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To fully use this screen, you must have the following permissions assigned to your account:

  • Read Server Replication
  • Write Server Replication
Note

This document only applies to upgraded users.

If you are not an upgraded user, see Continuous Server Replication - Disaster Recovery.

Armor highly recommends that you review the FAQs for Upgraded Users with Disaster Recovery to better understand how the Continuous Server Replication (Disaster Recovery) add-on product functions.

Armor, along with Zerto, provides a fully managed continuous server replication (disaster recovery) add-on product.

At a high-level, this add-on product recovers and replicates your resources into a recovery environment to help you:

  • Maintain your applications during an outage in your primary data center
  • Meet compliance requirements


Note

Currently, Disaster Recovery (Continuous Server Replication) is available in the DFW01 (Dallas) and ORD01 (Chicago) environments.


This add-on product recovers (and then restores) the following resources from your primary environment into a recovery environment:

Resource type

Specific components

Security
  • Malware protection
  • File Integrity Monitoring
  • Patching
  • Log Management
Infrastructure
  • Workloads
  • Virtual machines
  • IP Addresses
  • L2L VPN
  • SSL/VPN


Typically, the recovery site is the closest data center to your primary data center. Currently, Armor offers this add-on product in the following locations:

Primary environment

Default recovery environment

Dallas (DFW01)Chicago (ORD01)
Chicago (ORD01)Dallas (DFW01)


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Note

You can order Continuous Server Replication (Disaster Recovery) from the Marketplace screen or from the Virtual Machines screen.


Option 1: Order from the Marketplace screen

To order from the Marketplace screen:

  1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Marketplace.
  2. Under Business Continuity, locate and select Continuous Server Replication.
  3. In the drop-down menu, select the desired virtual machine.
  4. Click Choose This.
  5. Click Purchase.
    • This action will automatically create a support ticket. Armor Support will use this ticket to communicate with you regarding the provisioning process.
    • For first-time subscribers, it may take up to two business days for this add-on product to be fully provisioned in your account. After this first-time provisioning process, provisioning for additional virtual machines will only take 30 minutes to complete.
  6. When Armor Support communicates that the add-on product has been fully provisioned:
    1. Return to the Virtual Machine screen.
    2. Locate and select the desired virtual machine.
    3. Click Backup + Recovery.
    4. Review the status for Server Replication. The status will change from Configuring to Enabled.
Note

Review the following table to better understand theBackup + Recovery section:

Column

Description

Server Replication

The order status for this add-on product:

  • Configuring
  • Enabled
Protected SiteYour primary data center location
Recovery SiteYour recovery data center location
Status

The replication / syncing status of this add-on product

  • Initializing
  • MeetingSLA
Current RPO (Recovery point objective)The time of the last sync of your primary environment to the recovery environment
Note

After your add-on product has been fully provisioned, Armor recommends that you request a test failover, simply to verify the service is functional. To learn more, seeRequest a test failover and view a test failover virtual machine.


Option 2: Order from the Virtual Machines screen

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You can request a test failover to meet compliance requirements or to verify that the Continuous Server Replication (Disaster Recovery) add-on product was successfully provisioned in your account.

After a successful test failover, you can view the test failover virtual machine in the Armor Management Portal (AMP).

  1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), on the left-side navigation, click Support.
  2. Click Tickets + Notifications.
  3. Click the plus ( + ) icon.
  4. In Subject, enter Request for a test failover.
  5. (Optional) In Add Recipient, enter the name or username of additional recipients to add to the ticket, and then select the name.
  6. In Description, enter the name of the corresponding virtual machine.
  7. Click Create Ticket.
    • Armor Support will update the ticket when the test failover is complete.
  8. To view the test failover virtual machine, on the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.
  9. Click Virtual Machines.
    • The name of the test failover virtual machine will include the name of the primary virtual machine, along with - Test added to the name. For example, if the name of the primary virtual machine is My Company, then the name of test failover virtual machine will be My Company - Test.
    • The Continuous Server Replication section will not appear in thedetailed screen screen for the test failover virtual machine.
  10. (Optional) To access the test failover virtual machine in the test failover site, you must download and install the SSL/VPN client for the test failover environment.
    • You must download the client for your correct recovery location (DFW01-Recovery or ORD01-Recovery).
      • If your primary environment is DFW01, then you should download the client for ORD01-Recovery environment.
      • If your primary environment is ORD01, then you should download the client for DFW01-Recovery environment.
    • To learn how to download and install the SSL/VPN client, see SSL VPN.
  11. To end the test failover, create a support ticket and indicate your interest to end the test failover.
    • Armor Support will remove the test failover virtual machine from your AMP account.

Note

To request a certificate for compliance reasons, create a support ticket and indicate your interest to receive a certificate.


Request a live recovery and view a live recovery virtual machine

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