introduction
in previous 4 articles we have discuss mapping aspects like [network , folder, recourse , and place holder ]
this article : we will discuss the last aspect of mapping : Storage Policy Mapping
Storage Policy introduction
Storage Policy-Based Management (SPBM) is a feature of VMware vSphere that allows administrators to create storage profiles so that virtual machines (VMs) don’t need to be individually provisioned and so that management can be automated.
Administrators can create policies that contain storage requirements such as performance and availability, which can then be assigned to VMs.
Those policies then automatically dictate where VMs are stored so that the requirements are met.
Capabilities that administrators are able to define in policies include
- the maximum number of failures a VM object can tolerate,
- the number of disk stripes per object,
- the amount of capacity that should be reserved during VM creation,
- amount of solid-state drive capacity to be reserved as cache,
- whether to provision VMs in the event the specified policy cannot be met by the DataStores .
About Storage Policy Mappings
You can protect virtual machines that you have associated with storage policies by including them in storage policy protection groups.
Storage policies place virtual machines in the vCenter Server inventory and on datastores according to rules and tags that you define in vCenter Server. Storage policies can move virtual machines in the inventory or to different datastores, to accommodate changes in the vCenter Server environment.
If you map storage policies on the protected site to storage policies on the recovery site, when you run a recovery plan, Site Recovery Manager places the recovered virtual machines in the vCenter Server inventory and on datastores on the recovery site according to the storage policy that you mapped to on the recovery site.
Configure SRM storage Policy Mapping
To configure the storage policy mapping :
Login to your Protected site vCenter server VCSA-prod-155 using vSphere web client.
https://vcsa-prod-155.pioneers.lab/
Click on SRM plugin -> Select Protected site vCenter and Click on storage policy mapping under inventory mappings.
Conclusion
what will happen if you map storage policies on the protected site to storage policies on the recovery site?
when you run a recovery plan, Site Recovery Manager can place the recovered VM in the vCenter Server inventory and on datastores on the recovery site according to the storage policy that you mapped to on the recovery site.
now we have completed all aspects of SRM mapping
next articles we will see how to create protection group and how to create recovery plan
