EMC VMAX 200K - SRDF Multi-Site Solutions

Table 39 SRDF 2-site solutions (continued)
Solution highlights Site topology
SRDF and VMware Site Recovery Manager
Completely automates storage-based disaster
restart operations for VMware environments in
SRDF topologies.
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The EMC SRDF Adapter enables VMware Site
Recovery Manager to automate storage-based
disaster restart operations in SRDF solutions.
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Can address configurations in which data are
spread across multiple storage arrays or SRDF
groups.
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Requires that the adapter is installed on each
array to facilitate the discovery of arrays and to
initiate failover operations.
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Implemented with:
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SRDF/S
n
SRDF/A
n
SRDF/Star
n
TimeFinder
For more information, see:
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Using EMC SRDF Adapter for VMware Site
Recovery Manager Tech Book
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EMC SRDF Adapter for VMware Site Recovery
Manager Release Notes
IP Network
SAN Fabric SAN Fabric
SRDF mirroring
SAN Fabric SAN Fabric
Site A, primary
IP Network
Site B, secondary
vCenter and SRM Server
Solutions Enabler software
Protection side
vCenter and SRM Server
Solutions Enabler software
Recovery side
ESX Server
Solutions Enabler software
configured as a SYMAPI server
SRDF multi-site solutions
The following table describes SRDF multi-site solutions.
Table 40
SRDF multi-site solutions
Solution highlights Site topology
SRDF/Automated Replication
(SRDF/AR)
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Combines SRDF and
TimeFinder to optimize
bandwidth requirements and
provide a long-distance
disaster restart solution.
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Operates in 3-site solutions
that use a combination of
SRDF/S, SRDF/DM, and
TimeFinder.
SRDF/S
Site A Site C
Host
Site B
R1
R2
Host
TimeFinder
R1
TimeFinder
SRDF adaptive
copy
R2
Remote replication solutions
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