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11 Dell EMC SC Series: Disaster Recovery for Microsoft SQL Server Using VMware Site Recovery Manager | CML1018
automatically through replication at scheduled or continuous intervals. Replication is a significant key to
meeting aggressive RTO and RPO in a disaster recovery strategy and serves as the fundamental cornerstone
for VMware SRM operations. Various methods of replication exist and will be discussed in further detail.
2.8 Dell Storage Manager
Dell™ Storage Manager is used to manage one or more SC Series arrays and serves a variety of functions in
disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution with or without SRM. Among these tasks, the most
paramount is the configuration and tracking of replication jobs and saved restore points, and the presentation
of volumes during test or execution of predefined recovery plans.
2.9 Storage Replication Adapter
The Storage Replication Adapter (SRA), is a small piece of software provided by Dell EMC storage which is
installed on SRM servers at each of the two sites. The SRA interprets a set of storage-related commands
from SRM and carries out those commands in conjunction with DSM.