Administrator Guide

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Dell SRA with Stretched Storage and vMotion
SupportedDell SRAs include support for Stretched Storage with VMware Sitre Recovery Manager (SRM). Stretched Storage
allows SRM to manage Storage Center Live Volume replications. vMotion, when used with stretched storage, allows virtual
machines to migrate to another host without downtime.
To enable vMotion on Storage Center Live Volumes managed with SRM perform the following tasks:
Enable vMotion on ESXi hosts
Configure vCenter servers in enhanced linked mode
Storage Manager SRA Configurations
This section presents two supported configurations for using VMware Site Recovery Manager with Storage Manager: using a
primary Data Collector only, or using a primary Data Collector and a remote Data Collector.
NOTE: For information on setting up Stretched Storage for Live Volumes, see VMware documentation for configuring
Stretched Storage.
Primary Data Collector Only Configuration
In the following figure, the Protected and the Recovery sites are connected by a single Storage Manager Primary Data Collector.
Figure 68. SRA Configuration with a Single Data Collector
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Protected site 2. Recovery site
3. VMware SRM server at protected site 4. VMware SRM server at recovery site
5. Primary Data Collector at recovery site 6. Storage Center at protected site
7. Storage Center at recovery site
In a configuration with only one Storage Manager Data Collector, locate the Data Collector at the Recovery Site.
Remote Data Collector Configuration
In the following configuration, the Protected Site is connected to a Storage Manager Primary Data Collector; the Recovery Site
is connected to a Storage Manager Remote Data Collector.
Storage Replication Adapter for VMware SRM
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