HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.0 Recovery Management User Guide

b. At the Local Site, create a Recovery Group containing the logical server. Export the Matrix
recovery management configuration to a file.
c. Deactivate the logical server at the Local Site and failover the array Replication Group
to the Remote Site.
d. Perform VM host rescan and Matrix OE visualization refresh procedures to ensure that
the VM configuration data store is accessible to the logical server configuration.
e. Create a portability group as at the Local Site. The portability group can contain physical
servers, VMs, or a combination of both.
f. Create the recovery logical server with the same configuration values used at the Local
Site, but adjusted to point to the remote storage LUN/WWN values. Do not activate the
logical server at this time.
g. Using the exported configuration from the Local Site, import the Recovery Group that was
created at the Local Site to contain the recovery logical server.
h. The Recovery Group is in maintenance mode. Activate the logical server on a VM host.
If one or more physical servers are available in the portability group, perform virtual to
physical and physical to virtual movements. At each stage, check for successful boot and
confirm correct network configuration, as in step 4. Deactivate the logical server and
clear maintenance mode. Fail the array replication group back to the Local Site.
i. At the Local Site, perform rescan and refresh procedures and activate the logical server.
Note that the Matrix recovery management Site configuration can be set up to preferentially
activate the logical server on a physical server at one site and a VM host at the other site. For
more information, see the Setting failover target type preference section in:“Managing DR
Protected cross-technology logical servers in a Matrix recovery management configuration”
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