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7 On the VMware vCenter Server page, enter information about the vCenter server at the site where you
are installing SRM and then click Next.
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vCenter Server Address—Enter the hostname or IP address of the vCenter Server. If you use the
hostname, enter it
in lowercase. After installation is complete and you are configuring the connection
between the protected and recovery sites, you must supply this hostname or IP address exactly as
you enter it here, because is subject to case-sensitive comparisons. See “Requirements When Using
Public Key Certificates,” on page 16.
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vCenter Server Port—Accept the default or enter a different port.
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vCenter Server Username—Enter the user name of an administrator of the specified vCenter server.
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vCenter Server Password —Enter the password for the specified user name. The password must not
be empty.
When you click Next, the installer contacts the specified vCenter server and validates the information you
supplied.
8 On the Certificate Type Selection page, select an authentication method.
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To use credential-based authentication, select Automatically generate certificate and click Next.
Enter text values for your organization and organization unit, typically your company name and the
name of your group within the company.
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To use certificate-based authentication, select Use a PKCS #12 certificate file and click Next. Enter
the path to the certificate file. The certificate file must contain exactly one certificate with exactly one
private key matching the certificate. Enter the certificate password if necessary.
See “SRM Authentication,” on page 15.
9 Enter the following additional information:
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Local Site Name—A name for this installation of SRM. A suggested name is generated for you, but
you can specify any name you want, so long as it is not the same name that you use for another SRM
installation with which this one will be paired.
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Administrator E-mail—The email address to which SRM administrative alerts and notifications are
sent.
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Additional E-mail—An optional additional email address to which SRM administrative alerts and
notifications are sent.
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Local Host—The name or IP address of the local host. This value is obtained by the SRM installer and
need only be changed if it is incorrect (for example, if the local host has more than one network
interface and the one detected by the SRM installer is not the one you want to use).
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Listener Ports—The SOAP and HTTP port numbers to use.
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API Listener Port—The SOAP port number for API clients to use.
The SRM installer supplies default values for these ports. Do not change them unless the defaults would
cause port conflicts. See “How SRM Uses Network Ports,” on page 16.
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