HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring user's guide (T2558-96073, February 2008)

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6 X Providing Disaster Recovery for an Entire Server
Providing Disaster Recovery for an Entire Server
If you are using the Storage Mirroring Server Recovery Option (SRO) add-on, you can protect the entire server, including
your data and the server’s system state, which is the server’s configured operating system and applications. Using the
Connection Wizard, Storage Mirroring automatically creates the replication set for you, selecting all of the data and system
state data on the source. In the event the source fails, you can recover the entire server, including the system state, to another
machine. This connection type is a disaster recovery solution only.
Protecting an entire server
1. Start the Connection Wizard to establish your connection for your entire server. If you have just opened the
Management Console, you can click Make your first connection from the right pane of the Management Console. If the
quick launch screen is no longer visible, select
Tools, Connection Wizard.
2. The Connection Wizard opens to the Welcome screen. Review this screen and click Next to continue.
3. If you highlighted a source in the Management Console, the source will already be selected. If it is not, select the Storage
Mirroring source. This is the machine where the files reside that you want to protect. Click
Next to continue.
4. If you highlighted a target in the Management Console, the target will already be selected. If it is not, select the Storage
Mirroring target. This is your backup machine that will receive the data from the source. Click
Next to continue.
5. If your source and target are both licensed for Server Recovery Option, you will be able to create two different
connection types.
 Protect data—This connection type protects only the data you will be selecting.
 Protect system state and data using Server Recovery Option—This connection type protects both the source’s
system state, which is the configured operating system and installed applications, and all of the data on the server.
Select
Protect system state and data using Server Recovery Option and click Next to continue.
NOTE: If the Storage Mirroring Servers root is highlighted in the left pane of the Management Console, the
Connection Wizard menu option will not be available. To access the menu, expand the server tree in the
left pane, and highlight a server in the tree.
NOTE: At any time while using the Connection Wizard, click Back to return to previous screens and review your
selections.
NOTE: Storage Mirroring will automatically attempt to log on to the selected source using the identification of the
user logged on to the local machine. If the logon is not successful, the Logon dialog box will appear
prompting for your security identification.
NOTE: Storage Mirroring will automatically attempt to log on to the selected target using the identification of the
user logged on to the local machine. If the logon is not successful, the Logon dialog box will appear
prompting for your security identification.