Administrator Guide

Storage Replication Adapter for VMware SRM
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) supports storage vendors using Storage Replication Adapters. The Dell Storage
Replication Adapter (SRA) allows sites to use the VMware vCenter SRM on Storage Centers managed by the Storage Manager software.
Where to Find Dell SRA Deployment Instructions
This chapter provides overview information about using SRM on Storage Centers through Storage Manager and the Dell Storage
Replication Adapter (SRA). For complete information on installing and conguring VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager, including
downloading and installing Storage Replication Adapters, refer to the SRM documentation provided by VMware.
Before installing the Dell SRA, check the SRA readme le for the most current information regarding the installation and conguration
process.
Dell SRA Limitations
The Dell SRA has the following limitations:
An HBA rescan timeout might occur when a recovery operation is triggered for multiple recovery plans simultaneously. The workaround for
the issue is to either retry the SRM workow after the background HBA rescan operation completes, or increase the default timeout for
the storageProvider.hostRescanTimeoutSec setting.
The following features are not supported by the Dell SRA:
• Storage Center consistent Snapshot Proles
NOTE
: Consistent Snapshot Proles can be used to create consistent snapshots, but the Dell SRA does not guarantee that
SRM activates asynchronously replicated snapshots that are consistent with each other.
• VMware Consistency Groups
Dell SRA Requirements for VMware SRM
The following table lists the requirements for using the Dell SRA with VMware SRM.
Component
Version Requirements
Dell SRA Version 18.1.1.173
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Version 8.1, 6.5, 6.1, 6.0, 5.8, or 5.5
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.5 installed on the SRM server
NOTE: For SRM 5.5, the following error message is displayed during the Synchronize Storage step of the Dell SRA workow :
Warning - Internal error: std::exception 'class Dr::Xml::XmlValidateException' "No character
data is allowed by content model"
The error message can be ignored.
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