Configuring sra, Requirements, Installing sra – HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions User Manual
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1 Using the HP StoreVirtual SRA Software for VMware
vCenter SRM 5.x
The HP StoreVirtual SRA 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.
Configuring SRA
A typical SRM configuration involves two geographically separated sites with TCP/IP connectivity,
the protection site and the recovery site. The protection site is the site that is being replicated to
the recovery site for disaster recovery. Each site contains HP StoreVirtual Storage, ESX servers, a
Virtual Center Server, and an SRM server.
Figure 1 Typical SRM configuration with two geographically separate sites
Requirements
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LeftHand OS release 9.5 or later
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64-bit Windows OS
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.NET 3.5 will be installed if not present
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VMware vCenter running on two sites
Installing SRA
First install the VMware SRM at each site, and then install the SRA on the SRM server at each site.
You can obtain the SRA on a DVD, or as an .ISO image downloaded from the website:
. Once the SRA is installed, the SRM can discover
Configuring SRA
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