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4 Enter information about the Platform Services Controller at the site where you are installing
Site Recovery Manager and click Next.
Option Description
Address
The host name or IP address of the Platform Services Controller for the
vCenter Server with which to register Site Recovery Manager. Enter the
host name in lowercase letters. After installation is complete and you are
configuring the connection between the protected and recovery sites,
supply this host name or IP address exactly as you enter it here, because it
is subject to case-sensitive comparisons.
IMPORTANT To facilitate IP address changes in your infrastructure, provide
a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) whenever possible, rather than an
IP address.
IMPORTANT If the Platform Services Controller uses an FQDN rather than
an IP address, you must specify the FQDN when you install
Site Recovery Manager.
HTTPS Port
Accept the default value of 443 or enter a new value if
Platform Services Controller uses a different port.
Platform Services Controller only supports connections over HTTPS and
does not support HTTP connections.
Username
The vCenter Single Sign-On user name for the vCenter Single Sign-On
domain to which this Platform Services Controller instance belongs. This
user account must be a member of the vCenter Single Sign-On
Administrator group on the Platform Services Controller instance. Only
members of the Administrator group have the necessary permissions to
create or recreate the Site Recovery Manager solution user.
Password
The password for the specified vCenter Single Sign-On user name. The
password text box can be empty.
5 If prompted, verify the Platform Services Controller certificate and click Accept to accept it.
6 Select the vCenter Server instance with which to register Site Recovery Manager and click Next.
IMPORTANT The drop-down menu includes all of the vCenter Server instances that are registered with
the Platform Services Controller. In an environment that uses Enhanced Linked Mode, it can also
include vCenter Server instances from other Platform Services Controller instances. Make sure that you
select the correct vCenter Server instance. Once the Site Recovery Manager installation is complete, you
cannot modify it to select a different vCenter Server instance.
7 Enter information with which to register the Site Recovery Manager extension with vCenter Server, and
click Next.
Option Description
Local Site Name
A name for this Site Recovery Manager site, that appears in the
Site Recovery Manager interface. The vCenter Server address is used by
default, but you can enter any name. You cannot use the same name that
you use for another Site Recovery Manager installation with which this
one will be paired.
Administrator E-mail
Email address of the Site Recovery Manager administrator. This
information is required even though you use the standard vCenter Server
alarms to configure email notifications for Site Recovery Manager events.
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