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3.2
Preinstallation Requirements and Dependencies
3PAR Management Plug-In and Recovery Manager 2.1.0 for VMware vSphere User’s Guide
3.2 Preinstallation Requirements and Dependencies
Prior to the installation of 3PAR Management Plug-In and Recovery Manager for VMware
vSphere, make sure that the following preinstallation requirements are met:
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Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere is distributed as a Microsoft installer MSI image,
RMVMware_
, where
can be
x86
for Windows 32 bit OS or
x64
for Windows 64 bit OS.
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3PAR Management Plug-In and Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere is supported on
Windows 2003 SP2 as well as on Windows 2008 (and Windows 2008 R2). It is recommended
that Windows be installed on a standalone system.
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3PAR Management Plug-In and Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere supports vCenter
Server 4.0 - 4.1.0, ESX 3.5, and ESX 4.0 - 4.1.0.
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Microsoft.NET 3.5 SP1 Runtime is required. Installation will fail if it is not present.
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The 3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere license and the 3PAR Virtual Copy license
is required for virtual copy operation.
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The 3PAR Virtual Lock license is required for setting retention policies in virtual copy
creation.
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You must have a minimum of Edit level privilege for virtual copy operations, and Browse
level privilege for virtual volume operations.
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You must be an Administrator of the vCenter Server for plug-in registration.
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The Microsoft utility
httpcfg.exe
is used by the Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere
configuration tool TpdVmAdmin to set up secure communications (SSL) in Windows 2003.
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Desktops running VI clients (where 3PAR Management Plug-In and Recovery Manager for
VMware vSphere pages are displayed) must have the Microsoft web browser plug-in
NOTE: For full functionality and compatibility, it is recommended that you update
to the latest versions of vCenter Server and ESX.
NOTE: Silverlight is required only for the desktop. Recovery Manager for VMware
vSphere server does not require Silverlight.