Guidelines for using Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager with HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring (T2558-96337, June 2009)

2 Sample Implementation
This section describes an example of how to configure Storage Mirroring and Virtual Machine
Manager. Use these procedures as a guideline for creating your own implementation. Because no
two environments or configurations are exactly the same, you will probably need to implement
additional or different steps than what is documented here in order to make the solution work in your
environment.
Requirements
For this scenario, your system must meet the following requirements:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 or later (must include Hyper-V)
• Licensed copies of Storage Mirroring 5.0 with service pack 2 or later
Install software on the source
1. Install Virtual Machine Manager on the source, if it is not already installed.
2. Install Storage Mirroring on the source machine using the installation defaults. Full-Server Failover
is installed with Storage Mirroring and is activated with your Storage Mirroring activation code.
See the HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring installation instructionsfor details.
Install and configure software on the target
1. Install Storage Mirroring on the target server using the installation defaults. See the Storage
Mirroring Getting Installation Instructions for details.
2. Verify that the source and target are compatible, as described in the HP StorageWorks Storage
Mirroring user's guide . The following components should be checked for compatibility:
• Operating system version
• File system
• System volume
• Boot volume
• System path
• Storage Mirroring path
• HAL type and version
• Volume
• Network adapters
• Memory
• CPU count
• Capacity and free space
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