In today’s business landscape, organizations encounter a range of risks, including natural disasters, cyber threats, and technical malfunctions, that can disrupt operations. It is essential to have a robust disaster recovery strategy in place to ensure a swift response and recovery from these incidents.
In this blog post, we will guide you through the process of establishing a disaster recovery solution between your on-premises VMware environment and AWS using AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS). We will discuss how to create redundancies, implement secure data backups, and test recovery protocols to maintain business continuity.
Solution Overview
This solution encompasses two scenarios:
- Failover from VMware to AWS: AWS DRS allows for the creation of a complete replica of on-premises servers, encompassing the root volume and operating system, on AWS. It continuously replicates machines into a cost-effective staging area within the designated AWS account and region. The block-level replication mirrors the server’s storage, including the operating system, configuration settings, databases, applications, and files. In the event of a disaster, AWS DRS can rapidly deploy thousands of machines in their fully provisioned state within minutes.
- Failback from AWS to On-Premises: This is facilitated by the AWS DRS failback agent.
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