Working that has a massive VM Project. They are upgrading to vSphere 5.1 across the board while creating a brand new DR Site. My question is on SSO with SRM.
Then goal is to have two environments with SRM, PRODUCTION and DEV. With SRM working the VMware Replication to the new DR Site on the other side of the country. So we need 4 VCenters (Site A Prod and Dev & Site B ProdDR and DevDR). The actual data replication will be done by the storage systems themselves from Site A to Site B.
The VM Admins here want to have the VCs in linked mode so they can see all the VCs. SSO is required since its 5.1. Details below -
MUST:
- Everything running on vSphere 5.1
- SRM both environments from Site A to Site B across the country
- Have SSO work on Site B should Site B lose connection to Site A (any outage, doesnt have to be DR related like; busted line, switch burns out, Godzilla attacks)
- NOTE: Both sites are hosted, Corporate Offices are located at "3rd site". Scope of DR Project is only main Datacenters, not Corporate location.
NICE TO HAVE
- View all the VCs from Web Client and Desktop Client (Web Client still does not support SRM at this time)
We have a few questions for the client, and SSO is a hot topic on the "best" way to execute it.
Couple of questions
- What is recommened SSO execution for the requirements?
- Would it be better to have SSO HA, Multisite or SSO installed individually on each VC (Site A and Site B)?
- With SSO and SRM, is it worth having Linked Mode to all VCs to log in (single pane of glass argument)?
Thanks,
BostonTechGuy
