Administrator Guide

Activating Disaster Recovery for PS Series Group Replications................................................................................ 523
Restarting Failed Replications..........................................................................................................................................523
Restart Replication for Multiple Restore Points......................................................................................................523
Restart a Replication for a Single Restore Point.....................................................................................................524
Restoring Replications and Live Volumes...................................................................................................................... 524
Volume Restore Options............................................................................................................................................ 524
Volume Restore Limitations....................................................................................................................................... 524
Restoring a Live Volume and a Managed Replication.............................................................................................525
Volume Restore Procedures......................................................................................................................................525
Deleting Restore Points....................................................................................................................................................526
16 Remote Data Collector.............................................................................................................527
Remote Data Collector Management.............................................................................................................................527
Remote Data Collector Requirements............................................................................................................................527
Storage Manager Virtual Appliance Requirements.......................................................................................................528
Installing and Configuring a Remote Data Collector.....................................................................................................528
Install a Remote Data Collector................................................................................................................................. 528
Installing and Configuring the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance as a Remote Data Collector......................529
Disconnecting and Reconnecting a Remote Data Collector........................................................................................ 531
Temporarily Disconnect a Remote Data Collector...................................................................................................531
Reconnect a Remote Data Collector to a Storage Center.................................................................................... 532
Remove a Remote Data Collector.............................................................................................................................532
Using a Remote Data Collector to Activate Disaster Recovery..................................................................................532
Log in to the Remote Data Collector........................................................................................................................532
Create a User...............................................................................................................................................................533
Use a Remote Data Collector to Prepare for Disaster Recovery..........................................................................534
Use a Remote Data Collector to Test Activate Disaster Recovery......................................................................535
Use a Remote Data Collector to Activate Disaster Recovery...............................................................................535
Enabling Email Notifications for the Remote Data Collector.......................................................................................535
17 Storage Replication Adapter for VMware SRM...........................................................................536
Where to Find Dell SRA Deployment Instructions........................................................................................................ 536
Dell SRA Limitations..........................................................................................................................................................536
Dell SRA Requirements for VMware SRM.....................................................................................................................536
VMware SRM and Storage Manager Prerequisites..................................................................................................... 536
Dell SRA with Stretched Storage and vMotion.............................................................................................................537
Storage Manager SRA Configurations........................................................................................................................... 537
Selecting the Snapshot Type to Use for SRM 5.x and 6.x Volume Failover.............................................................539
Limitations for Selecting the Snapshot Type for SRM Failover............................................................................539
Change the Snapshot Type Used for SRM Volume Failover................................................................................ 539
18 Threshold Alerts..................................................................................................................... 540
Configuring Threshold Definitions...................................................................................................................................540
Setting Up Threshold Definitions.............................................................................................................................. 540
Assigning Storage Objects to Threshold Definitions...............................................................................................543
Assigning Threshold Definitions to Storage Objects...............................................................................................543
Viewing Threshold Alerts for Threshold Definitions................................................................................................545
Viewing and Deleting Threshold Alerts...........................................................................................................................545
View Current and Historical Threshold Alerts..........................................................................................................545
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