Chapter 1. Installing and Configuring vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.5

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • What is Site Recovery Manager (SRM)?
  • Preparing storage for array-based replication
  • Host presentation at protected and recovery sites
  • Installing SRM on protected and recovery sites
  • Installing SRM plugin for vSphere Client
  • Pairing sites
  • Installing Storage Replication Adapters (SRA)
  • Adding an array manager
  • Enabling an array pair
  • Configuring placeholder datastores
  • Creating resource, folder, and network mappings