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JOURNAL OF Intelligent Infrastructure Insights for the Modern Datacenter Era · by Dr Pranay Jha Explore the Guides

VMware Live Recovery for VCF 9: The Complete Guide

Disaster recovery and business continuity for VMware Cloud Foundation 9, built on VMware Live Recovery (now branded VCF Protection and Recovery), which brings together VMware Live Site Recovery, vSphere Replication and vSAN Data Protection. Fourteen parts, in sequence, from first principles to a runbook you can trust at 3 a.m. Start at Part 1, or jump to the part you need.

Series complete · 14 of 14 parts published
Phase 1 · Foundations
  1. 01Disaster Recovery vs Backup in VMware Cloud Foundation 9
  2. 02RPO and RTO, and how they drive design
  3. 03The VMware Live Recovery family
Phase 2 · Building blocks
  1. 04vSphere Replication
  2. 05Array-based vs host-based replication
  3. 06Protection groups and recovery plans
  4. 07Networking for DR: re-IP, mapping and the test bubble
Phase 3 · Operating DR
  1. 08Non-disruptive DR testing
  2. 09Planned migration vs failover vs failback
  3. 10Ransomware recovery and isolated recovery environments
  4. 11DR to the cloud
Phase 4 · Design and operations
  1. 12Sizing and bandwidth
  2. 13DR design mistakes that bite during a real outage
  3. 14A DR runbook you can trust at 3 a.m.

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About the Author

Dr Pranay Jha

Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.