{"id":58017,"date":"2023-06-30T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T07:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=58017"},"modified":"2023-09-05T10:06:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T08:06:45","slug":"nakivo-site-recovery-job-creation-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/nakivo-site-recovery-job-creation-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Nakivo Site Recovery: Job creation - pt.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58024 size-full\" title=\"nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-01.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If an outage occurs in the Production site, Site Recovery is the Nakivo solution included in <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/nakivo-backup-replication-v10-9-beta-with-bare-metal-recovery\/\">Nakivo Backup &amp; Replication<\/a> for an effective DR strategy to maintain all IT services at DR Site.<\/p>\n<p>Site Recovery allows to create an effective <strong>Disaster Recovery Plan<\/strong> to reduce the business downtime and potential data loss (picture from Nakivo).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58026\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-02-600x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"263\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Blog series<\/h2>\n<p>Nakivo Site Recovery: Job creation - pt.1<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/nakivo-site-recovery-vms-re-protect-pt-2\/\">Nakivo Site Recovery: VMs Re-protect - pt.2<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/nakivo-site-recovery-failback-pt-3\/\">Nakivo Site Recovery: Failback - pt.3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits of using Nakivo Site Recovery<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Easy management<\/strong> - the management of the activities to perform during a Disaster Recovery event is much easier with Site Recovery since backups, replica, DR workflow, failovers and failbacks can be managed\u00a0 centrally from a single pane of glass.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Limited downtime<\/strong> - with a DR workflow, IT services can be maintained during an unplanned outage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>All in one solution<\/strong> - with a single product, you have a set of available features useful to manage data protection, disaster recovery orchestration and IT infrastructure monitoring.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cost-effective<\/strong> - you don't need to purchase an additional software or license, Site Recovery is included in the Nakivo Backup &amp; Replication <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakivo.com\/how-to-buy\/pricing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enterprise Edition<\/a> at no extra cost.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ransomware recovery<\/strong> - if you suffer a ransomware attack and your main site is down, with Site Recovery you can run a pre-configured failover sequence in your DR Site to quickly restore the services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sandbox environment<\/strong> - to minimize data loss and disruptions, and workloads functionality, patches and new releases can be tested in an isolated environment without affection the production.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Site Recovery key features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Disaster Recovery Orchestration<\/strong> - to reduce downtime and services disruption in your production site, Site Recovery allows you to <strong>configure a DR Plan<\/strong> to create replicas and disaster recovery sequences you can execute with a simple click.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Efficient replication<\/strong> - replicas for mission critical workloads can be created for the supported platforms. To <strong>reduce the load<\/strong> on the production environment, a replica can be created from both source VMs and existing VM backups.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Consistency<\/strong> - critical apps, databases, SQL Server, Exchange and Active Directory are consistent after being processed as a replica. No additional configuration is required once a replica is powered on and all the provided services can be <strong>used immediately<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roles and permissions<\/strong> - specific roles and permissions can be <strong>assigned to IT staff<\/strong> to manage all DR tasks (workflows, testing, powering on replicas, failover, failback, etc.).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Custom workflows<\/strong> - different <strong>DR sequences<\/strong> can be created for each scenario such as failover to a secondary site, failback, planned failover and planned data center migration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notifications<\/strong> - checking VMs status on regular basis, notifications can be sent if a VM cannot be reached and <strong>enable timely action<\/strong> before a disaster strikes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>DR Testing<\/strong> - replicas should be tested to <strong>ensure they are usable<\/strong> in case of a disaster. Tests can be run scheduled and on-demand without affecting the production environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Create a disaster recovery workflow<\/h2>\n<p>To create an effective DR Plan, we need to have a clear overview of our infrastructure and to know the <strong>required actions<\/strong> to restore the services at DR Site.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing in advance the correct <strong>power on sequence<\/strong> of the mission-critical machines is essential to be able to restore the various services quickly limiting the offline.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason is <strong>crucial to have a DR workflow in place<\/strong>, that is a sequence of actions to perform defining the order in which they should be executed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Available Site Recovery actions<\/h4>\n<p>During the creation of the DR Plan, required <strong>actions must be supported<\/strong> by Nakivo Site Recovery.<\/p>\n<p>The following actions are currently included in the supported platforms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Failover<\/strong> - initiates failover to replica.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Failback<\/strong> - returns workloads from the VM replica to the source VM. The changes made in the VM replica since the point of failover are written to the source VM when the failback operation is performed. The VMs are synchronized and the source VM is in the actual production state again.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Start<\/strong> - starts VM.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stop\u00a0<\/strong>- stops running VM.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Run job<\/strong> - runs a supported job type (backup job, replication job, site recovery job, backup copy job, or Flash VM Boot job).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stop jobs<\/strong> - stops a job.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Run script<\/strong> - runs a script.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Attach repository<\/strong> - attaches a backup repository used by Nakivo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Detach repository<\/strong> - detaches a backup repository.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Send email<\/strong> - sends an email to defined recipients.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wait<\/strong> - waits for the designated period of time before proceeding to the next action.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Check condition<\/strong> - one of the following conditions are checked based on your input: the resource exists, the resource is running, IP\/Hostname is reachable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Example environment<\/h4>\n<p>To test Site Recovery, an example infrastructure has been used. The environment is composed by the following components:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Domain Controller<\/li>\n<li>File Server<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58028 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-03-600x239.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-03\" width=\"600\" height=\"239\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In case of Production site failure, to restore the services at DR site you need to <strong>perform specific actions<\/strong>. For example, to access the File Server we must be sure the DC is up and running to <strong>authenticate the users<\/strong> who want to access the server.<\/p>\n<p>The Domain Controller will be then the <strong>first server to failover<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58030 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-04-600x241.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-04\" width=\"600\" height=\"241\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>sequence to configure<\/strong> in the Site Recovery will be the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>DC failover to replica<\/li>\n<li>Wait DC is up<\/li>\n<li>Check if DC is reachable<\/li>\n<li>FS failover to replica<\/li>\n<li>Wait FS is up<\/li>\n<li>Check if FS is reachable<\/li>\n<li>Configure the network (if Prod and DR have different VLAN)<\/li>\n<li>Configure the Re-IP rule (if Prod and DR have different subnets)<\/li>\n<li>Optionally you can configure the test on-demand (useful to ensure the job can be run successfully)<\/li>\n<li>Configure options.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Site Recovery configuration<\/h4>\n<p>Login to Nakivo Backup &amp; Replication.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58036 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-05-600x361.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-05\" width=\"600\" height=\"361\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Access the <strong>Jobs<\/strong> area, click the <strong>+ icon<\/strong> then select <strong>Site recovery job<\/strong> under <strong>Site Recovery Job<\/strong> to run the configuration wizard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58038 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-06-600x435.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-06\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First action to configure is the DC failover. Click on <strong>Failover VMware VMs<\/strong> link.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58040 size-large\" title=\"nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-07-600x382.jpg\" alt=\"nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-07\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the Domain Controller and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58043\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-08-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Make sure that <strong>Power off source VMs<\/strong> is enable to avoid IP conflicts and click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58045\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-09-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Now click <strong>Wait<\/strong> as next action to configure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58047\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-10-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Set <strong>Time to wait<\/strong> to 2\/3 minutes to ensure the DC completes the boot process. Click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58049\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-11-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Check Condition<\/strong> action to verify the status of the powered on VM.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58051\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-12-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Set <strong>Condition type<\/strong> as <strong>Resource is running<\/strong> and specify the VM details. Click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58053\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-13-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Now repeat same steps for the second VM (File Server).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Failover VMware VMs<\/li>\n<li>Wait<\/li>\n<li>Check Condition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58055\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-14-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>When all actions have been configured, click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58057\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-15-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>If Production and DR sites use <strong>different VLANs<\/strong>, thick the <strong>Enable network mapping<\/strong> option to map the correct network during failover.\u00a0The <strong>mapping used for the replication<\/strong> is automatically presented and can be used accordingly. Click <strong>Create a new mapping<\/strong> if you need to use a different network instead. Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58059\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-16-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>If Production and DR sites use <strong>different subnets<\/strong>, thick the <strong>Enable Re-IP<\/strong> option. Click <strong>Select VMs<\/strong> to specify the VMs to configure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58061\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-17-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Select VMs to configure and set the credentials to use. Click <strong>Manage Credentials<\/strong> if you need to create new credentials. Click <strong>X<\/strong> to exit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58063\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-18-600x516.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"516\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Add existing rule<\/strong> if you have an already configured subnet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58065\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-19-600x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"273\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Select the subnet to use and click <strong>Close<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58067\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-20-600x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"426\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58069\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-21-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>To ensure replicas are usable, it is <strong>recommended to test<\/strong> the Site Recover Job on regular basis. Specify the desired <strong>Test Schedule<\/strong> and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58071\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-22-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Specify the <strong>Job name<\/strong> and in case of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/nakivo-v10-8-configurazione-job-priority\/\">Job priority<\/a>. Click <strong>Finish<\/strong> to save the Job configuration.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58073\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-23-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The DR workflow has been configured and you can now run the Site Recovery Job <strong>in case of need<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58075\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nakivo-site-recovery-for-effective-dr-plan-24-600x294.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"294\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>To ensure the <strong>minimum data loss and services availability<\/strong>, there are additional configurations to do in Nakivo Backup &amp; Replication once the <strong>failover action has been triggered<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Re-protect VMs<\/strong> - VMs (replicas) running at DR site should be protected against a possibile DR site outage while Production site is down.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Failback<\/strong> - when you restore VMs back to the Production site, any change or new data in the VM replica must be transferred back to the source VM to avoid data loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/nakivo-site-recovery-vms-re-protect-pt-2\/\">Part 2<\/a> will cover the <strong>test of the Site Recovery Job<\/strong> and the configuration of <strong>VMs Re-protect<\/strong> to protect the active replicas against possible failures.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If an outage occurs in the Production site, Site Recovery is the Nakivo solution included in Nakivo Backup &amp; Replication for an effective DR strategy to maintain all IT services at DR Site. 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