Managing Zerto: Setup, Protection and Recovery

Module 1: Zerto Overview

• Define Zerto platform
• Explain Zerto platform functionalities
• Zerto components
• Zerto use cases
• Complete data protection with Zerto and HPE

Module 2: Zerto Virtual Manager Appliance

(ZVMA)

• Define Zerto Virtual Manager Appliance (ZVMA)
• Requirements
• Resources

Module 3: Virtual Replication Appliances

(VRAs)

• Virtual Replication Appliance (VRA) overview
• What Is a Virtual Replication Appliance? (VRA)
• VRA deployment
• VRA: source versus target summary
• VRA helpers overview
• VRA setup and load balancing

Module 4: Architectures

• Basic on-premises architecture
• Operational recovery architecture

– Local, same-site replication with optional offsite copy

• Disaster recovery architecture

– Replication to remote site for classic DR

• DR with extended journal copy architecture

– Remote DR with additional copy on the DR site or sent to the cloud

• Operational recovery and DR architecture

– Local replication plus DR site and additional copy from Both

Module 5: Journal

• Journal overview
• Journal-based recovery
• Journal technology
• Journal Settings and Sizing

– Journal history

– Journal size hard limit

– I/O considerations

– Estimating journal sizing

Module 6: Zerto Replication

• Zerto replication overview
• What Is a Checkpoint?
• What is write-order fidelity?
• Replication types
• Replication: Initial Sync
• Replication: Bitmap Sync
• Replication: Delta Sync

Module 7: Virtual Protection Groups (VPG)

• Virtual Protection Group (VPG) overview
• Consistent protection and recovery
• Creating VPG: Four main options
• Three Types of VPGs

– Remote DR and continuous backup VPG

– Local continuous backup VPG

– Data mobility and migration VPG

• VM Auto-Protect
• VPG replication prioritization overview
• VPG replication prioritization in GUI
• One-to-many overview
• Exclude disks
• VPG considerations

Module 8: Real-time Encryption Detection

• Anatomy of an Attack
• Backup-based Detection is Inadequate
• Earliest warning when an attack is occurring
• Replicate and Detect
• Zerto Resilience Observation Console
• Encryption Analyzer

– Collection phase

– Inspection phase

– Reaction phase

▫ Alerting

▫ Tagging

▫ User Response

• Considerations

Module 9: File and VM Restores

• Instant Restores of Files, Folders, and VMs
• Instant File/Folder Restores
• Recovery Operations: File Restore
• Restore Limitations
• File Restore Process
• Instant VM Restores

Module 10: Recovery Concepts

• Recovery Operations: Key Concepts
• Scratch disk size and location
• Commit Overview
• Commit Policies

– None

– Auto-Commit

– Auto-Rollback

• Commit Policy Considerations
• Reverse Protection Overview
• VM Shutdown Options

Module 11: Recovery Operations: Failover

Test

• Failover test overview
• Failover test Process
• Recovery report
• Alternative uses for the failover test

Module 12: Recovery Operations: Live

Failover

• Failover live: Pre-commit

– 1. Source VMs power down

– 2. Failed over VMs power up

– 3. VMs read from journal and replicas

– 4. VMs write to scratch journals

• Failover live: Commit

– 1. Data promoted to VM disks from scratch disks

– 2. Scratch disks and journals removed

– 3a. With reverse protection, replicate back to original

source

– 3b. Could instead fail back if so desired

• Before Your First Live Failover

Module 13: Recovery Operations: Move

• Move Operation

– User or script initiates move.

– Production VMs are shut down; uses last checkpoint

so RPO = zero.

– Pre-commit VMs are created and powered on.

– User or script commits operation; data promotes

• Move Parameters: Keep Source VMs

Module 14: Recovery Operations: Clone

• Creating an Offsite Clone

– Select the VMs to clone

– Select the journal checkpoint to use

– Select which site and datastore to clone to

– Clones come up as powered off VMs with a checkpoint Timestamp

Module 15: Extended Journal Copy

• Zerto Extended Journal Copy Overview
• Extended Journal Copy

– Architecture

– Repository

– Disk Objects Map

– Scale-Out – Write

• Continuous Data Protection with Extended Journal Copy

• Extended Journal Copy Scale – Out – Read
• Index and Search Architecture
• Recovering Across the Short and Long Term

Module 16: Zerto Analytics

• Zerto Analytics Full Reporting Suite
• Enabling Zerto Analytics
• Zerto Analytics Secure Architecture
• Resource Planner
• Resource Planner Process
• Resource Planner Requirements
• Zerto Analytics API
• Lab Exercises
• Recovery Operations Recap
• Course Summary
• Certification

Detailed Lab outline

Exercise 1: Introduction to HPE Virtual Labs

Exercise 2: Deploy the Zerto Virtual Manager

Appliance (ZVMA)

Exercise 3: Configure the ZVMA

Exercise 4: License and Pair Zerto Sites

Exercise 5: VRA Installation

Exercise 6: Create a Virtual Protection Group

Exercise 7: Create Local Virtual Protection

Group

Exercise 8: Copy a Virtual Protection Group

Exercise 9: Edit a Virtual Protection Group

Exercise 10: Restore Files and Folders After

a Ransomware Attack

Exercise 11: Failover Test

Exercise 12: Perform a Live Failover

Exercise 13: Perform a Move Operation

Exercise 14: Create an Extended Journal

Repository

Exercise 15: Edit VPG to Enable Extended

Journal Copy

Exercise 16: Restore a VM

Exercise 17: Using Zerto Analytics

No prior Zerto experience is required.  However, before attending this course, you should have an understanding of VMware vSphere and virtualization technologies.