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Glossary Cluster A grouping of storage systems that create the storage pool from which you create volumes. Remote Copy Asynchronous replication of data across geographic distances. Remote Copy uses existing volume and snapshot functions along with the Remote Copy technology to perform this asynchronous replication. HP StorageWorks P4000 SRA for VMware SRM The HP StorageWorks P4000 SRA is the program that integrates the VMware SRM with HP StorageWorks P4000 SAN Solution arrays. The HP StorageWorks P4000 SRA automates the storage management required for testing and performing disaster recovery at sites using SAN/iQ Remote Copy to protect data. Management group Manager A collection of one or more storage systems which serves as the container within which you cluster storage systems and create volumes for storage. Managers are storage systems within a management group that you designate to govern the activity of all of the storage systems in the group. Remote Copy schedule A series of remote snapshots up to a specified number or for a specified time period, that are copied from the primary volume to a remote volume, usually in a different geographic location. When the specified limit is reached (either number of remote snapshots or time period), the earliest Remote Copy snapshot is deleted when the new one is created. Snapshot A fixed version of a volume for use with backup and other applications. Virtual Center Server A service that acts as a central administrator for VMware servers connected on a network. This service directs actions on the virtual machines and the virtual machine hosts. VirtualCenter Server is the working core of VMware® Virtual Center. VMware Site VMware SRM is designed to protect information systems from disasters. It Recovery Manager streamlines and automates the protection of critical virtual machines with data, and continuously tests their availability. Volume A logical entity that is made up of storage on one or more storage systems. It can be used as raw data storage or it can be formatted with a file system and used by a host or file server. P4000 SRA for VMware SRM user guide 15

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Glossary
Cluster
A grouping of storage systems that create the storage pool from which you create
volumes.
Remote Copy
Asynchronous replication of data across geographic distances. Remote Copy
uses existing volume and snapshot functions along with the Remote Copy
technology to perform this asynchronous replication.
HP StorageWorks
P4000 SRA for
VMware SRM
The HP StorageWorks P4000 SRA is the program that integrates the VMware
SRM with HP StorageWorks P4000 SAN Solution arrays. The HP StorageWorks
P4000 SRA automates the storage management required for testing and
performing disaster recovery at sites using SAN/iQ Remote Copy to protect
data.
Management
group
A collection of one or more storage systems which serves as the container within
which you cluster storage systems and create volumes for storage.
Manager
Managers are storage systems within a management group that you designate
to govern the activity of all of the storage systems in the group.
Remote Copy
schedule
A series of remote snapshots up to a specified number or for a specified time
period, that are copied from the primary volume to a remote volume, usually in
a different geographic location. When the specified limit is reached (either
number of remote snapshots or time period), the earliest Remote Copy snapshot
is deleted when the new one is created.
Snapshot
A fixed version of a volume for use with backup and other applications.
Virtual Center
Server
A service that acts as a central administrator for VMware servers connected on
a network. This service directs actions on the virtual machines and the virtual
machine hosts. VirtualCenter Server is the working core of VMware® Virtual
Center.
VMware Site
Recovery Manager
VMware SRM is designed to protect information systems from disasters. It
streamlines and automates the protection of critical virtual machines with data,
and continuously tests their availability.
Volume
A logical entity that is made up of storage on one or more storage systems. It
can be used as raw data storage or it can be formatted with a file system and
used by a host or file server.
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