Administrator Guide
VVols
Storage Manager supports the VMware virtual volumes (VVols) framework. VMware administrators use vCenter to create virtual machines
and VVols. You must be connected to a Data Collector Managerto use VVols.
When properly congured, you can use Storage Manager to manage and view VVols, storage containers, datastores, and other aspects of
VMware infrastructure.
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Managing Virtual Volumes With Storage Manager
Disaster Recovery Features
Storage Manager allows you to plan and implement a disaster recovery strategy for your Storage Center volumes.
Remote Storage Centers and Quality of Service
Storage Centers can be connected to each other by Fibre Channel or iSCSI to allow data to be copied between them. Storage Manager
allows you to coordinate connected Storage Centers to distribute copies of your data to remote sites, ensuring that your data is protected
and available even if one site goes down.
Replication Quality of Service (QoS) denitions allow you to control when and how much bandwidth is used for communication between
Storage Centers.
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Remote Storage Centers and Replication QoS
Replications and Live Volumes
As part of an overall Disaster Recovery Plan, replication copies volume data from one managed storage system to another managed
storage system to safeguard data against local or regional data threats. If the source storage system or source site becomes unavailable,
you can activate the destination volume to regain access to your data.
A Live Volume is a pair of replicating volumes that can be mapped and active at the same time. Similar to a conventional replication, the
primary (source) volume on a primary storage system replicates to a secondary (destination) volume on a secondary storage system.
However, both the primary volume and secondary volume can accept writes.
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Storage Center Replications and Live Volumes
Disaster Recovery Activation
If you congure replications, Live Volumes, or both, you can use Storage Manager to prepare for and perform disaster recovery. Storage
Manager allows you to predene your disaster recovery plans, including which servers the recovery volumes will be mapped to. In the event
of a real disaster, you can use Storage Manager to activate your disaster recovery plans, making your data available to the resources that
need it as soon as possible.
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Storage Center DR Preparation and Activation
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Storage Manager Overview