Prerequisites

In order for SRM to run any vVol operations with the FlashArray there are a few requirements:

1. Replication must be configured for the virtual machines by the way of Storage Policies
2. The replication group(s)must be added to a SRM protection group
3. The protection group must be in at least one recovery plan
4. Hosts and host groups must be pre-created on the recovery FlashArray for the target recovery clusters
5. The source and target FlashArrays must be using at least FlashArray VASA Provider 1.1.0 (initially released with Purity 5.3.6). If an earlier version of VASA is being used, you must upgrade the FlashArray(s) prior to SRM control
6. Place volumes in protection groups for use with SRM protection groups and recovery plans. Using Hosts or Host Groups as placement for volumes to be protected by SRM has inconsistent behavior and support for this is best effort. Pure Storage is working to improve these workflows for a future release of the SRA when using host or host groups, but at this time Pure recommends avoiding using Host or Host Group placement for FlashArray protection groups