3PAR Storage Replication Adapter for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.0 Implementation Guide

4 HP 3PAR SRA Installation and Configuration Prerequisites
HP 3PAR SRA is packaged in MSI format and installed onto the host where VMware vCenter Site
Recovery Manager is installed.
• HP 3PAR SRA requires the following companion packages to be installed on the host before
installation:
◦ VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.0.
◦ Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (Service Pack 1)
◦ Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86)
• HP 3PAR SRA 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. Refer to the HP 3PAR Remote Copy Software User's Guide for Remote Copy group
setup and configuration.
◦ HP 3PAR Remote Copy Software license on the HP 3PAR Storage System.
◦ HP 3PAR Virtual Copy Software license on the HP 3PAR Storage System.
◦ HP 3PAR Storage System CLI user with edit permission.
CAUTION: HP 3PAR SRA does not function if the HP 3PAR Storage System is operating in Common
Criteria mode.
NOTE: HP 3PAR SRA installation adds the SRA\3PARInServ folder to VMware vCenter Site
Recovery Manager storage folder (for example: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware
vCenter Site Recovery Manager\storage) and TPDSrm.exe is the adapter driver
program that is invoked by VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager.
8 HP 3PAR SRA Installation and Configuration Prerequisites