Very strange
Hi Just wondering if anybody else has come across a problem within SRM acting very strange we have just a single redhat VM which is getting vSphere replicated to the recovery site with a RPO of...
View ArticlevSphere Replication: exclude Application Log
Hi , We want to exclude the Application Log files which is being generated by third party application (not windows) from the replication. Does vsphere replication has any mechenism to exclude the...
View ArticleSRM and VNX add array manager "unable to locate enabler"
I'm in the process of setting up SRM 5.1 to work with our EMC VNX arrays. The arrays are using Mirrorview to replicate the LUN'sI've got SRM installed on a server at each location and successfully...
View ArticleSrm and vcenter
HiI want to setup Srm in at my site, currently I have one vcenter and the ms SQL database is on the same server.i need to setup the other vcenter server my question is this,do we share the same...
View ArticleInstalling srm 5 in shared mode in site that acts as recovery and protected
Good day!i have a question regarding installation of srm 5 in shared recovery mode. Lets say I have site called "MAIN" that protected with SRM 5 . In addition I have 2 additional sites that they VMs...
View ArticleAdding EMC SRDF Adapter for VMware SRM fails
Hi Community,We have DMX storage in the protected site and recovery site. We're trying to setup the array manager for SRM.Adding the array manager is failing with the error below; hoping someone has...
View ArticleSRM mapping to wrong protocol - Hosts with both iscsi and fc connectivity
A customer has a protected site which connects to netapp storage via fc. The same site also connects to another vendor via iscsi. Only the netapp storage is integrated into SRM. During a planned fail...
View ArticleNo re-protect for VR protected VMs
SInce there is no re-protect for VMs protected with vSphere Replication, what is the best way to move them back to the originial Protected Site once they have been failed over to the Recovery Site?...
View ArticleAnyone using multisite SSO with SRM 5.1?
Hi, We're going to put in a "active/active" SRM 5.1 deployment (half the protected VMs on each site - using the opposite site as their recovery site). The vSphere 5.1 environment will be brand new too...
View ArticleConfigure Protection for a VM - Error
I have a SRM 5.1 setup. I created a protection Group and it protected all VMs except for 3 which have a protection status of "Not Configured". When I try and right-click any of these VMs and select...
View ArticleDoes SRM require the same version of vSphere at both sites?
We are needing to implement SRM quickly, I know it's not the way to do it but this is a decision I am not charged with. We are going to be using SRM 5.1. I haven't read the SRM documentation totally...
View ArticleHow do i update the DNS records in DR site while using SRM
hai I have installed srm 5.1 and we have a Windows AD 2003 Dns at DR & DC . I am unable to useSRM dr_ip_customizer utility and change the DNS address . is there any known issues. Thanks in...
View ArticleCan we point 2 Primary sites to one recovery site
Hi , I have already paired 2 vCenter servers and it is working fine with all replications. Can we point another primary site(3rd vCenter) to the same old recovery site? Basically i have only 1 recovery...
View ArticleVsphere replication concern
Dear All, I need help to know the following, I have network link bandwidth reach to 20M, but this link is used for all network traffic between Main site and DR site, I am now Implementing SRM with...
View ArticleSRM question
We are in the process of evaluating disaster recovery methods for our production VM environment. We currently have 2 datacenters and with 15 clusters. If we implement SRM, do we have to failover both...
View Articleusing vsphere replication - "no space left on device" ... but there is plenty...
Replicating VMs as part of an SRM 5.1 implementation, and using vSphere replication to do it. 1GB link between sites. All recovery side data stores are NFS on NetApp with VAII plugin running,...
View ArticleSRM Licensing?
Currently our enviorment looks like this: two hosts running 9 vm'sEqual Logic SANvCenter server 5.1vSphere Essentials (expired)about 3.5TB of data55 employees Looking to impliment SRM to a second site....
View ArticleSRM 5.0 protect VM with oracle database
Hi all, l am not sure if SRM 5.0 can use vSphere replication to protect VM with oracle database, please kindly advise. Thanks!
View ArticleSRM 5.1 Reprotect with vSphere Replication - Doing Full Sync?
Doing some testing with SRM 5.1 Nice improvements over SRM 5.0 So we can now Reprotect and fail back very easy with SRM 5.1 and vSphere Replication. However, in testing it appears that when you...
View ArticleSRM 5.0 - Planned Failover Failed with an Ugly Error
I'm using SRM 5.0 in my environment with ESXi 5.0 U1 as hosts and two vCenter 5.0 U1 as management without Linked Mode in two sites. I prepared my environment to run a Planned Failover for migration. 7...
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