HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Virtual Infrastructure user's guide (T2558-96095, April 2008)

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Connect to the VirtualCenter server
You may enter credentials for logging in to the VMware VirtualCenter server in order to configure or
manage an ESX server. After you enter login information for the SMVI server and click Next, the
Connect to VirtualCenter Server dialog box will appear:
The VirtualCenter server is where the VMware VirtualCenter service is running. The VMware
VirtualCenter service manages all the VMware ESX servers in the environment. The account you
specify must have permission to view, create, and modify virtual machines in the datacenter.
Typically, this account has administrator permission.
If you want to connect to a VirtualCenter server, select the Connect to VirtualCenter option. If you
want to create a connection directly from one ESX server to another without using VirtualCenter (for
instance, when both the source and target ESX servers are not administered by a VirtualCenter
server), select Do not connect to VirtualCenter.
Enter the following information in the appropriate fields:
z Server—Enter the IP address or fully-qualified domain name of the VirtualCenter server.
z User name—Enter the user name for the account that will access the VirtualCenter server.
z Password—Enter the password that is associated with the user name.
If you want Storage Mirroring for Virtual Infrastructure to remember the login information, select the
Save Storage Mirroring and VirtualCenter connection information
checkbox. By selecting this
box, Storage Mirroring for Virtual Infrastructure will remember the credentials for logging in to both
the SMVI and VirtualCenter servers. The logon information is cached and encrypted, so you will not
need to enter this information again at subsequent logons.
When you have finished entering the login information, click Connect. Storage Mirroring for Virtual
Infrastructure will verify the credentials that you have entered for the VirtualCenter server.
If this is your first time to use Storage Mirroring for Virtual Infrastructure and no virtual machines
have previously been protected, you will be directed to begin selecting your virtual machines to
protect. Continue with Select the source virtual machine on page 14.
If you have already configured protection for a virtual machine, after logging in you will be taken to
the Monitor Protection page. See Monitor your Protected Virtual Machines on page 31.
NOTE: If you have changed the default port used by the VirtualCenter server, specify the port
as well. Enter the IP address and port in the Server field, using the format
Address:Port.