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The figure below shows a logical diagram of how the evaluation environment can be configured.
Network connectivity is required between the two sites, but they do not have to be
geographically separated to satisfy the requirements of the evaluation exercises.
Figure 1: Example evaluation environment.
Recommendation: Use default settings for all components - installation paths, TCP port settings,
and so on - wherever possible, to minimize complexity in the evaluation environment. Use
consistent naming conventions, usernames, and passwords during evaluation environment
deployment.
Recommendation: Use descriptive names for the components such as servers and port groups
in a VMware virtualized environment. These names appear in the user interface and Site
Recovery Manager history reports. Descriptive names improve the quality of these reports and
ease troubleshooting. Use the same naming convention for items such as network port groups
at the protected site and the recovery site, as this will simplify inventory mappings.
Evaluation Workflow
Overview
The following exercises are covered in this document:
1. Pairing sites
2. Configure inventory mappings
3. Configure placeholder datastore
4. Add array manager and enable array pair (if using array replication)
5. Creating a protection group
6. Creating a recovery plan
7. Testing a recovery plan
8. Running a recovery plan
9. Performing fail-back
10. Customizing virtual machine recovery properties