HP P9000 Replication Manager Software 7.2 Configuration Guide

The following notes apply:
• Be sure to apply Update 4 when linking VMware ESX Server 3.5 or VMware ESXi Server 3.5 to
Exchange Server.
• Under VMware ESX/ESXi Server 4.0 or 4.1, database servers that are configured on a guest OS
are supported. Backup servers that are configured on a guest OS are supported if all of the follow-
ing conditions are satisfied:
• The backup target is a file system or SQL Server.
• The secondary volume is a single generation.
• The configuration does not recognize the second volume dynamically.
• The backup is not made with VSS.
• On the Replica Options tab, the Perform the following operation when finishing the setup check
box in Setup Agent of the backup server is not selected (default setting).
If any of the conditions above is not satisfied, do not configure the server in a virtual environment.
• Application Agent does not support VMware HA (High Availability).
• Application Agent does not support live migrations (for example, VMware VMotion).
• Do not run VMware live migration (VMware vMotion) and Application Agent at the same time. If
you run both concurrently, execution of Application Agent might fail. In such a case, please take
action according to message shown in the troubleshooting information.
• When applying the VSS correction module that includes Hotfix 940349, please apply the module
on all servers using VSS.
• Application Agent can only perform backups of RAW LUNs to which RAW device mapping has
been applied by using the physical compatibility mode).
Table 32 Required memory when running Application Agent on a VMware ESX virtual machine
MemoryInstalled program
128,000KBApplication Agent (for SQL)
128,000KBApplication Agent (for Exchange)
192,000KBApplication Agent (for SQL and Exchange)
NOTE:
When using Device Manager Agent on VMware 4.x, you must confirm the prerequisite combination
of Device Manager server and Device Manager Agent. Even if you confirm the combination, note the
following:
• If the target volume is set as a command device on the virtual machine, by using Add CMD
Devices, the virtualization server needs to be restarted to recognize the command device.
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