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3PAR Management Plug-In and Recovery Manager 2.1.0 for VMware vSphere User’s Guide

3.2 Preinstallation Requirements and Dependencies

Prior to the installation of 3PAR Management Plug-In and Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere, make sure that the following preinstallation requirements are met:

■Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere is distributed as a Microsoft installer MSI image,

RMVMware_<platform>.msi, where <platform> can be x86 for Windows 32 bit OS or x64 for Windows 64 bit OS.

■3PAR Management Plug-In and Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere is supported on Windows 2003 SP2 as well as on Windows 2008 (and Windows 2008 R2). It is recommended that Windows be installed on a standalone system.

■3PAR Management Plug-In and Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere supports vCenter Server 4.0 - 4.1.0, ESX 3.5, and ESX 4.0 - 4.1.0.

NOTE: For full functionality and compatibility, it is recommended that you update to the latest versions of vCenter Server and ESX.

■Microsoft.NET 3.5 SP1 Runtime is required. Installation will fail if it is not present.

■The 3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere license and the 3PAR Virtual Copy license is required for virtual copy operation.

■The 3PAR Virtual Lock license is required for setting retention policies in virtual copy creation.

■You must have a minimum of Edit level privilege for virtual copy operations, and Browse level privilege for virtual volume operations.

■You must be an Administrator of the vCenter Server for plug-in registration.

■The Microsoft utility httpcfg.exe is used by the Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere configuration tool TpdVmAdmin to set up secure communications (SSL) in Windows 2003.

NOTE: Silverlight is required only for the desktop. Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere server does not require Silverlight.

■Desktops running VI clients (where 3PAR Management Plug-In and Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere pages are displayed) must have the Microsoft web browser plug-in

3.2

Preinstallation Requirements and Dependencies