HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Recover User's Guide (T5437-96008, November 2009)

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Virtual Recovery Assistant can use VMware VirtualCenter to manage the VMware ESX
host server. To use VirtualCenter, you must enter credentials for logging in to the
VMware VirtualCenter server. The first time you log in, the Connect to VirtualCenter
Server dialog box will appear:
The VirtualCenter server is where the VMware VirtualCenter service is running. The
VMware VirtualCenter service manages all the VMware ESX servers in the environment.
The account you specify must have permission to view, create, and modify virtual
machines in the datacenter. Typically, this account has administrator permission.
Note:
● When using VirtualCenter, the VirtualCenter APIs are necessary to
connect to the target ESX host to manipulate the VMDK connections and
start the replica virtual machine at failover. If the VirtualCenter server is
offline and failover is attempted, the failover process will not complete
successfully.
● It is possible to create protection jobs in Virtual Recovery Assistant
without using VMware VirtualCenter, even if VirtualCenter is being used
to manage the ESX hosts. When doing this, replica virtual machines that
are created by the Virtual Recovery Assistant may be shown as orphans
in the VirtualCenter console if the protection job has been deleted.
If you do not want to connect to the VirtualCenter server, click the Skip button. You will
need to specify an ESX host as described in Select a target server.
Enter the following information in the appropriate fields: