Specifications

15 Deploying VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager with NetApp FAS/V-Series Storage Systems
scheduled using NetApp software such as the built-in scheduler in Data ONTAP or Protection Manager
software.
6 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION
6.1 OVERVIEW
Configuring SRM to protect virtual machines replicated by SnapMirror involves these steps,
summarized here but explained in detail below.
1. Install and enable the SRM plug-in on each of the vCenter servers.
2. Install the NetApp SRA on each of the vCenter servers. The NetApp adapter must be installed on
each SRM server prior to configuring arrays in SRM.
3. Pair the SRM sites. This enables the SRM communication between the sites.
4. Configure storage array managers. This enables the SRM software to communicate with the
NetApp storage appliances for issuing SnapMirror quiesce/break commands, mapping LUNs to
igroups, and so on.
5. Build SRM protection groups at the primary site. Protection groups define groups of virtual
machines that will be recovered together and the resources they will utilize at the DR site.
6. Build SRM recovery plans at the DR site. Recovery plans identify the startup priority of virtual
machines, timeout settings for waiting for recovered virtual machines to respond, additional
custom commands to execute, and so on.
7. Testing the recovery plan.
6.2 PAIRING PRIMARY AND DR SITES
Each site must have a separate vCenter server with SRM installed and enabled. After installing SRM and
enabling it, each vCenter server SRM plug-in indicates there is no paired site, and none of the disaster
recovery setup options have been configured.
1. Pair the sites together beginning on the vCenter server at the primary site. Basic SRM configuration is
done by working through the options in the Setup section of the main site Recovery Summary tab. To
begin pairing the sites, click the Configure link next to the Connection label and enter the address of the
DR site vCenter server.
2. Enter the DR site vCenter username and password.
3. At the end of the configuration dialogs, verify that the connection was made successfully.
4. After the site pairing is complete, the primary site vCenter server will display the paired site addresses
and “Connected” in the Setup box. Note that the SRM plug-in at the DR site will also display the sites
paired in the opposite direction.