Architecting DR Solutions to Meet Ransomware and Disaster Recovery Goals

This technical tutorial provides guidance on using features in VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, VMware Ransomware Recovery, VMware Site Recovery Manager, and VMware Site Recovery to enable rapid and reliable recovery from ransomware as well as other types of data center site disasters.

We also cover the unique characteristics of ransomware recovery and how to extend your DR solution to deal with this specific disaster scenario to enable rapid and reliable recovery from ransomware.

Get the highlights in the summary below, or check out the full session on-demand.

Don't have time to watch the full session? Here's a rundown of key takeaways:

1. Different DR Use Cases: Each business has unique needs in its cloud journey, and this session discusses various use cases for DR solutions, including replacing existing DR sites, complementing existing DR solutions, establishing new DR for on-prem apps, and DR for VMware Cloud (VMC) apps to other VMC regions or back to on-prem.

2. Choosing the Right DR Solution: The speakers emphasize the importance of considering topology, replication, operations, management, and other factors when selecting a DR solution. Factors such as RPO and RTO SLAs, costs, and compatibility with non-vSphere/vCenter workloads are discussed.

3. DR Topologies: This session explains different DR topologies, including protected/recovery sites, site-to-site failover, active-passive failover, active-active failover, and multi-site failover. It also highlighted the support for shared recovery sites and stretched storage clusters in VMware Site Recovery Manager.

4. Site Recovery Manager (SRM): SRM is introduced as a centralized solution for managing recovery plans, conducting non-disruptive recovery testing, and automating DR workflows. It integrates with the VMware product stack and provides policy-driven DR control for any virtualized app.

5. VMware Site Recovery: The speakers discuss how VMware Site Recovery Manager can be used with public clouds as a DR target/source, leveraging the reliability and elasticity of the cloud. They also highlight the support for conducting DR operations using hyperscaler clouds as failover targets or source sites.

6. VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery: This solution, known as DRaaS for VMC on AWS, provides on-demand or pilot light recovery targets, a SaaS orchestrator, delta-based recovery, and ransomware recovery capabilities. It allows for scale-out DR and provides continuous compliance checking of Recovery Plan configuration.

7. VMware Ransomware Recovery: The session emphasizes the paradigm shift in ransomware attacks, with fileless attacks becoming more prevalent. VMware Ransomware Recovery was introduced as a purpose-built solution that combines next-gen AV, behavioral analysis, air-gapped recovery points, and on-demand isolated recovery environments to recover from ransomware attacks faster and with more predictability.

8. Considerations and Summary: The session highlights the importance of organizing protection groups and recovery plans based on business needs, conducting frequent DR testing, and considering factors such as RPOs, RTOs, and the cost of downtime. It also emphasizes the benefits of VMware's DR solutions in terms of cost optimization, performance optimization, and support for various topologies and replication methods.

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