Cyber Recovery tests performed in the lab environment

Before performing tests, the following tasks were performed:

• Configuration of the Cyber Recovery Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX switches including basic configuration, configuration of access ports, VPCs, and HSRPs for intravlan routing.
• Configuration of the production DD6900 system virtual LACP interface tagged with VLAN 457.
• Configuration of the vault DD9900 system, which includes basic DD configuration such as ethMa, iDRAC, File System, and Encryption. Configuration of the virtual LACP interfaces for both restore and replication, each tagged with the appropriate VLAN IDs, 415 and 457 respectively.
• Configuration of AVE, NetWorker, and PowerProtect Data Manager MTrees as described in the Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery Product Guide
• Installation and configuration of CentOS 7.9 on the Cisco UCS C220 M5 rack mount server, including configuration of DNS and NTP services.
• Deployment and configuration of the VxRail cluster according to the VxRail Appliance Installation Procedures as generated from SolVe Online.
• Deployment and configuration of the PowerProtect Cyber Recovery virtual appliance on the VxRail Cluster.
• Configuration of the assets, storage, vCenter, and replication policies on the PowerProtect Cyber Recovery virtual appliance as described in the Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery Product Guide.
• Configuration of AVE, NetWorker, and PowerProtect Data Manager on the VxRail cluster as described in the Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery Product Guide.
• Deployment, configuration, and installation of CyberSense on a CentOS 7.9 Linux virtual machine.

Note: These tasks might not include all required tasks and details. When configuring the environment, review and consult the vendor-provided installation and administration documentation for all components of the Cyber Recovery environment described above. Professional service engagement along with BRDC guidance, especially for Cyber Recovery, is required for design and implementation.

NetWorker test

Test #1: Perform an automated recovery of the NetWorker server in the Cyber Recovery vault virtual infrastructure environment using the Cyber Recovery UI.

• The NetWorker server recovery is an automated process that is initiated through the Cyber Recovery UI
• The NetWorker server instance that is deployed and configured on the VxRail cluster is added manually to the Cyber Recovery environment as an application object
• Initiate the NetWorker Server recovery by clicking Recovery and selecting the NetWorker copy from which to recover the NetWorker server. Then, select the NetWorker instance as added to the Cyber Recovery UI and click Apply.

Result: The NetWorker server is recovered using the Cyber Recovery automated recovery process.

Test #2:  Perform a recovery of a production VM in the Cyber Recovery vault virtual infrastructure environment using the recovered NetWorker server instance.

• From the Cisco UCS C220 server, launch the NetWorker NMC console and log in as administrator
• Delete the existing vProxy entry
• Deploy a new vProxy to the VxRail Cluster vCenter Server Appliance
• Restore a production VM using the newly deployed NetWorker vProxy appliance

Result:  The production VM is successfully restored in the Cyber Recovery virtual infrastructure environment.

PowerProtect Data Manager Test

Test #1: Perform an automated recovery of the PowerProtect Data Manager virtual appliance in the Cyber Recovery vault virtual infrastructure environment using the Cyber Recovery UI.

• The PowerProtect Data Manager recovery is an automated process that is initiated through the Cyber Recovery UI
• The PowerProtect Data Manager instance that is deployed and configured on the VxRail Cluster is added manually to Cyber Recovery Management as an application object
• Initiate the PowerProtect Data Manager recovery by clicking Recovery and selecting the PowerProtect Data Manager copy from which to recover. Then, select the PowerProtect Data Manager instance as added to the Cyber Recovery UI and click Apply.

Result:  The PowerProtect Data Manager virtual appliance is recovered using the Cyber Recovery automated recovery process.

Test #2:  Perform a recovery of a production VM in the Cyber Recovery vault virtual infrastructure environment using the recovered PowerProtect Data Manager instance.

• From the Cisco UCS C220 server, launch the PowerProtect Data Manager UI and log in as admin.
• From the PowerProtect Data UI, perform the following:

• Add the VxRail vCenter Server Appliance to Asset Sources
• Delete the existing PowerProtect Data Manager VM Direct Engine
• Create new PowerProtect Data Manager VM Direct Engine and deploy to VxRail vCenter Server

• Restore a production VM using the newly deployed PowerProtect Data Manager VM Direct Engine

Result:  The production VM is successfully restored in the Cyber Recovery virtual infrastructure environment.

Avamar Virtual Edition

Test #1: Manually recover AVE in the Cyber Recovery vault virtual infrastructure environment

• AVE recovery is a manual process using an AVE instance that is configured with the same Avamar version and hostname as on the production system.
• The manual process used to recover AVE is based on the Avamar Checkpoint restore procedure, which can be found in the Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery Product Guide.

Result:  The AVE instance is successfully recovered using the manual recovery process described in the Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery Product Guide.

Test #2:  Recovery of a production VM in the Cyber Recovery vault virtual infrastructure environment using the recovered AVE instance:

• From the Cisco UCS C220 server, launch the AVE UI and log in as MCUser
• From the Avamar UI, perform the following:

• Add the VxRail vCenter Server as an Avamar Client
• Delete the existing Avamar Proxy
• Deploy a new Avamar proxy to VxRail vCenter Server

• Restore a production VM using the newly deployed Avamar proxy

Result:  The production VM is successfully restored in the Cyber Recovery virtual infrastructure environment.