Java 7 must be installed before installing EMC recoverpoint storage adapter
Received this error "Java 7 must be installed before installing EMC recoverpoint storage adapter" when installing EMC RP SRA 2.2. Steps:1) Installed Java 7. Error still.2) uninstalled java 6 and 7,...
View ArticleSRM, with vCenter from Essentials kit (non standard licencing setup)
Hi, I'm looking to deploy SRM for the first time.In site A (3 hosts), I have a vSphere Essentials Plus licence kit that was purchased a while back, and I know that the vCenter Server 'Essentials' in...
View ArticleSRM for XenDesktop 7.1 on vsphere 5.1 U1
Dear All, We are having a XenDesktop 7.1 farm running on vsphere 5.1 U1 infrastructure. Setup has two desktop delivery controllers, two storefront servers, 1 netscaler. We have many dedicated desktops...
View ArticleWhat is the best practice on IIS Site Bindings with SRM?
Hi guys, We are in the process of implementing SRM for our DR. We have our VM's being replicated to another location, and then SRM is changing the IP's on them. We have a lot of web boxes that have...
View ArticleSRM 5.8 service starts and stops
Hi all, I have a problem with SRM. Initially, I have 2 vCenters, in Linked mode, with default SRM installation (1:1). After a long time, now, one of this two sites won't start the service. The SRM...
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Same datastores listed twice when creating protection group
Hi all, We have dual dc setup same setup both side HP 3PAR - 7200 VSphere 5.5 SRM 5.5 (win2012) 3par SRA Now 3par is configured all looking fine , replication also no errors seen , but when setup the...
View ArticleSRM 5.5 installation failed
Hi all, Environment : Windows Server 2012 r2 (SRM server for both production and dr site)vCenter virtual appliance 5.5 (both production and dr site)Site Recovery Manager 5.5 (Success installed on dr...
View Articlewhats the proper way to test srm testing with live dc at recovery site?
We are setting up srm for the first time and ran into a problem. We have a dc running at the recovery site online and on a 10.110.12 network. This dc replicates to the remainder of the dc at the...
View ArticleHow is everyone dealing with changing of DNS records recovery to remote sites
I have a problem, my remote site does not have the same IP scheme as we do in the protected site. So during the recovery plan I have a manual step where I ask my network admins to change the DNS...
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Remove VM Replication Error
I wanted to expand a virtual disk attached to a guest and needed to remove replication before doing this. When I removed the replication I got an error and not my replication for that VM are in an...
View ArticleAnyone host a Shared Recovery Site for a protected site you don't manage?
Another group in my company is interested in sharing my SRM recovery site. I'm investigating ways to minimize the access SRM needs in addition to the user roles. THe documentation seems to indicate...
View ArticleMigrating VMs between two sites using SRM will change MAC address?
Good Day, If we migrate VMs using SRM to a second DC will the MAC address for each VM change? Thank you, p.s any links to KB articles is appreciate it as well.
View ArticleUnable to Download Eval of SRM
This might be really stooooopid but... I have registered for the Eval, on the license and downloads tab, all I see is the replication adapters for download? If I go to manually download SRM from the...
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VMware SRM 5.8 Issues - Failed to recover datastore
Hi All, I have made a SRM Lab, which following configurationProtected Site:DC (2012 R2) - Primary DCVC01 (2012 R2) - First vCenter (with Linked Mode)SQL01 (2012 R2 / SQL 2012 Express) - Store SRM01...
View ArticleSRM with SDRS
Hello, Is it possible to use SRM with SDRS? We actually use SRM 5 (we plan to upgrade to 5.8 in a near futur). We would like to implement SDRS on our protected site and I was asking myself how SRM...
View ArticleCannot break a connection while protection groups, array pairs, or folders exist
Hi gurus When I tried to break pair with my DR site I get the following error "SRM server 'VCENTER server' cannot do a pair operation. The reason is: Cannot break a connection while protection...
View ArticleIP Configuration Issue while running Test DR in SRM?
Error - Timed out waiting for Customization scripts to complete in 600 seconds. IP settings may have been partially applied. When we ran Test DR in VMware SRM, few VM did not automatically picked up...
View ArticleIs there any API for creating SRM recovery Plan?
Hi, I checked the SRM API document https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/srm-api/srm_58_api.pdfBut I didn't find the API to create Recovery Plan on the SRM. Does any body know how to create it...
View ArticlevSphere Replication options missing in 5.8.0.1 SRM
In my lab I have the following configuration and can not get any vSphere Replication options to be available within SRM. Only array based replication is an option. I've looked and looked for a...
View ArticleUnable to run edit reovery plan, view bindings and run recovery test
Hi Everyone, When i logged into my web client today and try to add a new server to the protection group i was unable to do so, the option was greyed out and i received the error message saying session...
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