Users Guide

Replay Manager Service for VMware

Replay Manager Service for VMware (RMSV) enables Replay Manger to communicate with VMware vCenter and create consistent

Replays of VMware virtual machines and datastores on a Dell Storage Center.

RMSV Data Migration

Upgrading from earlier versions of DSITV requires a migration of RMSV data.

You can choose to migrate the RMSV data created in DSITV 4.x to DSITV 5.0 during the RMSV conguration process (see Conguring

RMSV). DSITV prompts you to migrate data unless one of the following conditions is met:

• You have already migrated data from DSITV 4.x to DSITV 5.0.

• You chose to congure DSITV 5.0 without migrating the earlier data.

After you congure RMSV, the data migration option is no longer displayed and you can no longer migrate data from the earlier release.

NOTE: Each restore point increases the time it takes for the data migration to nish.

After migration, the following data becomes accessible to DSITV 5.0:

• List of dened Storage Centers

• Email service settings and snapshot notications email

• License status and serial number information

• Jobs schedule

• Backup sets and restore point status reports

• Related virtual machine and datastore backup data

NOTE

: If you are running DSITV earlier than version 4.1, you must rst upgrade to DSITV 4.1. Then, you can migrate the data

from DSITV 4.1 to DSITV 5.0 as indicated.

Conguring RMSV

To allow Replay Manager to communicate with VMware vCenter, RMSV must be congured with information about the VMware vCenter

Server.

CAUTION

: Errors might occur on the VMware ESXi host if multiple instances of RMSV, on multiple DSITV virtual appliances, are

congured to communicate with a single VMware vCenter Server. Each instance of RMSV must be congured to communicate

with a dierent VMware vCenter Server.

• Deploy DSITV and congure the time zone and network settings.

• Identify the host name or IP address of the VMware vCenter Server.

• Identify the user name and password of a VMware vCenter user with administrator privileges.

• Decide whether to migrate RMSV data from DSITV 4.1. For more information, see RMSV Data Migration

1 Log in to DSITV.

2 At the CLI prompt, type 3 (Congure RMSV) and press Enter.

If you are upgrading from DSITV 4.1, DSITV begins the RMSV conguration process and asks if you want to migrate data from an

existing DSITV 4.1 appliance. If you have an existing DSITV 4.1 appliance with data that you would like to migrate, continue with step 3.

If prompted to migrate data, continue with step 4.

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