{"id":7885,"date":"2017-09-21T13:02:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T20:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/?p=7885"},"modified":"2017-09-21T13:02:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T20:02:15","slug":"use-case-region-to-region-azure-site-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/use-case-region-to-region-azure-site-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Case: Region to Region Azure Site Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Azure Site Recovery (ASR) provides capabilities to automate protection and replication of virtual machines, providing a true Disaster Recovery as a Service Solution (DRaaS). ASR allows for data replication to multiple geographically dispersed regions, which provides a significant opportunity for cost savings while enhancing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) and COOP capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Region to Region Azure Site Recovery was recently introduced in Azure Government. See the announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/2017\/09\/19\/region-to-region-preview-is-now-available-in-azure-government\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, one of my customers enlisted my help to meet regulatory requirements such as NIST 800-53 and ISO 27001 to ensure their IT systems could sustain its mission though environmental changes. The customer had deployed their mission system in the Azure Government Texas Region. In order to ensure continuity of operations during events such as the recent hurricane the customer chose to replicate those virtual machines to another Azure region. With region to region Azure Site Recovery, we replicated their virtual machines to another Azure region over 500 miles apart within minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The customer created a Backup and Recovery Vault through the Azure Portal. Then selected the source &#8220;Azure-PREVIEW&#8221;\u009d and the source location and resource group as shown in the example below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"331\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7925\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/1-ASR.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following selecting the source, the customer selected the virtual machines they wanted to replicate to the alternate Azure Region. (Note: Currently, VMs with managed disks are not supported)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"901\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7915\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/2-ASR.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the virtual machines were selected, the customer choose the target location along with specifying retention policies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"897\" height=\"594\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7905\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/3-ASR.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This began the initial replication synchronization. Once completed the customer could perform a failover manually, automate the failover through a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/site-recovery\/site-recovery-create-recovery-plans\">recovery plan<\/a> or perform a test failover without altering the production virtual machines. Additionally, test failover can be used to validate your replication strategy or perform a disaster recovery drill.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1186\" height=\"692\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7895\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/4-ASR.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I encourage you to look at how Microsoft Azure Government&#8217;s region to region site recovery can enhancing your agencies Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) and COOP capabilities.<\/p>\n<h2>Next steps<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/site-recovery\/site-recovery-azure-to-azure\">Step by Step Instructions<\/a> to set up Region to Region Azure Site Recovery<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/site-recovery\/site-recovery-failover\">Learn more<\/a> about different types of failovers and how to run them.<\/li>\n<li>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/site-recovery\/site-recovery-create-recovery-plans\">using recovery plans<\/a> to reduce RTO.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/features\/gov\/\">Learn more<\/a> about Azure Government<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We welcome your comments and suggestions to help us improve your Azure Government experience. To stay up to date on all things Azure Government, be sure to subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/feed\/\">RSS feed<\/a> and to receive emails by clicking &#8220;Subscribe by Email!&#8221; on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/\">Azure Government Blog<\/a>. To experience the power of Azure Government for your organization, sign up for an <a href=\"https:\/\/azuregov.microsoft.com\/trial\/azuregovtrial\">Azure Government Trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Azure Site Recovery (ASR) provides capabilities to automate protection and replication of virtual machines, providing a true Disaster Recovery as a Service Solution (DRaaS). ASR allows for data replication to multiple geographically dispersed regions, which provides a significant opportunity for cost savings while enhancing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) and COOP capabilities. 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