HP 3PAR Mangement Plug-In and Recovery Manager 2.5.1 for VMware vSphere Release Notes (QL226-97318)

This document provides release notes for RMV (HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager
2.5 Patch 01 Software for VMware vSphere). This document also provides a list of known issues that
might be visible to the user. Read the entire document before installing the product.
VMware has changed the branding of VI Client to vSphere Client. Hence, the VI Client will be referred
to as vSphere Client in this Release Notes.
Supported platforms
For information about supported hardware and software platforms, see the SPOCK (Single Point of
Connectivity Knowledge for HP Storage Products) website at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock.
The current release of Recovery Manager server is not internationalized. It supports installation on
Windows server with English, Japanese, and Chinese locale. However, you can perform operations
only in English.
Host environment requirements
• For information about the supported hardware and software platforms, SPOCK website at http://
www.hp.com/storage/spock.
• .NET Framework 4.0 or later—Full Version.
System and security patch requirements
The system administrator privileges of vCenter Server is required for plug-in registration. For information
on VMware vCenter Server patch requirements, see VMware’s release notes for vCenter Server.
RMV requirements
To download the HP 3PAR Management Plug-in, the Microsoft Silverlight plug-in must be installed on
the computer running the vSphere client.
HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere requires a
snapshot area for each volume that needs to be backed up. Snapshot space for a new Virtual Volume
must be manually allocated, either as a static percentage of the base Virtual Volume or configured to
auto-grow on-demand as required by the changed data blocks. This is accomplished by mapping the
snapshot space to a Common Provisioning Group (CPG). For more information on Virtual Copies and
the allocation methods for snapshot space of a Virtual Volume, see the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage
Concepts Guide and HP 3PAR Command Line Interface Administrator’s Manual. If the volume is
provisioned through HP 3PAR Management Plug-in, select a template that includes snapshot CPG.
Pre-requisites
• Admin privileges to access the administration tool and the scheduler.
• VMware Tools must be installed on the Guest OS to successfully create VSS-based application
consistent Virtual Copies.
Installing RMV 2.5 Patch 01
You can upgrade to RMV 2.5 Patch 01 from any of the following versions:
• RMV 2.5
• RMV 2.4 Patch 01
For information on installing and removing RMV 2.5 P01, see the HP Insight Control for VMware
vCenter Server Installation Guide.
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