Home > Workload Solutions > SQL Server > White Papers > Deploying Dell EMC SRDF/Metro Smart DR with Microsoft SQL Server for Physical and Virtual Environments > Step 10: Create VM on remote side and use the above existing VMDKs
Now that VMDKs are provisioned to VM on the R1 side of SRDF/Metro cluster, the same data stores and VMDKs will be visible to the R2 side as well. Create the VM on the host group associated with the R2 side and edit the setting of the VM to use existing VMDKs.
To do create VM on remote side and assigning existing VMDKs follow these steps:
Figure 48. Use existing VMDKs to setup R2 side of failover cluster