Table of Contents: Site Recovery Manager User Guide

Table of Contents

• Installing the FlashArray Storage Replication Adapter (SRA)
  • Downloading the SRA
  • Installing the Photon-based FlashArray SRA
  • Installing the Windows-based FlashArray SRA
• Upgrading the FlashArray Storage Replication Adapter
  • Upgrading the Photon-based FlashArray SRA
  • Upgrading the Windows-based FlashArray SRA
  • Confirming the SRA Upgrade in SRM
• Configuring the FlashArray SRA Array Managers
  • FlashArray Array Manager Overview
  • FlashArray Manager Credentials
  • Array Manager Configuration for Periodic Replication
  • Array Manager Configuration for Pod-based Periodic Replication
    • Configuring Arrays Managers for Periodic Replication from an Unstretched Pod
    • Configuring Arrays Managers for Periodic Replication from a Stretched Pod
  • Multi-Array to Multi-Array Replication Configuration
    • Fan-in or Fan-out
    • Many-to-Many Replication
  • Array Manager Configuration for Stretched Storage Support
  • Enabling or Disabling Array Pairs
    • Enabling an Array Pair
    • Disabling an Array Pair
  • Changing the FlashArray Membership of a Pod
    • Stretching a Local Pod to a Second FlashArray
    • Unstretching a Pod
    • Moving a Pod to a different FlashArray
  • Deleting an Array Manager
  • Troubleshooting Array Pairs
    • An Array Pair is not Listed
    • Array Pair Not Found Error
• Discovering Devices
  • Configuring FlashArray Replication
  • Replicated Devices
  • Device Status
• Configuring Site Recovery Manager Tag-Based Storage Policy Discovery
  • Storage Policy Groups
  • Tag Management Strategies
  • Creating a Tag Category
    • Default SRM Tag Categories
  • Creating a Tag
  • Assigning Tags to a Datastore 
  • Assigning Tags to a Datastore Cluster 
  • Creating a Tag-based Storage Policy
  • Assigning a Tag-based Storage Policy to a VM
  • Creating Storage Policy Mappings
    • Using Different Tags in each vCenter
• SRM and vVol Configuration Checklist, Best Practices, and Limitations
• Configuring Site Recovery Manager vVol-Based Storage Policy Discovery
  • Configure a Site Recovery Manager Environment for vVol-based Storage Discovery
    • Register VASA Providers
    • Mount vVol Datastore
  • Configuring vVol-based Storage Policies
  • Assigning vVol-based Storage Policies to Virtual Machines
  • Creating vVol Storage Policy Mappings
• SRM Protection Groups
  • SRM Protection Group Overview
  • Creating an SRM Protection Group
    • Datastore Group Based Protection Groups
    • Storage Policy Based Protection Groups
    • vVol Storage Policy Based Protection Groups
    • SRM Protection Groups vs. FlashArray Protection Groups
• Periodic Replication SRM Workflows
  • Prerequisites
  • Test Recovery
  • Test Recovery Cleanup
  • Recovery 
  • Reprotect
  • Failback
• Pod-based Periodic Replication SRM Workflows
  • Prerequisites
  • Example Environment
  • Test Recovery
    • Test Recovery from a Pod to Asynchronous Target Site
    • Test Recovery from an Asynchronous Target Site to a Pod
    • Test Recovery Cleanup
  • Recovery & Reprotect
    • Recovery from a Pod to an Asynchronous Target Site
    • Reprotection of an Asynchronous Target Site
      • Re-creating a Destroyed Pod Prior to a Failback
    • Recovery from an Asynchronous Site to a Pod-based Site
    • Reprotection of a Pod-based Site
• Stretched Storage SRM Workflows 
  • Overview of Stretched Storage in SRM
  • Example Environment
  • Test Recovery
    • Testing Cross vCenter vMotion
    • Testing the SRM Recovery Plan
  • Recovery
  • Reprotect
  • Failback
• vVol Periodic Replication SRM Workflows
  • Prerequisites 
  • Example Environment
  • Test Recovery
  • Recovery
  • Reprotect
  • Failback
• Site Recovery Manager Advanced Settings
• Configuration of Replication for SRM with the FlashArray Plugin for the vSphere Client