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Quest VROOM 1.3 - User Guide

Virtual Machine Automation

The VROOM Virtual Machine Automation provides you with an approach to perform the Protect, Replicate, and Virtual Standby operations on virtual machines from either of the following dashboards, without interfacing with the Rapid Recovery console.

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VMware Environment > Virtual Machine Quick View
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VMware Environment > VMware Explorer
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Hyper-V Environment > Virtual Machine Quick View
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Hyper-V Environment > Hyper-V Explorer
Figure 15. VM Automation view

To access the VM Automation view:
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Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
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Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
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On the navigation panel, under Homes, click VMware Environment or Hyper-V Environment.
The VMware Environment or Hyper-V Environment dashboard opens.
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Select a Virtual Machine from the Monitoring > Virtual Machine Quick View > Virtual Machines tree view.
The VM Automation (Data Protection) view appears in the middle of Virtual Machine Summary view.

The VROOM Virtual Machine Automation includes the following three options:

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Automation of VM Protection: The automation of VM protection is only available for VMware virtual machines. For more information, see Automation of VM Protection.
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Automation of VM Replication: The virtual machines must be protected before performing the VM replication automation. For more information, see Automation of VM Replication.
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Automation of VM Standby: The virtual machines must be protected before performing the VM standby automation. For more information, see Automation of VM Standby.

Automation of VM Protection

The VMware VM Protection Setup Wizard guides you through the procedure for identifying virtual machines that you want to protect. This wizard also enables you to customize the schedule for performing the protection automation.

To perform the automation of VM protection:
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Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
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Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
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On the navigation panel, under Homes, click VMware Environment or Hyper-V Environment.
The VMware Environment or Hyper-V Environment dashboard opens.
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Select a Virtual Machine that you want to protect from the Monitoring > Virtual Machine Quick View > Virtual Machines tree view.
The VM Automation (Data Protection) view appears in the middle of Virtual Machine Summary view.
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Click Protect. The VMware VM Protection Setup Wizard opens.
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In the Select Core Server step, select a Core Server from the drop-down list, and then click Next.
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In the VMs to Protect step, select VMs from the left vCenter table, click >> to move selected VMs to the right table, and then click Next.
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In the Connection step, specify the port number as needed, and then click Next.
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In the Select Repository step, select a repository from the Core Repositories drop-down list, and then click Next.
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In the Schedule step, select either of the following schedule options, and then click Next:
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Default protection: The automation will be performed hourly for all volumes.
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Periods: The automation will be performed on specified weekdays or weekends.
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Daily protection time: The automation will be performed on a daily basis.
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In the Summary step, review all configurations and click Finish.
The selected VM will be added into VROOM Rapid Recovery Protected VMs list and Rapid Recovery Core Server list after the VM protection automation is complete. The first time when a VM protection is added, its snapshot with the customized schedule will be transferred to the repository on the Rapid Recovery Core. You might need to wait for a while to see the VM’s status update and to collect data back to Foglight from Rapid Recovery server.

Automation of VM Replication

The replicate is the process of copying recovery points from one Rapid Recovery Core and transmitting them to another Rapid Recovery Core for disaster recovery purposes. The process requires a paired source-target relationship between two or more cores. The VM Replication Wizard guides you through the procedure for identifying virtual machines that you want to replicate.

To perform the automation of VM replication:
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Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
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Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
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On the navigation panel, under Homes, click VMware Environment or Hyper-V Environment.
The VMware Environment or Hyper-V Environment dashboard opens.
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Select a Virtual Machine that you want to protect from the Monitoring > Virtual Machine Quick View > Virtual Machines tree view.
The VM Automation (Data Protection) view appears in the middle of Virtual Machine Summary view.
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Click Replicate. The VM Replication Wizard opens.
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In the Master Core step, click Next.
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In the Target Core step, select the target Core Server, and then click Next.
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NOTE: If there is no available target Core, go to Rapid Recovery Console > Replication and add a target Core in the selected Master Core manually.
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In the Target Repository step, select a repository, and then click Next.
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In the Protected Machines step, select other virtual machines that you want to replicated as needed, and then click Finish.
The selected VMs will be added into target Core after the VM replication automation is complete. The replication pane contains summary information about the replicated machine, including the replication name, the state of replication, progress, and available space. You might need to wait for a while to see the VM’s status update and to collect data back to Foglight from Rapid Recovery server.

Automation of VM Standby

The VM Virtual Standby Wizard guides you through the procedure for performing a virtual standby of continual export of recovery point data from a protected machine to a virtual machine in any supported VM format.

To perform the automation of VM standby:
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Log in to the Foglight browser interface.
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Ensure that the navigation panel is open.
To open the navigation panel, click the right-facing arrow on the left.
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On the navigation panel, under Homes, click VMware Environment or Hyper-V Environment.
The VMware Environment or Hyper-V Environment dashboard opens.
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Select a Virtual Machine that you want to protect from the Monitoring > Virtual Machine Quick View > Virtual Machines tree view.
The VM Automation (Data Protection) view appears in the middle of Virtual Machine Summary view.
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Click Virtual Standby. The VM Virtual Standby Wizard opens.
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In the Virtual Standby Core Server step, verify the Core Server information, and then click Next.
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NOTE: Currently only the virtual standby deployment in VMware is supported. If you need to deploy a virtual standby on Hyper-V/VirtualBox/Azure, go to the Rapid Recovery console.
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In the Destination step, specify the host name and port number, and then click Next.
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In the Credential Verification step, select new credential or an existing credential, and then click Next.
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In the VM Options step, specify the following values, and then click Next.
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Resource Pool: Select a resource pool from the drop-down list.
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VM Configuration location: Select a data store from the drop-down list.
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Virtual machine name: Specify the name for the Virtual Machine.
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Amount of RAM (MB): Select either of the following to specify the amount of memory usage for the virtual machine:
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Use the same amount of RAM as source machine
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Use a specific amount of RAM, and then specify the amount in MB. The minimum amount is 1024 MB and the maximum allowed by the application is 65536 MB.
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Number of processors: The number of processors (CPUs) that is required for the exported virtual machine. The minimum is 1.
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Cores per processor: The number of cores that is required for each processor. The minimum is 1.
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Disk Provisioning: Select the type of disk provisioning:
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Thin. Thin provisioning creates a virtual disk the size of the used space on the original volumes, rather than the entire volume size. For example, if the original volume is 1 TB, but contains only 2 GB of used space, Rapid Recovery creates a virtual disk of 2 GB.
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Thick. Thick provisioning creates a new disk or volume that is the same size as the original volume from the protected server, even if only a portion of the original volume is being used. For example, if the volume is 1 TB large but contains 2 GB of used space, Rapid Recovery creates a virtual disk of 1 TB.
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Disk mapping: Specify the type of disk mapping as appropriate (Automatic, Manual, or with VM).
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Version: Select the version of the virtual machine.
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In the Volumes step, select the volumes that you want to export, and then click Next.
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On the summary step, click Finish to close the wizard and to start the export.
You can monitor the export process on Rapid Recovery console > Virtual standby Export Queue after the VM standby automation is complete. You might need to wait for a while to see the VM’s status update and to collect data back to Foglight from Rapid Recovery server.

 

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