Announcing the release of vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.8
I am excited to announce the GA of VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.8.What's New?Integration into the vSphere Web ClientProtect up to 5,000 VMs and concurrently recover 2,000 VMs (compared to...
View ArticleSRM Custom Recovery Steps delay
Hi All, We have custom recovery step, which includes Powershell script to do DR for our database servers. Since this script has to be executed under specific account I've followed these...
View ArticleSRM with Windows Authentication for SQL Connection
Several customer has been trying to setup SRM using a Windows Domain account for the ODBC login to SQL Server. This requires modifying the VMware SRM Service credentials to match. My main concern is...
View ArticleHow to replicate HA VM cluster to single VM on remote site using SRM
Hi Friends,Is it possible to replicate 2 node High availability (HA) cluster, setup in Active/Passive mode to a remote site (DR site) having a single node?We are planning to have 2 VM nodes at...
View ArticleFailback without data
Hello, We perform many DR tests via SRM every month. Regular scenario: perform a recovery, server owner change some data on the server, test it, then failback with new data. I anticipate that in some...
View Articleupgrade vSphere Replication Appliance 5.5.1.2 Build 1999430 to 5.5.8 ??
I have vCenter Server 5.5 U2 on both Protected and DR Sites, vSphere Replication Appliance 5.5.1.2 Build 1999430I am not able to upgrade the appliance to 5.5.8 version neither using update manager, nor...
View ArticleUsing CA signed certs on vCenter 5.5U2 appliance and SRM 5.8 (vPostgres)
Upgraded all our vCenters to 5.5U2. Also upgraded to latest Vsphere replication as well. No issues. All working well. Tried to (re)install SRM components with 5.8 One site is using Windows vCenter,...
View ArticleLicensing question
We are trying to decide how we need to purchase our SRM license. We have a good idea of how many VMs we want to protect. I do have a strange licensing question though: since we will be using SRA when...
View ArticleSVM of protected VM's in SRM
Hi, We need to extend the drive space for 1 protected VM's running in replicated data store of 800 GB,which is currently running out space.Currently there a 3 VMs in data store.Our storage team decided...
View ArticleSRM 5.0.3 + EMC VNX 5500 configuration
SRM 5.0.3 + EMC VNX 5500 configuration,Currently EMC_VNX_SRA_v5.0.1 and EMC_VNX_Replicator_Enabler_for_VNX_SRA_v5.0.15 have been installed.What else need to be installed and configured before can start...
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SRM 5.8 will not display Icon in Web Client
I have a customer who upgraded his vCenter servers at both sites from 5.5U1 to 5.5U2, a requisite for SRM 5.8. After what seems to be a successful SRM installation at both sites, I do NOT see the SRM...
View ArticleSRM 5.5 to 5.8 Upgrade
Has anyone done the upgrade from 5.5 to 5.8 and used the new vPostgreSQL Database? Is that even a supported Upgrade path, I can not find in the documentation any reference to upgrade and move from MS...
View ArticleSRM + RecoverPoint EX ( 2 recover sites )
Hi Guys, I have a question about a "third" site with SRM, today i have 2 sites named "A" and "B" and now with RecoverPoint EX have site "C" site, site "B" and "C" are replica of Site "A" on diferent...
View ArticleSRM 5.8 Feature Walkthrough
The feature walkthrough team have added SRM 5.8 to the set of applications they have created a feature walkthrough for. This should give you a good idea of what the new SRM 5.8 web client integration...
View ArticleSRM 5.8 stating "No SRAs have been installed."
I recently updated to SRM 5.8 and it is now stating that "No SRAs have been installed." I checked the compatibility list and the SRA I was using is supported on 5.8 and nothing has changed with it...
View ArticleDude where's my SRM 5.8 in vSphere Client? - Its in the Web Client
Hi Guys,VC5.5U2, SRM 5.8vSphere Client 5.5U2 Build 1993072I can't seem to find SRM in the vSphere Client. Under Plugins it says "Site Recovery Manager 5.8.0, No client side download is needed for this...
View ArticleSRM fails a planned migration
Hey guysI have a customer that fails his SRM planned migrations at point 5.1.2 Unable to unmount datastore "Generic name of datastore" which has vms on it: "generic vm name" which is the name of the vm...
View ArticleSRM 5.8 - Transparent Listing of Machines After a Test
Hi, I was hoping someone could answer this? I want to use SRM 5.8 in conjunction with EMC MirrorView for ABR. To see if this setup was "good", I had MirrorView replicate a single datastore which...
View ArticleCan SRM 5.1.2 run on Windows 2012 R2?
I can't seem to find any documentation that clearly states whether or not SRM can run on Windows 2012 R2. There are many implications that 2012 is supported, but never clearly states R2 is included,...
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