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Configuring SRA for disaster recovery

After completing the initial Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) configuration, you must set up disaster recovery workflows that can be executed.

To configure disaster recovery workflows, you must create protection groups, and then create a recovery plan.

Note
During disaster recovery, SRA checks for existing export policies for the selected volumes. If an existing export policy is associated with the storage object, then that policy is used. In the absence of an export policy, SRA creates an export policy to be used for the volume.
  1. Configuring protected and recovery site resources
    You must configure your resources like VM networks, ESXi hosts, and folders on both the protected site to enable identification of each resource on the protected site with a resource at the recovery site.
  2. Pairing protected and recovery sites
    You must pair the protected and recovery sites created using your vSphere web client to enable Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) to discover the storage systems.
  3. Configuring SRA using array manager
    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).
  4. Creating protection groups
    You must create protection groups to protect a group of virtual machines on the protected site.
  5. Creating a recovery plan
    You must create a recovery plan to define the protection groups that must be recovered simultaneously.