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Introduction

VMware deployments are increasingly being used for mission-critical applications. In response to this trend,

VMware delivered VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager, which works in conjunction with storage array

replication software to construct, manage, maintain, test, and execute a fully automated disaster recovery

plan for VMware virtual machines and their data.

This paper describes a set of detailed best practices to plan, setup, deploy, and operate a remote copy

infrastructure using Site Recovery Manager in conjunction with HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA

Software and the HP EVA Storage Replication Adapter. A building block approach is used to design the

complete solution, providing a step-by-step set of best practices to deploy the requisite technical components

from VMware and HP, showing the relationships and interdependencies.

The following fundamental deployment issues that this paper addresses are as follows:

 Operating VMware virtual machines with Continuous Access EVA

 Deploying representative workloads in remote copied VMs comprised of various industry applications,

such as Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL server, and File and Print services.

 Creating a representative workflow (recovery plan) that fails-over various sets of VMs to the recovery site

 Operating the workflow in a test scenario

 Operating the workflow for a full failover

Developing best practices and providing steps to show how to properly fail-back from the recovery site to

the protected site

The methods and best practices described in following sections are designed to facilitate both the

productive planning and the timely deployment of a fully automated disaster recovery plan, using Site

Recovery Manager in conjunction with a combination of HP c-Class Blades and EVA arrays using

Continuous Access. The following guidelines and best practices ensure these benefits:

 Proper configuration and deployment of the entire environment, including the VMware environment, the

HP Blade Servers, the EVA Disk Array, and the EVA Site Recovery Adapter.

 Predictable performance characteristics

 Ease of operation, including tips for how to properly interface HP technology with VMware technology.

Use these best practices to accelerate time to deployment, while reducing risks and minimizing total costs.

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