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Version: 4.4.0

Installation

The Superna Disaster Recovery (DR) Edition installation guide provides comprehensive instructions for successfully deploying the Superna DR solution. This guide covers the complete installation process, including reviewing system requirements, downloading and deploying the virtual appliance, configuring hardware prerequisites, and performing initial setup of the Superna DR Edition environment.

This documentation applies to Superna Disaster Recovery Edition 4.3.0 and covers the requirements, deployment, hardware configuration, and post-deployment setup needed to prepare your environment for disaster recovery operations.

Requirements​

Before installing Superna Disaster Recovery (DR) Edition, ensure your environment meets all necessary requirements.

Installation Requirements and Prerequisites

Learn about system requirements, ports, scalability limits, and release compatibility.

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Download and Deploy​

This section guides you through downloading and deploying the virtual appliance.

Download and Deploy Virtual Appliance

Download and deploy the Superna Disaster Recovery Edition virtual appliance.

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Hardware Setup​

After deployment, configure hardware and cluster access.

Post-Deployment Hardware Setup

Configure hardware prerequisites and service account permissions.

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Environment Setup​

Complete the post-deployment configuration, including licensing, SMTP, and cluster configuration.

Post-Deployment Environment Setup

Configure licensing, clusters, SMTP, and email recipients.

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Dual NIC Configuration​

Configure Eyeglass with a second network interface and static routes when a single NIC can't reach both source and target clusters.

Dual NIC Configuration

Add a second NIC and static routes so Eyeglass can reach source and target clusters on separate networks.

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Update Appliance Network Settings​

Change the Eyeglass appliance's IP address, DNS, routing, or root password using the YaST2 configuration menu.

Update Appliance Network Settings

Change the appliance's IP address, DNS, routing, or root password via the YaST2 configuration menu.

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Upgrading Your Appliance​

The Core Agent Appliance (Eyeglass) and ECA share a common upgrade mechanism across all Superna products, documented once in the consolidated Upgrade Guides reference — including in-place software upgrades, VM re-deployment upgrades, and OS-level upgrade paths (openSUSE and the optional SLES migration).

Upgrade Guides

In-place and re-deployment upgrade procedures for the Core Agent Appliance and ECA, plus OS-level upgrade paths.

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