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Getting Started with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
Figure 2. SRM Installation Architecture
TheSRMservershouldbeinstalledonadedicatedserverhostifpossible,butcanbeinstalledonthevCenter
Serverhostifnecessary.Storagereplicationadapterssuppliedbyyourstoragearrayvendormustbeinstalled
oneachSRMserverhost.AnSRMdatabaseateachsiteholdsinformationaboutvi
rtualmachine
configurations,protectiongroups,andrecoveryplans.
InstallingSRMincludesthefollowingtasks:
1ConfigureSRMdatabasesatbothsites.
2InstalltheSRMserveratbothsites.
3InstallthestoragereplicationadaptersontheSRMserverateachsite.
4InstalltheSRMclientplug‐inintooneormorevSphereClientsateitherorbo
thsites.
Setting Up the Protected and Recovery Sites
Afterinstallation,setuptheprotectedandrecoverysites.Figure 3illustratestherelationshipofthetwosites
andtheobjectstheysupport.
protected site recovery site
storage
replication
adapter
storage
replication
adapter
replication
software
replication
software
SRM server 1 SRM server 2
vCenter
Server 1
vCenter
Server 2
array 1 array 2
SRM 1 DB
VCMS 1 DB
SRM 2 DB
VCMS 2 DB