Dell PowerVault MD3820i - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 Data Recovery Using VMware And Dell MD Storage Arrays..............................................5
SRM Overview .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
SRA Overview ........................................................................................................................................................... 6
2 Setting Up Your Environment.................................................................................................... 7
Installation Prerequisites ..........................................................................................................................................7
Compatibility Requirement ................................................................................................................................. 7
Remote Replication And Snapshot Premium Feature Activation .......................................................................7
Protected And Recovery Site Installation Requirements ...................................................................................8
Dell MD Storage Array Installation Requirements .............................................................................................8
Virtual Disk Layout Considerations ...........................................................................................................................8
Setting Up Remote Replication On The MD Storage Array ...................................................................................... 9
Host-To-Storage Array Configuration .......................................................................................................................9
Switch Zoning Requirements ........................................................................................................................... 10
3 Installing The Recovery Solution Components.................................................................... 11
About This Guide .....................................................................................................................................................11
Summary Of Tasks .................................................................................................................................................. 11
Installing Supported Standalone Database ............................................................................................................12
Installing vCenter Server ........................................................................................................................................ 12
Installing Site Recovery Manager .......................................................................................................................... 12
Configure an ODBC Connection To Your Standalone Database ......................................................................12
Installing SRM On The Protected and Recovery Site ...................................................................................... 12
Install The vCenter SRM Plug-in ...................................................................................................................... 12
Downloading And Installing The MD Storage Replication Adapter ....................................................................... 13
Changing RAID Controller Passwords On The Storage Array ......................................................................... 13
4 Configuring The Recovery Solution........................................................................................15
Starting Site Recovery Manager ............................................................................................................................ 15
Using vSphere With Site Recovery Manager .................................................................................................. 15
Configuring Site Recovery Manager ...................................................................................................................... 16
Connect Recovery And Protected Sites ...........................................................................................................16
Set Up Inventory Mappings .................................................................................................................................... 17
Assign Placeholder Datastores ..............................................................................................................................18
Configuring Storage Array Managers .................................................................................................................... 19
Rescan And Enable The SRAs ..........................................................................................................................21
Creating Protection Groups .................................................................................................................................... 22
Creating A Recovery Plan .......................................................................................................................................23