1. Wilson Trailer Approach to Disaster Recovery
AXUG Meeting 11/19/15
Wilson Trailer Approach to Disaster Recovery

2. Topics of Discussion
Hardware
Software
Configuration
Discussion/Issues

3. Hardware 5 Physical Servers NetApp 3 Physical Servers NetApp
Corporate
5 Physical Servers
HP DL 580 Gen 7 & 8, 32 cores, RAM
Either 512 – 768 RAM in each server
NetApp
8020 Controllers – Clustered Data On Tap
12 TB SSDs Storage, 20 TB SATA/SAS Storage
DR Site
3 Physical Servers
HP DL 580 Gen 7 & 8, 32 cores, RAM
Either 512 – 768 RAM in each server
NetApp
8020 Controllers
2 TB SSDs (Flash pool used with SAS drives)

4. Software VM Ware – Version 5.5 Site Recovery Manager – Version 5.8
SQL Server 2014
Windows Server 2012 R2
AX2012 R2 CU7
Exchange 2013
SharePoint 2013
Office 2013

5. Configuration Approximately 90 Virtual Machines (5 Physical)
AX-20 cores, 400 gb RAM
Everything configured for HA (High Availability)
43 VMs in Priority Groups at the DR Site
Group 1-Domain Controllers
Group 2-Report Servers, SQL, Payroll
Group 3-AOSs, Terminal Servers
Group 4-Everything Else
All Production Related VMs Active in < 30 min
Replication – SQL every 5 Min., Snap Mirror

6. Issues/Discussion Network Always On
10 gb Fiber between Corp and DR
10 gb Within Corp and DR
Always On
Large log files on index rebuilds (300+gb)
Replication couldn’t keep up
Licensing Expense – SQL, Windows Server (expensive)
Maintenance – Have to patch two systems
Training Backups to Execute DR Plan
Documentation
Business Continuity

7. Questions?