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HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Application Manager user’s guide 5
• If the DNS server is running Windows Server™ 2000, you must have the DNS Windows Management
Instrumentation (WMI) Provider installed on the source’s primary DNS server to allow the DFO to modify
DNS resource records during failover. To download the DNS WMI Provider, use the following link:
ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/win2000/dnsprov.zip
• The target must have drive letters that match the drive letters where the protected application stores data
• Storage Mirroring Application Manager does not support single-label DNS domain names (that is,
domain names that do not include a suffix such as
.com
,
.corp
,
.net
, and so on).
• The program files for your application must be installed in the same location on the target and the source
In addition, your environment must adhere to requirements specific to the application you are protecting. For
additional requirements, see:
• ” Exchange Manager requirements ” on page 5
• ” SQL Manager requirements ” on page 6
• ” File server requirements ” on page 7
• ” SharePoint requirements ” on page 7
Exchange Manager requirements
If you are using the Storage Mirroring Application Manager for Exchange, your system must meet the
following requirements:
• Two licensed copies of Microsoft Exchange Server that meet one of the following requirements:
• Exchange Server 2000 with Service Pack 3 or later
NOTE: Cluster protection is not supported for Exchange 2000.
• Exchange Server 2003
NOTE: Hewlett-Packard recommends that the Exchange version be the same as the operating system
version (for example, Windows Server 2000 running Exchange Server 2000, or Windows Server
2003 running Exchange 2003).
The source and target servers must both be running a Microsoft-supported operating system/Exchange
combination.
Both source and target Exchange versions must be identical.
• Exchange 2007
NOTE: The source and target servers must both be running a Microsoft-supported operating
system/Exchange combination.
Both source and target Exchange versions must be identical.
Exchange 2007 requires that the Application Manager be run from the target server.
• To use the Application Manager for Exchange, Storage Mirroring must be running under the
localsystem
account.
• The client or server that is running the Application Manager must have access to the domain in which the
Exchange servers are located.
• The source and target Exchange servers must be in the same root forest domain.
• The source and target servers must be part of the same Exchange Administrative Group.