Install – HP Storage Mirroring Software User Manual
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Installation
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Installing or upgrading Storage Mirroring for Virtual
Infrastructure
In a typical Storage Mirroring Recover installation, you install the server components on
each source and target server. However, when you are protecting the host-level virtual
disk files (the .vmdk files) from an ESX source to an ESX target, you need to install the
server components on another machine. The Storage Mirroring Recover for Virtual
Infrastructure service will run from this machine and will communicate with both the
source and target servers to handle replication. You may want to consider protecting this
machine with Storage Mirroring Recover to keep the machine available because if it
becomes unavailable, Storage Mirroring Recover for Virtual Infrastructure will be unable
to replicate data between the source and target.
In addition to the Storage Mirroring Recover for Virtual Infrastructure service, you will
need to install the Storage Mirroring Recover for Virtual Infrastructure console. The
console can be installed on the same machine as the service or it can be installed on a
different machine.
Use these instructions to install or upgrade an existing Storage Mirroring Recover for
Virtual Infrastructure installation.
1. Close any open applications.
2. Start the installation program using the appropriate instructions, depending on your
media source.
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CD—Load the Storage Mirroring Recover CD into the local CD-ROM drive. If
auto-run is enabled, the installation program will start automatically. To
manually start the program, select Start, Run and specify
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Web download—Launch the .exe file that you downloaded from the web.
3. When the installation program begins, the HP Setup Launcher appears allowing
you to install software and view documentation for various applications from HP.
The listed applications will depend on which products are included on the CD or in
the web download. To install Storage Mirroring Recover for Virtual Infrastructure,
select Storage Mirroring Recover from the list of products. Under Product
Installs, select Storage Mirroring Recover for Virtual Infrastructure.
4. Depending on your version of Windows and the components you have installed,
you may see an initial screen indicating that you should install or enable Microsoft
.NET Framework. If you do not see this screen, your server already has the
appropriate version of Microsoft .NET. You should install or enable Microsoft .NET
before installing Storage Mirroring Recover for Virtual Infrastructure. Click Yes to
install Microsoft .NET. Click No to continue without installing .NET.