This is my last post on the Dell VSM plug-in for Dell Equallogic Arrays – this finally section deals with the more “advanced” option such as Managing Replication, Data Recovery with Snapshots & Replication, Restoring a VM from Dell Snapshot, Modifying Snapshot and Replication Schedules and finally a little gotcha with using Dell VSM with linked mode…

Managing Replication using Dell VSM

In a multi-site, multi-vCenter environment one Dell VSM can be registered with the respective vCenter environment – and the Dell EqualLogic Groups at each site can be registered to the system.

If the multiple Dell EqualLogic Groups are already “paired” together this will be displayed in the interface. This same interface can be used to create the pairing process if it has not already been carried out using the Create button. The arrows pointing from New York to New Jersey, and from New Jersey to New York indicate that replication is configured in both directions.

If your environment contains multiple sites and mulitiple vCenter the model is to deploy and register a Dell VSM at to each vCenter.

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