Experts,

I have a scenario of setting up a Hyper-v site for DR.  The current SCVMM server is based at Site A with a SQL DB for VMM also at Site A.  Should DR be invoked, and Site A is lost the VMs at Site B will need a VMM server.  What I'm looking for is to implement a new VMM server at Site B which reports into a replicated SQL DB.

What's the best way of going about this?

Thanks in advance, Matt.

The best scenario is to provide a highly available VMM infrastructure too.

You can build a HA VMM infra by using a VMM fail-over cluster coupled to an SQL server DAG (Database Availibility Group).

You will have one active VMM server in Site1 and a Passive VMM server in Site 2.

You will have the active VMM Database in Site1 (SQL Node 1) and a replica database in Site 2.

When the Site1 is down, you will be bale to switch to your VMM infra in Site2.

http://www.hyper-v.nu/archives/mvaneijk/2013/05/system-center-vmm-2012-sp1-high-availability-with-sql-server-2012-always-on-availability-groups/

Yes it's recommended and best practice to configure a HA for VMM and SQL-DB.

You can find it here:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2015/01/27/setting-up-a-highly-available-vmm-2012-r2-environment.aspx

Regards,
Hasan Bin Hasib

• Proposed as answer by Hasan Bin Hasib 12 hours 19 minutes ago

Yes it's recommended and best practice to configure a HA for VMM and SQL-DB.

You can find it here:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2015/01/27/setting-up-a-highly-available-vmm-2012-r2-environment.aspx

Regards,
Hasan Bin Hasib

• Proposed as answer by Hasan Bin Hasib Monday, April 27, 2015 6:53 PM

Yes it's recommended and best practice to configure a HA for VMM and SQL-DB.

You can find it here:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2015/01/27/setting-up-a-highly-available-vmm-2012-r2-environment.aspx

Regards,
Hasan Bin Hasib

• Proposed as answer by Hasan Bin Hasib Monday, April 27, 2015 6:53 PM

Yes it's recommended and best practice to configure a HA for VMM and SQL-DB.

You can find it here:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2015/01/27/setting-up-a-highly-available-vmm-2012-r2-environment.aspx

Regards,
Hasan Bin Hasib

• Proposed as answer by Hasan Bin Hasib Monday, April 27, 2015 6:53 PM

Yes it's recommended and best practice to configure a HA for VMM and SQL-DB.

You can find it here:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2015/01/27/setting-up-a-highly-available-vmm-2012-r2-environment.aspx

Regards,
Hasan Bin Hasib

• Proposed as answer by Hasan Bin Hasib Monday, April 27, 2015 6:53 PM
• Marked as answer by Elton_JiMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Tuesday, May 12, 2015 3:14 AM

Yes it's recommended and best practice to configure a HA for VMM and SQL-DB.

You can find it here:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2015/01/27/setting-up-a-highly-available-vmm-2012-r2-environment.aspx

Regards,
Hasan Bin Hasib

• Proposed as answer by Hasan Bin Hasib Monday, April 27, 2015 6:53 PM
• Marked as answer by Elton_JiMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Tuesday, May 12, 2015 3:14 AM

Thanks Samir.