Contents
1 Overview of HP EVA Virtualization Adapter
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Discovery of disk arrays and LUNs
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Disk array discovery sequence
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LUN discovery sequence
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Failover testing
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Failover recovery
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Communication path
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Replication options
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Command View EVA Configuration Options
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2 Configuring SRM and the HP EVA disk array
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Setting up the HP EVA SAN environment
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Adding an ESX server
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Installing licenses
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Creating vdisks for datastores
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Presenting LUNs
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Creating and configuring datastores
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Installing HP EVA Virtualization Adapter
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Pairing SRM sites
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Configuring SRM to communicate with HP Command View EVA
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Create protection groups
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Create recovery plans
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3 Installing and removing HP EVA Virtualization Adapter
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Installation directory
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Installation prerequisites
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Installing HP EVA Virtualization Adapter
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Checking the installation
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Removing HP EVA Virtualization Adapter
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4 Failover and failback with SRM
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Failover
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Failback
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Failback scenario with SRM
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Snapconfig utility
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5 Troubleshooting HP EVA Virtualization Adapter
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HP StorageWorks EVA disk arrays do not appear in Site Recovery Manager
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HP StorageWorks EVA Virtualization Adapter does not install
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Virtual machines do not start at recovery site after failover
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Site Recovery Manager timeout failure in large array configurations
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Virtual machines do not start at recovery site during the test failover test
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Error messages
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EVA Virtualization Adapter administrator guide
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