Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.1 Installation and Deployment Guide

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Installation data forms

The best practice for successful installations is to collect and document required data before the installation.

The forms that are provided below are examples of the types of information you should collect before installation. You can create a planning spreadsheet that matches specific requirements (number of vRPA clusters, network topology, and so forth).

You are directed to type the data from these forms (or similar data sheet) during the installation process.

Table 1. Example: vRPA cluster or site formInstallation data form
vRPA cluster	vRPA cluster 1	vRPA cluster 2	vRPA cluster 3	vRPA cluster 4	vRPA cluster 5
Cluster or site name
Time zone
Local domain
Primary DNS server (optional)
Secondary DNS server (optional)
Primary NTP server (recommended)
Secondary NTP server (recommended)
Cluster management IP
Management default gateway IP
Management subnet mask IP
WAN default gateway
WAN subnet mask
SMTP (optional)
vCenter IP
vCenter credentials
vCenter credentials
Plugin server (per vCenter Server)
VMkernel IP pool
ESXi 1
_Data1 IP
_Data2 IP
_Management IP
ESXi 2
_Data1 IP
_Data2 IP
_Management IP

Table 2. Example: vRPA IP formIP form
vRPA	vRPA IPs	Site: __________	Site: __________	Site: __________	Site: __________	Site: __________
vRPA_1	LAN IP
	WAN IP
	Data1 IP
	Data2 IP
vRPA_2	LAN IP
	WAN IP
	Data1 IP
	Data2 IP
vRPA_3	LAN IP
	WAN IP
	Data1 IP
	Data2 IP
vRPA_4	LAN IP
	WAN IP
	Data1 IP
	Data2 IP
vRPA_5	LAN IP
	WAN IP
	Data1 IP
	Data2 IP
vRPA_6	LAN IP
	WAN IP
	Data1 IP
	Data2 IP
vRPA_7	LAN IP
	WAN IP
	Data1 IP
	Data2 IP
vRPA_8	LAN IP
	WAN IP
	Data1 IP
	Data2 IP

Table 3. Example: Site mapSite map example
Site	Site1 (Prod)	Site2 (Remote)	Site2 (Remote)	Site3 (Remote)	Site3 (Remote)
Cluster	Cluster1	Cluster2	Cluster3	Cluster4	Cluster5
vCenter Server	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`
Plugin server (per vCenter Server)	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`
ESXi 1	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`
ESXi 2	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`	`<name>` `<ip_address>`
vRPA 1	`<ip_address>`	`<ip_address>`	`<ip_address>`	`<ip_address>`	`<ip_address>`
vRPA 2	`<ip_address>`	`<ip_address>`	`<ip_address>`	`<ip_address>`	`<ip_address>`
Cluster Mgmt	`<ip_address>`	`<ip_address>`	`<ip_address>`	`<ip_address>`	`<ip_address>`
NIC1 IP (WAN)	`<ip_address>` RPA1 `<ip_address>` RPA2	`<ip_address>` RPA1 `<ip_address>` RPA2	`<ip_address>` RPA1 `<ip_address>` RPA2	`<ip_address>` RPA1 `<ip_address>` RPA2	`<ip_address>` RPA1 `<ip_address>` RPA2
Data 1	`<ip_address>` RPA1 `<ip_address>` RPA2	`<ip_address>` RPA1 `<ip_address>` RPA2	`<ip_address>` RPA1 `<ip_address>` RPA2	`<ip_address>` RPA1 `<ip_address>` RPA2	`<ip_address>` RPA1 `<ip_address>` RPA2
Data 2	`<ip_address>` RPA1 `<ip_address>` RPA2	`<ip_address>` RPA1 `<ip_address>` RPA2	`<ip_address>` RPA1 `<ip_address>` RPA2	`<ip_address>` RPA1 `<ip_address>` RPA2	`<ip_address>` RPA1 `<ip_address>` RPA2