HP Application Recovery Manager software A.06.10 Installation and licensing guide (March 2008)

The User Interface component is needed to access the Application Recovery Manager
functionality and is used to perform all configuration and administration tasks. It must
be installed on systems used for backup administration. Application Recovery Manager
provides a graphical user interface (GUI) and command-line interface (CLI).
Client systems (application and backup systems) that are connected to disk arrays
must have an appropriate Application Recovery Manager ZDB Agent (HP
StorageWorks EVA SMI-S Agent or HP StorageWorks XP Agent) installed. For VSS
backup, you also need to install the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Integration (on
Windows) component. The ZDB Agent enables you to create replicas that can be
used for fast restore. The backup system is typically connected to a disk array and
to one or multiple application systems. Performing a backup on the backup system
minimizes the load on the application system. On Windows, if VSS is used, the VSS
integration coordinates backup and restore processes. Otherwise and on UNIX,
Application Recovery Manager coordinates the backup processes.
Before installing Application Recovery Manager on your network, define the following:
• The system on which the Cell Manager will be installed. See the support matrices
at http://www.hp.com/support/manuals for supported operating systems and
versions.
There can only be one Cell Manager per cell. Application Recovery Manager
cannot be run without a Cell Manager installed.
• Systems that will be used to access the Application Recovery Manager functionality
through the user interface. These systems must have the User Interface component
installed.
• Systems that will be backed up (application systems). These must have the ZDB
Agent and Microsoft Shadow Copy Integration (on Windows) components
installed.
• Systems to which the ZDB disk arrays will be connected (backup systems). These
must have a ZDB Agent and Microsoft Shadow Copy Integration (on Windows)
components installed.
• The system(s) on which the Application Recovery Manager Installation Server(s)
will be installed. Two types of Installation Servers are available for remote software
installation: one for UNIX clients and one for Windows clients.
The choice of computer for the Installation Server is independent of the Cell
Manager and the system(s) on which the User Interface is installed. The Cell
Manager and Installation Server can be installed on the same system (if they run
on the same platform) or on different systems.
An Installation Server can be shared between multiple Application Recovery
Manager cells.
Overview of the installation procedure22