TECHNICAL NOTES Dell EMC PowerStore Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) Plugin for VMware Site Recovery Manager Version 1.0.0-52 REV 02 August 2021 The Release Notes document contains information on these topics: Revision History .................................................................................................. 2 Product Description ............................................................................................ 2 Environment and System Requirements .............................
Revision History Revision History Revision Date Description 01 May 2020 Initial release of version 1.0 Product Description Dell EMC PowerStore Storage Replication Adapter for VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRA) allows VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) to implement disaster recovery for PowerStore clusters. Dell EMC PowerStore Storage Replication Adapter supports SRM functions such as failing over, failing back, and failover testing using PowerStore as the replication engine. • SRA version 1.
vSphere SRM 7.0 8.2 (Photon OS and Windows), 8.3 (Photon OS and Windows), 8.4 (Photon OS) For the VMware Administration Guide, refer to VMware Documentation (http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs). Setting Up the PowerStore Native Replication To use the VMware Site Recovery Manager, the PowerStore clusters must be configured for native replication. Refer to the PowerStore Configuring Volumes Guide for a detailed explanation of setting up the PowerStore clusters for native replication.
Documentation • In addition, it is a best practice to avoid concurrently performing operations on the same volume group using VMware SRM or PowerStore Manager as this may cause these operations to interfere with each other. For further information about PowerStore volume groups and other objects, refer to the PowerStore Configuring Volumes Guide. Note: Before you first launch SRA, verify that all the protected replicated volumes are mapped to hosts.
Installation Downloading and installing Dell EMC PowerStore SRA for Windows Before installing Dell EMC PowerStore SRA for Windows, ensure that VMware SRM is installed on each Site Recovery Manager Server host. For more information on installing Site Recovery Manager, see the VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager documentation (https://pubs.vmware.com). Note: If your environment uses Windows 7, PowerStore SRA for Windows must have the update that is described in Windows article KB2999226. 1. 2. 3. 4.
Installation b. Accept the license agreement. Figure: License Agreement c. Begin the installation. Figure: Begin Installation Dialog d. If you are installing without administrator privileges, the Windows UAC prompt appears; click Yes. Dell EMC PowerStore SRA Plugin 1.
e. After successful installation, click Finish. Installation Figure: A Successful Installation 6. On both sites, add PowerStore as the array manager using IP or FQDN and then Authenticate using a PowerStore User with administrative privileges. Ensure that the replication sessions to be used with SRM are enabled and active. Following the instructions of the VMware Site Recovery Manager Administration Guide, build your recovery plans and run failover or failover tests through vSphere. 7.
Installation Downloading, Installing, Updating and Uninstalling Dell EMC PowerStore SRA for Photon OS Before installing the Dell EMC PowerStore SRA for Linux, make sure that VMware SRM is installed on each Site Recovery Manager Server host. For more information on installing Site Recovery Manager, see the VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager documentation (https://pubs.vmware.com). To download and install Dell EMC PowerStore SRA for Photon OS: 1.
8. In the SRM Appliance Management dialog box, click Storage Replication Adapters. Figure: Dell EMC PowerStore SRA Dialog Box – New Adapter 9. Click NEW ADAPTER; the New Adapter dialog box appears. Figure: New Adapter Dialog 10. Click UPLOAD, and in the resulting file browser, navigate to and select the Dell_EMC_PowerStore_SRA_Linux_v.1.0.0.tar.gz file; the upload begins. 11. Upon completion, click CLOSE.
Configuring the certificate for Windows 2. Rename the root_ca.pem file to root_ca.cer. 3. Right-click the root_ca.cer file to begin the installation. 4. In the Certificate window, click Install Certificate. Note: You can ignore the warning that the CA Root certificate is not trusted. Figure: Install Certificate Dialog The Certificate Import Wizard should open. 5. Select Local Machine as the Store Location and click Next. 6.
Configuring certificates for Photon OS Figure: Certificate Store 7. Click Finish. Figure: The Certificate and Settings Specified Configuring certificates for Photon OS Dell EMC PowerStore SRA Plugin 1.
Configuring certificates for Photon OS The following procedure describes configuring Dell EMC Powerstore SRA certificates for Photon OS. 1. Get the root certificate of the PowerStore instance; the certificate format should be PEM. 2. Go to the SRM configuration web user interface; the UI should be communicating with the PowerStore instance. Figure: Getting Started Dialog 3. Log in. 4. Go to Storage Replication Adapters. Figure: The SRM UI Dialog 5. Click the ellipses (…).
Configuring certificates for Photon OS Figure: Download Configuration Archive 6. Extract the archive content. Figure: The config.ini file 7. Place the root SSL certificate beside the config.ini file. Figure: The root.ca.pem file with the config.ini file 8. Open the config.ini file, specify the location for the root_ca.pem certificate, and then save the config.ini file. Figure: Setting ca_path to root_ca.pem Dell EMC PowerStore SRA Plugin 1.
Configuring certificates for Photon OS 9. Pack the configuration to a new gzipped tarball. Figure: Ready to Pack the Configuration Figure: Packing the Configuration Dell EMC PowerStore SRA Plugin 1.
Configuring certificates for Photon OS Figure: Adding the Configuration to the Archive Figure: Putting the Configuration into a gzipped Tarball 10. Go back to SRM and upload the new configuration (configuration.tar.gz). Dell EMC PowerStore SRA Plugin 1.
Configuring certificates for Photon OS Figure: Preparing to Upload the Configuration Figure: Uploading the configuration.tar.gz File. The configuration is complete. SRA should be using a secure connection. Figure: Configuration complete Advanced Configuration The following table shows the advanced configuration parameters for PowerStore: Dell EMC PowerStore SRA Plugin 1.
Configuring certificates for Photon OS Section Parameter connection_timeout Default Value Description 20 seconds The connection_timeout parameter determines how long SRA attempts to connect before a timeout error occurs. In addition, the parameter determines how long SRA waits before making another attempt if the connection is interrupted. This parameter is measured in seconds. You can adjust this parameter according to your network configuration.
Configuring certificates for Photon OS Section Parameter ca_path protocols ssl:tls.1.2 ciphers Default Value Description N/A The ca_path parameter specifies a path to a root certificate. If verify is enabled and you are using a selfsigned certificate, you should export the root certificate from the storage host, place it beside the downloaded config file and set ca_path to the certificate name if you are using the Linux version. For the Windows version of the SRA, do not set the ca_path parameter.
Configuring certificates for Photon OS Section Parameter Default Value Description parameter in each protocol section. ssl:tls1.1 CAUTION: Adjusting these parameters without consulting Dell EMC technical support is NOT recommended. To configure SRA parameters: 1. In the SRM Appliance Management dialog box, select Storage Replication Adapters. 2. From the Dell EMC PowerStore Storage Replication Adapter menu, select Download configuration archive. The archive file contains the following files: sra.
Getting Help Uninstalling the Dell EMC PowerStore Storage Replication Adapter for Linux To uninstall the Dell EMC PowerStore SRA for Linux: 1. In the SRM Appliance Management dialog box, select Storage Replication Adapters. 2. Locate the relevant SRA, and from the Dell EMC PowerStore Storage Replication Adaptor menu, select Delete. The Delete Adapter dialog box appears. 3. Select the checkboxes and click DELETE; the selected SRA is uninstalled.
Getting Help For technical support and service requests, go https://dell.com/support and locate the Service Requests page. To open a service request, you must have a valid support agreement. Contact your Sales Representative for details about obtaining a valid support agreement or to answer any questions about your account. Dell EMC PowerStore SRA Plugin 1.
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