Verify the pre-requisites

Review the pre-requisites before you begin to deploy the Symantec High Availability Solution in VMware SRM environment.

Configure SSO between the Symantec High Availability Console at the recovery site and the protection group virtual machines (at the protected site)

The SSO configuration enables communication between the protected site virtual machines, and the recovery site Symantec High Availability Console.

This configuration maintains continuity between the virtual machine and Console communication even after failover.

Copy the provided script files

Copy the following script files to invoke or execute various functions:

The script files are available in the Resource\SRM folder, in the product software disc.

Update the SRM recovery plan

Modify the SRM recovery plan to define the action for application monitoring continuity.

Encrypt the recovery site vCenter Server password

This is an optional task.

Execute the EncryptvCenterPassword.ps1 script to encrypt the recovery site vCenter Server password.

You must perform this task only if you plan to set up the communication with the recovery site vCenter Server, using the encrypted password .

Alternatively, you can configure the "VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Server" service or then provide the vCenter Server password in the command that needs to be added to the SRM Recovery Plan.

Encrypt the recovery site ESX password

Use the vcsencrypt utility to encrypt the recovery site ESX password.

You need to specify this encrypted password in the VCS_Site_Info.xml

Modify the attributes for the application components

Update the attribute values in the VCS_Site_Info.xml. This file lists the attributes and their corresponding values for the application components. The attributes and their values must be specified for both, the protected and the recovery site.

Configure the "VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Server" service

This is an alternative task.

You must perform this task only if you have not executed the EncryptvCenterPassword.ps1 script but plan to encrypt the secondary site vCenter Server password.

You can configure the "VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Server" service only if the SRM Server and the vCenter Server are present in the same domain.

You must perform this tasks before you execute the recovery plan.