HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Replicate User's Guide (T5437-96023, November 2010)
Storage Mirroring Replicate requirements Page 17 of 214
Recovery server requirements
This is the server that will become your new source when you are recovering an entire
server. This server can be an existing physical or virtual machine, or Storage Mirroring
Replicate can provision (automatically create) a virtual machine for you during the
recovery process.
l Operating system—You have several options for your recovery server operating
system.
l Physical or existing virtual machine—If your recovery server is a physical
server or an existing virtual server, it can have any of the following Windows
operating system editions.
l Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 Enterprise, Standard, Web, Small
Business Server, Enterprise x64, or Standard x64.
l Windows Server 2003 or 2003 R2 Enterprise, Standard, Web, Small
Business Server, Enterprise x64, or Standard x64. Each of the
Windows 2003 operating systems require Service Pack 1 or later.
Note: A physical or existing virtual recovery server must have the same
operating system as the original source. For example, you cannot
have Windows 2003 on the original source and Windows 2008 on the
recovery server. The two servers do not have to have the same level
of service pack or hotfix. Windows 2003 and 2003 R2 are considered
the same operating system, however the Windows 2008 and 2008 R2
releases are considered different operating systems. Therefore, you
can have Windows 2003 on the original source and Windows 2003
R2 on the recovery server, but you cannot have Windows 2008 on the
original source and Windows 2008 R2 on the recovery server. The
Windows edition (Standard, Enterprise, and so on) does not have to
be the same.
l Provisioned virtual machine on Hyper-V—If your recovery server will be
provisioned (automatically created during the recovery process), you must
have a physical Hyper-V host machine where Storage Mirroring Replicate
can create the new virtual server. Provisioning a virtual machine on Hyper-V
also includes the following requirements.
l Your physical Hyper-Vhost machine can be any Windows 2008 or
2008 R2 operating system from the supported source server operating
systems that has the Hyper-V role enabled. In addition, you can use