I am currently deploying an SRM Solution with the following config and there were so many errors to watch out for:
Protected Site:
vCenter 5.0.0 build 455964
SRM: 5.0.1 build 633117
NetApp FAS Controller: FAS3270 (Active Active Controllers)
NetApp FAS/V Series SRA: 2.0.1
Recovery Site:
vCenter 5.0.0 build 455964
SRM: 5.0.1 build 633117
NetApp FAS Controller: FAS3240 (Active Active Controllers)
NetApp FAS/V Series SRA: 2.0.1
So first and foremost thing, do not install SRA 2.0.1, the moment you try and pair the Array managers, you will get this below error:
“Internal error: std::exception ‘class Dr::Xml::XmlValidateException’ “Element ‘SourceDevices’ is not valid for content model: ‘(SourceDevice,)'”
This is because of a bug confirmed by NetApp, Bug ID: 642115
http://support.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/bol?Type=Detail&Display=642115 (will require a NOW login)
So, the workaround is to either include the volumes manually that you want your Array manager to detect or simply fall back to NetApp SRA 2.0.0 (which was the quickest option for me looking at the amount of volumes we had on both the controllers)
Now then, I was unable to add 2nd active controller (Error: SRA command ‘discoverArrays’ failed.), although IP was pingable, was able to ssh into the filers etc…so how did I resolve it? by running these simple commands on all the controllers:
options httpd.admin.enable on
options httpd.enable on
options httpd.admin.ssl.enable off
A quick reminder on NetApp Volume design:
You need to ensure that your VMDK’s or RDM’s does not span across controllers (either at Prod site or at the recovery site), this is not a supported configuration by NetApp
I shall keep updating this post as I move forward with my configuration 🙂
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