Lab: Implementing Hyper-V Replica and Windows Server Backup

Scenario

You’re working as an administrator at Contoso, Ltd. Contoso wants to assess and configure new disaster recovery and backup features and technologies. As the system administrator, you have been tasked with performing that assessment and implementation. You decided to evaluate Hyper-V Replica and Windows Server Backup.

Objectives

After completing this lab, you’ll be able to:

Configure and implement Hyper-V Replica.
Configure and implement backup with Windows Server Backup.

Estimated time: 45 minutes

Lab setup

Virtual machines: WS-011T00A-SEA-DC1, WS-011T00A-SEA-SVR1, WS-011T00A-SEA-SVR2, and WS-011T00A-SEA-ADM1

User name: Contoso\Administrator

Password: Pa55w.rd

Ensure that the SEA-DC1, SEA-ADM1, SEA-SVR1, and SEA-SVR2 virtual machines (VMs) are running.
Select SEA-ADM1.
Sign in by using the following credentials:
- User name: Administrator
- Password: Pa55w.rd
- Domain: Contoso
When instructed in the lab, repeat these steps for SEA-DC1, SEA-SVR1, and SEA-SVR2.

Exercise1: Implementing Hyper-V Replica

Task 1: Configure a replica on both host machines

On SEA-ADM1, sign in as Contoso\Administrator with password Pa55w.rd.
Select Start, and then enter powershell. Right-click or access the context menu for Windows PowerShell, and then select Run as administrator.
In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
 $cred=Get-Credential
```
When prompted, sign in as Contoso\Administrator with password Pa55w.rd.
In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
  $sess = New-PSSession -Credential $cred -ComputerName sea-svr1.contoso.com
```
Next, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Enter-PSSession $sess
```
You should get a [sea-svr1.contoso.com] title in your command prompt. From this point, all the commands that you enter run on SEA-SVR1.
In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Get-Netfirewallrule -displayname "Hyper-V Replica HTTP Listener (TCP-In)"
```
You’ll receive the properties of this firewall rule. Search for the value of the Enabled variable. It should be set to False. To enable SEA-SVR1 as a replication host, you must enable this firewall rule.
In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Enable-Netfirewallrule -displayname "Hyper-V Replica HTTP Listener (TCP-In)"
```
In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Get-Netfirewallrule -displayname "Hyper-V Replica HTTP Listener (TCP-In)"
```
You’ll receive the properties of this firewall rule. Search for the value of the Enabled variable. Now it should be set to True.

To configure SEA-SVR1 as a Replica server for Hyper-V Replica, enter the following command in the PowerShell window, and then select Enter:

Set-VMReplicationServer -ReplicationEnabled $true -AllowedAuthenticationType Kerberos -ReplicationAllowedFromAnyServer $true -DefaultStorageLocation c:\ReplicaStorage

In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Get-VMReplicationServer
```
You should get the configuration setting that you configured in the previous step, which is as follows:
- RepEnabled:True
- AuthType:Kerb
- KerAuthPort:80
- CertAuthPort:443
- AllowAnyServer:True
In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
 Get-VM
```
SEA-CORE1 should be listed as a virtual machine (VM) that’s configured on this Hyper-V server. Leave the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window open.
Select Start, and then enter powershell. Right-click or access the context menu for Windows PowerShell, and then select Run as administrator. This will open another instance of Windows PowerShell.
In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
 $cred=Get-Credential
```
When prompted, sign in as Contoso\Administrator with password Pa55w.rd.
In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
 $sess1 = New-PSSession -Credential $cred -ComputerName sea-svr2.contoso.com
```
Next, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
 Enter-PSSession $sess1
```
You should get a [sea-svr2.contoso.com] title in your command prompt. From this point, all commands that you enter run on SEA-SVR2.
Repeat steps 5 through 10 in the PowerShell window where you have a session opened on sea-svr2.contoso.com. This will configure SEA-SRV2 for Hyper-V Replica. In step 10, you should get no result when running the Get-VM command because no VMs are configured on SEA-SVR2.
Leave both PowerShell sessions open for the next task.

Task 2: Configure replication

Switch to the PowerShell window where you have a remote PowerShell session opened for sea-svr1.contoso.com, enter the following command, and then select Enter:

Enable-VMReplication SEA-CORE1 -ReplicaServerName SEA-SVR2.contoso.com -ReplicaServerPort 80 -AuthenticationType Kerberos -computername SEA-SVR1.contoso.com

After you have verified that you didn’t receive any error message from the previous command, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Start-VMInitialReplication SEA-CORE1
```
This starts the initial replication process for VM SEA-CORE1, from SEA-SVR1 to SEA-SVR2.
After you have verified that you didn’t receive any error message from the previous command, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Get-VMReplication
```
This command retrieves the replication status.

In the result table, search for the value in the State column. It should be InitialReplicationInProgress. Wait for 4–5 minutes, and then repeat this command. Verify that the value in the State column is Replicating. Don’t proceed to the next steps until you get this value. Additionally, ensure that Primary server is set to SEA-SVR1 and ReplicaServer is set to SEA-SVR2.
Switch to the PowerShell window where you have a remote PowerShell session opened for sea-svr2.contoso.com, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
get-vm
```
Verify that you now have the SEA-CORE1 VM on SEA-SVR2. This means that the VM successfully replicated.
Leave both Windows PowerShell sessions open for the next task.

Task 3: Validate failover

Switch to the PowerShell window where you have a remote PowerShell session opened for sea-svr1.contoso.com, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Start-VMFailover -Prepare -VMName SEA-CORE1 -computername SEA-SVR1.contoso.com
```
When prompted, enter Y, and then select Enter. This command prepares for the planned failover of SEA-CORE1 by replicating any pending changes.
Switch to the PowerShell window where you have a remote PowerShell session opened for sea-svr2.contoso.com, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Start-VMFailover -VMName SEA-CORE1 -computername SEA-SVR2.contoso.com
```
When prompted, enter Y, and then select Enter. This command fails over the replica VM.
In the PowerShell window where you have a remote PowerShell session opened for sea-svr2.contoso.com, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Set-VMReplication -Reverse -VMName SEA-CORE1 -computername SEA-SVR2.contoso.com
```
This command switches the replica VM to a primary VM.
In the PowerShell window where you have the remote PowerShell session opened for sea-svr2.contoso.com, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Start-VM -VMName SEA-CORE1 -computername SEA-SVR2.contoso.com
```
This command starts the VM that has been switched from a replica VM to a primary VM.
In the PowerShell window where you have a remote PowerShell session opened for sea-svr2.contoso.com, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Get-VM
```
In the result table, search for the value in the State column. It should be Running.
In the PowerShell window where you have a remote PowerShell session opened for sea-svr2.contoso.com, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Get-VMReplication
```
In the result table, search for the value in the State column. It should be Replicating. Additionally, ensure that the Primary server is now set to SEA-SVR2 and that ReplicaServer is set to SEA-SVR1.
In the PowerShell window where you have a remote PowerShell session opened for sea-svr2.contoso.com, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Stop-VM SEA-CORE1
```
In the PowerShell window where you have a remote PowerShell session opened for sea-svr1.contoso.com, enter the following commands, and then select Enter:
```
Exit-PSSession
Remove-PSSession $sess
```
In the PowerShell window where you have a remote PowerShell session opened for sea-svr2.contoso.com, enter the following commands, and then select Enter:
```
Exit-PSSession
Remove-PSSession $sess1
```
Close both PowerShell windows and leave the VMs running.

Note: If you want to verify the results of this exercise by using GUI tools, you can start Hyper-V Manager on SEA-ADM1, and then add the SEA-SVR1 and SEA-SVR2 servers to the Hyper-V console. You can then verify that the SEA-CORE1 VM exists on both SEA-SVR1 and SEA-SVR2 and that replication is running from SEA-SVR2 to SEA-SVR1.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have configured Hyper-V Replica and tested failover.

Exercise 2: Implementing backup and restore with Windows Server Backup

Task1: Configure Windows Server Backup options

If necessary, sign in to SEA-ADM1 as Contoso\Administrator with password Pa55w.rd.
Select File Explorer on the taskbar.
In the File Explorer window, select Local Disk (C:) in the navigation pane.
Right-click or access the context menu in an empty space in the details pane, select New, and then select Folder. You can also open File Explorer, select the Home menu, and then select the New Folder option.
Name the folder BackupShare. Right-click or access the context menu for the BackupShare folder, select Give access to, and then select Specific people.
In the Network access window, enter Authenticated Users, and then select Add. In the Permission Level column, set the value for Authenticated Users to Read/Write, select Share, and then select Done.
Select Start, and then enter powershell. Right-click or access the context menu for Windows PowerShell, and then select Run as administrator.
In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
$cred=Get-Credential
```
When prompted, sign in as Contoso\Administrator with password Pa55w.rd.
In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
$sess = New-PSSession -Credential $cred -ComputerName sea-svr1.contoso.com
```
Next, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Enter-PSSession $sess
```
You should get a [sea-svr1.contoso.com] title in your command prompt. From this point, all commands that you enter run on SEA-SVR1.
In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
 Import-Module Servermanager
```
Next, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
 Get-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backup
```
Ensure that the Install State for Windows Server Backup feature is Available.
In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
 Install-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backup
```
Wait until you get the result. Ensure that True displays in the Success column.
Repeat the command:
```
  Get-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backup
```
Ensure that the Install State for Windows Server Backup feature is now Installed.
In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
 wbadmin /?
```
You’ll get the list of commands that are available for the Windows Server Backup command-line tool.
In the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
 Get-Command -Module WindowsServerBackup -CommandType Cmdlet
```
You’ll get a list of available PowerShell cmdlets for Windows Server Backup.

Task 2: Perform a backup

In the PowerShell window where you have a remote PowerShell session opened for sea-svr1.contoso.com, enter the following commands, and then select Enter:
```
$Policy = New-WBPolicy
$Filespec = New-WBFileSpec -FileSpec "C:\Files"
```
After you have run the commands from the previous step, where you defined variables for the backup policy and the file path to back up, add this to the backup policy by entering the following command, and then selecting Enter:
```
Add-WBFileSpec -Policy $Policy -FileSpec $FileSpec
```
Now, you must configure a backup location on the SEA-AD1 network share by entering the following commands, and then selecting Enter:
```
$Cred = Get-Credential
$NetworkBackupLocation = New-WBBackupTarget -NetworkPath "\\SEA-ADM1\BackupShare" -Credential $Cred
```
Note: When prompted, sign in as Contoso\Administrator with password Pa55w.rd.
Now you must add this backup location to the backup policy by entering the following command, and then selecting Enter (if prompted, enter Y, and then select Enter):
```
Add-WBBackupTarget -Policy $Policy -Target $NetworkBackupLocation
```
Before starting a backup job, you must configure more options to enable Volume Shadow Copy Service backups by entering the following command, and then selecting Enter:
```
Set-WBVssBackupOptions -Policy $Policy -VssCopyBackup
```
To start a backup job, in order to back up the content of the C:\Files folder on SEA-SVR1 to a network share on SEA-ADM1, you must enter the following command, and then select Enter:
```
Start-WBBackup -Policy $Policy
```
Wait until you receive the “The backup operation completed” message.
On SEA-ADM1, open File Explorer, and then browse to C:\BackupShare. Open the folder, and then ensure that the backup files are there.
Close all PowerShell windows.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have configured Windows Server Backup and performed a backup on SEA-SVR1.