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1 Using the HP StoreVirtual SRA Software for VMware

vCenter SRM 5.x

The HP StoreVirtual SRA Software for VMware vCenter SRM enables full featured use of the VMware

Site Recovery Manager. Combining Remote Copy replication with VMware SRM provides an

automated solution for implementing and testing disaster recovery between geographically separated

sites.

Configuring SRA

A typical SRM configuration involves two geographically separated sites with TCP/IP connectivity,

the protection site and the recovery site. The protection site is the site that is being replicated to

the recovery site for disaster recovery. Each site contains HP StoreVirtual Storage, ESX servers, a

Virtual Center Server, and an SRM server.

Figure 1 Typical SRM configuration with two geographically separate sites

Requirements

• LeftHand OS release 9.5 or later

• 64-bit Windows OS

• .NET 3.5 will be installed if not present

• VMware vCenter running on two sites

Installing SRA

First install the VMware SRM at each site, and then install the SRA on the SRM server at each site.

You can obtain the SRA on a DVD, or as an .ISO image downloaded from the website: http://

www.hp.com/go/StoreVirtualDownloads. Once the SRA is installed, the SRM can discover

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