{"id":2872,"date":"2013-12-20T18:49:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T00:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2014-06-25T18:35:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T00:35:27","slug":"vmware-srm-5-1-the-isilon-sra-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/vmware-srm-5-1-the-isilon-sra-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware SRM 5.1 &#038; the Isilon SRA 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>I&#8217;ve tried this before<\/strong><br \/>\nIt seems like it was just yesterday that I was talking with <strong><a title=\"@BasRaayman\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/basraayman\" target=\"_blank\">Bas Raayman<\/a><\/strong> about this. Looking back at emails, it was actually about two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>When the Isilon Storage Replication Adapter 1.0 (SRA) for VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.0 (SRM) came out, it was clunky to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>Before installing the SRA on your SRM server, there was a lot of \u00a0work that had to be done. \u00a0There was a java tool used to configure the source &amp; target directories, the different array IDs being used, and blah, blah, blah. Not to mention the way things were replicated back and forth I didn&#8217;t quite follow.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I just didn&#8217;t get it. \u00a0Sometimes I&#8217;m a little slow and forget things, or at least that&#8217;s what <strong><a title=\"@Mike_Colson\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mike_colson\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Colson<\/a><\/strong> might tell you after following me around in his first quarter as a new vSpecialist on the EMC Federal team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New version<\/strong><br \/>\nIt looks like the team at <strong><a title=\"@EMCIsilon\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EMCIsilon\" target=\"_blank\">Isilon<\/a><\/strong> has worked pretty hard to make things easy for old folks like me. \u00a0The 2.0 version of the Isilon SRA is MUCH, and I mean MUCH easier than before.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->As always, there are some minimum requirements that need to be met before attempting to be successful.<br \/>\nThose requirements are (from the docs)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Primary &amp; Secondary clusters must be running OneFS 7.1 or later<br \/>\n(sorry for those still on 6.5.x or 7.0.x)<\/li>\n<li>SyncIQ licenses must be configured on both Primary &amp; Secondary clusters<\/li>\n<li>SnapshotIQ licenses must be configured on both Primary &amp; Secondary clusters<\/li>\n<li>VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager must be 5.1 or later (more on that in a minute)<\/li>\n<li>VMware vCenter must be version 5.1 or later<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Or Later&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"@peglarr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peglarr\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Rob Peglar<\/strong><\/a> mentioned to me a couple weeks back that the SRA 2.0 was validated for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1.1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I looked that the VMware HCL site (<strong><a title=\"VMware Compatibility Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vmware.com\/go\/hcl?src=vmw_so_vex_jmcca_429\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.vmware.com\/go\/hcl<\/a><\/strong>) and noticed that the Isilon SRA 2.0 is <strong>ONLY<\/strong> supported with SRM 5.1 Update 1 and SRM 5.1 (despite the &#8220;or later&#8221; mentioned above).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isra-hcl1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2880\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isra-hcl1.png\" alt=\"SRA 2.0 HCL\" width=\"552\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isra-hcl1.png 1022w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isra-hcl1-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isra-hcl1-900x472.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now on to the setup<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m not going to go deep into the VMware SRM configuration, other than how it interacts with Isilon.<\/p>\n<p>The install process is basically as follows (provided all licenses are in place):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Install the SRA on both of the SRM servers running in the Primary &amp; Secondary site<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Configure the SyncIQ replication policy<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Create the Array Managers for Isilon<\/li>\n<li>Setup Protection Groups<\/li>\n<li>Setup Recovery Plans<\/li>\n<li>Failover &amp; Reprotect<\/li>\n<li>Failback &amp; Reprotect<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Installing the SRA msi is pretty quick\/painless, so I&#8217;ll skip that, but you can get it from here:<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/my.vmware.com\/web\/vmware\/details?downloadGroup=SRM5111&amp;productId=291&amp;rPId=3727?src=vmw_so_vex_jmcca_429\">https:\/\/my.vmware.com\/web\/vmware\/details?downloadGroup=SRM5111&amp;productId=291&amp;rPId=3727<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make sure to\u00a0<strong>Rescan SRAs<\/strong> to ensure that SRM knows the Isilon SRA 2.0 is there&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-rescan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2934\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-rescan.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-rescan\" width=\"407\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-rescan.png 679w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-rescan-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><strong>Escalated Isilon Cluster Access<\/strong><br \/>\nUnless you want to run everything under root credentials, I&#8217;d recommend (as well as the release notes) running the SRM processes as a dedicated user. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To do this, log into the console of each Isilon cluster, and run the following commands:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Create a VMware User<\/strong><br \/>\nisi auth users create VMwareUser &#8211;enabled true &#8211;set-password<\/li>\n<li><strong>Set the appropriate Group Membership<\/strong><br \/>\nisi auth roles modify VMwareAdmin &#8211;add-user VMwareUser<br \/>\n(<em>this is correct, rather than VMwareAdmin in the Release Notes<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-09.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-09.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-09\" width=\"508\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Configuring SyncIQ<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom the Isilon UI on the <strong>Primary Isilon cluster<\/strong>, click on <strong>DATA PROTECTION<\/strong>, then <strong>SyncIQ<\/strong>, then <strong>Policies<\/strong>, then <strong>Create a SyncIQ Policy<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2895\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-01.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-01\" width=\"462\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-01.png 962w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-01-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-01-900x290.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For the name, I chose SRM-REPL, and the action Synchronize.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2896\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-02.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-02\" width=\"297\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-02.png 495w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-02-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThen I set the Daily schedule to replicate every 30 minutes.<br \/>\n(Remember to set this to an interval appropriate for your environment).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2898\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-03.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-03\" width=\"364\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-03.png 759w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-03-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Only setup the Source Root Directory<\/strong>, not any included\/excluded directories.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2902\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-04.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-04\" width=\"398\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-04.png 830w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-04-300x82.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSetup the target cluster (SiteB for me)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2905\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-05.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-05\" width=\"450\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-05.png 834w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-05-300x66.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Click\u00a0<strong>Create Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra06.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2908\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra06.png\" alt=\"isi-sra06\" width=\"529\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra06.png 881w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra06-300x29.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Configure VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager<\/strong><br \/>\nNow that the policy is made (<em>only on the Primary Isilon Cluster<\/em>), the SRM configuration can begin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Array Managers<\/strong><br \/>\nIn SRM, Array Managers have to be configured, so it will know which array is talking to which other array. \u00a0In the SRA 1.0 for Isilon, this was a little clunky, and much of it was setup outside of SRM.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After clicking on the Site Recovery icon in the vSphere Client, go to Array Managers, and right click on the Primary site (vc1.sitea.jase.local in my case), and click on <strong>Add Array Manager<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I picked a <strong>Display Name<\/strong> of <strong>Isilon<\/strong>, and the <strong>SRA Type<\/strong> <strong>EmcIsilonSra<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-07.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2912\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-07.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-07\" width=\"346\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-07.png 576w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-07-300x90.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThen enter the Primary Isilon Cluster Address (can be FQDN or IP of any node in the cluster) , the SyncIQ Policy that was created, and user credentials.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2930\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-10.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-10\" width=\"340\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-10.png 566w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-10-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I used the SmartConnect FQDN, SRM-REPL, and the VMwareUser credentials I created.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In Array Managers repeat the steps for the Secondary site<br \/>\n(vc2.siteb.jase.local in my case).<\/p>\n<p>When both Primary and Secondary are configured, Enable the Array Pair.<br \/>\n<a style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2936\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-12.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-12\" width=\"544\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-12.png 907w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-12-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-12-900x210.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Protection Groups &amp; Recovery Plans<\/strong><br \/>\nNow create your Protection Group by right clicking on \u00a0All Protection Groups.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2956\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-13.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-13\" width=\"387\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-13.png 645w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-13-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-14.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-14\" width=\"383\" height=\"217\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2959\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-15.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-15\" width=\"385\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-15.png 642w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-15-300x103.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-16.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2938\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-16.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-16\" width=\"384\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-16.png 640w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-16-300x143.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And Recovery Plan<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-21.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2963\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-18.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-18\" width=\"404\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-18.png 673w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-18-300x90.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2964\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-19.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-19\" width=\"404\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-19.png 674w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-19-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-21.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-21\" width=\"403\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-21.png\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The Moment of Truth &#8211; Recovery<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is where the SRA 1.0 version gave me the most trouble&#8230; In 2.0 it is much better.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When ready to initiate a failover, select the <strong>Recovery Plan<\/strong> (<em>TestRP for me<\/em>) in the left pane, and click\u00a0<strong>Recovery Steps<\/strong> in the right pane. Click <strong>Recovery<\/strong> to Failover.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When presented with the Recovery Confirmation window, select &#8220;I understand that this process blah, blah, blah&#8221; and the Recovery Type you wish to use.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2941\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-22.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-22\" width=\"456\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-22.png 760w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-22-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Review, and then press\u00a0<strong>Start<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-23.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2945\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-23.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-23\" width=\"353\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-23.png 588w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-23-300x123.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Failing over the the Secondary Site (siteb)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-24.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2948\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-24.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-24\" width=\"476\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-24.png 793w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-24-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Because I want to be able to failback quickly\/easily, I select Reprotect to complete the process of the Secondary becoming Primary, and Primary becoming Secondary.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-25.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2949\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-25.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-25\" width=\"527\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-25.png 879w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-25-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-26.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2950\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-26.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-26\" width=\"352\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-26.png 586w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-26-300x117.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><strong>The Moment of Truth &#8211; Failback Recovery<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter I&#8217;ve Reprotected, I want to fail back, moving my VM back to SiteA.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-27.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2951\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-27.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-27\" width=\"352\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-27.png 587w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-27-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And I&#8217;m completely migrated back&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-28.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2953\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-28.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-28\" width=\"468\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-28.png 780w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-28-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDon&#8217;t forget to Reprotect.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-29.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2954\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-29.png\" alt=\"isi-sra-29\" width=\"351\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-29.png 585w, https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/isi-sra-29-300x125.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Whew &#8211; That was easy<\/strong><br \/>\nMuch easier than the last time I attempted it&#8230; I have to say that the EMC Isilon team has really done a great job on the 2.0 version of the Isilon SRA for VMware SRM.<\/p>\n<p>I set all of this up in my lab, in a couple hours<br \/>\n(had to install 2 new VC&#8217;s, 2 ESXi hosts, SRM, &amp; 2 Isilon OneFS 7.1 Clusters).<br \/>\nAs can be seen from the instructions above, it is a pretty simple process.<\/p>\n<p>Remember to get the SRA here (with the included documentation:<br \/>\n<strong><a title=\"https:\/\/my.vmware.com\/web\/vmware\/details?downloadGroup=SRM5111&amp;productId=291&amp;rPId=3727\" href=\"https:\/\/my.vmware.com\/web\/vmware\/details?downloadGroup=SRM5111&amp;productId=291&amp;rPId=3727?src=vmw_so_vex_jmcca_429\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/my.vmware.com\/web\/vmware\/details?downloadGroup=SRM5111&amp;productId=291&amp;rPId=3727<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From an Isilon perspective, all you need on the Isilon site, is OneFS 7.1 and SyncIQ\/SnapshotIQ licensed on both Primary &amp; Secondary Isilon Clusters.<\/p>\n<p>Again, kudos to the EMC Isilon team who put this together. 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