HP EVA Storage Replication Adapter Software for VMware vCenter SRM Administrator Guide

NOTE:
Snapclones, mirrorclones, and the ability to choose different disk group for clones are not currently
supported with SRM or HP P6000 EVA SRA Software version 5.0.
Creating vdisks for datastores
You must create HP P6000 EVA virtual disks (vdisks) for VMware ESX datastores and raw device
mappings (RDM). Create the vdisks on the protected HP P6000/EVA disk array, using HP P6000
Command View Software or HP Storage System Scripting Utility (SSSU) Command Line Interface.
After you create HP P6000/EVA vdisks on the local P6000/EVA, create data replication groups
containing the vdisks that will be used for replicated virtual machines for use with SRM. Create DR
groups on the local P6000/EVA disk array to provide vdisk failover between two HP P6000 EVA
disk arrays. You can create DR groups using HP P6000 Command View Software or HP SSSU.
For more information, see the HP P6000 Command View Software User Guide and the HP Storage
Software Scripting Utility Reference.
Presenting LUNs
After vdisks have been created and put into a data replication group, present the LUNs from the local
array to all local ESX servers in the SRM environment. When you add a vdisk into a data replication
group, it is replicated to the remote P6000/EVA. When vdisk devices have been replicated, they
must be presented to recovery ESX servers from the recovery storage array.
After presenting the vdisks to both local and remote ESX servers, use vCenter to rescan storage devices
for all ESX servers that are part of the SRM environment. There is no need to rescan for LUNs on the
remote ESX servers since SRM does this during failover. You can present LUNs using HP P6000
Command View Software or SSSU.
For more information, see the HP P6000 Command View Software User Guide and the HP Storage
Software Scripting Utility Reference.
Creating and configuring datastores
Perform the following tasks need to be done on protected and recovery ESX servers after LUN
presentation.
On protected ESX servers:
• Create datastores on ESX server.
• Install virtual machines onto the datastores.
• Create resource pools and folders as needed.
On recovery ESX servers:
• Rescan to ensure LUNs can be seen from protected site.
For more information, see the VMware Site Recovery Manager Administration Guide.
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