How a Cloud Service Provider Manages Disaster Recovery
Whether the cloud service provider (CSP) offers Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) or In-Cloud DR (ICDR), the CSP uses Zerto Cloud Manager to manage all cloud sites offering disaster recovery.
The Zerto Cloud Manager works with the Zerto Virtual Managers installed as part of the Zerto Virtual Replication installation. Before using the Zerto Cloud Manager, make sure that all cloud sites that will be used to either protect virtual machines or recover virtual machines have Zerto Virtual Replication installed.
For both DRaaS and ICDR, initial configuration of Zerto Cloud Manager involves the following tasks at the cloud sites:
1. Log on to Zerto Cloud Manager and define the cloud sites providing disaster recovery capabilities.
2. For each Zerto Virtual Replication installation defined as a cloud site, register the use of Zerto Virtual Replication.
3. Install Zerto Virtual Replication Appliances.
4. Set up vCloud Director, if it is being used.
5. Set up customers as ZORGs, Zerto organizations, including what each ZORG has permission to do. The cloud service provider can restrict the operations available to the organization. For example, the CSP can permit an organization to test the protection of its virtual machines.
6. When the cloud service provider offers DRaaS, it also installs a Zerto Cloud Connector (ZCC) per customer to route traffic between the customer organization network and the cloud replication network, in a secure manner without requiring the cloud vendor to go through complex network and routing setups, ensuring complete separation between the organization networks and the cloud service provider network.
7. Set up service profiles, which are templates for protection.
8. When the cloud service provider offers DRaaS, it instructs DRaaS customer organizations to set up their sites. The customer set-up involves installing Zerto Virtual Replication, Virtual Replication Appliances, and pairing to the cloud service provider.
9. Provide a Self-service Portal for customers to manage their disaster recovery.