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8 Disaster Recovery with Dell PS Series SANs and VMware vSphere Site Recovery Manager | TR1073
4 Configuring array based replication
VMware Site Recovery Manager is deployed with two separate PS Series groups that have asynchronous
replication enabled so that the Virtual Machines that reside on the datastores at the protected site are
replicated to the recovery site. In order for a datastore to be protected with SRM the following conditions must
be met:
 The PS Series groups must be configured for replication
 The volumes must have replication configured
 The volumes must be part of a replication schedule
Once these conditions are met the volume will show up as a protected datastore group inside SRM.
Replication capabilities are a standard feature in the PS Series SAN and are straight forward to configure.
The steps for configuring replication and configuring the volume are detailed below. These operations are
done using the PS Series array Group Manager GUI.
Note: PS Series Synchronous Replication (SyncRep) and Dell Storage cross-platform replication are not
supported with SRM.
4.1 Step 1: Configure replication partnership between protected site
array and recovery site array
1. From the protected site Group Manager GUI click Replication management.
2. Under Replication Partners in the Activities tab, click Configure Partner.
3. Enter the Group name of the recovery site (case sensitive), the iSCSI Group IP address and a
Description. Enter the contact information, and click Next.