Administrator Guide

VMware SRM and Storage Manager Prerequisites
To use the Dell SRA with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager, the following conguration requirements must be met.
Requirement Description
Data Collector Deployment A Storage Manager Data Collector must be visible to all Storage
Centers within the SRM conguration. Three options are available:
• Install and congure the Storage Manager Data Collector on the
recovery SRM site only.
• Install and congure Storage Manager Primary Data Collector
on the protected site; install and congure Storage Manager
Remote Data Collector on the recovery site.
• Install and congure Storage Manager Primary Data Collector
on the recovery site; install and congure Storage Manager
Remote Data Collector on the protected site.
Storage Center Conguration
• VMware vSphere server objects must be created on both the
source and destination Storage Centers.
• Replication QoS Nodes must be dened on the source and
destination Storage Centers.
Storage Manager Users Three users are required:
• To install SRM – A Storage Manager user that can access all
Storage Centers at the protected and recovery sites.
• To manage the protected site with SRM – A Storage Manager
user that can access only the Storage Centers at the protected
site.
• To manage the recovery site with SRM – A Storage Manager
user that can access only the Storage Centers at the recovery
site.
Communication between Storage Manager and SRM The rewall (if any) between SRM and Storage Manager must allow
SOAP over HTTP on TCP port 3033.
Replications
• Using Storage Manager, create replications or Live Volumes
from the protected site to the recovery site.
• Source and destination volumes must not be replicating
anywhere else.
• Restore points for replications must be validated and saved.
Restore Points Restore points are not available to VMware vCenter SRM until they
have been saved. Using Storage Manager, save restore points for
the replications. If you are using Data Collectors on both the
recovery and protected sites, you must save restore points on both
sites.
Dell SRA with Stretched Storage and vMotion
Dell SRA version 18.1.1 includes support for Stretched Storage with VMware Sitre Recovery Manager (SRM). Stretched Storage allows
SRM to manage Storage Center Live Volume replications. vMotion, when used with stretched storage, allows virtual machines to migrate to
another host without downtime.
To enable vMotion on Storage Center Live Volumes managed with SRM perform the following tasks:
• Enable vMotion on ESXi hosts
• Congure vCenter servers in enhanced linked mode
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Storage Replication Adapter for VMware SRM