vSphere Replicator and Storage
Hi Guys, When we run Test Recovery , in documentation it says storage snapshot will be taken and all HBA scan will be started on all ESXi servers at recovery site.I did test recovery plan in our LAB it...
View ArticleIssue post failover using SRM
Hey all, Firstly apologies for the lack of information or if this has already been asked... A customer has a Linux vm with two vNICs (Production (192.168.x.x) and Management (10.100.x.x in the...
View ArticleError recovery in step 8
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...
View ArticleUnable to configure replication after failover
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...
View ArticlePublic cloud and VR version (5.0 - 5.1)
Hello, in a shared recovery site used for Disaster Recovery to the Cloud, deploing SRM 5.1 with vSphere Replication appliance (VRM) 5.1which versions of SRM and vSphere Replication can I have on the...
View ArticleSRM and DR query
Hello, We are in the process of deciding which replication product for our Disaster Recovery plan to a Site B out on the cloud. Array based replication is ruled out (for now anyway) as our HP MSA does...
View ArticleSRM 5.1.1 in Production
Dear All, I am implementing SRM 5.1.1 into production and I have some doubts/ questions in my mind. I would really appreciate if somebody can clarify these for me... Please? Site A (Protected): vCenter...
View ArticleSRA FOR DS8100 SRM 5.X
Hello all.We are in very urgent situation since the release of SRM 5.0 because there was no SRA for the IBM DS8000 series Recently VMware announced SRA availability for the DS8000 using microcode ver....
View ArticleEMC plugins Required
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 vCentervCenter 5.0...
View ArticleSRM 4.1 Unable to find any array script
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...
View ArticleRecovery test using SRM 5.1
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...
View ArticleUnable to deploy the VR appliance (SRM 5.1)
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...
View ArticleEMC SRDF adapter
Hi all I am attempting to install the pluggins for SRM so I can start using SRM and testing it before putting it into production. Our EMC colleague gave me 3 pluggins to install. These two had to be...
View ArticleSRM Upgrade
I’m wishing to upgrade from SRM 5.01 to 5.1.1. My VC iscurrently 5.01 and will also be going to 5.1.1. I note from the product interoperability matrix that Vcenter5.0 will only support SRM 5.0,...
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SRM & vSphere Replication Registration
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...
View ArticleHow 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.
View ArticleWill changing RPO's (say from 1hr to 15min) cause the Datastores to...
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...
View Articleusing 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,...
View ArticlevSphere Replication 5.1.0.1 unable to recovery unavailable VM
Hi, I have only one vCenter with vSphere Replication 5.1.0.1. If source VM is unavalibale (disconected host and datastore) I perform recovery of target VM, but task is failed. Recovery is successfully...
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IBM V7000 & SRM 5.0 - Failed to create snapshots of replica devices
Hi All I wonder if anyone can help. We have 2 IBM Storwize V7000's - 1 at the Protected Site and 1 at the Recovery Site. We have a test Volume that is GlobalMirror 'repliacted' to the DR side - showing...
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