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VMware SRM 6.1 and IBM Storwize SRA 3.1 Issues
hello , We have sites, all critical VM's protected with VMware Srm + IBM SVC. During the setup phase we did the fail-over and fail-back tests and everything works smooth. Recently we had a storage...
View ArticleSRM with array based replication - how to achieve better than crash consistency?
So I believe that when using SRM with vSphere replication, that when VMs are replicated, VMware tools first does a VSS quiesce on the VM. We can see this here:...
View ArticleSRM Test Recovery plan issue
Hello,we have two sites with ESXi hosts 5.5 and vCenter 6 and SRM 6 installed and configured on both the sites. we are using IBM Storwize v7000 storage on both the sites. I have configured SRM with...
View ArticleCan SRM test failovers be performed if WAN connection is taken offline...
I am trying to figure out the options for testing SRM. I know that I can perform a test failover (to test bubble network) when the WAN is up and both SRM instances can talk to eachother. What if I...
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Plan Recovery Issue
Hello, With reference to my previous post ;https://communities.vmware.com/message/2556721#2556721the Test Recovery went successfully but Plan Recovery generating some issues. The Recovery plan is...
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No VRM Server registered with vCenter Server for site "Live"
I have SRM 6.1 and vSphere replication 6.1 installed on both sites.The VSRs are connected to vCenter server.I'm getting this error: Unable to create protection group. No VRM Server registered with...
View ArticleSite Recovery Manager - mid size (less than 500 VMs) data centre migration
We are trying to evaluate SRM as AS-IS DC migration product for a mid-size DC migration. Expectation is whatever VMs (less than 500) are present in the source DC all will be moved to a new DC (distance...
View ArticleArray Based Replication Status
Hello, i am using SRM6.1 with vcenter 6 and ESXi host 5.5 u2. I ran the Recovery Plan and it shows Recovery Complete (Snapshot_RP1) but in Array Based Replication when I scan SRA, it shows the status...
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Filtering out non-replicated guests
Hello we are using SRM 5.5 with Recoverpoint as the Protection SRA.You used to be able to filter out guests on the Recoverpoint side that were not going to be part of the protection group.I dont see...
View ArticleSRM 6.1 with VR replication only?
Hello, I haven't worked with SRM for a little while and thought I would throw it together in my lab in order to see the changes. I had done this previously using VR replication, but from what I see it...
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SRM Test Recovery Plan attempting to mount NFS datastore with wrong server IP
testing SRM with EMC VNXe SRA in lab environment and have one replicated NFS datastore. When testing the recovery plan, datastore is snapshoted and promoted with r/w hosts permissions. However, when it...
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SRM pairing failed
Hi, I'm experiencing issue when I'm trying to pair SRM. I'm using SRM 6.0 version. I also tried to telnet port 9086 on both SRM servers and it is not block. Thanks and appreciate your help.
View ArticleSRM AND VMView
Hi, We currently protect our main VM farm using SRM and are looking to extend this to cover to our farm of linked clone View desktops. I've search quite a lot for documentation on how to do this but...
View ArticleSRM & VMware View with Persistent Disk
Hi All, We want to achieve fail over of our VMware Desktop pool to DR site i.e. "Persistent Linked Clone Desktops with Persistent Disks. As per the below VMware white paper the scenario they have...
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Unable to modify/repair/uninstall srm service 6.1
Hello, I made a mistake during the initial installation of SRM on two servers. I was able to successfully uninstall and reinstall it on one server by uninstalling SRM, then uninstalling the embedded...
View ArticleConsuming SRM WSDL using SoapUI
Hi there, I'm consuming SRM wsdl using SoapUI. I want to unprotect some vms using UnprotectVms call but when I call this api, I got 'Object has deleted or has not completely created' in response....
View ArticleUnable to set up Protect Groups - Error: "Unable to create Protection Group....
I am trying to set up Protection Group type of "Individual VM's" and I receive this error. We are using Vcenter 6.0, SRM 6.1, and VR Appliance 6.1. The sites are paired, the VR service is running,...
View ArticleVM will not powerup after SRM
I recently performed an SRM failover and 1 of the 6 VM's in question wouldn't power up after.On inspection of the .vmx file, I saw that it seemed to lose a mapping of one of it's hard disks. Thankfully...
View ArticleHow to delete a srm protection group using wsdl?
I'm looking for the way to delete srm protection group using wsdl, please help me to find it out. I'm using SoapUI to execute SRM wsdl and I have MOB id of protection group.Let me know if any way to...
View ArticleSRM and Recoverpoint protected LUNS/Datastores
Hi all, I have recently put in charge of a vBlock and my manager wants SRM installed and configured, I'm fine with SRM, have installed and configured it on other sites. What I was hoping someone could...
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