DS-VDR (Virtual Disaster Recovery)
- NOTE: This section assumes the reader has administrative experience with VMware.
DS-VDR is a tool licensed in the form of an incremental 'counter' to a DS-System in its license (from the DS-License Server). The DS-System administrator can assign the license count to DS-Clients individually from the pool allocated for the DS-System. Each DS-VDR configuration that is used reduces the corresponding pool (local or remote) by 1 count.
There are two DS-VDR versions, each licensed separately:
- Local DS-VDR: This tool comes in a separate installation. It allows you interface directly with a VMware vCenter to configure and schedule a 'clone' of the latest snapshot of individual Virtual Machines or a conversion from a physical machine to a virtual machine. For more information, refer to the separate "Local DS-VDR Tool Installation Guide" and the 'Local DS-VDR backup set (VMware VADP)' section in the "DS-Client User Guide".
- Remote DS-VDR: This tool comes with the GUI integrated in the DS-Operator and the daemon (remote server engine that processes the DS-VDR requests) installed on a separate server. This option currently works with "VMware VADP" backup sets (backed up from a Linux DS-Client). The backup must be of an entire functioning Virtual Machine (not just an individual disk).
For more information, see the following Knowledge Base article:
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