Administrator Guide
Managing Disaster Recovery
Use the Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin to manage Disaster Recovery for VMFS datastores.
Topics:
• Activate Disaster Recovery
• Restore/Start Disaster Recovery
• Predene Disaster Recovery
Activate Disaster Recovery
Activate Disaster Recovery for the corresponding datastore on the associated Storage Center.
Prerequisite
Valid restore points must be dened.
Steps
1 Select a datacenter.
2 Select Actions > All Dell Storage Actions > Disaster Recovery > Activate.
The Activate Disaster Recovery wizard starts and the Select SAN array source/destination page opens.
3 From the list, select a source/destination pair. Click Next.
The Disaster Recovery Warning page opens.
4 (Optional) Check Allow Planned Activate Disaster Recoveries. Click Next.
If this option is selected, the following actions result:
• The servers on the production site are shut down.
• The Storage Centers on the production site do not have to be shut down.
• The source volume is no longer mapped to the server.
The Available Restore Points page opens showing the datastores that have been specied as restore points.
5 From the list, select a pair of restore points. Click Next.
A page opens showing the selected restore points.
6 (Optional) To modify the settings, click Edit Settings.
The Edit Activate Disaster Recovery Setting page opens.
7 Modify the settings:
• Click Change next to Server to modify the server.
• Check the Use Original Volumes Folder checkbox to select that option.
• Check the Use Active Snapshot checkbox to select that option.
• Click Change next to Snapshot Prole List to modify the snapshot prole to be applied.
Click OK to save the modied settings.
8 Click Next.
The Ready to Complete page opens.
9 Click Finish.
Related links
Edit Activate Recovery Settings
Select Restore Points
Select Source/Destination Pair
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