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About This Evaluation Guide
The purpose of this document is to provide a structured guide for IT professionals to evaluate
the primary features and benefits of using Site Recovery Manager to automate planned
migration and disaster recovery workflows for applications and services running in virtual
machines. The exercises in this guide should be completed in the order prescribed for best
results. Some exercises have dependencies on previously completed items.
This guide does not contain detailed steps on performing activities such as installation and
configuration since these steps are already included in the product documentation.
Requirements
It is assumed the following items are already properly installed and configured in a non-
production environment designated for this evaluation.
• Domain Name System (DNS) server with forward and reverse lookup enabled.
• Two or more vSphere hosts - a minimum of one designated for each site.
• Two vCenter Server 6.0 U1 virtual machines - one for each site.
• Two virtual machines with a supported Microsoft Windows operating system and Site
Recovery Manager 6.1 installed - one for each site.
Recommendation: Verify the Windows operating systems for the Site Recovery
Manager host virtual machines are compatible with the Site Recovery Manager using the
VMware Compatibility Guides. Consult the Site Recovery Manager Documentation when
installing and configuring Site Recovery Manager.
• Array replication or vSphere Replication 6.1 deployed and configured for use in the
evaluation environment.
Recommendation: While array replication supported by Site Recovery Manager can be
used for this evaluation, vSphere Replication 6.1 is recommended for simplicity and
compatibility with a wide variety of storage types including VMware Virtual SAN™. A
minimum of one vSphere Replication virtual appliance must be deployed and
configured for use with the vCenter Server instance at each site. For more information
on deploying and configuring vSphere Replication, see the vSphere Replication 6.1
documentation. vSphere Replication does not require installation of a storage
replication adapter.
NOTE: Storage policy protection groups, cross-vCenter vMotion with stretched storage,
and NSX integration require array-based replication. These features are not required to
successfully complete the steps in this guide.
• One or more Windows and/or Linux based virtual machines with VMware Tools
installed, which will be protected by Site Recovery Manager.
• Static IP addresses and DNS host (A) records assigned to all vSphere hosts and virtual
machines in the evaluation environment.
• Reliable network connectivity between both sites and all components in the Site
Recovery Manager evaluation environment. See Network Ports for Site Recovery
Manager (2103394) and TCP and UDP Ports required to access VMware vCenter Server,
VMware ESXi and ESX hosts, and other network components (1012382) for more
information on network port requirements.
• Adequate storage capacity for all of the components above.