SRM overview

1 high speed SAN replication

2 SRM application on Vcenter ot separate win 2003 or 2008 server.

3 SRA (Site Replication Adapater) software are VMware prodies for SRM server to speak with diffrent storage arrays.

4 SRM plugin on your client machine

5 SRM should be insalled per site and vcenter basis.

6 SRM needs it own database and DSN to speak with it database.

7 first pair the Protected site and recovery site and vise versa by logging into repective Vcenter servers.

8 confiure SRA on each VCenter

9 Inventory mapping.for configuring valid inventory mapping of revory site network,Folder,resource pool and others

10 protection groups organize VM's based on replicated datastores they are stored in.

create and test recovery plans