Failover question on stopping SRA sync
I am starting to investigate SRM, and have a test lab--though using VRS for this. In production I will have a supported SRA. My question, is if lets say LUN01 has 40 VMs on it. It is being syncronized...
View ArticleInvalid State - Local VRMS server Disconnected
Hello I'm in the process of setting up SRM 5.1 and I'm up to the stage where I just Deploy VR Appliance. Everything is fine until I click on Configure VR Appliance. The Error Message pops up "Invalid...
View ArticleConfiguring Network Mapping from RS back to PS
Hi folks, I'm starting the implementation of SRM 5.02 in my environment, and I have a few questions about networking that I hopoe someone can answer. I have gone through the whole process of pairing...
View ArticleSRM Hypervisor Replication Requirments
Hello, We're currently looking at implementing a SRM solution between or Production and DR sites. Currently in our VMware 5.1 environment our ESXi clusters are hooked up to an IBM XIV Gen II via 8GB...
View ArticleSRM in a single site
Hi, The give away is probably in the name but is it possible to use SRM in a single site. Our configuration is that we have one site but we have a cluster for DR, it is located in a different building....
View ArticleRe: SRM Replication
Hello Guys, I have a Scenario and i need some solution for this. We dont have SRM in place right now. We have two virtual machines with huge capacity say around 3TB shared across different luns(SAN) ....
View ArticleSelf-signed certificate installed successfully but with error VR appliance
HI Gurus, I am in the middle of upgrading SRM 5 to SRM 5.1 for vSphere replication. I am trying install and register the VR appliance 5.1. On the configuration tab I have populated the info: and tried...
View ArticleDownloading Older SRAs
Hi, I have a site which has been running SRM 4.0 using array based replication on IBM DS4700 arrays. I'm now attempting to update both sites to vSphere 5.x and SRM 5.x. The DS4700s have been upgraded...
View ArticleSRM Licensing
Hi, I am going to purchase Vmware SRM product for my DR site. But i dont have an idea about the number of items need to be purchased. Do i have to purchase 2 Nos of SRM(1 for each location)?. And also...
View ArticlevCenter Service Status - VR Management
Our vCenter Service Status is showing an error under VR Management. "Unable to retrieve health data from https://xx.xx.xx.xx:8080/service/hms/cgi/health.py" This error is pointing at the ip address of...
View ArticleSRM & Managed Object References Between vCenter Server Instances
Does the Managed Object Reference for objects migrated via SRM remain the same from vCenter Server to vCenter Server instance? If the MOR changes, how is SRM maintaining which object relates to which...
View ArticleReal failover problem with EVA8400
Hi, I'm running SRM 4.1.2-484598 with two EVA8400's and 4.1 hosts. During a 'real' failover test a couple of week ago the hosts running protected VMs became unresponsive during the failover of the...
View ArticleSRM API Java Issue
Hello, I'm trying to write a small java app talking to SRM.i was able to generate srm.jar from the WSDL. But....when i want to try the sample provided in the SDK, there is a class SrmServiceLocator...
View ArticleRecover Point SRA issue?
I'm running SRM 5.1 with vCenter 5.1 with EMC Recover Point 3.5 SP1.P2. When I do a test failover or a planned failover. It fails because the ESX hosts on the DR side are unable to mount the...
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IBM V7000 & SRM 5.0 - Failed to create snapshots of replica devices
Hi All I wonder if anyone can help. We have 2 IBM Storwize V7000's - 1 at the Protected Site and 1 at the Recovery Site. We have a test Volume that is GlobalMirror 'repliacted' to the DR side - showing...
View ArticleAfter unprotect the VM's icon doenst change to normal
Using SRM5.0.2. When I unprotect a VM the the icon in vCenter doesnt change to the normal icon but remains a lighning icon. How can I solve this?
View ArticleVMware SRM with remote host and remote array.
Any issues with the following remote site scenario from a VMware vCenter or SRM perspective. In this scenario. three sites are managed under 1 vCenter and recovered to the DR facility using SRM and...
View ArticleSRM With SAS connections
hi, I am going to make a proposal for a DC & DR site with vcenter Site Recovery manager. We use IBM DS3524 (firmware version 7.84.44.00) storage with SAS connections to the hosts. vmware says SRM...
View ArticleSRM Database Location
Hello, I have attached a diagram of my SRM setup in VMware. I have read the best practice guides which said its ok to be on a physical or virtual, but I'm concerned that this would prevent SRM from...
View ArticleIBM V7000 SRA with SRM 5.1
There is a conversation going on in another thread(http://communities.vmware.com/message/2227065#2227065) - but it is an old thread and started off with different versions of everything. I'm going to...
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