4.5.4 Updated vCloud DR Recovery Process
Following the successful recovery of a vCloud Director management cluster, some additional steps must be included in the recovery of resource clusters to facilitate the recovery of vCloud Networking and Security Edge Gateway (Edge Gateway) appliances and vApps. The following is the high-level procedure.
To facilitate the recovery of Edge Gateway appliances and vApps
1. Restart all of the virtual machines (Edge devices) in the systems folders, one at a time.
2. For each vCloud Networking and Security Manager, retrieve the current configurations and apply the site-specific networking mapping updates.
3. Remove the primary interface from the Edge devices to allow all traffic to flow through the recovery interface.
4. Bring up the virtual machines protected by the Edge devices.
Note: You could consider using the metadata property of objects to define site-specific configuration information that can be applied during the recovery process. The use of metadata is discussed in the automation examples of the VMware vCloud Director Infrastructure Resiliency Case Study.
The following table provides a high-level overview of the existing vCloud DR recovery process and an updated vCloud DR process that incorporates the solution described in this document.
Table 12. Existing versus Revised vCloud DR Process
Existing vCloud DR Process | Updated vCloud DR Process |
1. Mount replicated VMFS volumes. 2. Bring recovery ESXi hosts online. 3. Power on vCloud Director workload virtual machines. | 1. Mount replicated VMFS volumes. 2. Bring recovery ESXi hosts online. 3. Bring Edge Gateway device online. a. Power on affected Edge Gateway devices. b. Enable predefined services configurations for recovery site. c. Remove interface connected to production site. 4. Power on vCloud Director workload virtual machines. |