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 ArticleSRM and vSphere HA dedicated datastores
Hi When using VMware HA and SRM, can the datastores that SRM will failover to the recovery site, host the HA heartbeat ? Can locking issues arise when HA is using the datastore and SRM wants to...
View ArticleSRM 5.0.1 Reprotect Not Working
I have my VMware infrastructure in place and working fine. I recently setup SRM 5.0.1 and have my vCenter servers linked. We have 2 EqualLogic arrays. All licensing is in place. Replication is working....
View Articlecan I recover without the protected site being available
I know is sounds silly but if my protected site disappeared in a disaster, will I be able to bring up my protected VMs in the recovery site? Of course provided that I have the necessary infrastructure...
View ArticleSRM and Storwize 7.1 code
Hi all, Anyone to have expirience with new code of IBM Storwize v7000, level 7.1 with SRM 5.1 ? Thanks,
View ArticleRe: Cloning server 2012 Domain Controller
HI Group, I am trying clone our prod 2012 Domain Controller so that we can use it in our Test Lab which is isolated from productionWe tried to clone the DC , copy VM to Lab network, started the VM but...
View ArticleSRM with Recoverpoint - changing name of consistency group and RPA password
Hi guys We currently have SRM 5.1 running with RPA 3.5 SP2 on EMC VNX. My question is, would is the impact to SRM, the protected VM's and the actual device, should the storage admin change the RPA...
View ArticleSRM Recovery Plan Export/Import
Looking to migrate from one instance of SRM to another. Trying to understand if there is a way to backup a recovery plan and restore it without the SQL db side of things? Also would be moving from...
View ArticleGETTING ERROR
AFTER INSTALLATION GETTING ERROR C:\Users\AdministratoraFTER THIS ERROR NOT OVING FORWARD
View Articleif vcenter db needs to be wiped -- what happens to SRM?
So I'm just trying to plan for contingencies. There is some evidence that a vcenter 5.0 system has DB issues - it may perhaps require that we "start from scratch" to repair the db (things are not that...
View ArticleSRM - Similar Hardware Requirement?
in the event that SRM has configured autofailover, Does SRM require similar hardware (in term of model, processor) for both Primary & Secondary Site?
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SRM 5.1.1 - multiple plugin entries
Hi all - I recently deployed a multi-site SRM 5.1 configuration. (2) sites are failing over to a DR site. All sites appear to be functioning okay - the VM placeholders are on the DR site and I don't...
View ArticleSRM 5.1 Syslog??
Just a quick question. Can SRM produce syslogs to a log Server? Obviously there aren't any visible switches... however can it be enabled via CLI or other means?
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 5.1.1 - multiple plugin entries
Hi all - I recently deployed a multi-site SRM 5.1 configuration. (2) sites are failing over to a DR site. All sites appear to be functioning okay - the VM placeholders are on the DR site and I don't...
View ArticleSRM 5.1 Syslog??
Just a quick question. Can SRM produce syslogs to a log Server? Obviously there aren't any visible switches... however can it be enabled via CLI or other means?
View ArticleConcerning data center failover with SRM
Hello, Im trying to figure out a way to failover with SRM without changing network settings of the virtual machines.Lets say there are two data centers both have a single ISP connection (bgp...
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Oracle RAC with SRM 5.1
Hi, good day to all of you.. Does anyone's here ever implemented or tested Oracle RAC protected with Vmware SRM ?Does VMware SRM 5.1 support Oracle RAC? As i know, the RAC VMs shared they virtual disk...
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