Dell PowerVault MD3820i - Manual (Page 11)

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Installing The Recovery Solution Components
The recovery solution described in this guide is based on the concept of a protected main site (host server or virtual
machine) connected to an identically configured recovery site ready to take over should the protected site become
unavailable. For this type of failover to be possible, both sites must have independent installations of the required
recovery solution components. The procedures in this section guide you through the installation of these solution
components on the protected site and the recovery site:
• A standalone database with a connection to both vCenter Server and SRM Server
• vCenter Server
• vSphere Client
• vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
• Storage Replication Adapter (SRA)
NOTE: For more information, see Compatibility Requirements under Installation Prerequisites section of this
document.
About This Guide
This guide describes how to set up the recovery solution in vSphere, as well as how to configure certain SRM settings
required by SRA to discover the MD storage arrays and recognize Remote Replication connections. However, it does not
provide step-by-step instructions for installing VMware platforms. For complete installation information on these
platforms, see the following VMware documentation:
• VMware Site Recovery Manager Administration Guide
• VMware vSphere Installation and Setup Guide
• ESXi and vCenter Server Documentation Center at vmware.com/support/pubs
NOTE: To select appropriate VMware document based on the VMware versions, see the Compatibility
Requirements document.
Summary Of Tasks
These tasks represent a high-level view of the recovery solution installation and configuration process:
NOTE: Each of these tasks must be completed separately on both the protected and recovery sites.
1. Install a supported database server and configure ODBC (Open Data Base Connectivity) connections.
2. Install vCenter Server
3. Install vSphere Client
4. Install SRM
5. Install the SRM Plug-in (in vSphere).
6. Install SRA on both vCenter SRM Servers.
7. In SRM, configure connections, set inventory mappings, assign datastores, configure array managers, create
protection groups and recovery plans.
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