HP XP7 Replication Manager Configuration Guide (TK981-96012, May 2014)

• The version of Device Manager agent is earlier than 6.4
• The version of RAID Manager is earlier than 01-17-03/05
You must configure the following setting in the Device Manager properties (server.properties)
file:
server.agent.rm.optimization.userHorcmFile=true
If you do not add this value, Replication Manager might not be able to acquire pair, pool, and
journal information. For details on editing the properties file, see the HP XP7 Command View
Advanced Edition Installation and Configuration Guide. For details about Device Manager agent
versions that correspond to each OS, see the Device Manager Release Notes.
3. When performing a VSS backup, dynamic disks are not supported.
4. In the cluster configuration, GPT disks are not supported. Use MBR disks when using this product
to perform a backup.
5. Provided as a guest OS of virtual server product VMware ESX/ESXi Servers 4.x and 5 are also
supported. However, VMware FT is not supported. To execute Application Agent on the virtual
server, configure the virtual server as the recommended configuration written in the manual.
6. LDM basic structure is supported.
7. This is supported when using the Application Agent CLI.
8. Be sure to install the same version of Application Agent on the database and backup servers.
9. Configurations including storage pools are not supported.
10. Operation on Server Core is not supported.
11. Operation on Minimal Server Interface is not supported.
12. When applying the VSS correction module that includes Hotfix 940349, be sure and apply the
module on all servers using VSS.
CAUTION:
If you execute a VSS backup for a GPT disk, registry keys related to the backup server GPT disk
are added. If the VSS backup is repeated and too many device entries have accumulated in the
registry, the backup might fail. Therefore, HP does not recommend using Application Agent in
an environment that uses GPT disks. If you want to execute a VSS backup for a GPT disk, follow
the instructions in the Microsoft technical information note KB934234, and clean up the backup
server registry after executing a VSS backup.
13. The architecture of RAID Manager must match that of the OS.
Additional server requirements
The following are other requirements and precautions for the database and backup servers.
Virtual memory
Application Agent requires virtual memory on the database and backup servers. If the virtual memory
area is insufficient, program operation might become unstable. Use the formula below to calculate
the amount of virtual memory required.
Virtual memory = (8.0 + number-of-databases + number-of-data-files +
number-of-mounted-drives * 2.0 + number-of-physical-disks +
number-of-secondary-volumes * 0.2 + number-of-paired-volumes * 0.2 +
number-of-databases-to-be-backed-up * 0.3 +
number-of-data-files-to-be-backed-up * 4.0 + number-of-drives-to-be-backed-up
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