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msmithcanyon · 02-13-2008, 01:15 PM

For our DR, we have used a combination of a few methods during our migration to a fully virtual environment.

We originally migrated off a standalone BES to a VM. 1 CPU, 2GB memory (not that it needed it), and about 100 users.

We used the freebie vmdk backup to back up the VM nightly.

For nearly live replication once we had another ESX box up at the DR site, we used vReplicator.

And now that we have a prod SAN/ dr SAN, we use EMC Recovery Point to replicate the SAN LUN that contains the VM.

I think any of these options is better than using non-VM recovery solutions such as backing up the database, restoring the database, log shipping, "standby" servers etc. Of course, all of this differes slightly I guess if you use a centralized database server (which I recommend you do), but is pretty much the same.

02-13-2008, 01:15 PM	#14
msmithcanyon Knows Where the Search Button Is Join Date: Sep 2007 Model: 8800 PIN: N/A Carrier: Cingular Posts: 29	For our DR, we have used a combination of a few methods during our migration to a fully virtual environment. We originally migrated off a standalone BES to a VM. 1 CPU, 2GB memory (not that it needed it), and about 100 users. We used the freebie vmdk backup to back up the VM nightly. For nearly live replication once we had another ESX box up at the DR site, we used vReplicator. And now that we have a prod SAN/ dr SAN, we use EMC Recovery Point to replicate the SAN LUN that contains the VM. I think any of these options is better than using non-VM recovery solutions such as backing up the database, restoring the database, log shipping, "standby" servers etc. Of course, all of this differes slightly I guess if you use a centralized database server (which I recommend you do), but is pretty much the same.
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