SRM failover - customize IP (srm5.0.2)
All, I have been testing failovers before it goes into production. I have been having issues with the customization of the IPs.We have linux VMs I noticed that the default value for cusomization is 600...
View ArticleSRM 5.1.1 with Windows 2012
I am installing SRM 5.1.1 on Windows 2012.UAC is off, I am a local Administrator and I still run the .exe as Administrator.I get through the install wizard and right at the end, I get the Error Message...
View ArticleNew vCenter Server
Pretty sure the answer is going to be recreate protection groups and recovery plans but will ask anyways. We are moving to a new install of vCenter and will be pointing the current SRM environment over...
View ArticleMSCS - Microsoft NLB cluster
Hi,We have 4 node NLB cluster in Production site and we are planning protect it with SRM 5.1.1.SRM 5.1.1 supports 2 Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) nodes. vSphere 5.1.x supports up to 5 MSCS nodes....
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SRM 5.1.1 strange behavior
Hi all, I installed a DR infrastructure as follow : protected site:1 VM vCenter 5.1 with SQL Express 2008 R2 SP1HP SRA on the vCenter server for EVA storage1 VM SRM 5.1.1 with SQL Express 2008 R2 SP1...
View ArticleClarification SRM permissions
Hi I am having a go at installing SRM. I have added the required SRM roles to the permissions tab under the site recovery plugin for both protected and recovery sign.There is also an administrator role...
View ArticleSRM5.1 / Storwize V7000 6.4.1.4 Command not supported : [discoverArrays]
Hi All Production Site:IBM Storwize V7000 and FW level: 6.4.1.4SRM ver: VMware-srm-5.1.1-1082082SRA : IBMSVCSRA_v2.2.0.130422IP: 192.168.70.50vCenter 5.1 U1 DR Site:IBM Storwize V7000 and FW level:...
View ArticleSRM 5.1-941848/NetApp RDMs - Always getting errors
This is a bit frustrating. Since day 1 of deployment, SRM has NEVER been consistent in behavior. The Engineer that originally deployed the install stated that in his experience it's just not something...
View Articleconcurrent recoveries
Hi, From the VMware KB: Operational Limits for SRM 5.1 and vSphere Replication 5.1 we found that there are some limitation from the SRM Can anyone tell me, what is the meaning of "Concurrent...
View ArticleVMware SRM Reprotect Fails with Peer array ID provided in the SRM input is...
I have the following setup Site-AVMware vCenter 5.1 U1VMware SRM 5.1.1NetApp SRA 2.0.1P2FAS3140C - Data ONTAP 8.1.2P4 Site-BVMware vCenter 5.1 U1VMware SRM 5.1.1NetApp SRA 2.0.1P2FAS3140C - Data ONTAP...
View ArticleSRM and NLB
Can anyone tell me that SRM 5.1 support the IP Injection of Microsoft NLB. Because I am the issue while injecting multiple ip's on single NIC. Primary SitevCenter 5.0SRM 5.1.1EXSi 4.1 DR SitevCenter...
View ArticleSRM 5.1 configuration
Hi all, I am currently trying to upgrade my SRM 4.1 environment to SRM 5.1. My question is the following. Can SRM 5.1 work on a mix environment? I was able to work with a mix environment of ESX 3.5 and...
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SRM 5.1/V7000 with SRA 2.1.0.x fails during 'testFailover'.
Current scenario:SRM and vCenter versions 5.1 (in both sites)ESXi versions 5.1 (all hosts)Storage: IBM Storwize V7000 with 7.1.0.1 code level (both sites)SRA Configuration: 'non pre-configured'...
View ArticleUnable to add array manager.....Timed out (300 seconds) while waiting for SRA...
Hi, For my product qualification with vSRM, I have installed, 1. VMware-srm-5.1.1-1082082.exe on two servers2. vCenter Server from VMware-VIMSetup-all-5.1.0-880471.iso (on two servers)3. Two ESXi...
View ArticleDR Solutions
Hi,What are the DR & Back up solutions available with VMWARE for critical servers and how will it work . Regards,Ragesh
View ArticleBest location for vcenter VM and placeholder datastores
Hello, I have an SRM installation with 2 sites. The sites are seperated by metro ethernet layer 2 trunk between sites. Site A1 EqualLogic PS61002 ESX servers configured as a clusterThere is a single...
View ArticleRecovery of oracle servers at same time
I have two oracle servers which is used by our in house application.We have SRM 5.1.1 with vSphere replicator enabled for VMs. In order for application to work, during test recovery we need to recover...
View ArticlevSphere Replication Protection Groups query
Does this apply to vSphere Replication Protection Groups? -- "When you create a protection group for array-based replication, you specify array information and then SRM computes the set of virtual...
View ArticleSite Recovery Manager getting disconnected quite often and taking long time...
Namaste to all, Whenever I am connecting to SRM through vSphere client, it is taking long time to connect and I am getting an error message (please see the attached image) and after 4 or 5 attempts I...
View ArticleWhat is happening behind the scenes, when you run a Test Recovery Plan,...
It has always bugging me to know what really happens when you run a Test recovery plan, a Planned Migration and an Unplanned Failover. Appreciate if someone could shed me some light on what does really...
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