Scenario
We have two DMZ Vfilers - one in Site A and one in site
B. These DMZ Vfilers already belong to an ipspace, and have two IP Addresses each
- one for management and one for the DMZ. Now, VMware Site Recovery Manager
cannot use Vfiler DR, so we need to configure SnapMirror in the Vfiler context.
Slight problem: the DMZ network is not routable between sites, and we are not
permitted to use the management network. What we need is a special VLAN created
for our site to site SnapMirror replication within the DMZ Vfilers.
fas1 = Primary site NetApp FAS series controller.
dr01 = DR site NetApp FAS series controller.
Note: This 4 year old post http://virtualstorageguy.com/2009/04/17/site-recovery-manager-its-not-just-for-vms/
shows SRM using the the script vFiler_SRM.pl. But ... NetApp TR-4064 (updated June 2012) says "
Walkthrough
Creating the VLAN:
fas1&dr01>
vlan create bond VLANID
Note: Here, ‘bond’
is an interface group (IFGRP) made up of physical NICs. VLANID is a number from
1 to 4095.
Add the VLAN to the
ipspace:
fas1&dr01>
ipspace
assign dmz_ipspace bond-VLANID
Add an IP address
to the DMZ Vfilers:
fas1> vfiler add fas1_dmzvfiler -i REP_IP_ADDR
dr01> vfiler add dr01_dmzvfiler -i REP_IP_ADDR
Note: REP_IP_ADDR
is an IP address on the replication network.
Run vfiler setup,
and bind the IP address to the new VLAN:
fas1> vfiler run fas1_dmzvfiler setup
dr01> vfiler run dr01_dmzvfiler setup
Example of running
vfiler setup:
===== fas1_dmzvfiler
The setup command will rewrite the
/etc/exports, /etc/hosts, /etc/hosts.equiv, /etc/nsswitch.conf, and
/etc/resolv.conf files …
Are you sure you want to continue? [yes]
Change binding for vfiler IP address 10.10.10.51?
[n]: n
Change binding for vfiler IP address 10.10.99.51?
[n]: n
Configure vfiler IP address 10.10.25.51? [y]:
y
Interface to assign this address to {bond-1010,
bond-1099, bond-1025}: bond-1025
Netmask to use: [255.255.255.0]:
…
Enter the dmzvfiler
context:
fas1> vfiler context fas1_dmzvfiler
dr01> vfiler context dr01_dmzvfiler
Note: vfiler context vfiler0 to return
Create routes to
remote vfiler using the local replication networks default gateway:
fas1_dmzvfiler@fas1>
route add
host REP_IP_of_DR01_DMZVFILER LOCAL_REPL_NETWORK_DG
1
dr01_dmzvfiler@dr01>
route add
host REP_IP_of_FAS1_DMZVFILER LOCAL_REPL_NETWORK_DG 1
Ping to test
connectivity:
fas1_dmzvfiler@fas1>
ping REP_IP_of_DR01_DMZVFILER
dr01_dmzvfiler@dr01>
ping REP_IP_of_FAS1_DMZVFILER
Write the routes to
the RC file (so they won’t be lost on reboot):
fas1>
wrfile -a /etc/rc route
add host REP_IP_of_DR01_DMZVFILER
LOCAL_REPL_NETWORK_DG 1
dr01>
wrfile -a /etc/rc route
add host REP_IP_of_FAS1_DMZVFILER
LOCAL_REPL_NETWORK_DG 1
At this stage our DMZ Vfilers should be able to ping each
other across the replication network!
Next step is to setup SnapMirror in the dmzvfiler
context!
To be continued …
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