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Contents
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Terminology .................................................................................................................................................................... 3
About This Evaluation Guide ................................................................................................................................... 5
Requirements ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Evaluation Workflow ......................................................................................................................................................... 6
Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Evaluation Checklist..................................................................................................................................................... 8
Exercise 1: Pairing Sites .................................................................................................................................................... 9
Exercise 2: Configure Inventory Mappings .............................................................................................................. 11
Exercise 3: Configure placeholder datastore ........................................................................................................ 13
Exercise 4: Add Array Manager and Enable Array Pair (If Using Array Replication) .......................... 13
Exercise 5: Create a Protection Group .....................................................................................................................14
Exercise 6: Create a Recovery Plan ........................................................................................................................... 17
Exercise 7: Testing a Recovery Plan .......................................................................................................................... 19
History Reports ............................................................................................................................................................. 21
Exercise 8: Running a Recovery Plan ........................................................................................................................ 21
Roles and Permissions .............................................................................................................................................. 22
Exercise 9: Reprotect a Recovery Plan and Fail Back ...................................................................................... 23
Exercise 10: Virtual Machine Recovery Properties ............................................................................................. 23
Priority Groups .............................................................................................................................................................24
Dependencies ...............................................................................................................................................................24
Shutdown Actions ...................................................................................................................................................... 25
Startup Actions ............................................................................................................................................................ 25
Pre and Post Power On Steps ............................................................................................................................... 26
IP Customization ......................................................................................................................................................... 26
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................................... 28