This will include the following features depending on the option (i.e. “on-premises to on-premises protections” or “on-premises to Azure protection”) chosen by the Customer during the pre-engagement conference call.
Option 1: On-premises to on-premises protection
Remote - Pre-Engagement Conference Call
Pre-assessment call/discussion to introduce key participants
Identify key stakeholders (project sponsor, IT design and operation, server, network, storage, backup, disaster recovery, and application owners)
Review current environment and on-site logistics, and discuss objectives and preparation
Confirm the required Microsoft Azure subscriptions, features and services have been provisioned by Customer
Onsite - Azure Disaster Recovery Proof of Concept (PoC)
Conduct whiteboard session to provide an overview of the hybrid cloud solution for the Proof of Concept
Azure Site Recovery features and scenarios
Integration of the virtualization environment on Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) server and Azure
Hyper-V replica configuration and best practices
Azure virtual network features and scenarios
Review requirements for Proof of Concept
Azure subscription and features enabled
Certificate(s) required
Supported on-premise virtual machine candidates for Proof of Concept
Supported operating systems
Virtual network IP configuration (on-premise Hyper-V or Azure)
VPN or RDP access to Azure cloud environment
Proper rights and access to the systems
Proper Domain Name Service (DNS) resolution and configuration in the Azure cloud
On-premise primary site (source) candidate for the Proof of Concept
Azure Site Recovery requirements
Hyper-V server and Hyper-V replica configuration requirements
System center VMM server configuration requirements
Network connectivity and mapping requirements
Storage mapping requirements
Active Directory domain and services
Set up and configure the Proof of Concept environment
Access to Microsoft Azure
Creation and configuration of required certificate(s) using the certificate creation tool (makecert.exe)
Creation and configuration of Azure Site Recovery vault
Installation of Azure Site Recovery provider on VMM server(s)
Installation of Azure Recovery Services agent on Hyper-V host server(s) located in the VMM cloud
Configuration of protection settings for VMM cloud(s)
Configuration of storage and network mappings
Creation and configuration of virtual network in Azure
Creation of site-to-site VPN connection between on-premise and Azure virtual network using either: - Supported VPN network appliance - Windows 2012 R2 RRAS
Enabling the protection of up to five (5) Hyper-V virtual machines
Creation of recovery plans to specify the order in which VMs will failover
Performing a test site failover and verifying that the recovery plan works
Update of as-built document for use case
Demonstrate the Disaster Recovery use case tasks
Monitoring and administration of Azure Site Recovery
Performing a planned site failover
Performing a failback
Performing an unplanned site failover (if time permits)
Disabling protection of up to five (5) Hyper-V virtual machines
Facilitate next steps discussion
Discuss additional Azure features and services
Discuss additional use case opportunities and product maturity
Deliver executive summary and as-built document for the use case