SRM with EMC Clariion & Mirrorview: Is EMC Snapview needed?

[enetics]

Hi,

I am new to SRM and trying to understand the setup of an SRM installation with EMC storage. I found the setup guide for SRM with EMC CX and Mirrorview at the viops.vmware.com - site. This document talks about the setup of Mirrorview and Snapview for the use with SRM.

Is the SnapView SW for the CXs mandatory needed? As I understand, SRM needs the snapshots for the test scenarios. Are they being used for other tasks (failover,...)?

Thanks for your replies.

[Smoggy]

you need them for testing failover. as testing is one of the biggest advantages in SRM, not only for testing failover but also for testing failback then i would advise you use them if you can.

cheers

Lee