HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring evaluation guide (T2558-96075, February 2008)
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3 X Storage Mirroring Setup
Storage Mirroring Setup
Your Storage Mirroring setup consists of two tasks: determining that your source and target meet the system requirements
of this evaluation and performing the Storage Mirroring installation.
System Requirements
Operating system—Different Storage Mirroring licenses supports different operating systems. For this evaluation, your
operating system should be Windows
®
2003 or 2003 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Standard x64, or Enterprise x64
System Memory—There are different memory requirements depending on the operating system you are using. For this
evaluation, you should have at least 128 MB of memory if you are using a 32-bit operating systems or 512 MB of memory
if you are using a 64-bit operating system. Higher amounts of memory are better.
Disk Usage—The amount of disk space required for the Storage Mirroring program files is approximately 70 MB. For this
evaluation, additional free space is not critical, since you will not be queuing data, logging files, and so on. You should verify
that your target server has sufficient disk space to store the replicated data from the source.
Protocols and Networking—TCP/IP with static IP addressing or reserved DHCP addressing
Complete details on system requirements are available in the Storage Mirroring User’s Guide.
Installing Storage Mirroring
Use these instructions to install Storage Mirroring. Complete installation details are available in the Storage Mirroring User’s
Guide.
1. Close any open applications.
2. Start the installation program using the appropriate instructions, depending on your media source.
CD—Load the Storage Mirroring CD into the local CD-ROM drive. If auto-run is enabled, the installation program
will start automatically. To manually start the program, select Start, Run and specify <cd_drive>:\autorun.exe.
Web download—Launch the .exe file that you downloaded from the web.
3. Review and accept the license agreement to continue with the installation program. Click Next to continue.
4. Select the Client and Server Components installation option, and click Next to continue.
5. You will be prompted to enter your activation code information. Your Activation Code is a 16- or 24-character,
alpha-numeric activation code which applies the appropriate license to your installation. You must have a valid activation
code to use Storage Mirroring. Add-on codes are optional. If you purchased any add-on components, enter each
Add-on
Code
individually and click Add. The code type and the expiration date, if any, will be displayed. After you have entered
all of your codes, click
Next to continue.
6. The next screen will depend on the activation code you entered.
If you have entered a valid activation code, you will be prompted to confirm the code. Click Next to continue the
installation.
If you have entered an invalid activation code, you will be prompted that the code is incorrect and that the source
and target modules will not load. Click
Back and reenter your activation code.
If you have entered an evaluation activation code, the expiration date will be displayed and you will be prompted that
the source and target modules will not load after that date. Click
Next to continue the installation. You must update
the activation code to a valid one through the Management Console before the expiration date, otherwise, on the
expiration date, functionality will be disabled.
7. Select the remaining default selections and click Install to complete the installation.
NOTE: When evaluating Storage Mirroring, you should install and evaluate it in a test environment. Do not use your
actual production servers because you will be forcing a failure during the evaluation.