{"id":167,"date":"2013-04-01T20:24:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T20:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/?p=167"},"modified":"2013-04-01T20:24:41","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T20:24:41","slug":"part-5-configuring-the-xiv-sra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wordp\/part-5-configuring-the-xiv-sra\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 5 \u2013 Configuring the XIV SRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although we have gone through and connected together the Site Recovery Manager instances between the local and remote sites, and have installed the SRA software to connect to the XIVs, we haven\u2019t actually connected anything across to the XIV units themselves.\u00a0 This next part configures the connections to the XIV.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the \u2018Site Recovery Manager\u2019 section of the vCenter client, click the \u2018Array Managers\u2019 entry<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part5-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-168\" alt=\"part5 - 1\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part5-1.jpg\" width=\"223\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>If both of the sites are linked correctly and have the SRA installed correctly, under the \u2018SRAs\u2019 tab you should see the \u2018Status\u2019 showing as \u2018OK\u2019:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part5-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-169\" alt=\"part5 - 2\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part5-2-300x112.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Switch back to the \u2018Summary\u2019 tab, make sure that you have selected the local site and then click \u2018Add Array Manager\u2019<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part5-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-170\" alt=\"part5 - 3\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part5-3.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"69\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>You should now enter a display name for the array, making it clear which XIV unit you are connecting to, click \u2018Next\u2019:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part5-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-171\" alt=\"part5 - 4\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part5-4-300x244.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>You should now enter the management IP Addresses of the XIV unit that you are connecting to, along with the username and password to connect to the XIV system, click \u2018Next\u2019 to continue.<\/li>\n<li>The array will then be added and you will receive confirmation:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part5-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-172\" alt=\"part5 - 5\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part5-5-300x244.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Click \u2018Finish\u2019 to complete.\u00a0 You should now click on the remote location and perform the same task.<\/li>\n<li>You should now click the \u2018Array Pairs\u2019 tab and then click the \u2018Enable\u2019 link next to one of the array pairs to enable the connection\u2026 this only needs to be performed once on one of the locations to enable both.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This ends Part 5 of our instructions&#8230; please click\u00a0<a title=\"Part 6 \u2013 Site Recovery Manager Inventory Mappings\" href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/part-6-site-recovery-manager-inventory-mappings\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0to continue to Part 6 or\u00a0<a title=\"10-part Site Recovery Manager \u2013 with IBM XIV\" href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/10-part-site-recovery-manager-with-ibm-xiv\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0to return to the 10-part Site Recovery Manager menu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although we have gone through and connected together the Site Recovery Manager instances between the local and remote sites, and have installed the SRA software to connect to the XIVs, we haven\u2019t actually connected anything across to the XIV units themselves.\u00a0 This next part configures the connections to the XIV. 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