Administrator Guide

Install a Virtual Appliance as a Remote Data Collector.............................................................................................. 730
Disconnecting and Reconnecting a Remote Data Collector............................................................................................732
Temporarily Disconnect a Remote Data Collector.....................................................................................................732
Reconnect a Remote Data Collector to a Storage Center.........................................................................................732
Remove a Remote Data Collector.............................................................................................................................732
Using a Remote Data Collector to Activate Disaster Recovery....................................................................................... 733
Log in to the Remote Data Collector........................................................................................................................ 733
Create a User........................................................................................................................................................... 734
Use a Remote Data Collector to Prepare for Disaster Recovery............................................................................... 734
Use a Remote Data Collector to Test Activate Disaster Recovery............................................................................ 735
Use a Remote Data Collector to Restore a Failed Volume for a Restore Point.......................................................... 735
Use a Remote Data Collector to Activate Disaster Recovery....................................................................................735
Use a Remote Data Collector to Delete Test DR Volumes.........................................................................................735
Reconnect a Remote Data Collector to a Storage Center........................................................................................ 735
Enabling Email Notications for the Remote Data Collector........................................................................................... 736
37 Storage Replication Adapter for VMware SRM.......................................................... 737
Where to Find Dell SRA Deployment Instructions........................................................................................................... 737
Dell SRA Limitations........................................................................................................................................................737
Dell SRA Software Requirements for VMware SRM....................................................................................................... 737
VMware SRM and Storage Manager Prerequisites.........................................................................................................737
Dell SRA with Stretched Storage and vMotion...............................................................................................................738
Storage Manager SRA Congurations............................................................................................................................738
Primary Data Collector Only Conguration............................................................................................................... 738
Remote Data Collector Conguration.......................................................................................................................739
Selecting the Snapshot Type to Use for SRM 5.x and 6.x Volume Failover.....................................................................740
Limitations for Selecting the Snapshot Type for SRM Failover................................................................................. 740
Change the Snapshot Type Used for SRM Volume Failover..................................................................................... 740
Part VI: Storage Center Monitoring and Reporting..........................................................741
38 Storage Center Threshold Alerts............................................................................... 743
Conguring Threshold Denitions...................................................................................................................................743
Setting Up Threshold Denitions.............................................................................................................................. 743
Assigning Storage Objects to Threshold Denitions..................................................................................................746
Assigning Threshold Denitions to Storage Objects..................................................................................................746
Viewing Threshold Alerts for Threshold Denitions...................................................................................................748
Viewing and Deleting Threshold Alerts............................................................................................................................748
View Current and Historical Threshold Alerts............................................................................................................748
Filter Threshold Alerts by Storage Center.................................................................................................................748
Filter Threshold Alerts by Threshold Denition Properties.........................................................................................749
View the Threshold Denition that Generated an Alert.............................................................................................749
Delete Historical Threshold Alerts.............................................................................................................................749
Conguring Volume Advisor Movement Recommendations........................................................................................... 749
Threshold Denitions That Support Volume Advisor.................................................................................................749
General Volume Advisor Requirements.....................................................................................................................750
Additional Requirements for the Volume Latency Threshold Denition.....................................................................750
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