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ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10.1

Configure SRA using array manager

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You can configure Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) by using the Array Manager wizard of Site Recovery Manager (SRM) to enable interactions between SRM and storage virtual machines (SVMs).

What you will need

  • You should have paired the protected sites and recovery sites in SRM.

  • You should have configured your onboarded storage before configuring the array manager.

  • You should have configured and replicated the SnapMirror relationships between the protected sites and recovery sites.

  • You should have enabled the SVM management LIFs to enable multitenancy.

SRA supports cluster-level management and SVM-level management. If you add storage at a cluster level, then you can discover and perform operations on all the SVMs in the cluster. If you add storage at an SVM level, then you can manage only that specific SVM.

Steps

  1. In SRM, click Array Managers, and then click Add Array Manager.

  2. Enter the following information to describe the array in SRM:

    1. Enter a name to identify the array manager in the Display Name field.

    2. In the SRA Type field, select NetApp Storage Replication Adapter for ONTAP.

    3. Enter the information to connect to the cluster or the SVM:

      • If you are connecting to a cluster, you should enter the cluster management LIF.

      • If you are connecting directly to an SVM, you should enter the IP address of the SVM management LIF.

        Note When configuring the array manager, you should use the same connection (IP address) for the storage system that was used to onboard the storage system in ONTAP tools. For example, if the array manager configuration is SVM scoped, then the storage under ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere should be added at SVM level.

    4. If you are connecting to a cluster, enter the name of the SVM in the SVM name field.

      You can also leave this field blank.

    5. Enter the volumes to be discovered in the Volume include list field.

      You can enter the source volume at the protected site and the replicated destination volume at the recovery site.

      For example, if you want to discover volume src_vol1 that is in a SnapMirror relationship with volume dst_vol1, you should specify src_vol1 in the protected site field and dst_vol1 in the recovery site field.

    6. (Optional) Enter the volumes to be excluded from discovery in the Volume exclude list field.

      You can enter the source volume at the protected site and the replicated destination volume at the recovery site.

      For example, if you want to exclude volume src_vol1 that is in a SnapMirror relationship with volume dst_vol1, you should specify src_vol1 in the protected site field and dst_vol1 in the recovery site field.

  3. Click Next.

  4. Verify that the array is discovered and displayed at the bottom of the Add Array Manager window and click Finish.

You can follow the same steps for the recovery site by using the appropriate SVM management IP addresses and credentials. On the Enable Array Pairs screen of the Add Array Manager wizard, you should verify that the correct array pair is selected, and that it shows as ready to be enabled.