3PAR Replication Adapter 4.x for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Implementation Guide

4 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.
NOTE: If you have upgraded to HP 3PAR OS/CLI v2.3.1 MU5 P35 or 3.1.1 MU3 P27, you
must accept and validate the SSL certificate. For information on accepting and validating SSL
certificates, see “Validating HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage SSL certificates” (page 19).
8 HP 3PAR Replication Adapter installation and configuration prerequisites