Introduction
The attached document contains the steps involved in setting up the FalconStor NSS virtual appliances for use with VMware Site Recovery Manager.
Outline
Site Recovery Manager is a VMware disater recovery product which uses array replication technologies to failover from one site to another.
This particular document looks at one particular vendor (FalconStor) and one particular storage array model (NSS VA).
The document is broken into 5 parts and will take you through the replication setup steps using FalconStor's IPStor Console.
Part 1: Configuring the FalconStor NSS Virtual Appliance
Part 2: Configuring the ESX to use FalconStor NSS VA Storage
Part 3: Configure Replication on the NSS VAs.
Part 4: Install the FalconStor Storage Replication Adapter
Part 5: Configure the SRA & Test SRM Functionality
Author:
Cormac Hogan
Product Support Engineer
VMware
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Disclaimer:
You use this proven practice at your discretion. VMware and the author do not guarantee any results from the use of this proven practice. This proven practice is provided on an as-is basis and is for demonstration purposes only.
Cormac Hogan says:
in response to: Steve Chambers
Added them now Steve.
tomas ten dam says:
Great document Cormac! I was planning to write a doc like this about the falconstor, but i am going to cancel it now you have published this one.
Hopefully Falconstor removes the license requirements for the SRA. I've allready contacted Falconstor about it 1 month ago and they provided it without any question. So if you want to test this feel free to cantact them for the key. They said to me they wanted to remove it in the feature so you don't need that key anymore for the SRA
Tomas
Cormac Hogan says:
in response to: tomas ten dam
Hi Tomas,
Thanks for the feedback. I must say I have found FalconStor very helpful with any requests & queries I've had about the NSS VA, IPStor Console or SRA.
I think it is a good idea that they are going to remove the need for a license key in the SRA - it will give more people the opportunity to evaluate the product.
Cormac
tomas ten dam says:
in response to: Cormac Hogan
I agree on the support from Falconstor. To me they were also very helpful! In that way I think they are willing to supply this license key to everyone who is requesting it.
Richard Olea says:
in response to: tomas ten dam
Hi Tomas,
May i know how did you contact falconstor for SRA trial license key? is it by email or phone? if email what email address?
Thank you
tomas ten dam says:
in response to: Richard Olea
Just trough their support on the website
http://www.falconstor.com/en/pages/?pn=TechnicalSupport
I used the europe mail adres.
Nice doc, Cormac. Do you think, when/if you get five minutes, you could post the five steps into the outline text in this doc?
Part 1: Configuring the FalconStor NSS Virtual Appliance
Part 2: Configuring the ESX to use FalconStor NSS VA Storage
Part 3: Configure Replciation on the NSS VAs.
Part 4: Install the FalconStor Storage Replication Adapter
Part 5: Configure the SRA & Test SRM Functionality
I think this would help future readers get a better snapshot in their head before they have to open it (this is something that readers like, based on a recent survey).
Thanks!
Steve