Specifications

7 Deploying VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager with NetApp FAS/V-Series Storage Systems
Unified protocol support – The unified storage adapter allows for protection and recovery of virtual
machines with data in datastores using different connectivity protocols at the same time. For example with
the new unified adapter a virtual machine system disk may be stored in NFS, while iSCSI or FC RDM
devices are used for application data.
MultiStore vFiler support – The new adapter supports the use of MultiStore vFilers (virtual storage arrays)
configured as arrays in SRM. A vFiler may be added at each site for both the source and destination array
with NetApp SnapMirror relationships defined in the destination vFiler.
Non-quiesced SMVI snapshot recovery support – The unified adapter supports an option to recover
VMware datastores while reverting the NetApp FlexVol volume to the NetApp Snapshot created by
SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure. Please see the appendix for information about non-quiesced SMVI
snapshot recoverability provided in this release.
The rules for supported replication layouts described in section 5.5 must be followed in multiprotocol
environments as well as environments using vFilers.
OBTAINING SITE RECOVERY MANAGER SOFTWARE
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager software, as well as the supported storage adapters, can be found
at the VMware software download site: www.vmware.com/download/srm.
The individual NetApp storage adapters and documentation can also be downloaded from NOW™ (NetApp
on the Web) at http://NOW.netapp.com.
4 ENVIRONMENT DESIGNS
This section provides details specific to the storage environment as well as other important design aspects
to consider when architecting a solution including SRM.
4.1 ENVIRONMENT DESCRIPTION
The layout of the environment used to document the process of implementing VMware SRM on NetApp
storage consisted of the following:
A production site, referred to as Site1 or the primary site, containing:
• Two VMware ESX hosts configured in an HA/DRS cluster
• A NetApp FAS HA system to provide storage for VMFS or NFS datastores
• A physical Windows® 2003 server running VMware vCenter Server and SRM
• A virtual Windows 2003 server, Site1DC, providing Active Directory and DNS services in the primary
site
• Various other virtual machines
A disaster recovery site, referred to as Site2 or the DR site, containing:
• Two VMware ESX hosts configured in an HA/DRS cluster
• A NetApp FAS HA system providing storage for VMFS or NFS datastores
• A virtual Windows 2003 server running VMware vCenter Server and SRM
• A virtual Windows 2003 server, providing Active Directory and DNS services in the DR site
NetApp SnapMirror is used to replicate FlexVol volumes containing VMFS datastores from the primary site
to the DR site. All virtual machines at the primary site are protected by SnapMirror replication and SRM.
The Windows servers, Site1DC and Site2DC, are domain controllers in the same Active Directory forest.
Both servers are configured to be Active Directory Global Catalog servers.
See the image below for a logical description of the layout of the environment.