Users Guide
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Installation procedure
To install the Dell MD SRA, download the latest version from the VMware downloads SRM and verify the md5sum of the installation
package. To install the SRA, perform the following:
1. Ensure that the SRM Server has been installed at both sites that are participating in DR.
2. At each site on the SRM server, run the SRAInstaller-xx.xx.xxxx.xxxx.exe package.
3. To accept the End User License Agreement and installation paths, follow the prompts through the installation wizard.
4. To view the latest README notes for the SRA, select Yes or No, and then close the wizard.
5. Ensure that the SRAsvc service has been installed and is running from the services.msc console.
6. Ensure that the SRA has been installed to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\storage\sra
\Dell MD Storage Replication Adapter
. This is the SRA scripts directory.
7. Repeat the same process for the peer site for this SRM server.
8. After you install the SRA at both locations, open a vSphere Client (SRM 5.1 and SRM 5.5) or vSphere Web Client (SRM 5.8 and
SRM 6.0) connection to one of the vCenter Servers.
9. On the Home screen, in the SRM interface, access the SRM, and then click Site Recovery.
10. Pair the two sites within SRM Sites’ manager by selecting the Pair Site icon or from the drop-down menu.
11. In the left pane, click the protected site, the Monitor tab, and then SRAs. Ensure that the SRA status and version information is
correct. Rescan if necessary.
Figure 2. SRA Information
12. On the Manage tab, congure resource mappings for both sites, including network mappings, folder mappings, and placeholder
datastores.
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