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Contents
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . 1
Service Description . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Service Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
How VSR Works (DisasterandTestand Always
AvailableVirtual Machineservice levels). . . . . 4
Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Failback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
How the ImportedMedia VirtualMachineService
Level Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Compatible Server Types . . . . . . . . . . 8
SupportedOperating Systems . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2. Reaching the VSR Web Portal 9
Logging into the VSR Web Portal . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 3. Downloads and Utilities . . 13
Software Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 4. Installing the Replication
Agent (Windows 2003 or 2008) . . . . 17
Chapter5. Installing VSR Red Hat (v4
or v5) Linux (64-Bit) Replication Client . 29
Disk Option 1: Usingan Extant Disk forReplication
Client Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Disk Option 2: Usinga Newly-created Diskfor
Replication Client Installation . . . . . . . . 30
Replication Client DownloadandExtraction . . . 30
Installing the rxrc_R4_2.specFile . . . . . . . 31
Configuringthe RedHat v5 Linux Firewall for VSR 32
Chapter6. Accessing VSR Management
Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
AppendixA. Troubleshooting: Warning
and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . 37
AppendixB. Accessibility . . . . . . 41
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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