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For environments with a small number of virtual machines to protect, you can run SRM Server and
vCenter Server on the same system. For environments that approach the maximum limits of SRM and
vCenter Server, install SRM Server on a system that is different from the system on which vCenter Server is
installed. If SRM Server and vCenter Server are installed on the same system, administrative tasks might
become more difficult to perform in large environments.
If you are upgrading an existing SRM installation, see Chapter 6, “Upgrading SRM,” on page 39.
Prerequisites
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Install the same version of vCenter Server as the version of SRM to install.
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Configure and start the SRM database service before you install the SRM Server. See Chapter 3,
“Creating the SRM Database,” on page 23.
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Download the SRM installation file to a folder on the machine on which to install SRM.
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SRM requires a database source name (DSN) for 64-bit open database connectivity (ODBC). You can
create the ODBC system DSN before you run the SRM installer, or you can create the DSN during the
installation process. For details about creating the ODBC system DSN, see “Create an ODBC System
DSN for SRM,” on page 24.
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Verify that you have the following information:
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A user account with sufficient privileges to install SRM. This account is often an Active Directory
domain administrator, but can also be a local administrator.
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The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the site’s vCenter Server instance. The
server must be running and accessible during SRM installation. You must use the address format
that you use to connect SRM to vCenter Server when you later pair the SRM sites. Using FQDNs is
preferred, but if that is not universally possible, use IP addresses for all cases.
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The user name and password of the vCenter Server administrator account.
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A user name and password for the SRM database.
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If you are using certificate-based authentication, the pathname to an appropriate certificate file. See
Chapter 4, “SRM Authentication,” on page 27 and “Requirements When Using Public Key
Certificates with SRM,” on page 28.
Procedure
1 Double-click the SRM installer icon, select an installation language, and click OK.
2 Follow the prompts and accept the license agreement.
3 Click Change to change the folder in which to install SRM, select a target volume, and click Next.
The default installation folder for SRM is C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vCenter Site Recovery
Manager. If you use a different folder, the pathname cannot be longer than 170 characters including the
end slash, and cannot include non-ASCII characters.
4 Select whether to install vSphere Replication and click Next.
If you connect SRM to a vCenter Server instance that is already running vSphere Replication as a
registered extension, you must still select the Install vSphere Replication option. Selecting this option
installs components that SRM requires to work with vSphere Replication. You can also install
vSphere Replication after you install SRM by running the installer again in Repair mode.
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