Site Failover and Failback
I ran a recovery on our SRM 5.0 U2 systems for 4 recovery plans each containing one LUN. Normally when I set this up I put all LUNs on source and destination in the storage groups so all hosts have...
View ArticleSRM 5.0 U2/Device cannot be matched to a remote peer device
In our environment, I installed VC 5.02 with SRM 5.02 on the same server. And installed IBM SRA (05.00.3550.0021) in vCenter server on Production site and DR site. After I installed IBM SRA, I have...
View ArticleFailback Operation
I just failed back from a recovery we were running on some test systems. I noticed that the original failover to our DR site unmounted all LUNs from our hosts and removed the LUNs from the storage...
View ArticlevSphere Replication Server Login Problems
Hi, I am currently installing SRM, and have reached a block at the last 2 steps. I created the vSphere Replication Managment Server fine on both sites, and can log into its management interface via a...
View ArticleFailover failed when customize the IP address for the VM
Dear Friends, The failover testing is successful, but the failover failed when the below errors. Could you help to find the work round? thanks. SRM 4.1 vCenter 4.1 IBM DS8700 Storage. [2013-03-24...
View ArticleSite Recovery Manager error "Cannot complete customization"
Site Recovery Manager v5.0.2.919478 error: "Cannot complete customization, possibly due to a scripting error or invalid script parameters (Error Code: -1). IP settings may have been partially applied"....
View ArticleI can not create a protection group because i don´t see the array pair
Hi I´m installing the Site Recovery Management 5.1 with vnx5300 EMC -NFS- but i cann´t create the protection group because when i try to create the protection group i can not select array pair because...
View ArticleReprotect with vSphere replication
Hello, We are using SRM 5.1 with vSphere replication. I'm trying to get a rough idea of how long a reprotect operation would take after a failover, in particular the synchronisation of storage. The...
View ArticleIf you have multiple ESXi farms at one site - how do you setup SRM on them...
Question: We currently have two ESXi farms - one in our central data center and one in our remote data center.We have SRM installed at both locations and paired up with the two vCenters. I am in the...
View ArticleSite Recovery Manager issue, Reprotecting
I was able to setup SRM between 2 sites. I conducted a recovery to the DR site with 2 VM's.But when I tried to Reprotect them to the Production site it fails becuase i set it up as a VR protection...
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VRM service keeps stopping
I am going through the intial config of setting up SRM. I have two vcenter servers and sites setup, and was able to deploy the VRMS server for the recovery site. However, on the source/protected...
View ArticleSRM 5.1: Add Command with PowerCLI script, logging does not work
Hey everyone, I implemented SRM 5.1 and have been successful so far. I'm now in the phase of making all the really nice extras that makes SRM worth the extra money. However, as base of my...
View ArticleHow to figure out to which VM belongs RDM LUN when you know its naa?
Good dayI wonder is there any way to figure out to which VM belongs RDM LUN if I know its naa?Lets say that i'm observing some scsi errors in vmkernel.log. In that log i can only see the naa of the...
View Articlevsphere replication questions!!
I have few questions regarding the SRM replication. 1. First I will replicate the machine from Protected to Recovery, then can I have both machines to be up and running at the same time? 2. What will...
View ArticleEMC RecoverPoint Storage Replication Adapter Version 2.1
Hi everyone, I'm having issues with this SRA version 2.1! The installation went just fine on both sites. Pairing and mapping is functional between two VCenters. I have VCenter 5.1, SRM 5.1 running...
View ArticleSRM 5.1 not shows 'last sync completed , last sync duration ' for several...
I have a VMware 5.1, vcenter 5.1 insfrasturcure at both primary and DR site. I have replicate 12 VMs to DR site using SRM 5.1. But two VMs not show the "last sync completed" and "last sync duration"....
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SRM 5.1 - Configure Connection "Could not be connected"
Hi All,I'm currently evaluating SRM 5.1I've gone through the installation as recommended by the installation guide and installed SRM and the Plugin at both the Protected and Remote site.I've moved onto...
View ArticleFailed to update embedded paths in virtual machine file
When running a test of recovery plan (NetApp NFS storage), the following warning appears in the history: Failed to update embedded paths in virtual machine file...
View ArticleSSO 5.1 and SRM Disaster Recovery
Working that has a massive VM Project. They are upgrading to vSphere 5.1 across the board while creating a brand new DR Site. My question is on SSO with SRM. Then goal is to have two environments...
View ArticleHow many IP's are required to set up replication on 25 vm's using SRM?
Hi All, I am new to SRM. We are using vsphere based replication. There are 25 vm's are running. My doubt is how many ip's are required to set up replication on all 25 vm's? Durga. Greatly appreciated.
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