HP StorageWorks EVA Virtualization Adapter administrator guide (5697-0177, October 2009)
Table Of Contents
- EVA Virtualization Adapter administrator guide
- Table of Contents
- 1 Overview of HP EVA Virtualization Adapter
- 2 Configuring SRM and the HP EVA disk array
- 3 Installing and removing HP EVA Virtualization Adapter
- 4 Failover and failback with SRM
- 5 Troubleshooting HP EVA Virtualization Adapter
- HP StorageWorks EVA disk arrays do not appear in Site Recovery Manager
- HP StorageWorks EVA Virtualization Adapter does not install
- Virtual machines do not start at recovery site after failover.
- Site Recovery Manager timeout failure in large array configurations
- Virtual machines do not start at recovery site during the test failover test.
- Error messages
- SRM log
- EVA log
- HP EVA Virtualizaton Error Messages
- 6 Reference
- Glossary
- Index

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Timeout in seconds for execution of a single command using array vendor adapter. Default: 5
minutes —>
<CommandTimeout> 300 </CommandTimeout>
</SanProvider>
NOTE:
After increasing the SRM timeout value, you will need to restart the VMware Site Recovery Manager
service.
Virtual machines do not start at recovery site during the test
failover test.
Causes:
• The ESX recovery hosts are not configured with the correct HBA port WWN on the recovery EVA.
Error messages
HP EVA Virtualization Adapter error messages are logged to SRM and HP EVA Virtualization Adapter
log files. Table 1 lists error messages and their meanings.
SRM log
SRM Logs (vmware-dr-X.log (X=0 to 9) is located in:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware Site Recovery Manager\Logs
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
NOTE:
• Logs rollover after reaching 5 MB by default
• vmware-dr-index contains the most recent Log File number
EVA log
HP EVA Virtualization Adapter log (hpsrmeva.log) is located in:
<SRM Install Path>\scripts\SAN\HP StorageWorks EVA Virtualization Adapter\
logs
For the <SRM Install Path>, see Installation directory, page 21.
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