Replicating your SQL Server environment

The following topics describe replication of your SQL Server environment:

Reason to replicate your SQL Server environment

If you want the ability to recover from a total site outage in a minimum amount of time, you can replicate your SQL Server environment to a remote site. Then, if the primary site is destroyed, you can re-create your SQL Server environment on the replicated site.

Example of a replicated site

The following illustration shows a typical SQL Server site replication.

Note the following facts about this site configuration:

The Windows environment (Active Directory, Domain Controller, and so on) is replicated through the Wide Area Network (WAN) to the replicated site.
For more information about replicating your Windows environment and using a replicated environment to recover from a disaster, see your Windows documentation.
The SQL Server data on the filer is mirrored using SnapMirror to a filer on the replicated site.
For more information about setting up SnapMirror, see your Data ONTAP System Administration Data Protection Guide.
The standby SQL Server is configured identically to your primary SQL Server, except that it has a different name than the primary SQL Server.