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Dell PowerVault MD3860i User Manual

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Once SRM is installed, the Site Recovery icon displays on the vSphere Client home page under Solutions and
Applications. Use this icon to launch the SRM and configure your recovery solution with SRM.

Figure 5. vSphere Site Recovery Manager

Downloading And Installing The MD Storage Replication Adapter

SRA is available as a self-extracting, self-installing file from the Drivers and Download page at dell.com/support.
To download SRA:

1.

Go to dell.com/support and select Drivers and Download.

2.

Use the Dell product selector to find your MD storage array model. Choose Select Model → Servers, Storage &

Networking → PowerVault Storage.

3.

Under Select Your Product Model, choose your MD storage array model.

4.

Click Confirm to display available drivers and downloads for your MD storage array model.

5.

Under Applications, choose the SRA download link.

6.

Install the SRA executable using the installer included in the downloaded package.

NOTE: Repeat steps 1 through 6 on both the protected and recovery site SRM Server.

Changing RAID Controller Passwords On The Storage Array

The default SRA configuration assumes storage array passwords are not configured. If you need to use passwords on

the storage arrays, modify the SraConfigurationData.xml file as described below:

1.

Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\scripts\SAN\Dell.

2.

Using a standard text editor, open the SraConfigurationData.xml file.

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