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Getting Started with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
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Preinstallation Checklist
UsethischecklisttohelpensurethatyourvCenterenvironmentattheprotectedandrecoverysitesisready
foraninstallationofSRM.
Whenthischecklistiscomplete,youarereadyto:
 InstallanSRMserverontheSRMhostateachsite
 InstallanSRAoneachSRMserver
 DownloadandenabletheSRMclientplug‐inateachvSphereclientfromwhichyouwanttoconfigure
andadministerSRM.
For More Information
YoucanaccessallSiteRecoveryManagerdocumentationonlineat
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/srm_pubs.html
Task
Protected
Site
Recovery
Site
EnsurethatasupportedversionofESX™isinstalledandreadyforuse.TheESX
hostmusthaveaccesstoaLUNonareplicatedarraythatisconfiguredasaVMFS
datastoreandissetupfordatareplicationtoacorrespondingarrayattheothersite.
En
su
rethatacompatibleversionofvCenterServerisinstalledandreadyforuse.
IdentifyaphysicalorvirtualhostonwhichtoinstallSRMateachsite.
DownloadtheSRMsoftware,StorageReplicationAdapter(SRA),andproduct
informationfromtheVMwareWebsite.
Ensurethatasupporteddatabaseserver isreadyfo
rus
eastheSRMdatabase.
CreateadatabaseinstanceforSRM.
Createadatabaseuser,withappropriateprivileges,fortheSRMdatabaseinstance.
CreateaDSNfortheSRMdatabase.