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Site Recovery Manager Server operates as an extension to the vCenter Server at a site.
Site Recovery Manager is compatible with other VMware solutions, and with third-party software.
You can run other VMware solutions such as vCenter Update Manager, vCenter Server Heartbeat, VMware
Fault Tolerance, vSphere Storage vMotion, vSphere Storage DRS, and vCenter CapacityIQ in deployments
that you protect using Site Recovery Manager. Use caution before you connect other VMware solutions to
the vCenter Server instance to which the Site Recovery Manager Server is connected. Connecting other
VMware solutions to the same vCenter Server instance as Site Recovery Manager might cause problems
when you upgrade Site Recovery Manager or vSphere. Check the compatibility and interoperability of the
versions of these solutions with your version of Site Recovery Manager by consulting VMware Product
Interoperability Matrixes.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Site Recovery Manager and vCenter Server,” on page 91
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“How Site Recovery Manager Interacts with DPM and DRS During Recovery,” on page 92
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“How Site Recovery Manager Interacts with Storage DRS or Storage vMotion,” on page 93
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“How Site Recovery Manager Interacts with vSphere High Availability,” on page 94
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“Site Recovery Manager and vSphere PowerCLI,” on page 95
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“Site Recovery Manager and vCenter Orchestrator,” on page 95
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“Protecting Microsoft Cluster Server and Fault Tolerant Virtual Machines,” on page 96
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“Limitations to Protection and Recovery of Virtual Machines,” on page 97
Site Recovery Manager and vCenter Server
Site Recovery Manager takes advantage of vCenter Server services, such as storage management,
authentication, authorization, and guest customization. Site Recovery Manager also uses the standard set of
vSphere administrative tools to manage these services.
Because the Site Recovery Manager Server depends on vCenter Server for some services, you must install
and configure vCenter Server at a site before you install Site Recovery Manager.
You can use Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication with the vCenter Server Appliance or with a
standard vCenter Server installation. You can have vCenter Server Appliance on one site and a standard
vCenter Server installation on the other.
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