Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.1 Installation and Deployment Guide

Preparing the storage

Determining the amount and types of storage you need requires careful planning, guidelines, and sizing tools.

RecoverPoint for VMs replicates VMs on any type of storage that VMware supports including VMFS, NFS, vSAN, and vVols.

Ensure that all ESXi hosts in the cluster where the vRPAs reside share the datastore for the repository VMDK.

RecoverPoint for VMs requires additional storage for journal VMDKs to store point-in-time history. This storage is needed at local and remote sites. The amount of journal storage you need depends on site-specific installation and replication requirements and requires careful planning. A general guideline is to begin with a number that is 15–25% of the total protected VM capacity. If required, you may add additional storage later. To size the system according to estimated workloads, contact your Dell Technologies Account Team.

The total storage capacity that is required includes:

• Storage for production VMs at the production site
• Storage for replica VMs at the replica site
• Storage for journal VMDKs
• 70 GB for each vRPA in the RecoverPoint for VMs system

A persistent scratch location on the ESXi host is required for storing splitter configuration information. The scratch location (/scratch/log) requires at least 500 MB of free storage space on a permanently available persistent storage device.

For additional guidelines and sizing tools, contact Customer Support.