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Storage replication

Continuous Access

EVA

(synchronous mode).

Distance between

primary

and

recov

ery

site

Metropolitan area distance betw

een

primary

and

recovery site

Continuous Access

EVA

Implementation Guide

for

discussion of distance restrictions

when using

Continuous Access

EVA in synchronous mode

Prerequisite Products

In order to in

stall and use Insight Recovery, a customer must first have installed the following products

on the Central Management

Server

(CMS) at each site:



Insight Dynamics

–

VSE



Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM)



Virtual Connect (VC)



Insight Control Environme

nt (ICE)

Insight Recovery

1.0 supports



HP StorageWorks EVA



HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA software (synchronous mode)

Insight Recovery

onfiguration

This section provides

a high

level

overview of the

Insight Recovery

set

up and configuration proc

ess.

See the

Insight Recovery

1.0 Release Notes for detailed product insta

llation requirements and the

Insight Recovery

Online Help for detailed configuration informat

ion.

Pre

Work S

teps (

Prior to

onfiguring

Insight Recovery

)

o set up Insight Recovery,

the

server administrator (hereafter referred to as “the admin”) performs the

following tasks

•

The

admin creates

logical server

s on both sites

•

or each

logical server

protected by Insight Recovery

(hereafter referred to as “DR

protected”)

at the

primary si

, a corresponding

logical server

must exist at the

recovery

site

That is, for each

logical server

at the

primary site

to be protected by

Insight

Recovery

there must be a corresponding “r

ecovery

logical server

” at the

recovery site

•

The

admin r

equest

that the storage admin

istrator

do the following:

•

Create LUN

s on

the

arrays

–

these are the storage LUNs to be used by the

logical server

at the

primary

and

recovery site

•

Setup replication for LUN

–

the LUNs that are used by the

logical server

s protec

ted by

Insight Recovery at the

primary site

must be replicated to the

recovery site

•

Present LUN

s to the WWNs provided by

the

server admin

–

the LUNs are presented to

the

logical server

HBA WWNs

that

will access

them.

•

Inform

the

server admin

of the

deta

ils

regarding

DR Group name, s

torage

array

WWN

for

both sites,

and the CommandView EVA server

names and credentials

for both sites

–

this information will be used as part of the Insight Recovery configuration.

•

The

admin completes

the

set up of

the

logical

server

•

The admin a

pplies storage parameters to the

logical server

–

the server admin completes

the configuration of the

logical server

, including LU

N ID

for boot

from

SAN, etc.