DR and Migration Design

DR and Migration Design #

The DR and Migration validated solution has objectives to deliver prescriptive content about the solution so that it is fast to deploy and is suitable for use in production environments.

Objective Description
Main objective Enable DR and migration services for the VMware Cloud Director Organizations on VMware Cloud Foundation.
VMware Cloud Foundation architecture support
  • vSAN ReadyNodes
    • Standard
      • Single VMware Cloud Foundation instance
  • VxRail Nodes
    • Standard
      • Single VMware Cloud Foundation instance
Workload domain type support
  • Management Workload domain
  • VI Workload domain
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    Scope of guidance
  • Detailed design for solution components.
  • Deployment and initial configuration of intelligent logging and analytics components for management and VI workload domains.
  • Operational guidance for solution components, such as operational verification, password management, and certificate management.
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    Scope of implementation Deployment and configuration of solution components:
  • VMware Cloud Director Availability Cloud Replication Management appliance
  • VMware Cloud Director Availability Cloud Replicator appliance
  • VMware Cloud Director Availability Cloud Tunnel appliance
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    Cloud type Private Cloud
    Number of VMware Cloud Foundation instances 1
    Load Balancing NSX Advanced Load Balancer for the Cloud Tunnel appliances
    Availability 99%
    Authentication, authorization, and access control
  • Use of VMware Cloud Director security groups and roles for least-privilege access control.
  • Use of service accounts and least-privilege access control for solution integration.
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    Certificate signing Certificate for the Cloud service of VMware Cloud Director Availability Cloud Replication Manager Appliance is signed by a certificate authority (CA) that consists of a root and intermediate certificate authority layers. The certificates for all the other appliances can be self-signed.