IBM VM Recovery Manager DR for Power Systems Version 1.3.0: Deployment Guide Overview for IBM VM Recovery Manager DR for Power Systems
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IBM VM Recovery Manager DR for Power Systems Version 1.3.0 Deployment Guide IBM Note Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page 147. This edition applies to IBM® VM Recovery Manager DR for Power Systems Version 1.3.0 and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2018, 2021. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents About this document..............................................................................................v Highlighting...................................................................................................................................................v Case-sensitivity in VM Recovery Manager DR............................................................................................. v ISO 9000......................................................................................................................................................vi Overview...............................................................................................................1 Concepts...............................................................................................................5 KSYS............................................................................................................................................................. 5 HMC.............................................................................................................................................................. 7 Sites..............................................................................................................................................................7 Hosts.............................................................................................................................................................8 Virtual machines........................................................................................................................................ 10 VIOS........................................................................................................................................................... 10 Storage agents........................................................................................................................................... 11 EMC storage subsystem....................................................................................................................... 12 SAN Volume Controller system and Storwize system......................................................................... 14 DS8000 storage system....................................................................................................................... 16 Hitachi storage systems....................................................................................................................... 17 XIV Storage System..............................................................................................................................25 Network......................................................................................................................................................26 Planning..............................................................................................................29 Requirements.............................................................................................................................................29 Limitations..................................................................................................................................................33 Prerequisites.............................................................................................................................................. 34 Prerequisite for virtual machines that run on the Linux operating system.........................................37 Disaster recovery mechanism.............................................................................. 39 Installing.............................................................................................................41 KSYS package.............................................................................................................................................42 Installing.................................................................................................................................................... 44 Upgrading...................................................................................................................................................46 Configuring..........................................................................................................49 Flow chart for KSYS configuration.............................................................................................................50 Setting up the KSYS subsystem.................................................................................................................50 Initiating the KSYS node...................................................................................................................... 50 Creating sites........................................................................................................................................51 Adding HMCs to the KSYS.................................................................................................................... 52 Adding hosts to the KSYS.....................................................................................................................53 Creating host pairs............................................................................................................................... 55 Creating host groups............................................................................................................................ 55 Adding storage agents to the KSYS......................................................................................................56 Setting up contacts for event notification............................................................................................62 Discovering resources................................................................................................................................63 Verifying the configuration.........................................................................................................................64 Daily checks by KSYS........................................................................................................................... 65 iii Setting up KSYS high availability through PowerHA SystemMirror.......................................................... 66 Recovering VMs................................................................................................... 69 Failover rehearsal of the disaster recovery operation.............................................................................. 69 Performing the DR failover rehearsal operation..................................................................................74 Flow chart for disaster recovery................................................................................................................78 Initiating the disaster recovery..................................................................................................................79 Recovering the failed virtual machines..................................................................................................... 81 Moving the virtual machines by using the force option............................................................................ 81 Administering......................................................................................................83 Generating the KSYS system report.......................................................................................................... 83 Configuring the flexible capacity policies..................................................................................................84 Configuring the network mapping policy.................................................................................................. 88 Modifying the KSYS configuration............................................................................................................. 91 Removing resources from the KSYS configuration................................................................................... 92 Managing the KSYS notifications...............................................................................................................93 Managing the system attributes................................................................................................................ 95 Managing the shared storage configuration..............................................................................................97 Backing up and restoring the configuration data ..................................................................................... 99 Saving and restoring snapshots.........................................................................................................101 Managing the CoD resources...................................................................................................................102 VM Recovery Manager DR