Does VMware have any best practice guide for VMware View backup & DR?

[DataAssure]

How to properly protect a VMware vSphere server with VMware View running? Our RPO/RTO is ideally < 2 hrs?

We have 100 clients & we are using roaming profile. TIA

[regnak · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Haven't seen any specific guides. There are some 3rd party examples that might give you some ideas. Also vCenter Heartbeat supports the View Composer component.

Bit old (2009) but worth a read:

http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/technical-documentation/h6534-business-continuity-vmware-view...

Maybe the next release of view might address this? If you're using Roaming Profiles then you just need a way to replicate these to DR and point users at the DR View Pool, that cutover would just take a DNS change. Dealing with linked clones and persistent drives makes it a lot tricker.

I would consider the XP VMs themselves throw away items, it's the user personalisation you need to reproduce for them in DR.

Mike

[DataAssure]

Tks Mike! That's exactly what we were looking.

Btw, tks all for tipping in. Much appreciate the feedbacks..