This document provides an introduction and overview of how VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) works with the Compellent Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) to automate disaster recovery of virtualized environments. It discusses how SRM communicates with Compellent Enterprise Manager through the SRA to discover arrays, test failovers, and start/stop failovers. The document also provides a demonstration overview of how to configure SRM connections between a main and secondary site, establish inventory mappings, create protection groups, and test a recovery plan.
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