User's Manual

1 Introduction
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) is a management and automation product that
helps build, manage, test, and execute disaster recovery plans for a VMware virtual infrastructure.
The HP 3PAR storage system, as the storage component in a VMware virtual infrastructure, holds
virtual machine information for a protected site/location and recovery site/location. HP 3PAR Site
Recovery Adapter (SRA) is an important integration component that communicates with HP 3PAR
StoreServ to execute specific storage and HP 3PAR Remote Copy functions needed for VMware
vCenter Site Recovery Manager operations.
4 Introduction