Backing Up an Embedded Zerto Virtual Replication Database
Follow this procedure when the SQL database, which contains the Zerto Virtual Replication database, runs on the same virtual machine as Zerto Virtual Replication.
To Back Up an embedded Zerto Virtual Replication Database:
1. On Site Y, create a VPG of the protected Zerto Virtual Replication VM.
■ There must be no other VMs in this VPG.
■ Configure the Zerto Virtual Replication VM with the same IP address with which it is currently configured.
2. (Optional) On Site Y, create a manual checkpoint on the VPG.
3. On Site Y, power down the Zerto Virtual Replication VM.
4. On Site Y, rename or delete the Zerto Virtual Replication VM.
In the event of a disaster, this is the VM which is protected, and which will be recovered.
And therefore you need to rename or delete the VM, so that if there is a disaster and you need to recover, there will be no duplications or naming conflicts.
5. On Site Y, perform a Failover LIVE committed on the VPG which is protecting the powered down Zerto Virtual Replication VM.
6. On Site X, the recovery site, power off the failed over Zerto Virtual Replication VM. Do this so that later on in the procedure you are able to copy it back to Site Y.
7. From Site X, export the failed over Zerto Virtual Replication VM to an OVF/OVA.
8. On
Site Y,
import the
OVF/OVA, which was exported in step
7.
9. On
Site X,
delete the
powered off Zerto Virtual Replication VM. This is the VM which was failed over in
5. The powered off VM cannot be used, and deleting it triggers the deletion of its VPG.
10. On
Site Y,
power on the
Zerto Virtual Replication VM which was imported in
8.