This tool is not a replacement for VMware vCenter SRM and should be used with SRM.
This tool does not provide users with a mechanism to execute custom script or
business logic that is specific to their organization. This tool does not provide an
ordering mechanism for virtual machine dependencies. It does not reset the IP
addresses on each virtual machine and does not support a complete data center loss.
This tool requires access to the original RecoverPoint configuration to resolve
replication configuration and settings to automate failback.
Figure 11. RecoverPoint vCenter Site Recovery Manager failback tool
Automated failback for Site Recovery Manager version 5.0
The RecoverPoint Storage Replication Adapter 2.0 with Site Recovery Manager 5.0
supports the reprotect and failback operations in VMware vCenter Site Recovery
Manger 5.0. Customers that have Site Recovery Manager 5.0 must use the
RecoverPoint Storage Replication Adapter 2.0 for failback operations. The EMC
RecoverPoint Site Recovery Manager failback tool is not supported for these
configurations.
VAAI support
VMware vSphere™ 4.1 introduces the vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI), which
speeds up certain VMware operations by offloading them to array-based hardware. By
default, all VAAI commands are enabled when upgrading to or installing ESX/ESXi™
4.1. If the RecoverPoint splitter does not support a particular VAAI command, this
VAAI command must be disabled on all ESX servers in the vSphere cluster before
presenting datastores to ESX hosts. The VAAI commands are:
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