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...
View ArticleProtection 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...
View ArticleCan SRM use NetApp VSC quiesced VM backups?
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...
View ArticleReprotect Steps : Add steps ?
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...
View ArticleSite 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...
View Articlevmware 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...
View Articlembralign 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 ArticleIBM V7000 SRA with SRM 5.1
There is a conversation going on in another thread(http://communities.vmware.com/message/2227065#2227065) - but it is an old thread and started off with different versions of everything. I'm going to...
View ArticleUnable 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 ProtectedI have then created a test...
View ArticleItems 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...
View ArticleSRM 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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleUnconfigured 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...
View ArticleTesting 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...
View ArticleSRM & Managed Object References Between vCenter Server Instances
Does the Managed Object Reference for objects migrated via SRM remain the same from vCenter Server to vCenter Server instance? If the MOR changes, how is SRM maintaining which object relates to which...
View Articlevms 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 showthe (butterfly) sign which should appear on vms at the DR site not on vms at the...
View ArticleSRM licensing ?
I am about to install SRM 5.02 in our environment. We have two sites one Production and one for DR. We would like to have the ability to fail back after a disaster (Reprotect?).It appears to do this I...
View ArticleCreating a DR Site
Hi, I'm new to vmware, so I'll ask maybe a basic question. My company wants to move from physical to virtual system. We are over 20 servers with different roles (DC, Exchange, SQL, File Servers...),...
View Articleautomatically DR plan
Hi,I have deployed vmware srm 5 based on array. It could automatically run the recovery plan when it detects a drop in storage or servers? or it must be done manually when we detect the fall?thanks!
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