HP MSA 2040 SAN Storage - Manual (Page 11)

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Using SMU’s Replication Setup Wizard
1. Use the Replication Setup Wizard in SMU to configure Remote Snap software, following the
instructions in Chapter 6, “Using Remote Snap to replicate volumes” of the HP MSA 2040 SMU
Reference Guide or HP P2000 G3 MSA System SMU Reference Guide, to perform these steps:
a. Select the primary volume, which is an existing volume or snapshot to replicate.
b. Specify whether the replication mode will be local or remote. If replication will be to a remote
system that has not been added already to the local system, you can add it. To do so, you must
know the user name and password of a user with Manage role on that system, and the system’s IP
address.
c. Select the secondary volume. You can select an existing volume prepared for replication or create
a volume in an existing vdisk that has sufficient available space for the replicated data.
d. Confirm your changes and apply them.
2. Use SMU on each system to define the other system in the replication set as a remote system.
3. Use SMU to perform at least one replication.
4. Optionally, use SMU to schedule replications from the protected site to the recovery site. Doing so
ensures that, in the event of a disaster that disables the protected site, damages hardware, or
damages files, SRM can use the most recently replicated copy at the recovery site for disaster
recovery. It is important, when using scheduled Remote Snap replications, to verify that the source of
the most recent replication was in a valid state.
An alternative approach is to use SRM’s planned migration capabilities to create regular replications.
Installing SRM software
You must install an SRM server at the protected site and also at the recovery site. After the SRM servers are
installed, download the SRM client plug-in from either SRM server using the Manage Plugins menu from
your vSphere Client. Use the SRM client plug-in to configure and manage SRM at each site.
SRM requires that a vCenter server be installed at each site prior to installing SRM. The SRM installer must
be able to connect with this server during installation. VMware recommends installing SRM on a system
that is different from the system where vCenter Server is installed. If SRM and vCenter Server are installed
on the same system, administrative tasks might become more difficult to perform. If you are upgrading
SRM, only protection groups and recovery plans that are in a valid state are saved during the upgrade.
Protection groups or recovery plans that are in an invalid state are discarded.
1. Set up vCenter Server at each site.
2. Create a single data center in each instance of vCenter Server.
3. Add the local hosts to this data center.
4. Download VMware Site Recovery Manager software using the Download Product link at:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads
5. Install VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.0 or greater at each site, following the instructions in the
VMware Site Recovery Manager Administration Guide.
See the VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Release Notes for additional SRM requirements.
6. Do not configure SRM at this time.
Installing the SRA
Download the HP MSA SRA software for the version of VMware SRM you downloaded above from the
same web location, this time under the Storage Replication Adapters heading:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads
The SRA might also be available from the HP website.
Install HP MSA SRA on the SRM server at each site.
1. Open hp-msa-sra-5.1.0.x.zip, where x refers to the release number, with Microsoft
Windows Explorer.