Virtualization

  1. High Availability and Disaster Recovery
    1. High Availability Concepts
      1. Fault Tolerance vs. High Availability
        1. Recovery Time Objectives (RTO)
          1. Recovery Point Objectives (RPO)
          2. HA Implementation
            1. Cluster Configuration
              1. Shared Storage Requirements
                1. Network Redundancy
                2. Automated Failover
                  1. Host Failure Detection
                    1. VM Restart Policies
                    2. Load Balancing
                      1. Resource Distribution
                        1. Performance Optimization
                      2. Fault Tolerance
                        1. Synchronous Replication
                          1. Shadow VM Instances
                            1. Zero Downtime Protection
                            2. Implementation Requirements
                              1. Hardware Prerequisites
                                1. Performance Impact
                              2. Backup Strategies
                                1. VM-Level Backups
                                  1. Image-Based Backups
                                    1. Application-Consistent Backups
                                    2. Backup Methods
                                      1. Full Backups
                                        1. Incremental Backups
                                          1. Differential Backups
                                          2. Backup Tools
                                            1. Native Backup Solutions
                                              1. Third-Party Backup Software
                                            2. Disaster Recovery
                                              1. DR Site Architecture
                                                1. Hot Sites
                                                  1. Warm Sites
                                                    1. Cold Sites
                                                    2. Replication Technologies
                                                      1. Array-Based Replication
                                                        1. Host-Based Replication
                                                          1. Hypervisor-Based Replication
                                                          2. DR Testing
                                                            1. Test Procedures
                                                              1. Failback Operations