HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.3 Recovery Management User Guide

Moving between blade types
For logical servers with target attributes, the logical server management software can identify more
possible targets when moving or activating a server. As with all cross-technology logical servers,
you must ensure that the logical server can function appropriately on various platforms. If a particular
target is proven to be unsuitable, it is easy to remove that type of target to more accurately describe
the logical server's portability.
Managing DR Protected cross-technology logical servers in a Matrix
recovery management configuration
This section explains how to specify failover target type preferences for DR Protected cross-technology
logical servers in a Matrix recovery management configuration.
Setting a failover target type preference
During a site failover, for every logical server that has been configured with disaster protection,
Matrix recovery management activates a similarly configured peer logical server at the recovery
site. For this purpose, Matrix recovery management interacts with the Matrix OE logical server
management capability to determine a list of appropriate available targets and chooses the most
suitable target to activate the logical server.
For a cross-technology logical server, the appropriate list of available targets may include both
physical servers and VM hosts. Matrix recovery management includes a Target type preferred
setting in the Sites configuration tab, where you can specify the type of target preferred for each
site, as illustrated in Figure 20 (page 47).
Figure 20 Matrix recovery management Sites configuration screen
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