SRM - IP configuration for recovered VM with several IP addresses on...
Hi, i have a question one of my customers is trying to see if they can have SRM (vSphere 5.5) configure several IP addresses in the IP settings in SRM. at present SRM allows me to pick up the current...
View ArticleHow to change placeholder datastores?
Hi,This might be a silly question, but after my initial pick of place holder datastores, I want to change them, but when I click to select them the original datatstores I selected are greyed out....so...
View ArticleSRM using vSphere Replication VRMS question
Hi Guys, Basically normally when you use vsphere replication, if you lose the VRMS then you cant recover your vms. "With the VRMS appliance offline, it is not possible to recover VMs with vSphere...
View ArticleSRM 5.8 using NetApp ONTAP Simulator 8.2 permissions issue
Hi Guys, I have setup snap mirroring, and I have added the correct SRAs and it is showing as replicating...BUT when I try to move a VM to the replicating datastore...or even create a folder on it at...
View ArticleSRM with Dell Compellent
Hello, I have inherited a vSphere 5.1 environment with SRM 5.1 + Some Dell Compellent sans (2 in the UK and 2 in France). My question is that we have a number of RDM's included in the replication...
View ArticleHow to set/change VLAN for a VM using powerCLI in a protection group?
Hi All, our environment for SRM is a non typically one. We have a cold ´recovery site where we recover 3 datacenters. We cannot set an automatically network mapping in the site configuration, because...
View ArticleUnder certain circumstances Placeholder VM icon displays incorrectly
Under certain circumstances, the icon for Placeholder VMs displays incorrectly in the vSphere client. Let's say you have protected and recovery vCenters, SRMs and vSphere Clients with SRM plugins and...
View ArticleBasic questions for SRM installation
Hello I have downloaded SRM on my computer but I cannot run it directly on the OS. So I'd like to know if SRM 5.8 have to be installed into an another products (example: Hypervisor + VCenter) ? Or if...
View ArticleDatastore Group Computation question - Swap files?
Good Morning, I'm trying to figure out why all of our VMs show up in one datastore group. We're running VCServer 5.5 with SRM 5.5, and we have identical Nimble Arrays at both sites with array firmware...
View ArticleMoving SRM database
The database for the SRM (5.1) server in our recovery site needs to be moved as it is currently on a Windows 2003 server.To reconfigure SRM I'm assuming the following needs to be done. 1. Shut down SRM...
View ArticleSRM 5.8 - default site order
HI,I have confgured SRM 5.8 with two sites (PROD and DR) sucessfully. One minor issue i have is that when the Sites are displayed in the web client always my DR site is in top of the list and prod site...
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SRM 5.8 - Protection Group unavailable
Hi there I've run into a problem and can't figure a solution at all. I'm running SRM 5.8 trial edition for Uni Project work along with HP StoreVirtual VSA creating a Virtual SAN. I'm using SRA...
View ArticleHow to gather the (new) IPs of my remediated VMs from either SRM or vSphere...
Hi SRM gurus,I have the following situation:- Trying to remediate a bunch of VMs, which will get new IPs on the recovery site.- In order to start them all (when disaster strikes), I need to know all...
View ArticleCan anyone assist with SRM set up
Hi ,I'm trying to set up a 5.5 SRM environment and I'm having a few problems:The production site is set up with VC and SRM installed and was working.When I log on now though I can't connect to VC. (...
View ArticleSRM 5.8 Test Plan Failed
I just got SRM loaded and configured. I've tested a few VMs and every test has been successful. However, I have one VM that failed this morning when I tested it. About my environment:vSphere 5.5,...
View ArticleIdeas on how to handle updating DNS on SRM DR failover to recovery site
Hello. We have vsphere 5.5. We are looking at doing a poc with srm 5.8 or 6 which is supposed to be GA in the next month or two. I'm looking for ideas on how to handle updating DNS when we fail a...
View ArticleNo VMs appear in the Create Protection Group Wizard
Hi ,I want to test a recovery plan and I have everything (hopefully) set up correctly.Both sites are connected and I have configured the Mappngs , Folders , Placehoders and Networks etc.I've even done...
View ArticleSRM 5.8 Failback/Reprotect
Testing my new SRM 5.8 installation, and by testing I mean that I am actually running a "Planned Migration" on a recovery plan using a test VM that was operating in my test environment. The failover...
View ArticleSRM 5.8 - VMWare Tools Timeout during test / Starting all priorities at once?
We recently upgraded to SRM 5.8.0.1. When performing a test recovery of our recovery plan, I see a lot of VMs that fail to recover with "Error timed out waiting for VMWare tools" or "Timed Out waiting...
View ArticleBasic features question
Hi I'm trying to build a project with features of SRM and I would need to know if you can get full features of SRM inside a vcenter essentials +. At location A you have 2 hosts (a & b) and 1 san.At...
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