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

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● VirtualCenter server—VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.1 or later is required.
● Target ESX host server—The target VMware ESX host server is a physical
machine running VMware ESX Server 3.0.x, ESX 3.5 classic, or ESX 4.0 classic,
Enterprise edition or higher. ESXi versions 3 and 4 are also supported as long as
ESXi is managed by VCenter or VSphere.
Note: ESX Server 3.01 or later with HotRemove patch #6921838 is required.
● Virtual recovery appliance—The Storage Mirroring Recover Virtual Recovery
Assistant for ESX service runs on the Virtual Recovery Appliance. The Virtual
Recovery Appliance must meet the base Storage Mirroring Recover requirements
and be hosted on the VMware ESX server where you want to create the replica
virtual machines.
You must create the virtual machine to be used as the Virtual Recovery Appliance
before installing Storage Mirroring Recover. It is strongly recommended that this
virtual machine be used for no other purpose than as the Virtual Recovery
Appliance.
Note:
● Storage Mirroring Recover Virtual Recovery Assistant for ESX must be
installed on the virtual recovery appliance.
● The recovery appliance must be running a version of Windows that is the
same major version or newer than the version running on the source. A
recovery appliance running Windows 2003 cannot be used to protect a
source running Windows 2008.
● Virtual Recovery Assistant determines whether a virtual machine is
eligible to be an appliance based on what ESX has listed as the guest
operating system for the virtual machine. In order for Virtual Recovery
Assistant to work properly, you must have both a supported guest
operating system installed on the virtual machine, and the operating
system must be selected correctly in ESX (per the Options tab for Virtual
Machine Properties).
● Clients—The Storage Mirroring Recover client software must be installed on a 32-
bit or 64-bit physical or virtual machine running one of the following operating
systems:
● Microsoft Windows XP
● Microsoft Windows 2003 with Service Pack 1 or later
● Microsoft Windows 2008
Note: The client should not be running on the source machine.