User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- HP 3PAR Storage Replication Adapter 5.5.2 for VMware® vCenter Site Recovery Manager™ User Guide
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager overview
- 3 Supported configurations
- 4 HP 3PAR SRA installation and configuration prerequisites
- 5 Installing HP 3PAR SRA
- 6 HP 3PAR storage system setup
- 7 Configuring VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager and HP 3PAR SRA
- 8 Recovery and failback
- 9 HP 3PAR SRA for the VMware SRM 5.5 utility
- 10 Partial licensing
- 11 HP 3PAR SRA 5.5.2 SRM vs HP 3PAR Remote Copy state diagram
- 12 Special notes
- 13 Support and other resources
- 14 Documentation feedback
The following are the configuration items:
• HP 3PAR StoreServ configuration at the protected site and the recovery site:
◦ HP 3PAR Remote Copy Software setup.
Set up a Remote Copy link between the protected and recovery site. Create a Remote
Copy volume group at the protected site. A corresponding Remote Copy group is
automatically created at the recovery site. For more information about setting up HP 3PAR
Remote Copy Software, see the HP 3PAR Remote Copy Software User Guide.
NOTE: Remote Copy is supported on HP 3PAR OS 2.3.1 or later.
◦ Create virtual volumes.
Create the appropriate number of virtual volumes to meet the replication requirement of
the virtual infrastructure. For more information about creating virtual volumes, see the HP
3PAR OS CLI Administrator’s Manual.
• HP 3PAR StoreServ configuration at the protected site.
◦ Admit the virtual volume to the Remote Copy volume group.
A virtual volume contains virtual infrastructure data (datastore, virtual disk and RDM disk).
Replication of virtual infrastructure data is enabled by admitting virtual volumes to the
Remote Copy volume group. Each virtual volume at the protected site is mapped to a
corresponding virtual volume at the recovery site. Data in each virtual volume at the
protected site is synced with the data in the corresponding virtual volume at the recovery
site whenever Remote Copy is active. For more information about adding virtual volumes
to Remote Copy volume groups, see the HP 3PAR Remote Copy Software User Guide.
◦ Present the virtual volume to the ESX(i) host (i.e. create a VLUN).
It is assumed that ESX(i) host(s) are already connected to the HP 3PAR storage system
and configured per the recommendations in the VMware ESX Servers Implementation
Guide. Create a VLUN for the ESX(i) host(s) corresponding to the virtual volume. For more
information, see the HP 3PAR OS VMware ESX Server Implementation Guide.
NOTE: HP recommends that all LUNs used by VMware Virtual Machines should form a protection
group to be failed over together during test and recovery, and be part of a single Remote Copy
group and synchronized with the target Remote Copy group.
A VLUN is not created for the recovery site ESX(i) host(s) for the replicated virtual volume. The
failover process creates necessary VLUNs for the recovery site ESX(i) host(s) for all replicated virtual
volumes that are part of a failover plan.
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