VMWare has a product called site recovery manager IIRC just for that express purpose. Not free, you can ping me offlist if you need details.
John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -----Original Message----- From: Mike Leone [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 11:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Some VMware questions - upgrading ESX, and failover clustering (OT) Sorry for the OT. I have a call into my vendor about this, but thought I'd ask here, as some of you probably have experience at this. I have a VMware ESX 3.5 cluster, 10 hosts, 20 CPUs, with HA and DRS. What I want to do: Migrate my existing cluster to new hardware, in the process upgrading from ESX 3.5 to vSphere v4. That would be first - a set of directions for that. THEN, I want to physically move the old ESX 3.5 servers to my D/R hot site, set it up as a 2nd VMware cluster (I would be wiping these clean, and then installing vSphere v4). And then keep the two in sync, and be able to fail over from here to there, and back again, as needed. I haven't been able to determine if the syncing and failing over is a feature of vSphere 4; an add-on for it; or needs a 3rd party tool (something by the FalconStor folks was mentioned to me, but I don't know any more about that [yet]). So any advice, pointers, links, horror stories, etc would be greatly appreciated. Especially since they just told me today that we will definitely be doing this. In the next 6 weeks. D'OH! Up to this point, it was more of a "Know what would be nice to have?" sort of discussion ... Thanks, and sorry for the OT. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
