HP StorageWorks P9000 Virtualization Adapter Administrator Guide (5697-0680, October 2010)

1 Overview of the P9000 Virtualization
Adapter
HP StorageWorks P9000 Virtualization Adapter (P9000 Virtualization Adapter) is a Perl interface
between VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and HP StorageWorks P9000 and XP disk arrays.
The interface enables SRM to provide automatic access to remote data copies when virtual machines
become unavailable locally.
The P9000 Virtualization Adapter performs the following functions for SRM:
• Discovers disk arrays
• Discovers replicated LUNs
• Fails over storage for testing (test a recovery plan)
• Fails over storage for recovery (execute a recovery plan)
Unless otherwise specified, the terms disk arrays, P9000, and XP in this guide refer to the following
supported disk arrays:
• HP StorageWorks P9500 Disk Array
• HP StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Array
• HP StorageWorks XP20000 Disk Array
• HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array
• HP StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array
Also, the terms Business Copy, Continuous Access, Continuous Access Journal, Snapshot, and RAID
Manager, refer to the to the following supported products:
• HP StorageWorks P9000 Business Copy Software
• HP StorageWorks XP Business Copy Software
• HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous Software
• HP StorageWorks XP Continuous Access Software
• HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Journal Software
• HP StorageWorks XP Continuous Access Journal Software
• HP StorageWorks P9000 Snapshot Software
• HP StorageWorks XP Snapshot Software
• HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager Software
• HP StorageWorks XP RAID Manager Software
Discovery of disk arrays and LUNs
During SRM configuration, the P9000 Virtualization Adapter is called to discover available arrays
and replicated LUNs.
The following information is discovered:
• Storage Array IDs serial number
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