{"id":1228,"date":"2021-12-22T10:40:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T09:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vminded.com\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2021-12-22T10:57:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T09:57:23","slug":"using-vmware-cloud-dr-to-protect-vms-in-an-sddc-part-3-plan-and-test-dr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vminded.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/22\/using-vmware-cloud-dr-to-protect-vms-in-an-sddc-part-3-plan-and-test-dr\/","title":{"rendered":"Using VMWare Cloud DR to protect VMs in an SDDC. (Part 3 \u2013 Plan and Test DR)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the previous post<\/a> I have showed you how to create Protection Groups for my VMs. It’s now time to create the DR strategy and run a Test Failover and real Failover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planning the DR strategy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The DR strategy <\/strong>is enforced through the concept of DR Plan<\/strong> where we are going to help plan the different parameters that sustains the strategy including defining the protected resources, the orchestration order of the recovery process, and several additional options when the failover executes like changing the IP adresses<\/strong> or executes scripts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create a DR Plan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A DR plan<\/a><\/strong> defines the orchestration configuration for implementing the disaster recovery Strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following operations are allowed under the DR plan section:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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