VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.0 Step by Step Setup Guide

VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.
0
Step by Step Setup Guide
Revision 1.2
October 31
2011
Ivan Liao
This is a completely step by step guide for VMware SRM 5.0, will guide you go through the deployment including vSphere 5.0 installation, Storage configuration, SRM installation, SRM configuration and SRM recovery demo. In this document will use FalconStor Network Storage Server Virtual Appliance (NSS VA) to provide storage as the VMware SRM Datastore. FalconStor NSS VA is a VMware SRM certified storage system; you can quickly deploy and configure your storage system for VMware SRM with NSS VA. For more information, please access http://www.falconstor.com
Hardware and Software configuration list in this document:

Protected Site (SiteA) vCenter5a: 192.168.11.101 ESXi5a: 192.168.11.102 (for management), 192.168.12.102 (for iSCSI storage) NSSVA-A: 192.168.11.103 (for management), 192.168.12.103 (for iSCSI storage) Recovery Site (SiteB) vCenter5b: 192.168.11.111 ESXi5b: 192.168.11.112 (for management), 192.168.12.112 (for iSCSI storage) NSSVA-B: 192.168.11.113 (for management), 192.168.12.113 (for iSCSI storage)
This guide is split into several parts:

Part 1: Install and Config VMware vSphere 5. Part 2: vSphere 5 iSCSI storage configuration. Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA. Part 4: Install SRM and SRA. Part 5: SRM Configuration. Part 6: Recovery Plan testing.
Contents
Part 1: Install and Config VMware vSphere 5. ........................................................................... 1 Section 1: Install vCenter Server 5. (On both sites) ........................................................... 1 Section 2: Install vSphere Client. ....................................................................................... 5 Section 3: Add ESX/ESXi servers to vCenter Server. (On both sites) ................................. 7 Part 2: vSphere 5 iSCSI storage configuration. ........................................................................ 11 Section 1: iSCSI storage networking. (On both sites) ...................................................... 11 Section 2: iSCSI Software Adapter. (On both sites) ......................................................... 14 Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA ......................................................................... 17 Section 1: Deploy FalconStor NSS VA. (On both sites) .................................................... 17 Section 2: Configure NSS VA networking. (On both sites)............................................... 24 Section 3: Install FalconStor Management Console. ....................................................... 29 Section 4: Connect to NSS VA via FalconStor Management Console. ............................. 32 Section 5: Configure NSS VA storage for SRM and configure replication. ...................... 35 Section 6: Deploy Virtual Machine to Datastore provided by NSS VA. (Protected Site only) ................................................................................................................................. 56 Part4: Install SRM and SRA. (On both sites) ........................................................................... 65 Section 1: Install Site Recovery Manager 5. .................................................................... 65 Section 2: Install Storage Replication Adapter (SRA). ..................................................... 75 Part5: SRM Configuration. ....................................................................................................... 77 Section 1: Configure Connection and Mappings. ............................................................ 77 Section 2: Configure Array Based Replication. ................................................................ 84 Section 3: Create Protection Group. ............................................................................... 88 Section 4: Create Recovery Plans. ................................................................................... 91 Part6: Recovery Plan testing. .................................................................................................. 96 Section 1: Test Recovery Plan.......................................................................................... 96 Section 2: Recover to Recovery Site. ............................................................................... 99 Section 3: Reprotect. ..................................................................................................... 102 Section 4: Recover back to original site......................................................................... 104 Appendix................................................................................................................................ 106 Check list for VMware SRM deployment: ..................................................................... 106
VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.0 step by step setup guide
Part 1: Install and Config VMware vSphere 5.

Section 1: Install vCenter Server 5. (On both sites)
Step 1: Insert VMware vSphere 5 DVD to start installation. Auto run will pop up once DVD inserted. Before you continue to install vCenter Server, your OS must be Windows x64, and must have Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 and Windows Installer 4.5 installed.
Select vCenter Server from the list, and then click on Install button to launch the installation, select your preferred language during the installation, and accept the SLA.
Step 2: Input your vCenter license key.
Step 3: Select Database for vCenter Server, will use SQL Server 2008 Express in this demo. For other Database configuration, please refer to VMware support website.
Step 4: Select user account for vCenter services.
Step 5: Select the destination location to install.
Step 6: Configure Ports for vCenter Server.
Step 7: Select vCenter Server Web services JVM memory configuration, and then start to install.
Installation wizard will start SQL Server 2008 Express installation first, and then start to install vCenter Server.
Section 2: Install vSphere Client.

vCenter Server does not have GUI, youd need to install vSphere Client to connect vCenter Server, or you can use Web Browser to connect vCenter Web service. VSphere Client does not need to install on same machine of vCenter Server, you can install it on other machines. Step 1: Select vSphere Client from the list, and then click on Install button to start. Before you continue to install vSphere Client, your OS must have Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 and Microsoft VJ# 2.0 SE installed.
Select your preferred language during the installation, and accept the SLA.
Step 2: Select the folder in which to install vSphere Client, and then start to install vSphere Client.
Section 3: Add ESX/ESXi servers to vCenter Server. (On both sites)

Step 1: Launch vSphere Client, input vCenter Server IP/Name and credential.
Step 2: Create Datacenter. Datacenter is a logical group in VMware infrastructure; you need to assign ESX/ESXi servers to Datacenter. Right click on vCenter Server, and then select New Datacenter to create a Datacenter.
Step 3: Add ESX/ESXi servers to Datacenter. Right click on Datacenters name, and select Add Host.
Input ESX/ESXi Hostname/IP and credential, and accept the Security Alert.
Step 4: Add ESX/ESXi host and assign license key.
You can assign license key during Add Host Wizard or add license key later in vSphere Client.
Step 5: Select a Datacenter as location, and then finish add a host.
Now ESX/ESXi servers added to vCenter.
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Part 2: vSphere 5 iSCSI storage configuration.

Section 1: iSCSI storage networking. (On both sites)
Before you can connect to storage provided by iSCSI/NFS, you need to add VMkernel networking to your ESX/ESXi hosts. Step 1: Add VMkernel networking. Select ESX/ESXi server that you want to connect to iSCSI storage, and then click on Configuration tab, select Networking from the list, and then click Add Networking
Select VMkernel because this network is use for iSCSI storage connection.
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Step 2: Select uplink adapter(s). It is better to use a separated NIC for iSCSI storage connection. In this case vmnic1 will be used for iSCSI connection; vmnic0 is used for Virtual Machines and management console.
Input a network label.
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Step 3: Input Network settings Input IP address, net mask and gateway settings.
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Section 2: iSCSI Software Adapter. (On both sites)

vSphere 5.0 does not provide iSCSI Software Adapter by default, you must add it yourself. Step 1: Add iSCSI Software Adapter. Select Configuration tab on ESX/ESXi server, and then select Storage Adapters from the list, click on Add
Click OK to add iSCSI adapter.
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Step 2: Add iSCSI target. You need to connect to iSCSI Target via iSCSI Software Adapter, select iSCSI Software Adapter from the list, vmhba33 is iSCSI Software Adapter in this case, and then click on Properties
Click on Dynamic Discovery tab in iSCSI Initiator (vmhba33) Properties window, and then click Add button to add iSCSI target.
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Input your iSCSI storage servers IP address and iSCSI listening port.
A rescan is need after iSCSI target is configured. But no storage will be found at this time, because FalconStor NSS VA has not configured yet. This will discuss later.
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Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA

Section 1: Deploy FalconStor NSS VA. (On both sites)
Step 1: Connect to vCenter Server or a ESX/ESXi Server via vSphere Client, select menu File, and then Deploy OVF Template
Click Browse button to select FalconStor NSS Virtual Appliance template file, which name FalconStor-NSSVA.ovf in this case.
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Click Accept button to accept the SLA.
Input the Virtual Machine Display Name for NSS VA.
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Select destination to deploy.
Select virtual disk schema for NSS VA, suggest select Thick Provision for better performance.
Select virtual networking mapping for NSS VA.
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Finish NSS VA deployment.
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Step 2: Add virtual disk to NSS VA. You need to add Virtual Disk to NSS VA as storage space before you configure NSS VA. Right click select NSS VA virtual machine in vSphere Client, and then select Edit Setting, click Add button to add devices.
Select Hard Disk in Add Hardware window.
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Select Create a new virtual disk. You can use Raw Device Mappings if you want to assign RAW LUN to NSS VA to get better performance.
Also use Thick Provision will get better performance.
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Please note that add hard disk to Virtual Device Node 1:0, or use channels other than OS disks.
Repeat Step 2 to add one more Hard Disk to NSS VA to provide snapshot storage, please note Virtual Device Node must changed, such as 1:1 for 2nd disk, 1:2 for 3rd disk etc. In this case, added 2 Hard Disks to NSS VA: Node 1:0 is 100GB for Datastore to ESX/ESXi Node 1:1 is 50GB for snapshot
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Section 2: Configure NSS VA networking. (On both sites)

Step 1: Power on NSS VA and start FalconStor Virtual Appliance Setup. First you need to power on NSS VA via vSphere Client after added Hard Disks. And login FalconStor NSS VA with username root, password IPStor101.
FalconStor Virtual Appliance Setup window will popup once logged in. or you can start with command line vaconfig.
Step 2: Set new host name. Select Host Name from main menu of FalconStor Virtual Appliance Setup, and then input new host name.
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Step 3: Set Time Zone. Select Time Zone from main menu of FalconStor Virtual Appliance Setup,
Suggest system clock do not use UTC, select No in this step.
Select the time zone for your system, and then click OK to finish.
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Step 4: Change password for root if you want to.
Step 5: Network Configuration.
Select the NIC you want to setup.
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Repeat Step 5 to configure for eth1. In this case, eth0 is for management, eth1 is for iSCSI storage connection. Step 6: Set Default Gateway.
Step 7: Set Name Server.
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Step 8: Finish setup. Select Finish if you do not want to configure NTP Server, otherwise you can go on to configure NTP Server.
Review summary and select Yes to apply changes.
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Section 3: Install FalconStor Management Console.

You do not need to install FalconStor Management Console on both Protected Site and Recovery Site; you can use one Management Console to manage multiple NSS VA servers. Step 1: FalconStor Client Install Disk. In your download package of FalconStor NSS VA, there is a file named FalconStor Client Install Disc.iso, you can burn it to DVD or uncompress it to a folder. And then insert the DVD to your system or run Launch.exe directly to start installation wizard, click on Management button.
Click on Server Management Console button.
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Click on Network Storage Server button.
Click on Windows button to launch the installation.
Step 2: Accept the SLA:
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Go on to enter User Name, Company Name, and then Choose Destination Location.
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Section 4: Connect to NSS VA via FalconStor Management Console.

Step 1: Launch FalconStor Management Console. After install completed, click on IPStor Console from Windows Start Menu.
Step 2: Add NSS VA hosts to FalconStor Management Console. Right click Servers and select Add.
Input your NSS VA server name or IP address, and its credential.
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New Device Detected window will popup once you added NSS VA, because there are 2 Hard Disks has not configure yet. These 2 disks are added in Part 3 -> Section 1 -> Step 2 in this document. Please click Close to ignore it now.
Repeat Step 2 to add other NSS VA to Management Console. Step 3: Add License for NSS VA. (For all NSS VA server) Right click on server name of NSS VA, and then select License to manage your license.
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Click Add button on License Information window, and then input your license key to Keycode field.
Repeat Step 3 to add License for other NSS VA servers.
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Section 5: Configure NSS VA storage for SRM and configure replication.

Once NSS VA on both Protected Site and Recovery Site are added to FalconStor Management Console, you can manage them in a single view. Step 1: Prepare Disk. (For all NSS VA servers) When you login to NSS VA via FalconStor Management Console, it will automatic detect hard disks that has not configured, and show you the wizard.
Or you can expand your NSS VA server in Management Console, right click on Physical Resources and then select Prepare Disks to launch this wizard.
If you added Virtual Hard Disk after NSS VA powered on, youd need to Rescan the disks.
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Select Reserved for Virtual Device, and then click OK button.
Enter YES to confirm.
One disk reserved, repeat Step 1 to prepare 2nd disk.
Repeat Step 1 to Prepare Disks for other NSS VA servers. In this case is NSSVA-B.
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Step 2: Create SAN Resource. This action is performed on Protected Site (SiteA) only. After closed Prepare Disk wizard, Create SAN Resource wizard comes up. Or you can start it manually by right click on SAN Resources under Logical Resources in Management Console, and then select New to start this wizard. SAN Resource is the storage that you can provide to client to connect via iSCSI/FC; it is LUNs for your client.
Select Virtual Device and click on Next button.
Select one disk for create SAN Resource, do not select both of them, other one need to reserve as snapshot device.
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Ignore Thin Provisioning Option here.
Accept default option unless you like to set the LUN size, default size is the whole disk.
Input SAN Resource Name here, SANDisk-SiteA in this case.
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Click on Finish button to complete the SAN Resource creation.
FalconStor Management Console will ask you to assign SAN Clients to SAN Resource once SAN Resource created, please select No to ignore it. We will do it later.
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Step 3: Create SAN Clients. (For all NSS VA servers) SAN Clients defines: Who can connect to NSS VA storage? (Clients Initiator) Which protocol will be used for connection? (iSCSI or Fibre Channel) What resources can be accessed by clients after connected? (SAN Resources as LUN)
Click on Next button on Welcome window and then you will see Select Client Protocols. Will use iSCSI here.
Select the Target IP you want to use for iSCSI storage connection. This IP is not for NSS VA management.
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Because added iSCSI target for ESX/ESXi servers in Part 2 > Section 2 > Step 2, you can see the ESX/ESXi servers Initiator here. Otherwise you need to go back Part 2 > Section 2 > Step 2 to add iSCSI target for ESX/ESXi servers.
Enter Client Name, select Linux as Client Type, and click Find button to get Client IP address.
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Deselect Enable Persistent Reservation here.
SAN Client added for one of NSS VA server.
Repeat Step 3 to add SAN Client for other NSS VA servers. In this case is NSSVA-B.
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Step 4: Assign SAN Resource to SAN Client. (Protected Site only) Right click on the SAN Client you just created in Step 3, and then select Assign.
Click on Next button on Welcome window and then you will see Select virtual drives for LUNs in the target.
Assign LUN ID here.
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Finish assign SAN Resource.
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Step 5: Enable TimeMark for SAN Resource. You must enable TimeMark for SAN Resource before enable replication.
FalconStor Management Console prompts you to create snapshot resource, click on OK button to accept it.
Click on Next button on Welcome window and then you will see Select Physical Resource for the Virtual Device. Disks has not configure as SAN Resource will show at here.
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Accept the default snapshot resource size, or you can use whole disk.
Click Next button on Verify the Selected Physical Devices window, and accept the default Storage Policy, click Next button to continue.
Select Always maintain write operations.
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You can deselect Enable Snapshot Notification option here.
Click Finish button to complete snapshot device creation.
After Snapshot device created, Enable TimeMark/CDP Wizard comes up.
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Do not select Enable Continuous Data Protection (CDP) here.
Enter Date/Time for Create an initial TimeMark on, please note that the time must not earlier than the time your current Time. Suggest it is half an hour delay due to your current Time.
TimeMark is enabled now.
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Step 6: Enable Replication. Before install and configure SRM, youd need to enable replication for SAN Resource at SiteA.
Select remote NSS VA server at Recovery Site (SiteB), in this case is NSSVA-B.
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The remote NSS VA servers management IP address.
Deselect Continuous Mode; instead it will use Delta Mode for replication.
Enter Start replication schedule time; suggest half an hour delay due to current time.
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Select Enable Throughput Control if you want, deselect it will get better performance if you have separated network for replication; also select transmit protocol at next step.
Suggest do not change other transmission option.
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Here is list of available LUNs on remote NSS VA server; select one for replication destination, LUN size must same or larger than source LUN.
Other Snapshot options for replication.
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Click on Finish button to finish enable replication.
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To check your replication status here, and wait replication till it is completed. And then go on to next step.
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Step 7: Enable TimeMark for replicated LUN. After replication completed, youd need to enable TimeMark for replicated LUN.
Click on Next button on Welcome window and then you will see Continuous Data Protection window, click Next to continue here.
Click Next button till it Finish.
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Section 6: Deploy Virtual Machine to Datastore provided by NSS VA. (Protected Site only)
Step 1: Connect to iSCSI LUN and format as VMFS Datastore. Rescan iSCSI Software Adapter to show available LUNs.
Now you have a new LUN can be used for SRM.
Go to ESX server Storage management at Protected Site (SiteA in this case), and click on Add Storage.
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Specify storage type, select Disk/LUN in this case.
Select LUN that you decided to use for SRM to create Datastore.
Specify the File System Version; suggest use VMFS-5 for vSphere 5.
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Click Next button here.
Enter a Datastore name.
Specify the maximum file size and capacity of the Datastore.
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Click on Finish button to complete.
Now you have a new Datastore, it is provided by FalconStor NSS VA.
Step 2: Create new Virtual Machine onto Datastore provided by NSS VA. Before you configure SRM, you must to create or move some Virtual Machine to running on the Datastore we just created at last step. Suggest use Custom option to create VM.
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Specify Virtual Machine display name and location here.
Select the Datastore we just created at last step as VMs destination storage.
Suggest use version 8 as the Virtual Machine Version.
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Specify Guest Operating System.
Specify number of Virtual CPUs.
Configure the Virtual Machines memory.
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Configure network connections for virtual machine.
Specify SCSI controller type.
Create a new virtual disk for virtual machine.
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Specify disk size here.
Specify virtual device node for virtual disk.
Review summary and click Finish.
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Power on the VM you just created, and dont forget to install VMware Tools before continue.
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Part4: Install SRM and SRA. (On both sites)

Section 1: Install Site Recovery Manager 5.
Step 1: Install vCenter Site Recovery Manager Extension.
Choose your preferred language and continue.
If you encountered this error on Windows Server 2003, please download and install Microsoft KB925336, and then try again.
Click Next to skip welcome window, and then accept the SLA.
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Specify SRM destination to install.
VMware announced a new feature along with SRM 5, called vSphere Replication; it can replicate your storage if your storage array does not support replication, but this feature will not discuss in this topic. Select Do not install vSphere Replication at here.
Enter vCenter Server information and then click Next, and then click on Yes when Security Warning window pops up.
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Let SRM Automatically generate a certificate.
Enter information for certificate generation.
Enter information to register SRM.
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You need to configure Data Source Name (DSN) first, click on ODBC DSN Setup button.
Select System DSN tab in ODBC Data Source Administrator, and then click on Add button.
Select SQL Server Native Client as data source driver.
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Enter DSN Name, Description and SQL Server info, in this case will install SRM on vCenter Server, and use same SQL Server 2008 Express instance.
Select With Integrated Windows authentication.
Click Next here.
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Click Finish button.
After DSN creation Finished, you can run Test Data Source to test.
Now DSN is created, click on OK button to close ODBC Data Source Administrator.
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New window comes up tell you to enter DSN name manually.
Enter DSN name you just created in Data Source Name field.
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Step 2: Install Site Recovery Manager Plug-in. Now SRM binary is ready, but you do not have GUI to login into your SRM, you need to install SRM plug-in.
Click on Download and Install link at Plug in Manager.
Ignore Security Warning to continue download.
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SRM plug in installation wizard comes up after download completed, choose your preferred language here.
Click on Next button on Welcome window, and then accept the SLA.
Start to install SRM plug in.
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Double check the plug in, now it is installed.
Return back to Home in vCenter, you can see Site Recovery button under Solutions and Applications.
Repeat steps to install Site Recovery Manager plug in on Recovery Site (SiteB).
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Section 2: Install Storage Replication Adapter (SRA).

Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) is predefined scripts so that vCenter SRM can call to manage replication and snapshot for Datastore that SRM managed.
Click on Next button on Welcome window, and then accept the SLA.
Enter Customer Information here.
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Click Next button on Keycode window, now FalconStor SRA comes with License, you do not need to enter it again. SRM 4 must have a license and enter it.
Click Install button to install SRA.
Double check the SRA, by default it will be installed at: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\storage\sra
Repeat steps to install Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) on Recovery Site (SiteB).
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Part5: SRM Configuration.

Section 1: Configure Connection and Mappings.
Step 1: Double click on Site Recovery under Solution and Application in vCenter to open Site Recovery Manager.
Select SiteA (local) under Sites in SRM, and then click on Getting Started tab, click on Configure Connection to start.
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Enter remote site information here; it should be SRM server on Recovery Site (SiteB).
Click OK to skip the certificate error warning.
Enter login credential for Protected Site.
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Click on Finish to complete.
You need to enter remote vCenter Server login credential after SRM connection is configured.
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Step 2: Resource Mappings. Each site can have different Datacenter name, different Resource Pool, you can configure mapping for those Resource. Select the Resource at Protected Site, and then click on Configure Mapping link.
Select the remote Resource Pool to map.
Resource mapped.
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Step 3: Folder Mappings. Also, each site can have different Folder. Select the Folder at Protected Site, and then click on Configure Mapping link.
Select the remote Folder to map.
Folder mapped.
Repeat this step to configure other folders mapping if you have not only one folder.
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Step 4: Network Mappings. Yes, each site can have different Networking. Select Network at Protect Site, and then click on Configure Mapping link.
Select remote Network.
Network mapped.
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Step 5: Specify Placeholder Datastores. Placeholder Datastores are required at both sites; these datastores are used by SRM to store Virtual Machines placeholder files. It cannot be the Datastore that SRM used, suggest use the Datastore created by ESX server local storage, or shared Datastore will not used by SRM for Cluster. To configure Placeholder Datastores, click on Placeholder Datastores tab and then click Configure Placeholder Datastore link.
Select a Datastore to configure, in this case will use datastore1 as placeholder Datastore. Datastore1 is a local storage Datastore on ESX server at Recovery Site.
Placeholder Datastore is configured.
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Section 2: Configure Array Based Replication.

Step 1: Check Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) status. Before you add Array Manager, you need to check and confirm your SRA is recognized by SRM. Select Array Managers from the list, and then select your site, click on SRAs tab, you will see your SRA status if it works fine.
If you cannot see any SRAs status, and got this error, you should double check your SRA installation.
Once you reinstall or confirm your SRA installed, you can go back to SRAs tab, and then click Rescan SRAs link.
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Step 2: Add Array Manager for Protected Site. Array Manager defines which SRA will be used by SRM. SRM use Array Manager to manage your SRM Storage Array, such as replication and snapshot. Right click on your Protected Site (SiteA), and click Add Array Manager.
Enter Array Manager Name, and select SRA here.
Notice: Local IP is Protected Site, Peer IP is Recovery Site.
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Step 3: Add Array Manager for Recovery Site. Repeat Step 2 to add Array Manager for Recovery Site (SiteB).
Notice: The Local IP is Recovery Site, Peer IP is Protected Site.
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Step 4: Enable Array Pairs. You need to enable Array Pairs so that link 2 Array Manager together. Select one of Array Manger, click on Array Pairs tab, and then click on Enable link.
Now Array Pairs is enabled.
You can check device status here; it will show you the replica direction.
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Section 3: Create Protection Group.

Protection Group defines what you can protect by SRM.
In this case, Protected Site is SiteA, SRM show you paired Storage Array.
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Select Datastore at SiteA to protect, SRM will list all VM located at that Datastore.
Enter Protection Group Name, and then go on till it Finish.
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After Protection Group created, you can double check VM protection properties.
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Section 4: Create Recovery Plans.

Recovery Plans defines how SRM perform recovery, you can specify the VM startup sequence, priority, or add your customized scripts at Pre-Power on and Post Power on for your VM. Step 1: Create Recovery Plans.
Specify Recovery Site, in this case is SiteB.
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Select which Protection Group to apply this Recovery Plan.
Specify test Networks.
Enter Recovery Plan Name.
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Click Finish to complete Recovery Plan creation.
Now the Recovery Plan is applied to Protection Group.
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Step 2: Configure Virtual Machine settings for Recovery Plan. (Optional) For some reason, you may need to configure your virtual machine settings for Recovery Plan, such as different network configuration for 2 sites.
For example, you can edit network setting, priority, and Pre/Post-Power on scripts.
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Step 3: Edit Recovery Steps. (Optional) Review your Test/Recovery/Cleanup Steps, you can also add or delete some steps.
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Part6: Recovery Plan testing.

Section 1: Test Recovery Plan.
Step 1: Test your Recovery Plan. Select Recovery Plan, and click on Test button from toolbar.
Click Next to continue.
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Click Start to perform Recovery test.
Wait until test complete.
You will find a Datastore is automatic attached to ESX/ESXi server at Recovery Site. We do not add LUNs to ESX/ESXi servers at Recovery Site before, SRM will replicate LUN from Protected Site to Recovery Site, and then create snapshot to mount on ESX/ESXi server, it is automatically done by SRM.
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Step 2: Cleanup the testing. After test completed, youd need to clean up the test result. Just click on Cleanup button on toolbar.
Accept and start to clean up.
Cleanup completed.
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Section 2: Recover to Recovery Site.

Before you Recover to Recovery Site, original Datastore is DS-iSCSI at Protected Site.
And you will see a same virtual machine at Recovery Site; it cannot start right now, because it is a Placeholder only stored at Placeholder Datastore. And you can see the local storage Datastore only at Recovery Site.
Click on Recovery button from toolbar to start to recover.
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Select the checkbox, and then click on Next button to continue.
Click on Start button to start Recovery.
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Recovery is completed.
After recovered, you will see the Datastore at Protected Site is unmounted.
A replicated snapshot LUN is mounted to Recovery Site, Virtual Machines in Recovery Group is now running on Recovery Site.
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Section 3: Reprotect.
SRM will not automatic failback, once you fail over to Recovery Site, the Recovery Site (SiteB) now has been a site without any protection. What you need is run Reprotect process to make your SiteB protected by SiteA, and then SiteB becomes a Protected Site, SiteA will be Recovery Site after reprotected.
Check the checkbox and click Next button to continue.
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Click on Start button to start Reprotect.
Reprotect done; now SiteB is protected by SiteA.
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Section 4: Recover back to original site.

You have Reprotected your SiteB, if you want to fail back your Virtual Machines to original site (SiteA), you just Recovery it again.
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Notic: Dont forget to Reprotect after Recovery done, because SRM will not protect your sites after Recovery is done.
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Appendix
Check list for VMware SRM deployment:
Install ESX/ESXi servers on both sites. Install vCenter Servers on both sites, add ESX/ESXi hosts to vCenter for management. Configure VMkernel networking for iSCSI storage connection. If storage is FC-SAN, please ignore this step. Create LUNs on SRM supported Storage Array system at Protected Site. Enable replication for LUNs that will be use for SRM at Protected Site, replica destination is Recovery Site. Connect LUNs to ESX/ESXi servers at Protected Site, and format as Datastore. Connect iSCSI target to ESX/ESXi servers at both Sites if protocol is iSCSI. Deploy Virtual Machines to Datastore that use for SRM. Install SRM binary, and install SRA. Configure SRM. Recovery plan test.
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This guide is split into several parts:

Part 1: Install and Config VMware vSphere 5.

Part 1: Install and Config VMware vSphere 5.

Step 2: Input your vCenter license key.

Step 4: Select user account for vCenter services.

Part 1: Install and Config VMware vSphere 5.

Step 5: Select the destination location to install.

Step 6: Configure Ports for vCenter Server.

Part 1: Install and Config VMware vSphere 5.

Part 1: Install and Config VMware vSphere 5.

Section 2: Install vSphere Client.

Part 1: Install and Config VMware vSphere 5.

Part 1: Install and Config VMware vSphere 5.

Section 3: Add ESX/ESXi servers to vCenter Server. (On both sites)

Part 1: Install and Config VMware vSphere 5.

Part 1: Install and Config VMware vSphere 5.

Step 4: Add ESX/ESXi host and assign license key.

Part 1: Install and Config VMware vSphere 5.

Step 5: Select a Datacenter as location, and then finish add a host.

Now ESX/ESXi servers added to vCenter.

Part 1: Install and Config VMware vSphere 5.

Part 2: vSphere 5 iSCSI storage configuration.

Part 2: vSphere 5 iSCSI storage configuration.

Input a network label.

Part 2: vSphere 5 iSCSI storage configuration.

Part 2: vSphere 5 iSCSI storage configuration.

Section 2: iSCSI Software Adapter. (On both sites)

Click OK to add iSCSI adapter.

Part 2: vSphere 5 iSCSI storage configuration.

Part 2: vSphere 5 iSCSI storage configuration.

Part 2: vSphere 5 iSCSI storage configuration.

Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA

Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA

Click Accept button to accept the SLA.

Input the Virtual Machine Display Name for NSS VA.

Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA

Select destination to deploy.

Select virtual networking mapping for NSS VA.

Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA

Finish NSS VA deployment.

Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA

Select Hard Disk in Add Hardware window.

Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA

Also use Thick Provision will get better performance.

Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA

Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA

Section 2: Configure NSS VA networking. (On both sites)

Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA

Suggest system clock do not use UTC, select No in this step.

Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA

Step 4: Change password for root if you want to.

Step 5: Network Configuration.

Select the NIC you want to setup.

Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA

Step 7: Set Name Server.

Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA

Review summary and select Yes to apply changes.

Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA

Section 3: Install FalconStor Management Console.

Click on Server Management Console button.

Part 3: Deploy and Config FalconStor NSS VA