The table below explains terms and abbreviations used throughout this document that are unique to this product:

Term

Full Form

Definition

GCE

Google Compute Engine

A computing and hosting service that allows virtual machines to be created and operated on the Google Google infrastructure.

JS

JetStream Software

Vendor of orchestration software (JetStream for GCE Disaster Recovery Orchestration) that enables disaster recovery on GCE.

GCP Marketplace

Google Cloud Platform Marketplace

Location where Google Cloud applications (i.e., JetStream for GCE Disaster Recovery Orchestration) can be acquired.

PDAR

Persistent Disk Asynchronous Replication

GCE cross-region asynchronous replication capability.

ARO

Asynchronous Replication Orchestration

Asynchronous replication orchestration is performed by JetStream for GCE Disaster Recovery Orchestration to enable disaster recovery on GCE.

AROVA

Asynchronous Replication Orchestration Virtual Appliance

The asynchronous replication virtual appliance manages disk and VM recovery from catastrophic partial zonal, zonal and regional failures.

Management Site

JetStream for GCE Disaster Recovery Orchestration Management Site Portal

A portal website used to: (1) Review and manage product entitlement and protection status. (2) Configure and manage the ARO infrastructure.

Helper

Helper Utility

Automated function of the Management Site used to prepare CLI command scripts for configuring and managing AROVA.

ACD

AROVA Configuration Disk

Regional disk containing the AROVA configuration database. It is replicated by PDAR.

CDB

AROVA Configuration DB

Database containing persistent AROVA metadata and protected VM properties.

CG

Consistency Group

A group of consistently replicated disks.

R1Z1, R1Z2, R2Z1, R2Z2

(R) Region 1/2, (Z) Zone 1/2

Regional and zonal disk naming convention.

RP

Replication Pair

Primary-secondary pair of regions used for asynchronous replication.

Domain

Protected Domain

A failover and failback unit – typically representing a multi-VM virtual application.

"RG" or "RIG"

"Recovery Instances Group"
(a.k.a., "Recovery Group")

Group of dependent VMs that require cross-VM replication consistency.

Recovery Group VMs are replicated using a single Consistency Group.

Runbook

Runbook

Defines the boot order and pause time between boots of VMs in a Recovery Group.
Runbooks are assigned to Recovery Groups.

TFO

Test Failover

Function to test the consistency of individual or RG VMs in advance of an actual failover event.

Table: Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations.

Also see:

View: Introduction

View: Google Compute Engine and JetStream DR

View: Persistent Disk Storage Scopes and ARO

View: AROVA Introduction