vCloud Advanced Topics 2: Availability, Business Continuity, and Disaster Recovery

Half Day Afternoon
(1:30 pm-5:00 pm)

Marina 2

Cloud Computing
M8
New!
David Hill, VMware
Mahesh Rajani, VMware
Description: 

Learn about availability techniques for vCloud infrastructure and workloads. This class will cover vCloud availability design aspects for site failure, with VMware Site Recovery Manager and storage replication adapters, and for workload failure, utilizing third-party backup/restore technologies.

Who should attend: 

Cloud architects and cloud operators who are interested in availability, business continuity, and disaster recovery for both the vCloud infrastructure and the deployed workloads. Prior knowledge of vCloud or attendance at the three previous VCloud classes at LISA '12 is recommended but not required.

Take back to work: 

Best practices and guidelines from the VMware vCloud Architecture Toolkit (vCAT) to support business requirements for compliance and connectivity.

Topics include: 
  • Backup and recovery of vCloud infrastructure and workloads
  • Site failover considerations and options for vCloud infrastructure and workloads
  • Use of VMware HA, DRS, FT, and other technologies
  • Demonstrations where appropriate, if time permits