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

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Virtual server workload requirements
Protecting an ESX virtual machine using host-level protection
● Client and service—The Storage Mirroring Recover for Virtual Infrastructure client
and service can be installed on servers running one of the following operating
systems:
● Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit)
● Microsoft Windows 2003 (32-bit)
● Microsoft Windows 2008 (32- or 64-bit)
● Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)
● VirtualCenter server—VMware VirtualCenter 2.x or later (Strongly
recommended: VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.1 or later)
Note:
ESX Server 3.0.0 and VirtualCenter 2.0.0 vs. ESX Server 3.0.1 or later
and VirtualCenter 2.0.1 or later: Issues have been observed with ESX
Server 3.0.0 and VirtualCenter 2.0.0 when an increasing number of
requests are made of their web services. Such conditions tend to occur
with multiple high-load virtual machines being protected. In such cases,
on a few occasions damage has occurred to the source virtual machine in
such a way that it is un-recoverable. The issues have not been observed
in ESX Server 3.0.1 or later and VirtualCenter 2.0.1 or later; it appears that
they have been resolved by VMware. For this reason, it is strongly
recommended that you use this product with ESX Server 3.0.1 or later
and VirtualCenter 2.0.1 or later if you plan on protecting high load or
multiple virtual machines.
● Source and target ESX servers—VMware ESX Server 3.0.x, ESX 3.5 classic, or
ESX 4.0 classic
Note:
● VMware ESX Server version 3i is not supported.
● When performing cross-protection between different versions of ESX, it is
recommended that the source ESX version be earlier than the target ESX
version (for example, ESX 3.0 on the source, and ESX 4.0 on the target). If
you must have a source version that is newer than the version on the
target, you must make sure that the source virtual machine does not use
virtual devices that do not exist on the target ESX server. For example, do
not protect a source virtual machine with VmxNet(enhanced) to a target
running ESX 3.0.x which does not support VmxNet(enhanced). Or, do not
replicate a source virtual machine running ESX 4.0 that has up to 10