Administrator Guide

Remote Data Collector Requirements.........................................................................................................................585
Conguration Requirements...................................................................................................................................585
Software Requirements.......................................................................................................................................... 586
Storage Manager Virtual Appliance Requirements....................................................................................................586
Installing and Conguring a Remote Data Collector..................................................................................................586
Install a Remote Data Collector..............................................................................................................................586
Install a Virtual Appliance as a Remote Data Collector........................................................................................587
Disconnecting and Reconnecting a Remote Data Collector.................................................................................... 589
Temporarily Disconnect a Remote Data Collector...............................................................................................589
Reconnect a Remote Data Collector to a Storage Center.................................................................................589
Remove a Remote Data Collector.........................................................................................................................590
Using a Remote Data Collector to Activate Disaster Recovery...............................................................................590
Log in to the Remote Data Collector.....................................................................................................................590
Create a User........................................................................................................................................................... 592
Use a Remote Data Collector to Prepare for Disaster Recovery.......................................................................592
Use a Remote Data Collector to Test Activate Disaster Recovery....................................................................593
Use a Remote Data Collector to Activate Disaster Recovery............................................................................ 593
Enabling Email Notications for the Remote Data Collector....................................................................................593
17 Storage Replication Adapter for VMware SRM.........................................................................................595
Where to Find Dell SRA Deployment Instructions.....................................................................................................595
Dell SRA Limitations...................................................................................................................................................... 595
Dell SRA Requirements for VMware SRM................................................................................................................. 595
VMware SRM and Storage Manager Prerequisites.................................................................................................. 596
Dell SRA with Stretched Storage and vMotion......................................................................................................... 596
Storage Manager SRA Congurations........................................................................................................................ 597
Primary Data Collector Only Conguration...........................................................................................................597
Remote Data Collector Conguration................................................................................................................... 597
Selecting the Snapshot Type to Use for SRM 5.x and 6.x Volume Failover...........................................................598
Limitations for Selecting the Snapshot Type for SRM Failover.........................................................................598
Change the Snapshot Type Used for SRM Volume Failover..............................................................................599
18 Storage Center Threshold Alerts...............................................................................................................601
Conguring Threshold Denitions................................................................................................................................601
Setting Up Threshold Denitions............................................................................................................................601
Assigning Storage Objects to Threshold Denitions........................................................................................... 604
Assigning Threshold Denitions to Storage Objects........................................................................................... 605
Viewing Threshold Alerts for Threshold Denitions............................................................................................ 606
Viewing and Deleting Threshold Alerts........................................................................................................................607
View Current and Historical Threshold Alerts...................................................................................................... 607
Filter Threshold Alerts by Storage Center............................................................................................................ 607
Filter Threshold Alerts by Threshold Denition Properties................................................................................. 607
View the Threshold Denition that Generated an Alert......................................................................................608
Delete Historical Threshold Alerts......................................................................................................................... 608
Conguring Volume Advisor Movement Recommendations................................................................................... 608
Threshold Denitions That Support Volume Advisor.......................................................................................... 608
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