3PAR Replication Adapter 4.0.1 for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Implementation Guide

HP 3PAR Replication Adapter Installation and Configuration Prerequisites

HP 3PAR Replication Adapter 4.0.1 for VMware Site Recovery Manager Implementation Guide

6.0 HP 3PAR Replication Adapter Installation and Configuration

Prerequisites

HP 3PAR Replication Adapter is packaged in MSI format and installed onto the host where

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager is installed.

■ The HP 3PAR Replication Adapter requires the following companion packages to be

installed on the host before installation:

◆ VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager.

◆ Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (Service Pack 2)

◆ Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86)

◆ HP 3PAR InForm CLI for Windows. Refer to the configuration matrix for the minimal CLI

release support.

■ The HP 3PAR Replication Adapter requires the following configurations on the HP 3PAR

Storage System:

◆ All LUNs used by VMware Virtual Machines to form a protection group that are failed

over together during test and recovery have to be part of a single HP 3PAR Remote

Copy group. Please refer to the HP 3PAR Remote Copy User's Guide for Remote Copy

group setup and configuration.

◆ Remote Copy license on the HP 3PAR Storage System.

◆ Virtual Copy license on the HP 3PAR Storage System to perform failover test on the Site

Recovery Manager.

◆ HP 3PAR Storage System CLI user with edit permission.

NOTE: HP 3PAR Replication Adapter installation adds the SAN\3PARInServ

folder to VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager script folder (for example:

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vCenter Site Recovery

Manager\scripts

) and TPDSrm.exe is the adapter driver program that is

invoked by VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager.