Tutorials

Tutorials

• Make remote replication work for your organization

  Keeping your organization's data stored safely is a critical part of any disaster recovery strategy, and using remote replication to move data to an offsite location can offer a level of protection against data loss. Check out some of our top tips ...  Continue Reading

• Best practices for developing a business continuity strategy

  Following a disaster, getting your organization back in business isn't something you want to figure out on the fly. Use some of our best tips to develop a business continuity strategy to give yourself an edge during disaster recovery.  Continue Reading

• The importance of high-availability systems in disaster recovery plans

  In this tutorial, learn about the important role high-availability systems play in disaster recovery planning.  Continue Reading

• Business impact analysis questionnaire template

  Download our free business impact analysis questionnaire template we've created to help you jumpstart your BIA process.  Continue Reading

• How to use VMware High Availability: A VMware HA guide

  In this VMware High Availability guide, learn how VMware HA works, how to enable Admission Control Policies and other VMware HA implementation tips.  Continue Reading

• An emergency management plan template for business continuity planning

  Read our guide on emergency management planning, and then download our free emergency management template to get started.  Continue Reading

• Bulletproof your disaster recovery planning process

  Learn how to bulletproof your disaster recovery planning process with this free guide.  Continue Reading

• High-availability options for virtual environments: A HA solutions tutorial

  High availability (HA) solutions allow virtual machines (VMs) to keep running despite disruptions. Learn about native hypervisor HA technologies and third-party options.  Continue Reading

• Remote replication offers disaster recovery for low RTO requirements

  In this tutorial on remote replication and disaster recovery, learn about the different types of replication, WAN optimization and remote replication, and the latest trends.  Continue Reading

• What you need to know about VMware disaster recovery and virtual DR

  VMware is the current leader in virtual disaster recovery. To help you understand VMware disaster recovery, we've compiled our top articles and tips on the subject.  Continue Reading

• Cloud disaster recovery in today's data storage environments

  To help you decide whether or not cloud disaster recovery is right for your organization, we've compiled our best tips and articles on cloud DR.  Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery and business continuity planning tools: A guide to selecting the best product

  Choosing DR/BC planning software for your DR plan can be overwhelming. Use this guide to select the best product.  Continue Reading

• Virtualization disaster recovery planning tutorial

  Virtualization disaster recovery (DR) differs from physical server DR in many ways. Learn the different technologies for virtual server backup and recovery, including VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), and how VMware environments differ from ...  Continue Reading

• Network disaster recovery and business continuity technology tutorial

  Whether you are getting started with server virtualization, are creating a disaster recovery network checklist or need to learn more about protecting your VoIP systems, we have the answers in our disaster recovery networking tutorial.  Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery and business continuity testing best practices

  We've compiled our top seven tips and articles on BC and DR testing to help you design the best BC and DR plans and tests for your company.  Continue Reading

• IT disaster recovery services and outsourcing guide for beginners

  In our IT disaster recovery services and outsourcing guide for beginners, get the best tips on choosing an IT disaster recovery service provider.  Continue Reading

• Using a virtual private network service as part of a disaster recovery plan

  Learn how to choose the best virtual private network service so you employees can keep working during a disaster.  Continue Reading

• A disaster recovery planning guide for beginners

  In this disaster recovery planning guide, we've got the best tips to get you started with your DR plan.  Continue Reading

• Watch out for virtualizations gotchas in disaster recovery planning

  While virtualization technology can save money and time when used as part of your disaster recovery planning strategy, there are some hidden gotchas to watch out for.  Continue Reading

• Virtual disaster recovery options: using disk, tape and low-cost DR alternatives

  Learn about different virtual disaster recovery options like disk, tape and low-cost DR alternatives in the next part of our guide on virtualization and DR.  Continue Reading

• Storage replication and virtual machines

  Learn about the different storage replication options available when using virtualization as part of your disaster recovery plan.  Continue Reading

• Using VMware Site Recovery Manager for disaster recovery

  Read our tips on implementing VMware Site Recovery Manager for disaster recovery purposes in the next part of our guide on virtualization and disaster recovery.  Continue Reading

• Virtual machine replication best practices

  In part two of our guide on virtualization and disaster recovery, learn about virtual machine replication best practices.  Continue Reading

• Virtualization and disaster recovery planning: A guide on storage and server virtualization

  Learn about virtual machine replication, storage replication, using VMware Site Recovery Manager, and other virtualization options for your disaster recovery plan in this guide.  Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery outsourcing services tutorial for small businesses

  Find out the pros and cons of DR outsourcing for SMBs and what these services typically offer in this tutorial.  Continue Reading

• Data center disaster recovery planning tutorial on colocation data centers

  In this tutorial on colocation data centers, learn whether or not a collocation data center is the right choice for your company, what to look for in a colocation service, and other data center disaster recovery planning tips.  Continue Reading

• IT disaster recovery (DR) planning: A guide on developing and refining your DR plan

  Learn everything you need to know about IT disaster recovery (DR) planning, and how to develop and refine your DR plan, in our free guide.  Continue Reading

• Local area network disaster recovery tutorial: Redundant power systems and planning key for LAN DR

  Avoid or mitigate common local area network (LAN) disasters by identifying likely failure points, building redundant systems, and stocking replacement equipment. Here's what you need in a LAN disaster recovery plan.  Continue Reading

• VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager disaster recovery best practices

  In this tutorial on SRM disaster recovery best practices, learn what you need in place to use SRM, how to test and execute your DR plans and if SRM is a good fit for your DR strategy.  Continue Reading

• Cloud backup neglects recovery and security necessary for true cloud disaster recovery

  In this tutorial on cloud disaster recovery (DR), learn about cloud disaster recovery vs. cloud backup; hybrid disaster recovery approaches; and security concerns with cloud backup and disaster recovery.  Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery essentials: E-Guide on DR planning and testing strategies

  Our special E-Guide will help you hone your disaster recovery (DR) skills, find the gaps in your DR strategy and help build an effective testing plan.  Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery planning and operations tutorial

  In our tutorial on disaster recovery operations, learn about how to choose a disaster recovery facility, failover and failback in disaster recovery operations, virtual servers and DR, and outsourcing disaster recovery services.  Continue Reading

• Factoring business continuity/disaster recovery into data center relocation plans: A tutorial

  Relocating a data center for business continuity or disaster recovery purposes is never an easy task. In this tutorial, learn data center relocation strategies and tips.  Continue Reading

• A tutorial on disaster recovery and business continuity planning strategies for SMBs

  In recent years, even smaller organizations can no longer to afford to be without a DR plan. Learn DR and business continuity planning strategies for SMBs in this tutorial.  Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery and business continuity tutorials

  We've compiled our tutorials on disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity planning. Learn about outsourcing disaster recovery (DR), developing a DR plan for virtual servers, and more. Visit our tutorial page and check back often.  Continue Reading

• Developing a disaster recovery plan for virtual machines: A tutorial

  Learn about the various approaches to facilitating disaster recovery in a virtual machine environment, such as VMware Site Recovery Manager and backup software packages.  Continue Reading

• Business continuity and disaster recovery outsourcing tutorial

  Outsourcing disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) services can save you money and increase productivity. Learn about vendors in the DR/BC space and how to choose the best one for your enterprise.  Continue Reading

• A tutorial on preventing disasters from within your company

  DR planning for facilities and operations is an important part of business continuity planning. This tutorial will teach you how to prevent internal disasters.  Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery planning tutorial

  This feature covers such topics as business continuity on a budget, disaster recovery in a virtualized environment, conducting a disaster recovery test, and more.  Continue Reading

• Making the most of tape for disaster recovery

  Despite the growth of remote backup over the network, tape is still a key element in disaster recovery (DR) plans. In this article, Rick Cook discusses best practices for cost-effectively leveraging tape as part of the DR plan in your organization.  Continue Reading

• Distaster recovery final exam cheatsheet

  Take a look at our answers to our disaster recovery final exame and evaluate your knowledge of disaster recovery options.  Continue Reading

• Continuous data protection requires a clear purpose in the enterprise, page 2

  Snapshots and replication techniques go a long way toward safeguarding data, but continuous data protection (CDP) can preserve data when recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) are razor-thin -- and data loss simply isn't ...  Continue Reading

• Crash Course: Recovery

  What good is backing up your data if you can't get it back? The goal of this Crash Course on recovery is to make sure you can effectively and efficiently recover data no matter what iteration of the lifecycle it's in. Included here are also hints on...  Continue Reading