I am trying to find out if it's ok to run SRM between 2 different processor family's and different EVC settings between the clusters.
I believe that the systems would potentially require an extra reboot on the recovery site.
While I do not find anything that says this would be an issue but I am just wanting to validate that my beliefs are correct.
In an attempt to cut down on amount of data that is being replicated via NetApp snapmirror, I configured the cluster to use a separate swap disk. Then I rebooted one of the vms. But I don't know how to tell if it is actually using the swap disk
Using vsphere & srm 5.0.1
Would it be possible to protect/recover a virtual server using two different sra’s? Scenario would be the OS on a vmfs data store would be protected using IBM SVC SRA. Then a pRDM mapped to the same virtual server would be protected using the IBM DS8K SRA.
I should clarify all the data will be on the same IBM DS8K array, we just need to take away the IBM SVC that is in front of some of the data on pRDM's.
Thank you
All,
The question at hand is do we failover a production sql server that requires protection through SRM 5.1, but houses the current protected site vsphere database. Will we have issues if the sql server fails over with the vsphere database, as the recovery site has it's own vsphere database? Or does it not matter as the recovery site vm's are registered to a different sql server?
Please let me know if you require any more details, as I will provide whatever is necessary
Regards,
Jon
i want to know whether there is an exam for VMware site recovery manager? Something like VCP-DV, VCP-DT etc...and also please tell me the exam code and the exam fee....
Hello all .
Help is needed.
I have the following environment: Vcenter 5.1.0.Build 947673 vi client 5.1.0 Build 941893 esxi 5.1.0 Build 799733 & SRM 5.1.1 Build 1082082.
After deploying VR Appliance and registering it to vcenter, i don't see any appliance object in vi srm plugin under srm local site.
If i try to register the appliance as a VR server i had the following error:
But if i try to deploy and register another appliance as vr server it succeeded and i can see only this vr server under the local site
Any help will be appeciated
Hi All,
I have been looking around for a way of automating the enabling of SRM on virtual machines (to be manually initiated on selected VMs or as an option when a VM is deployed via a workflow) but can’t seem to find anything.
I would like to know if it’s possible to use a workflow/PowerCLI to perform all the steps necessary to protect a VM with SRM (array based replication not vSphere replication) e.g. putting into the correct (replicated) datastore, adding it into a protection group, recovery plan etc. Do you know of any way of achieving this?
Thanks
hello,
I have SRM 5.1, with SRA 2.1 of NetApp. And when I try recovery, stop in step 8 (Change Recovery Site Storage Writable) and show this error: Failed to map the SAN devices on an igroup of ostype vmware. Ensure that device is not mapped to an already existing igroup.
On Site Principal, NetApp 2040 is Fibre Chhanel, and on Site Secundary is mapped by iSCSI
Could you help me?
Thanks!
Hi, excuse me for my English and I will try to translate the error message from my vSphere GUI
I recently implemented SRM 5.1 and try to configure a DR between 2 sites (A, B). Everything seems working fine and I want to try a disaster recovery with migrating a server not really critic.
1. The replication working fine, my server goes to site B and working fine
2. I click reprotect and work again
3. I recover to have my server back to site A
4. Recovered with error... the problem begin
My server running now on site A but I lose my protection. I want to configure again my replication and make sure of my server is not in my SRM configuration but I have an error occured saying of my server cannot be configure because is alreay replicated!?!? I can't see anywhere in SRM where is my server configuration...
Can you help me with that?
Hi,
I'm having trouble in configuring SRA with IBM DS3500.
When I'm going to add an array manager, the wizard returns an error "Unable to add array manager - SRA command 'discoverArrays' failed. Invalid Subsystem Connection Parameters: One or both IP addresses is invalid. IP1=10.0.15.23 IP2=10.0.15.24. Re-enter configuration information and retry operation".
I have primary site with DS3500 and a secondary site with DS3500 too. vCenters and SRMs are 5.1, SRAs are 05.10.3500.0016.
vCenters, SRMs, 4 controllers DS all in the same subnet.
SRM log:
2013-05-16T18:09:25.524+06:00 [03748 verbose 'Storage' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] Executing array discovery for new array manager 'wscb-vcenter-01'
2013-05-16T18:09:25.524+06:00 [03748 info 'DrTask' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] Starting task 'dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager4'
2013-05-16T18:09:25.524+06:00 [05416 verbose 'DrTask' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] Starting VC task 'com.vmware.vcDr.dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager'
2013-05-16T18:09:25.527+06:00 [05396 info 'SraCommand' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] Command line for discoverArrays: "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/IBM/command.pl"
2013-05-16T18:09:25.527+06:00 [05396 verbose 'SraCommand' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] Input for discoverArrays:
--> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
--> <Command xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/srm/sra/v2">
--> <Name>discoverArrays</Name>
--> <OutputFile>C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-output-16-39</OutputFile>
--> <StatusFile>C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-status-17-191</StatusFile>
--> <LogLevel>verbose</LogLevel>
--> <LogDirectory>C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\Logs\SRAs\IBM</LogDirectory>
--> <Connections>
--> <Connection id="Array">
--> <Addresses>
--> <Address id="IP1">10.0.15.23</Address>
--> <Address id="IP2">10.0.15.24</Address>
--> </Addresses>
--> <Password>***</Password>
--> </Connection>
--> <Connection id="PeerArray">
--> <Addresses>
--> <Address id="IP1">10.0.15.20</Address>
--> <Address id="IP2">10.0.15.21</Address>
--> </Addresses>
--> <Password>***</Password>
--> </Connection>
--> </Connections>
--> </Command>
2013-05-16T18:09:25.535+06:00 [05396 verbose 'SysCommandWin32' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] 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/IBM/command.pl"
2013-05-16T18:09:25.537+06:00 [05396 verbose 'SraCommand' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] Resetting SRA command timeout to '300' seconds in the future
2013-05-16T18:09:25.537+06:00 [05396 verbose 'SraCommand' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] Listening for updates to file 'C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-status-17-191'
2013-05-16T18:09:25.537+06:00 [05396 verbose 'PropertyProvider' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] RecordOp ASSIGN: info.progress, dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager4
2013-05-16T18:09:25.570+06:00 [04204 verbose 'DrTask' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] Created VC task 'com.vmware.vcDr.dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager:task-28'
2013-05-16T18:09:26.579+06:00 [05416 info 'SraCommand' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] discoverArrays's stdout:
--> Client number 1 starting
--> Calling Service
--> End of response
--> about to close the client socket, keepon = false sock.isClosed = false
--> Back from service
-->
2013-05-16T18:09:26.579+06:00 [05416 verbose 'SraCommand' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] Stopped listening for updates to file 'C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-status-17-191'
2013-05-16T18:09:26.579+06:00 [05416 verbose 'SraCommand' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] Cancelling SRA command timeout
2013-05-16T18:09:26.580+06:00 [05416 info 'SraCommand' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] discoverArrays exited with exit code 0
2013-05-16T18:09:26.584+06:00 [05416 verbose 'SraCommand' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] discoverArrays responded with:
--> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
--> <Response xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/srm/sra/v2">
--> <Error code="1105">
--> <ntap:IpAddr xmlns:ntap="http://www.netapp.com/apg/sra/v2">10.0.15.23</ntap:IpAddr>
--> <ntap:IpAddr2 xmlns:ntap="http://www.netapp.com/apg/sra/v2">10.0.15.24</ntap:IpAddr2>
--> </Error>
--> </Response>
-->
2013-05-16T18:09:26.584+06:00 [05416 verbose 'PropertyProvider' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] RecordOp ASSIGN: info.progress, dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager4
2013-05-16T18:09:26.596+06:00 [05416 verbose 'Storage' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] XML validation succeeded
2013-05-16T18:09:26.596+06:00 [05416 error 'Storage' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] SRA command discoverArrays failed: (dr.storage.fault.LocalizableAdapterFault) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
--> code = "2d908657-bc51-443d-b960-30ad93cc7c45.1105",
--> arg = (vim.KeyValue) [
--> (vim.KeyValue) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> key = "IpAddr",
--> value = "10.0.15.23",
--> },
--> (vim.KeyValue) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> key = "IpAddr2",
--> value = "10.0.15.24",
--> }
--> ],
--> msg = "",
--> }
2013-05-16T18:09:26.597+06:00 [05396 info 'DrTask' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] Task 'dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager4' failed with error: (dr.storage.fault.CommandFailed) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> faultCause = (dr.storage.fault.LocalizableAdapterFault) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
--> code = "2d908657-bc51-443d-b960-30ad93cc7c45.1105",
--> arg = (vim.KeyValue) [
--> (vim.KeyValue) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> key = "IpAddr",
--> value = "10.0.15.23",
--> },
--> (vim.KeyValue) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> key = "IpAddr2",
--> value = "10.0.15.24",
--> }
--> ],
--> msg = "",
--> },
--> commandName = "discoverArrays",
--> msg = "",
--> }
2013-05-16T18:09:26.597+06:00 [05396 verbose 'PropertyProvider' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] RecordOp ASSIGN: info.error, dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager4
2013-05-16T18:09:26.597+06:00 [05396 info 'DrTask' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] Work for task 'dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager4' completed - new state 'error'
2013-05-16T18:09:26.597+06:00 [05396 verbose 'PropertyProvider' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] RecordOp ASSIGN: info.state, dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager4
2013-05-16T18:09:26.597+06:00 [05396 verbose 'PropertyProvider' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] RecordOp ASSIGN: info.completeTime, dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager4
2013-05-16T18:09:26.599+06:00 [05404 verbose 'DrTask' opID=7BE0A313-0000003A] Failing task 'com.vmware.vcDr.dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager:task-28'
SRM version 5.0.2 and SRA 05.00.3550.0021 in this environment worked fine.
Any suggestion?
We're using VSC to quiesce VMs and back them up, then initiate a SnapMirror replication. SRM only sees the most recent snapshot, which is the SnapMirror's and not the VSC snapshot. So when we test, VMs are spun up and filesystems have to be checked because the quiesced VM is not what is being used.
How can I get SRM to use the most recent VSC (smvi_datastore1_timestamp-here) snapshot?
Thanks
Hello,
in a shared recovery site used for Disaster Recovery to the Cloud, deploing SRM 5.1 with vSphere Replication appliance (VRM) 5.1
which versions of SRM and vSphere Replication can I have on the proteted sites?
Can I offer the DR solution both to 5.0and 5.1 vSphere versions? Or customers must upgrade to the same version used in the Cloud?
In other words a vSphere 5.0 ESXi host can use the VR towards a 5.1 ESXi host (through a 5.1 VR server) ?
Thanks! Mirko
Hello All,
I have set up SRM using storage replication and both my sites are connected. Now I am ready to do my first recovery test. I have a question. I am sorry if the question is stupid as this is the first time i am doing this.
If i check the recovery steps under recovery plan in srm plugin in vcenter, i can see my protected vms power on priority. If i configure the vm and goto IP settings, I can set the IP address of this VM at protected site as well as recovery site.
Q1) If I do not check customize IP during recovery option, then will the machine automatically get the new IP at the recovery site using dhcp? If yes, the will it get the ip from the correct subnet which it is a part of in vcenter (vlan)?
Q2) If I set the recover ip manually then after the failover when VM is started at the recovery site, what happens to the old DNS entry? The vm will try to make a new dns entry with same hostname but different ip while as the old entry still exists.
Thanks - AG
Hi,
In the SRM recovery Steps, I use powershell scripts to control a NetApp NAS, which is accessed by my protected virtual machines for an application (VM Datastores resides on the SAN).
The recovery works fine, for both virtual machines and theirs NAS resources.
I want to automatize the re-protection of the NAS and include it in the SRM process. My script is ready, but I can't see how to add it in the reprotection steps.
Do you know if it is possible to do that ?
For information, we run on vCenter 5.0, and SRM 5.0.2.
Thanks !
Hi all!
Have been all over the internet and finding it very difficult to find what plugins are needed to set up array based replication SRM.
Our current set up:
vCenter 5.0 – primary vCenter
vCenter 5.0 – secondary vCenter
SRM01 – SRM server built to work with primary site
SRM02 – SRM server built to work long side secondary site (recovery)
SRM installed and both sites linked
EMC VMAX symmetrix SAN
On the 2 vCenters I have installed
- EMC VSI Path Management
- EMC VSI Storage Viewer
- EMC Recover Point Storage Recplication Adapter
I have downloaded the following plugins and trying to install them on my SRM servers but non of them seem to work:
- EMC SRDF SRA 5.0 - Comes back with error saying EMC soultions enabler required.
- I then went to the vmware site and downloaded the only thing under SRM that said enabler which was EMC VNX SRA with enablers
- Once downloaded it contained the following:
- EMC Mirrorview Enabler for VNX SRA
- EMC VNX replicator Enabler for VNX SRA
- EMC VNX SRA
- I have tried to run them all but they come back saying SRA is not installed
The last plugin I have is EMC VSI SRA. When I try to run this it comes back with error and saying EMC SRDF adapter not detected.
Please can anyone tell me what plugins are required and where do I install them? As in on the SRM server or the vCenter servers
Thanks
Austin.
Hello
I have 2 servers with SRM 4.1, one is the protected site and the other the recovery site. In both server, I changed the domain account used by SRM to talk with the Vcenter, because the account used during the installation is not longer valid. I followed http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=1008165
Now I can open SRM in both servers, but when I try to configure the Array managers an error is displayed saying: Unable to find any array script. I do not know if this work in the past, the installation was done by coworker but he left the company.
Any idea how to fix this issue?
Have the array manager a log file to check what is happening?
Which are the best practices to reinstall IBM SRA?
Thanks in advance
Hi all,
I need some help.
I'm installing SRM 5.1 on a new site with the following specs:
2* ESXi 5.1 Hosts (build 799733) and a 5.1 vCenter (build 880146).
After pairing the sites, I try to deploy the VR appliance from the SRM plugin. the error I get is this:
This OVF package uses features that are not supported.
Line 157: Unsupported section '{http://www.vmware.com/schema/ovf}vServiceDependencySection' (vCenter Extension vService Dependency).
When I looked it up, I found that the "Managed IP Address" and "vCenter Server Name" values (under vcenter settings -> runtime settings) both need to be filled out, but I filled them prior to the attempt to deploy.
so... what can I do?
I’m wishing to upgrade from SRM 5.01 to 5.1.1. My VC is
currently 5.01 and will also be going to 5.1.1.
I note from the product interoperability matrix that Vcenter
5.0 will only support SRM 5.0, 5.0.1 & 5.0.2 so somethings going to break
one way or another as if I upgrade VCenter first to 5.1.1 the that only works
with SRM 5.1 & 5.1.1.
So the question is, do I upgrade VC to 5.1.1 first then
upgrade SRM to 5.1 and then be able to upgrade it to 5.1.1 immediately after (SRM
cant go from 5.0.1 straight to 5.1.1 but it can go to 5.1) or do I upgrade SRM
first to 5.1 then upgrade the VCenter? I’m thinking the latter for it means at
no point should SRM have an issue with the installed version of the Vcenter.
Anyone see a flaw with this?
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.
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?