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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1! INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 3!
1.1! INTENDED AUDIENCE ................................................................................................................................ 3!
2! OVERVIEW OF A DISASTER RECOVERY SOLUTION ........................................................... 3!
2.1! A TRADITIONAL DR SCENARIO ................................................................................................................ 4!
3! BENEFITS OF IMPLEMENTING SRM WITH NETAPP ............................................................ 4!
3.1! VMWARE VCENTER SITE RECOVERY MANAGER .................................................................................. 4!
3.2! NETAPP SNAPMIRROR .............................................................................................................................. 5!
3.3! NETAPP FLEXCLONE ................................................................................................................................. 6!
3.4! UNIFIED ARCHITECTURE FLEXIBILITY .................................................................................................... 6!
3.5! NEW FEATURES IN SRM FOR VSPHERE ................................................................................................. 6!
3.6! NEW FEATURES IN THE NETAPP SRM ADAPTER FOR VSPHERE ....................................................... 6!
4! ENVIRONMENT DESIGNS ........................................................................................................ 7!
4.1! ENVIRONMENT DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................. 7!
4.2! IP ADDRESS CHANGES ............................................................................................................................. 8!
4.3! NFS STORAGE CONNECTIVITY ................................................................................................................ 8!
4.4! DR TESTING NETWORK CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................................................... 9!
4.5! ACTIVE DIRECTORY SERVICES CONSIDERATIONS .............................................................................. 9!
5! REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................................................................... 10!
5.1! SUPPORTED STORAGE PROTOCOLS ................................................................................................... 10!
5.2! SRM/SRA VERSION DEPENDENCIES ..................................................................................................... 10!
5.3! SRA AND DATA ONTAP VERSION DEPENDENCIES ............................................................................. 11!
5.4! SUPPORTED REPLICATION TECHNOLOGIES ....................................................................................... 11!
5.5! SUPPORTED REPLICATION LAYOUTS .................................................................................................. 11!
5.6! MULTISTORE VFILER REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................. 13!
5.7! GENERAL ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................... 14!
6! INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION ............................................................................... 15!
6.1! OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................. 15!
6.2! PAIRING PRIMARY AND DR SITES ......................................................................................................... 15!
6.3! USING HTTPS/SSL TO CONNECT TO THE NETAPP CONTROLLERS ................................................. 16!
6.4! CONFIGURING ACCESS TO THE NETAPP CONTROLLERS ................................................................ 16!
6.5! CONFIGURING INVENTORY PREFERENCES ......................................................................................... 19!
6.6! BUILDING A PROTECTION GROUP ........................................................................................................ 20!
6.7! CREATING A RECOVERY PLAN .............................................................................................................. 22!
7! EXECUTING RECOVERY PLAN: TEST MODE ..................................................................... 24!
8! EXECUTING RECOVERY PLAN: TRUE DR SCENARIO ...................................................... 26!