Hi fren,
May i have some document how to do the failover and failback,i want to do the test fro vRepplication,It anyone have?
Thanks
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SOP vReplication failover and failback
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SQL Views on the SRM DB ?
Hi All,
I would like to implemented a SQL report on our SQL Reporting server with VMs which are SRM protected. The report should presented the information like VM-Name, Protectiongroup-Name, DR-Plan-Name and RPO.
Have somebody create already this SQL Views on the SRM DB or have somebody an idea how I can presented this to people from management which don´t have access to SRM?
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How to set RPO with IBM v7000 ABR ?
Hi,
Anyone to have some experiance with this enviroment? I need to set RPO with ABR on v7000. I set v7000 to work with SRM, but no RPO defined.
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SRA command 'queryInfo' didn't return a response
Hello all
Need another helping hand with SRM configuration.
I had got all the plugins installed and configured array managers for our protected site and recovery site.
I'm not to sure on what information to provide which can help getting your support with the current issue. I would attach the logs but not sure on where to find them.
I have attached the error I'm currently getting.
I have read through some of the articles and posts regarding people having the same issue but the fixes mentioned I had done already like .net 3.5 and services account admin rights and installing perl.
Please let me know if anymore information needed.
Thanks
Austin.
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Will changing RPO's (say from 1hr to 15min) cause the Datastores to Initialise a Full sync?
Hi all,
Here is an SRM noob question:
I currently have a VM with 2 disks attached to it (60Gb and a 400Gb) and it's currently replicating every 1hour..
Will changing RPO's (say from 1hr to 15min) cause the Datastores to Initialise a Full sync?
It has Successfully replicated and all... can restore at the DC... however when I change the RPO times and click next and next and next it doesn't tell me it will re-use the existing disks... Should I point to it and have it prompt me to re-use the .vmdks
Any comments will be appreciated.
thank you.
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using same db for srm as virtual center
Hi,
Is it possible/supported to use the same (external Oracle rac 11) for as srm the virtual center database, using a different user of course.
Or should I have to create a seperate db for srm?
thanks,
Peter
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How to disabled/uninstall SRM
Hello,
I have two vcenter 4.x with full configuration SRM
We want to migrate ESXi from Site A into a new Vcenter 5.x and use a metrocluster architecture at the end.
I want to disabled/suspend or uninstall the SRM on Site A (Source site) because i don't know if SRM apply recovery when we decomissioned ESXi from Vcenter 4 to Vcenter 5
Tha two old vcenter 4 would not be used after mirgration.
Thanks,
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Protection Groups. Multiple VMs or Single VMs?
We're going to be running a business continuity test soon and my predecessor has configured SRM so that VMs are grouped into their logical groups. Which makes sense. But what if I only want to recover one VM from a group of 5? I see I can change the power state of individual VMs but unless it's hidden away I'm not seeing anywhere I can choose which ones to recover individually.
In this case would it be better if I created individual protection groups per VM?
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Site Recovery over an Infrastructure As A Service (IAAS Cloud): is it possible?
Hi,
I want to ask if you have ever seen a design looked like a Site Recovery over an IAAS infrastructure. Do you think that it may be possible or not?
Regards,
Andry Tiana ANDRIANALY
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Error configuring protection group
Hello,
I am running two vCenters, one is hosting the Primary (Protected site) and the other is my dedicated DR site. I am using VR replication on all my VMs in the primary site. When I open up Site Recovery and click on vSphere replication all my VMs appear to have replicated successfully as can be seen in the screenshot.
When I attempt to protect the VMs using a protection group I am getting the error below, which seems to indicate that replication is not working properly, however as you can see from the screenshot below replication doesn't appear to be a problem. I've also verified that the VM files appear in the target datastore in the DR site.
I am running vCenter 5.1 on both sites, and SRM 5.1 with VR replication.
Any ideas where I can start troubleshooting?
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vmware SRM implementation issue
Hi Sir
I am working in client place for SRM implementation.
Here i have a VMware vSphere , Vmware vCenter server and SRM setup in two different location for production environment.
My Setup is like this:-
Recovery site:-
2 EXSi 5.1.0-Update1 host .
vCenter server 5.1.0-update1 on Windows server 2012 in first virtual machine.
SRM 5.1.1 on Windows server 2012 in second Virtual machine
vSphere replication appliance deployed at recovery site.
Protection site
1 ESXI 5.1.0-update1 host
vCenter server 5.1.0-update1 on Windows server 2012 in first virtual machine
SRM 5.1.1 on windows server 2012 in 2nd Virtual machine
vSphere replication appliance deployed at protection site.
3 virtual machine for development use.
Note: - 1. I have done all the required setting for SRM and replication is successful, but after adding virtual machine in protection group when i running test and recovery plan getting error in the time test and recovery time. Could anyone please suggest me where i am doing wrong?
- 2. All virtual machine are using local storage.
please check the atached screenshot
please help me for this
thanks
deep
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mbralign breaks vSphere Replication
Just spent days troubleshooting vSphere Replication in the lab. Installation of the VRMS and VRS servers went without issue. Configuring replication on a VM completed without error. But when I would view the replication status, it always said "Not Active" and never replicated. When I hit "Synchronize Now" it would pop up the following error:
Call "HmsGroup.OnlineSync" for object "GID" on Server "" failed. An unknown error has occurred.
Investigating the vmkernel logs on the ESXi host with the source VM I found this:
2012-07-12T21:30:06.452Z cpu1:2049)WARNING: Hbr: 3855: Failed to establish connection to [10.11.49.44]:31031(groupID=GID-dc6e77d9-f516-408b-9d11-8ea3b315e253): VR: The set of disks on the server doesn't match up
Finally called support and they eventually found a relevant bug report.
Apparently if you use NetApp's mbralign tool to align your disks it can cause a miss-match between the protected and recovery sides for the disks and this error results. You also seem to have to have more than one disk attached to the VM for this to happen.
The fix is to edit the vmdk settings and add 5 MB to the disk size. You don't have to re-partition to actually use the 5MB, you just have to grow the disk by 5 MB. Then magically replication starts working.
That was a weird one that I find nothing on anywhere, so thought I would share. I'm sure VMware will put out a KB at some point.
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Unable to access file
Hi all
I am currently creating a protection group for SRM.
I have created a test cluster at our protected site which has 2 hosts, 1 datastore and a folder called Protected
I have then created a test cluster at our recover site which has 2 hosts, 1 datastore and folder called Recoverd
I have 3 test servers in the protected site and in the datastore and protected folder.
As far as I can see I have configured the folder mappings correctly, the recourses, placeholder datastores and network mappings on both sites.
When I create my protected group it comes back with the error againist each VM saying "Placeholder VM creation error: Unable to access file [SRM BAS Reocver Datastore01]"
Then on the vCentre at recovery site it says "unable to access file [SRM BAS Recover datastore01]
I have attached screenshots of the errors.
Can provide what extra information required.
Any help would be great.
Thanks!
Austin.
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Items needed for implementing SRM5.0 with a VNX5300 with ESXi5.0
Hi,
I know from reading the documentation I need to appropriate SRA, which I have. The issues I am seeing is I can not find what particular NavCLI I need to download.. Do I need to download and install on the ESXi hosts? or somewhere else?
Where do I download it from, I was given a navcli to install on the ESXi nodes but it is in RPM format, can that be installed on a ESXi node?
Has anyone installed SRM5.0 on a VNX5300?
If so guidance would be appreciative.
thanks
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SRM datastore extend
SRM datastore extend : we are planning to extend the protected datastore on SRM 5 as it is 2 way replication , i want to know do we need to pause the replication and extend the datastore or how. please share
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Why can't you add steps to the reprotect or cleanup steps in SRM 5.1?
I have just discovered that you can only add steps to a recovery plan either in the recovery or test steps. The Add Step option is greyed out for both the reprotect and cleanup steps.
I want SRM to run powershell scripts to readd the NFS export back on our NetApp SAN and readd the datastores back onto the hosts of the protected site. This, logically, has to be done during the reprotect phase and not as part of the recovery phase especially if it is after an unplanned failover where the original protected site is not available at the recovery stage.
Does anyone know why this is or how you can get around it?
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Unconfigured vm prevents recovery of configured vms?
I'm attempting to test a recover plan. There is an issue with one of the vms on the datastore. It has a drive attached from a non replicated volume.
When I run the plan it logs the error below for all active steps after "Suspend Non-critical VMs at Recovery Site".
Error - Virtual machines "VM name" that
are not protected by this protection group use datastores "Volume Name"
that are in this protection group.
I understand that I can't protect that particular vm. The question is whether it will prevent other vms from being recovered or is something else going on?
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Testing a recovery plan with SRM vSphere Replication is possible ?
Hello,
Is it possible to test SRM recovery plan with vSphere replication (like Array based replication) ?
If yes, How it works ?
The vsphere replication is automatically stopped, and after the VMs replicas are invertoried and the VMs started or something else ?
Thanks for your answers
Regards
Philippe
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SRM5.1 / Storwize V7000 6.4.1.4 Command not supported : [discoverArrays]
Hi All
Production Site:
IBM Storwize V7000 and FW level: 6.4.1.4
SRM ver: VMware-srm-5.1.1-1082082
SRA : IBMSVCSRA_v2.2.0.130422
IP: 192.168.70.50
vCenter 5.1 U1
DR Site:
IBM Storwize V7000 and FW level: 6.4.1.4
SRM ver: VMware-srm-5.1.1-1082082
SRA : IBMSVCSRA_v2.2.0.130422
IP: 192.168.70.60
vCenter 5.1 U1
When I try to add array then this error occurred
SRA command 'discoverArrays' failed. Invalid Array ID.
Refer to IBM SAN Volume Controller troubleshooting
And SRM log is attached.
But I see this part of the logs.
Sorry for bad English.
--> <Name>discoverArrays</Name>
--> <OutputFile>C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-output-12-119</OutputFile>
--> <StatusFile>C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-status-13-225</StatusFile>
--> <LogLevel>verbose</LogLevel>
--> <LogDirectory>C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\Logs\SRAs\IBMSVC</LogDirectory>
--> <Connections>
--> <Connection id="primary">
--> <Addresses>
--> <Address id="spA">192.168.70.50:5989</Address>
--> <Address id="spB">192.168.70.60:5989</Address>
--> </Addresses>
--> <Username>***</Username>
--> <Password>***</Password>
--> </Connection>
--> </Connections>
--> </Command>
2013-06-20T14:34:33.395+03:00 [02020 verbose 'SysCommandWin32' opID=258F28AC-0000001A] Starting process: "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\external\perl-5.14.2\bin\perl.exe" "C:/Program Files/VMware/VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager/storage/sra/IBMSVC/command.pl"
2013-06-20T14:34:33.395+03:00 [02020 verbose 'SraCommand' opID=258F28AC-0000001A] Resetting SRA command timeout to '300' seconds in the future
2013-06-20T14:34:33.395+03:00 [02020 verbose 'SraCommand' opID=258F28AC-0000001A] Listening for updates to file 'C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-status-13-225'
2013-06-20T14:34:33.395+03:00 [02020 verbose 'PropertyProvider' opID=258F28AC-0000001A] RecordOp ASSIGN: info.progress, dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager1
2013-06-20T14:34:33.441+03:00 [02444 verbose 'DrTask' opID=258F28AC-0000001A] Created VC task 'com.vmware.vcDr.dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager:task-3901'
2013-06-20T14:34:34.065+03:00 [01496 info 'SraCommand' opID=258F28AC-0000001A] discoverArrays's stdout:
--> discoverArrays
--> Per Haz 20 14:34:33.909:[Info]Executing Module[ Constant ]Inatall Path: [C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\storage\sra\IBMSVC\]
--> Per Haz 20 14:34:33.909:[Info]Executing Module[ Constant ]SRA Name: [IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Adapter for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager] uuid: [38295F72-F7D0-4A0F-B8D4-FF9821AB2675] version: [2.2.0.130422]
--> Per Haz 20 14:34:34.19:[info]Executing Module[ SRARunner ]commandName file: [discoverArrays]
--> Per Haz 20 14:34:34.19:[verbose]Executing Module[ SRARunner ]logLevel: [verbose]
--> Per Haz 20 14:34:34.34:[verbose]Executing Module[ SRARunner ]outout file: [C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-output-12-119]
--> Per Haz 20 14:34:34.34:[fatal]Executing Module[ SRARunner ]Command not supported : [discoverArrays]
-->
2013-06-20T14:34:34.065+03:00 [01496 error 'SraCommand' opID=258F28AC-0000001A] discoverArrays's stderr:
--> com.ibm.cstl.hsg.sra.svc.SRAException: Command not supported : [discoverArrays]
--> at com.ibm.cstl.hsg.sra.svc.SRARunner.execute(SRARunner.java:100)
--> at com.ibm.cstl.hsg.sra.svc.SRARunner.main(SRARunner.java:173)
-->
2013-06-20T14:34:34.065+03:00 [01496 verbose 'SraCommand' opID=258F28AC-0000001A] Stopped listening for updates to file 'C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-status-13-225'
2013-06-20T14:34:34.065+03:00 [01496 verbose 'SraCommand' opID=258F28AC-0000001A] Cancelling SRA command timeout
2013-06-20T14:34:34.065+03:00 [01496 info 'SraCommand' opID=258F28AC-0000001A] discoverArrays exited with exit code 0
2013-06-20T14:34:34.065+03:00 [01496 verbose 'SraCommand' opID=258F28AC-0000001A] discoverArrays responded with:
--> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
--> <Response xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/srm/sra/v2">
--> <Error code="4"/>
--> </Response>
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vms Show sign that they are at the DR site, though they are at the main site !!
I have site recovery manager installed, everything is working just fine though 2 virtual machines at the main site show
the (butterfly) sign which should appear on vms at the DR site not on vms at the main site.
only those two vms show this sign, I checked of the plan for those two vms need to (Reprotected) but they were with (Recovery) sign only, which means they already reprotected.
is there any explanation for this ?!
Thanks for Advanced.
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