SCVMM high availability design for PROD and DR

Question

I would like to deploy SCVMM in highly available environments. For both PROD and DR site. Appreciate if anyone could provide some info here and how the architecture will be like. What my thoughts are:

For PROD:

1. Deploy VMM in failover cluster
2. Connect to SQL AAG cluster that span across PROD and DR
3. Build a file server cluster in PROD with LUN presented from SAN storage for VMM library

But how about DR site? Will it be a new instance? Whats the best practice on this?

Answer 1

Hi,

Deploying System Center Virtual Machine Manager in a highly available environment for both production and disaster recovery sites is a great approach to ensure resilience and continuity.

For the DR site, you have a couple of options:

Secondary VMM Instance:

• Deploy a secondary VMM instance in the DR site. This instance can be configured to take over in case the primary VMM instance in the PROD site fails. This setup requires careful planning to ensure synchronization and consistency between the two instances.

Stretch Cluster:

• Another approach is to extend the failover cluster to include nodes in the DR site. This way, the same VMM instance can failover to the DR site without needing a separate instance. This setup can be more complex but provides seamless failover capabilities.

If you have any specific questions or need further details on any of these steps, feel free to ask!