  virtualization platforms for to solve key IT
  issues

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Vizioncore What do we do?

• Add Value to Virtualized Environments
• Disaster Recovery/VM Backups
• VM Replication
• Virtual Environment Monitoring/Optimization
• Chargeback
• Performance monitoring
• Baselining
• P2V Conversions

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Spectrum of Customer Needs
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Common Backup Needs
Vizioncores vRanger Pro and vReplicator provide
backup, replication and DR in the first 3 tiers
of the backup pyramid
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Business Continuity
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vReplicator

• Replication of Select Virtual Machines

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Replication of Selected Virtual Machines

• Replicates entire image
• VSS enabled for consistent images
• Reduces cost/maintenance with closed target VMs
• Multiple replication methods to suit RPO needs
• Automatic resynchronization on fractured
  replication jobs
• Replicates over LAN/WAN
• Replication job templates for large environments

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Use Cases for vReplicator

• Quick Recovery of Servers
• Recover high SLA servers which require a shorter
  RPO and faster recovery than typical backups
  allow.
• Cost Effective Offsite Solution
• SMB clients who do not have the budget, personnel
  to support traditional HA/DR solutions.
• Complement to SAN replication
• Larger clients who may want replication who need
  to replicate selected VMs w/o using SAN

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vReplicator GUI Driven Management

• Wizards
• Setup
• Job
• VC Integration
• Alerting
• Logging
• Performance Stats
• Failover Testing

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LUN Level Replication

• Advantages
• Timely copies of the full LUN and all of the data
  therein
• Elegant solution with no host or network
  resources used
• Challenges
• Expensive
• Requires similar/identical equipment on both
  sides
• Requires re-registering the VMs upon recovering
  from a failure at the remote site

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Image Level Replication (per VM)

• Advantages
• Cost effective for SMB
• Simple for any level admin to use
• Replicate specific VMs, not entire LUNs
• Destination powered off until needed

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Initial Sync
Leverages proven technology from vRanger
Pro for initial copy Leverage vRanger Pro
differential engine for changes
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Replication Passes

• Process
• Check for vRanger Pro running jobs
• Check for hardware changes
• Calculate changes to VMDK
• Send and embed changes

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vReplicator Advantages

• Outside the guest per VM replication
• No agents in the guest
• No complex training
• Failover testing built in
• No need for destination to be powered on
• Licensing of vReplicator on destination usually
  not required
• Licensing of OS and application on destination
  usually not required
• Replication to dissimilar hardware
• Save on hardware costs

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Why Customers Use vReplicator
Replication Software Built for Virtualized
Environments

• Easy to use affordable
• DRS/VMotion aware
• Resynchronizes after job interruption
• No need for root-level access over SSH
• Block-level replication
• Failure alerting

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Comparing vReplicator vRanger Pro
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vReplicator vRanger Pro
Industry-leading products to provide backups and
replication for your entire enterprise
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vEssentials Package

• Package pricing for vRanger Pro, vReplicator
  and vCharter
• Around 30 cost savings
• Powerful toolset for your virtual
  environment
• Backups
• Disaster Recovery
• Replication
• Monitoring / troubleshooting
• Chargeback / cost accounting

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Thank you.