1 Using the HP LeftHand Storage Replication Adapter Software for VMware vCenter SRM 5.x The HP LeftHand Storage Replication Adapter Software for VMware vCenter SRM enables full featured use of the VMware Site Recovery Manager. Combining Remote Copy replication with VMware SRM provides an automated solution for implementing and testing disaster recovery between geographically separated sites.
Installing SRA First install the VMware SRM at each site, and then install the SRA on the SRM server at each site. Once the SRA is installed, the SRM can discover replicated volumes between sites by configuring arrays in the SRM. Configuring HP LeftHand Storage arrays in the SRM requires the following: The IP addresses of the SAN/iQ managers.
Volumes recognized by the SRA Volumes must be configured with scheduled remote snapshots or they will not be considered for the SRM by the SRA. The SRA recognizes the scheduled remote snapshots as replicated LUNs for the SRM to manage. Volumes that are being remote copied only manually are not updated consistently enough to be useful for disaster recovery and the SRM.
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On the original protected site (which will become recovery site after reprotect is executed) Pause any schedules going from the primary volume to the remote volume. Remove any ESX Server assignments. Change the primary volume to the backup volume. On the original recovery site (which will become protected after reprotect is executed), create a remote schedule with the primary volume as the target, or un-pause remote schedules.
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