Confused by New DataStore Protection Groups - SRM 6.0 on Dell EqualLogic SAN...
Confused by New DataStore Protection Groups - SRM 6.0 on Dell EqualLogic SANForgive the daft question, however here we go.On 5.5 we had 6 Datastores on our EqualLogic san, and a protection group for...
View ArticleCan we add multiple array pairs in one protection Group
Hi,I need multiple arrays pairs in one protection group. We I get new array pair I should be able to add to existing protection group only. When I try to create protection group at any given point, I...
View ArticleSRM5 using vSphere replication, status shows 'not active'
I've been using SRM5 with host-based replication pretty extensively and for the most part is has been solid. I am using it to protect 18 VMs at my production site. I am now trying to configure a...
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Site Recovery Manager (SRM) v6.0 - several recovery errors
I plan to open a support ticket but want to make these errors visible to all. For the errors, I have replaced names but left the important content. We had several issues with ESXi v6.0, vCenter 6.0,...
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Sites only show as connected from Primary vCenter.
Hi. I'm running SRM 5.1.1 with vCenter 5.1 Update 1. Primary and secondary sites separated by physical firewalls. I've followed the kb on...
View ArticleFailed to create snapshots of replica devices error message
Greetings, I'm currently trying to test my recover plans for all of my protection groups and I'm getting the following error message: Failed to create snapshots of replica devices. ( I include a screen...
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Recovery Timeout Values (reapplying)
is there any way to reapply the global change of a timeout value to individual VM's other then unprotecting them all and reprotecting? For example, the VMware tools timeout, if I adjust after...
View ArticleSRM Virtual Centre Configuration
I am doing an installation of SRM into an existing ESX environment. At the moment I have my original VC called VC4 which has 12 ESX hosts split across two Datacentres. Storage is presented from the...
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Windows 2008 Domain Controllers cannot ping during test
I ran a test of my recovery plan with my domain controllers and they cannot ping anything, it says "unable to contact ip driver general failure". Has anyone come across this before? I found some...
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SRM keeps asking for vCenter credentials
Hello,I needhelp in resolvingbellow problem: WhenI'mtrying to replicate vm in second vCenter by going to VR Replication tab in Classic client a windowispopping and asking me to providecredentials for...
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Ways Replicate to two locations
We have been using SRM for a number years to replicate VMs using vSphere Replications to our alternate Datacenter about a mile way from our main datacenter. That has worked well outside of resizing a...
View Articlehow much speed requirement between to site for synchronous SRAM ?
Hii have 2 netapp storage : FAS 2552 i want to run SRM for Active -Passive Site this 2 site MUST be synchronous replication with to storage but just have 300 Mbs speed in Fiber Optic SRM work...
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SOAP APIs of SRM 5.8 or 6.0 do not work when query the protected virtual...
Hi, I am developing a vSphere Web Client plug-in to talk with SRM (VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager) 5.8 or 6.0 via its SOAP APIs. One typical user case is that when end user selects a virtual...
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unable to retrieve resource mappings data
Hi all, Trying SRM 5.8 in my lab before the production deployment, and I'm running into an issue configuring resource mappings. I was able to successfully pair the sites, but after I add a new resource...
View ArticlePlaceholder Datastores
Hi All, I'm confused about how to use the Placeholder Datastore.. What is best practices ? I knew that we do not need to give very big datastore for placeholder right ? For example, Is it enough...
View ArticleDuplicate initiator error
I'm running into an issue with configuring the Array based Replication. On Site A:SRM 5.8 - Build 2336305SRA 2.3.0 for Nimble storagePhysical:BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure G2ProLiant BL465c Gen8...
View ArticleREDO log file size with MPIT and without MPIT
as per the vsphere replication architecture whatever the changed block information that is sent by vsphere replication agent are captured by vsphere replication server in the form of redo logs and once...
View Articlecan you help me ?
I was make two site,but I don't know how to test ,I hope someone can support a word ,to help me test SRM ,thanks !
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Problem pairing SRM sites
Hello I'm having some trouble pairing our sites in a new deployment using SRM 5.8. When trying to pair the sites I get the following error message: The error refers to the SRM server on the same site...
View ArticleSRM deployment in multiple recovery sites
Dear All, I have a question, we have one main production site and two disaster recovery sites. helf load is in one Dr site while half is on other Dr site in case if main production site fails. Our...
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