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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="33102" language="de" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/xml-course/vmware-srmicm86" lastchanged="2026-03-19T09:08:28+01:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/xml-courses"><title>VMware Site Recovery Manager: Install, Configure, Manage [8.6]</title><productcode>SRMICM86</productcode><vendorcode>VM</vendorcode><vendorname>VMware</vendorname><fullproductcode>VM-SRMICM86</fullproductcode><version>8.6</version><objective>&lt;p&gt;By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
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&lt;li&gt;Summarize the components of Site Recovery Manager architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy and configure the Site Recovery Manager appliance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the principal disaster recovery topologies that are used with Site Recovery Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure inventory and resource mappings&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the storage replication options that are used with Site Recovery Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure Site Recovery Manager to leverage array-based replication&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe VMware vSphere&amp;reg; Replication&amp;trade; functionality&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the vSphere Replication architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy and configure vSphere Replication for use with Site Recovery Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Build Site Recovery Manager array-based protection groups, protection groups based on vSphere Replication, and Virtual Volumes protection groups.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Build, edit, execute, test, and remove a recovery plan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perform a planned migration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;Before taking this course, you should have completed one of the following course(s):
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cms-link-marked&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;fl-href-prod&quot; href=&quot;/swisscom/course/vmware-vsicm8&quot;&gt;&lt;svg role=&quot;img&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; focusable=&quot;false&quot; data-nosnippet class=&quot;cms-linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;use xlink:href=&quot;/css/img/icnset-linkmarks.svg#linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;/use&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] &lt;span class=&quot;fl-prod-pcode&quot;&gt;(VSICM8)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cms-link-marked&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;fl-href-prod&quot; href=&quot;/swisscom/course/vmware-vsft8&quot;&gt;&lt;svg role=&quot;img&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; focusable=&quot;false&quot; data-nosnippet class=&quot;cms-linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;use xlink:href=&quot;/css/img/icnset-linkmarks.svg#linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;/use&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V8] &lt;span class=&quot;fl-prod-pcode&quot;&gt;(VSFT8)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cms-link-marked&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;fl-href-prod&quot; href=&quot;/swisscom/course/vmware-vswn8&quot;&gt;&lt;svg role=&quot;img&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; focusable=&quot;false&quot; data-nosnippet class=&quot;cms-linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;use xlink:href=&quot;/css/img/icnset-linkmarks.svg#linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;/use&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;VMware vSphere: What's New [V8] &lt;span class=&quot;fl-prod-pcode&quot;&gt;(VSWN8)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cms-link-marked&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;fl-href-prod&quot; href=&quot;/swisscom/course/vmware-vsts8&quot;&gt;&lt;svg role=&quot;img&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; focusable=&quot;false&quot; data-nosnippet class=&quot;cms-linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;use xlink:href=&quot;/css/img/icnset-linkmarks.svg#linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;/use&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V8] &lt;span class=&quot;fl-prod-pcode&quot;&gt;(VSTS8)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or equivalent knowledge and administration experience with VMware ESXi&amp;trade; and VMware vCenter Server&amp;trade;.&lt;/p&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;vSphere administrators, architects, system engineers, and systems integrators who are responsible for the deployment or management of Site Recovery Manager&lt;/p&gt;</audience><outline>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 Course Introduction&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Introductions and course logistics&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Course objectives&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;2 Site Recovery Manager Architecture&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe Site Recovery Manager architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify disaster recovery options with Site Recovery Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Evaluate how Site Recovery Manager integrates with VMware products&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe Site Recovery Manager licensing options&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the disaster recovery topologies supported by Site Recovery Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how VMware Site Recovery for VMware Cloud on AWS integrates with Site Recovery Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;3 Deploying and Configuring Site Recovery Manager&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify the vSphere and vCenter Server requirements for deploying Site Recovery Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define Site Recovery Manager virtual appliance system requirements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy the Site Recovery Manager appliance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Navigate the Site Recovery Manager configuration UI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the process for registering Site Recovery Manager with vCenter Server&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how to start and stop services in Site Recovery Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify ways to perform updates to the Site Recovery Manager appliance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the options for accessing the Site Recovery Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the process for configuring site pairing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how to import and export Site Recovery Manager configuration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Navigate the Site Recovery Manager configuration UI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the process for registering Site Recovery Manager with vCenter Server&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how to start and stop services in Site Recovery Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify ways to perform updates to the Site Recovery Manager appliance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the options for accessing the Site Recovery Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the process for configuring site pairing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how to import and export Site Recovery Manager configuration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;4 Configuring Inventory Mappings&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Explain the importance of inventory mappings&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify configuration options for inventory mappings&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the importance of placeholder virtual machines and datastores&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the importance of the vSphere inventory changes for Site Recovery Manager operation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;5 Using Array-Based Replication&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe array-based replication&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe Storage Replication Adapters and explain their role for the array-based replication&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the concept and configuration of array pairs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe datastore groups and the relationship between devices and datastore groups&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the role of consistency groups&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the advantages of array-based replication&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;6 vSphere Replication&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe Site Recovery Manager with vSphere Replication Architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss the role of vSphere Replication components&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss use cases for vSphere Replication&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss system requirements and operational limits of vSphere Replication&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Determine how to calculate bandwidth requirements for vSphere Replication&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the advantages of vSphere Replication&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy a vSphere Replication appliance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure a vSphere Replication appliance and register it with vCenter Server&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pair vSphere Replication appliances&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy an additional vSphere Replication server&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Register a vSphere Replication server with a vSphere Replication management server&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;7 Replicating VMs Using vSphere Replication&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe the replication process used by vSphere Replication&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List vSphere Replication replica states&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe vSphere Replication of encrypted virtual machines&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe vSphere native key provider&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how to configure vSphere Replication&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss vSphere Replication RPO settings&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe MPIT instances&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe additional vSphere Replication settings&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how to disable vSphere Replication&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 Protection Groups&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Define protection group functionality&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Examine the differences between array-based protection groups, protection groups based on vSphere Replication, and Virtual Volumes protection groups&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create a protection group&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View a placeholder virtual machine in the inventory&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure protection for virtual machines and edit protection groups&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;9 Recovery Plans&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Discuss recovery plan concepts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss network planning&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss the organization of storage for recovery plans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe customization options in recovery planning&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe priority groups and VM dependencies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how to implement a recovery plan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure VM recovery plan properties&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the customization of recovery plans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure additional steps in the recovery plan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Delete a recovery plan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;10 Executing Recovery Plans&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Discuss use cases for Site Recovery Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe planned migration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify Site Recovery Manager workflows&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Examine Site Recovery Manager integration with various vSphere technologies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how to conduct a recovery plan test&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perform a recovery plan test&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the effect on the storage layer during the test recovery steps&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Review the recovery plan test steps&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how to cancel a recovery plan test and clean up after recovery plan test cancelation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain a recovery plan execution in planned migration or disaster recovery mode&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the recovery steps for each execution type&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe a forced recovery&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the importance of reprotection processes and states&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Examine failback steps&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how to reprotect a data center&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11 Monitoring and Troubleshooting&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify Site Recovery Manager alarm options&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Generate Site Recovery Manager recovery plan history reports&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure Site Recovery Manager advanced settings&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify Site Recovery Manager logs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the vRealize Operations management pack for Site Recovery Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><objective_plain>By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:



- Summarize the components of Site Recovery Manager architecture
- Deploy and configure the Site Recovery Manager appliance
- Describe the principal disaster recovery topologies that are used with Site Recovery Manager
- Configure inventory and resource mappings
- Describe the storage replication options that are used with Site Recovery Manager
- Configure Site Recovery Manager to leverage array-based replication
- Describe VMware vSphere® Replication™ functionality
- Describe the vSphere Replication architecture
- Deploy and configure vSphere Replication for use with Site Recovery Manager
- Build Site Recovery Manager array-based protection groups, protection groups based on vSphere Replication, and Virtual Volumes protection groups.
- Build, edit, execute, test, and remove a recovery plan
- Perform a planned migration</objective_plain><essentials_plain>Before taking this course, you should have completed one of the following course(s):



- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] (VSICM8)
- VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V8] (VSFT8)
- VMware vSphere: What's New [V8] (VSWN8)
- VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V8] (VSTS8)
Or equivalent knowledge and administration experience with VMware ESXi™ and VMware vCenter Server™.</essentials_plain><audience_plain>vSphere administrators, architects, system engineers, and systems integrators who are responsible for the deployment or management of Site Recovery Manager</audience_plain><outline_plain>1 Course Introduction



- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives

2 Site Recovery Manager Architecture



- Describe Site Recovery Manager architecture
- Identify disaster recovery options with Site Recovery Manager
- Evaluate how Site Recovery Manager integrates with VMware products
- Describe Site Recovery Manager licensing options
- List the disaster recovery topologies supported by Site Recovery Manager
- Describe how VMware Site Recovery for VMware Cloud on AWS integrates with Site Recovery Manager

3 Deploying and Configuring Site Recovery Manager



- Identify the vSphere and vCenter Server requirements for deploying Site Recovery Manager
- Define Site Recovery Manager virtual appliance system requirements
- Deploy the Site Recovery Manager appliance
- Navigate the Site Recovery Manager configuration UI
- Describe the process for registering Site Recovery Manager with vCenter Server
- Describe how to start and stop services in Site Recovery Manager
- Identify ways to perform updates to the Site Recovery Manager appliance
- Describe the options for accessing the Site Recovery Manager
- Describe the process for configuring site pairing
- Describe how to import and export Site Recovery Manager configuration
- Navigate the Site Recovery Manager configuration UI
- Describe the process for registering Site Recovery Manager with vCenter Server
- Describe how to start and stop services in Site Recovery Manager
- Identify ways to perform updates to the Site Recovery Manager appliance
- Describe the options for accessing the Site Recovery Manager
- Describe the process for configuring site pairing
- Describe how to import and export Site Recovery Manager configuration

4 Configuring Inventory Mappings



- Explain the importance of inventory mappings
- Identify configuration options for inventory mappings
- Describe the importance of placeholder virtual machines and datastores
- Describe the importance of the vSphere inventory changes for Site Recovery Manager operation

5 Using Array-Based Replication



- Describe array-based replication
- Describe Storage Replication Adapters and explain their role for the array-based replication
- Describe the concept and configuration of array pairs
- Describe datastore groups and the relationship between devices and datastore groups
- Describe the role of consistency groups
- Identify the advantages of array-based replication

6 vSphere Replication



- Describe Site Recovery Manager with vSphere Replication Architecture
- Discuss the role of vSphere Replication components
- Discuss use cases for vSphere Replication
- Discuss system requirements and operational limits of vSphere Replication
- Determine how to calculate bandwidth requirements for vSphere Replication
- Identify the advantages of vSphere Replication
- Deploy a vSphere Replication appliance
- Configure a vSphere Replication appliance and register it with vCenter Server
- Pair vSphere Replication appliances
- Deploy an additional vSphere Replication server
- Register a vSphere Replication server with a vSphere Replication management server

7 Replicating VMs Using vSphere Replication



- Describe the replication process used by vSphere Replication
- List vSphere Replication replica states
- Describe vSphere Replication of encrypted virtual machines
- Describe vSphere native key provider
- Describe how to configure vSphere Replication
- Discuss vSphere Replication RPO settings
- Describe MPIT instances
- Describe additional vSphere Replication settings
- Describe how to disable vSphere Replication
- 
8 Protection Groups



- Define protection group functionality
- Examine the differences between array-based protection groups, protection groups based on vSphere Replication, and Virtual Volumes protection groups
- Create a protection group
- View a placeholder virtual machine in the inventory
- Configure protection for virtual machines and edit protection groups

9 Recovery Plans



- Discuss recovery plan concepts
- Discuss network planning
- Discuss the organization of storage for recovery plans
- Describe customization options in recovery planning
- Describe priority groups and VM dependencies
- Describe how to implement a recovery plan
- Configure VM recovery plan properties
- Describe the customization of recovery plans
- Configure additional steps in the recovery plan
- Delete a recovery plan

10 Executing Recovery Plans



- Discuss use cases for Site Recovery Manager
- Describe planned migration
- Identify Site Recovery Manager workflows
- Examine Site Recovery Manager integration with various vSphere technologies
- Describe how to conduct a recovery plan test
- Perform a recovery plan test
- Identify the effect on the storage layer during the test recovery steps
- Review the recovery plan test steps
- Describe how to cancel a recovery plan test and clean up after recovery plan test cancelation
- Explain a recovery plan execution in planned migration or disaster recovery mode
- Identify the recovery steps for each execution type
- Describe a forced recovery
- Explain the importance of reprotection processes and states
- Examine failback steps
- Describe how to reprotect a data center
11 Monitoring and Troubleshooting



- Identify Site Recovery Manager alarm options
- Generate Site Recovery Manager recovery plan history reports
- Configure Site Recovery Manager advanced settings
- Identify Site Recovery Manager logs
- Describe the vRealize Operations management pack for Site Recovery Manager</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="2">2 Tage</duration><pricelist><price country="DE" currency="EUR">1490.00</price><price country="CH" currency="CHF">2050.00</price><price country="AT" currency="EUR">1490.00</price><price country="SE" currency="EUR">1490.00</price><price country="PL" currency="PLN">3500.00</price><price country="IT" currency="EUR">1300.00</price><price country="GB" currency="GBP">1415.00</price><price country="NL" currency="EUR">1490.00</price><price country="SI" currency="EUR">1100.00</price></pricelist><miles><milesvalue country="DE" vendorcurrency="PSO" vendorcurrencyname="VMware PSO Credits">17.00</milesvalue><milesvalue country="PL" vendorcurrency="PSO" vendorcurrencyname="VMware PSO Credits">9.00</milesvalue><milesvalue country="SI" vendorcurrency="PSO" vendorcurrencyname="VMware PSO Credits">9.00</milesvalue><milesvalue country="AT" vendorcurrency="PSO" vendorcurrencyname="VMware PSO Credits">18.00</milesvalue></miles></course>