Hi Wei; A slightly lower-tech way of doing it described below:
I have a client who is doing this using SunGard's DR services (they provide replacement hardware under contract, as well as phones and desktops). It's a small subsidiary of a large insurance company. We determined they have a 12-24-hour Recovery Time requirement, with a 1-day Recovery Point objective. Given that, we image their servers (4) using Symantec BESR to a NAS unit, that then transfers the images to USB drives. We then have Iron Mountain pick up the drive images weekly, along with their backup tapes. Last night's backup tape also always goes offsite. We conducted a successful DR test last year, restoring the images onto the physical hardware. This year, BESR has better support for VMWare, so we will be experimenting with saving the client some $$$ by dropping the number of SunGard provided servers from 4 to 2 and using BESR to recover to MS Virtual Server. This works well with the client's RT and RP requirements, as we were able to restore in about 18 hours, including getting Internet services and remote access up and working. We so far are choosing not to use a direct pipe to replicate traffic to SunGard, as the Iron Mountain solution works well with their requirements - IM will drop tapes and drives directly to the SunGard facility - and SunGard charges quite a lot for direct data sync. Yours, Durf On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Active Elk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HI, > > They basically wanted to replicate files and even DHCP server. I do not see > any Exchange but maybe SQL is somewhere hidden and not made known to us. > > As for budget, they really have no idea as they are first time doing this. > > Thanks. > > Best Regards, > > Wei Yu > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "Ziots, Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > Sent: Monday, 30 June 2008 7:41:51 > Subject: RE: VMWare in DR site > > Which pieces of the main site are they wanting to replicate? This it the > starting point. > > Z > > Edward E. Ziots > Network Engineer > Lifespan Organization > MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA > Phone: 401-639-3505 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Active Elk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 11:24 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: VMWare in DR site > > Hi, > > Our client wants to have a DR site. > > In the primary site, all servers are in physical box. There is no > virtualization in place. In the DR site, they wanted all the DR servers > to be in a virtual environment. May I know for guys have implemented > this, do you mind sharing your experience and what to look out for? > > So far what I can think of is using software like CA XOSoft or Double > Take to do a host to host replication to the DR site. Is there a better > way to do it? > > Thanks. > > Best Regards, > > Wei Yu > > > > New Email names for you! > Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new @ymail and > @rocketmail. > Hurry before someone else does! > http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/sg/ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > Get your preferred Email name! > Now you can @ymail.com and @rocketmail.com > http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/sg/ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > -- -------------- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
